2019 Soul Train Music Awards

Special Awards

Legend Award

Lady Of Soul Award

Nominees

Best New Artist

• Summer Walker
• *Lucky Daye
• *Mahalia
• *Nicole Bus
• *Pink Sweat$
• *YK Osiris

  Soul Train Certified Award

• Trevor Jackson
• *Ciara
• *Daniel Caesar
• *Fantasia
• *India Arie
• *Kelly Rowland

  Best R&B/Soul Female Artist

• H.E.R.
• *Ari Lennox
• *Beyoncé
• *Lizzo
• *Mary J. Blige
• *Summer Walker

  Best R&B/Soul Male Artist

• Khalid
• *Anderson.Paak
• *Bruno Mars
• *Chris Brown
• *Daniel Caesar
• *Tank

  Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

• Kirk Franklin
• *BeBe Winans
• *Donald Lawrence
• *Erica Campbell
• *Tasha Cobbs Leonard
• *Tori Kelly

  Rhythm & Bars Award (Best Hip-Hop Song Of The Year)

• Cardi B – "Money"
• *21 Savage – "A Lot"
• *DaBaby – "Suge"
• *J. Cole – "Middle Child"
• *Meek Mill – "Going Bad"
• *Megan Thee Stallion – "Cash Shit"

  Song Of The Year

• Chris Brown – "No Guidance"
• *Beyoncé – "Before I Let Go"
• *Ella Mai – "Shot Clock"
• *Khalid – "Talk"
• *Lizzo – "Juice"
• *Summer Walker – "Girls Need Love"

  Album/Mixtape Of The Year

• Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
• Ari Lennox – Shea Butter Baby
• Chris Brown – Indigo
• Ella Mai – Ella Mai
• H.E.R. – I Used to Know Her
• Khalid – Free Spirit

  The Ashford And Simpson Songwriter's Award

• Beyoncé, Saint Jhn, & Wizkid – "Brown Skin Girl"
• *Written by Beyoncé, Carlos St. John, Adio Marchant, Shawn Carter, Stacy Barthe, Anathi Mnyango, Michael Uzowuru, Wizkid & Richard Isong
• H.E.R. – "Hard Place"
• *Written by H.E.R., David Harris, Sam Ashworth, James Fauntleroy & Ruby Amanfu
• Lizzo – "Juice"
• *Written by Melissa Jefferson, Theron Thomas, Eric Frederic, Sam Sumser and Sean Small
• Anderson.Paak – "Make It Better"
• *Written by Brandon Anderson, William Robinson, Alana Chenervert, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Daniel Maman & Farid Nassar
• Chris Brown – "No Guidance"
• *Written by Christopher Brown, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Joshua Louis Huizar, Teddy Walton, Noah Shebib, Nija Charles, Tyler Bryant & Michee Lebrun
• Khalid – "Talk"
• *Written by Khalid Robinson, Guy Lawrence, & Howard Lawrence

  Best Dance Performance

• Chris Brown – "No Guidance"
• *Beyoncé – "Spirit"
• *Lizzo – "Juice"
• *Normani – "Motivation"
• *Teyana Taylor – "WTP"
• *DaniLeigh – "Easy"

  Best Collaboration Performance

• Chris Brown – "No Guidance"
• *Ari Lennox & J. Cole – "Shea Butter Baby"
• *Beyoncé, Saint Jhn & Wizkid – "Brown Skin Girl"
• *Cardi B & Bruno Mars – "Please Me"
• *PJ Morton – "Say So"
• *Ty Dolla $ign – "Purple Emoji"

  Video Of The Year

• Lizzo – "Juice"
• *Alicia Keys – "Raise a Man"
• *Beyoncé – "Spirit"
• *Childish Gambino – "Feels Like Summer"
• *Chris Brown – "No Guidance"
• *Khalid – "Better"

  Multiple nominations and awards