2001 Soul Train Music Awards

Special awards

Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement

• The Isley Brothers

  Sammy Davis Jr. Award for "Entertainer of the Year" – Male

• Jay Z

  Sammy Davis Jr. Award for "Entertainer of the Year" – Female

• Destiny's Child

  Winners and nominees

R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year

• Dr. Dre – Dr. Dre 2001
• * Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
• * Jay Z –
• * R. Kelly – TP-2.com

  Best R&B/Soul Album – Male

• R. Kelly – TP-2.com
• * D'Angelo – Voodoo
• * Sisqó – Unleash the Dragon
• * Carl Thomas – Emotional

  Best R&B/Soul Album – Female

• Jill Scott – Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
• * Toni Braxton – The Heat
• * Mýa – Fear of Flying
• * Kelly Price – Mirror Mirror

  Best R&B/Soul Album – Group, Band or Duo

• Jagged Edge – J.E. Heartbreak
• * Mary Mary – Thankful
• * Next – Welcome II Nextasy
• * Lucy Pearl – Lucy Pearl

  Best R&B/Soul Single – Male

• R. Kelly – "I Wish"
• * Avant – "Separated"
• * D'Angelo – "Untitled "
• * Carl Thomas – "I Wish"

  Best R&B/Soul Single – Female

• Yolanda Adams – "Open My Heart"
• * Erykah Badu – "Bag Lady"
• * Mary J. Blige – "Your Child"
• * Jill Scott – "Gettin' In the Way"

  Best R&B/Soul Single – Group, Band or Duo

• Jagged Edge – "Let's Get Married"
• * Destiny's Child – "Independent Women, Part I"
• * Whitney Houston and Deborah Cox – "Same Script, Different Cast"
• * Lucy Pearl – "Dance Tonight"

  Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video

• Mystikal – "Shake Ya Ass"
• * D'Angelo – "Untitled "
• * Eminem – "Stan"
• * OutKast – "Ms. Jackson"

  Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist

• Nelly
• * Lil' Bow Wow
• * Jill Scott
• * Carl Thomas

  Best Gospel Album

• Mary Mary – Thankful
• * Chester D.T. Baldwin and Music Ministry Mass – Sing It on Sunday Morning!
• * Mississippi Mass Choir – Emmanuel
• * Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's – Good Time

  Performers

• Destiny's Child – "Survivor"
• Jagged Edge
• Yolanda Adams
• Jay Z and The Dogg Pound – Medley: "I Just Wanna Love U " / "Change The Game"
• Mýa
• Mystikal
• Nivea
• Isley Brothers Tribute: Kelly Price – "Groove With You", Sisqo – "Between the Sheets", Gerald Levert – "Voyage to Atlantis" and "Tears"
• Nelly – "Ride wit Me"
• Jill Scott – "A Long Walk"
• Carl Thomas – Medley: "Emotional" / "I Wish"