1991 Soul Train Music Awards

The 1991 Soul Train Music Awards aired live on March 12, 1991 (and was later syndicated in other areas), honoring the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year. The show was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and was hosted by Patti Labelle, Luther Vandross and Dionne Warwick.

Special awards

Heritage Award for Career Achievement

• Smokey Robinson

Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year

• M.C. Hammer

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold text with an asterisk (*).

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Song of the Year

• Mariah Carey - "Vision of Love"
• En Vogue - "Hold On"
• Johnny Gill - "My, My, My"
• MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This*

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary New Artist

• Oleta Adams
• Mariah Carey*
• En Vogue
• Vanilla Ice

Best Music Video

• "Hold On" - En Vogue
• "Alright" - Janet Jackson*
• "U Can't Touch This" - MC Hammer
• "911 is a Joke" - Public Enemy

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the Year - Male

• Private Times...and the Whole 9! - Al B. Sure!
• Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill*
• Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - MC Hammer
• I'll Give All My Love to You - Keith Sweat

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the Year - Female

• Compositions - Anita Baker
• Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey*
• Michel'le - Michel'le
• Affection - Lisa Stansfield

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the Year - Group, Band, or Duo

• Poison - Bell Biv Devoe*
• Born to Sing - En Vogue
• The Revival - Tony! Toni! Tone!
• More of the Night - The Whispers

Best R&B/Urban Contemoprary Single - Male

• "My, My, My" - Johnny Gill*
• "Whip Appeal" - Babyface
• U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
• "I Don't Have the Heart" - James Ingram

Best R&B/Urban Contemoprary Single - Female

• "Talk to Me" - Anita Baker
• "Vision of Love" - Mariah Carey*
• "Alright" - Janet Jackson
• "All Around the World" - Lisa Stansfield

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

• "Ready or Not" - After 7
• "Poison" - Bell Biv DeVoe
• "Hold On" - En Vogue*
• "The Secret Garden" - Quincy Jones featuring El DeBarge, Al B Sure!, James Ingram, and Barry White

Best Rap Album

• Amerikkka's Most Wanted - Ice Cube
• Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - MC Hammer*
• Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
• Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy

Best Gospel Album

• State of Mind - Commissioned
• Live - Tramaine Hawkins
• So Much To Say - Take 6
• Return - The Winans*

Best Jazz Album

• Compositions - Anita Baker
• Music from Mo Better Blues - Branford Marsalis Quartet and Terence Blanchard
• Tokyo Blue - Najee*
• So Much To Say - Take 6

Performers

• Johnny Gill - "Rub You the Right Way"
• Ralph Tresvant - "Sensitivity"
• Bell Biv DeVoe - "She's Dope!"
• En Vogue - "Hold On"
• LL Cool J - "Around the Way Girl"
• Smokey Robinson Tribute: Luther Vandross - "Since I Lost My Baby", Patti LaBelle - "Baby, Baby", Gladys Knight - "The Tracks of My Tears"
• MC Hammer - Medley: "Let's Get It Started"/"Turn This Mutha Out"/"Here Comes the Hammer"
• Najee
• Teddy Pendergrass
• Dionne Warwick

References

• Soul Train Music Awards 1991|Winners & Nominees