1995 Soul Train Music Awards

The 1995 Soul Train Music Awards was held on March 13, 1995 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The show honored the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year. The show was hosted by Anita Baker, Babyface, and Patti LaBelle.

Special awards

Heritage Award for Career Achievement

• Diana Ross

Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year

• Queen Latifah

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold with an asterisk (*).

R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year

• "Tootsee Roll" - 69 Boyz
• "I'll Make Love To You" - Boyz II Men
• "Bump n' Grind" - R. Kelly
• "Practice What You Preach" - Barry White*

Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist

• 69 Boyz
• Aaliyah
• Tanya Blount
• Brandy*

Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video

• Anita Baker - "Body and Soul"
• Boyz II Men - "Let It Snow"
• Coolio - "Fantastic Voyage"
• Aaron Hall - "I Miss You"*

R&B/Soul Album of the Year - Female

• Aaliyah - Age Ain't Nothing But A Number
• Anita Baker - Rhythm of Love*
• Brandy - Brandy
• Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Plantation Lullabies

R&B/Soul Album of the Year - Male

• Gerald Levert - Groove On
• Keith Sweat - Get Up On It
• Luther Vandross - Songs
• Barry White - The Icon Is Love*

R&B/Soul Album of the Year - Group, Band or Duo

• Blackstreet - Blackstreet
• Boyz II Men - II*
• Jodeci - Diary of a Mad Band
• Zhane - Pronounced Jah-Nay

Best R&B/Soul Single - Female

• Anita Baker - "Body & Soul"*
• Brandy - "I Wanna Be Down"
• Toni Braxton - "You Mean The World To Me"
• Janet Jackson - "Any Time, Any Place"

Best R&B/Soul Single - Male

• Babyface - "When Can I See You"
• Aaron Hall - "I Miss You"
• R. Kelly - "Bump n' Grind"*
• Barry White - "Practice What You Preach"

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

• 69 Boyz - "Tootsie Roll"
• Blackstreet - "Before I Let You Go"
• Bossman & Blakjak - "Much Love"
• Boyz II Men - "I'll Make Love To You"*

Best Rap Album

• Bone Thugs N Harmony - Creepin' On Ah Come Up
• Scarface - The Diary
• Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle*
• Warren G - Regulate...G Funk Era

Best Jazz Album

• Gerald Albright - Smooth
• Norman Brown - After The Storm*
• Various Artists - A Tribute to Miles
• Joshua Redman Quartet - Mood Swing

Best Gospel Album

• Helen Baylor - The Live Experience
• Sounds of Blackness - Africa to America:The Journey of the Drum*
• Hezekiah Walker & the Fellowship Crusade Choir - Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College
• BeBe & CeCe Winans - Relationships

Performances

• Boyz II Men
• Brandy (feat. Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, & Yo-Yo) - "I Wanna Be Down"
• Herbie Hancock
• Anita Baker - "Body and Soul"
• Babyface
• Diana Ross Tribute: Patti LaBelle - Medley: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"/"Someday We'll Be Together"/"It's My Turn"
• Tanya Blount
• Gerald Levert & Eddie Levert
• Blackstreet
• Warren G - "This D.J"

External links

• Soul Train Music Awards 1995|Winners & Nominees