1998 Soul Train Music Awards

Special awards

Quincy Jones Award for Outstanding Career Achievements

• Whitney Houston

Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year

• Puff Daddy

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold text.

R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year

• '*Erykah Badu – *Baduizm'''''
  • Mary J. Blige – Share My World
  • The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
  • Puff Daddy & the Family – No Way Out

Best R&B/Soul Album – Male

• '*Joe –*All That I Am'''''
  • Usher - My Way
  • Maxwell – MTV Unplugged
  • Prince – Emancipation

Best R&B/Soul Album – Female

• '*Erykah Badu – *Baduizm'''''
  • Mary J. Blige – Share My World
  • Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope
  • Lil' Kim – Hard Core

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

• '*Dru Hill – *Dru Hill'''''
  • Boyz II Men – Evolution
  • Kirk Franklin and God's Property – God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation
  • Puff Daddy & the Family – No Way Out

Best R&B/Soul Single – Male

• Usher – "You Make Me Wanna..."
  • Joe – "Don't Wanna Be a Player"
  • R.Kelly – "I Believe I Can Fly"
  • Kenny Lattimore – "For You"

Best R&B/Soul Single – Female

• Erykah Badu – "On and On"
  • Aaliyah – "One in a Million"
  • Mary J. Blige – "Everything"
  • Monica – "For You I Will"

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

• Dru Hill – "In My Bed"
  • Ol' Skool (featuring) Xscape & Keith Sweat - "Am I Dreaming?"
  • LSG - "My Body"
  • Destiny's Child (featuring) Wyclef Jean - “No, No, No”

The Michael Jackson Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video

• Puff Daddy and Faith Evans (featuring 112) - “I'll Be Missing You”
  • Busta Rhymes – "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See"
  • Missy Elliott – "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
  • Ice Cube - "The World Is Mine"

Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist

• Erykah Badu
  • Missy Elliott
  • God's Property
  • Puff Daddy & The Family

Best Gospel Album

• '*Kirk Franklin and God's Property – *God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation'''''
  • The Canton Spirituals – Living the Dream: Live from Washington, D.C.
  • GMWA Gospel Announcers Guild – So You Would Know
  • The Williams Brothers – Still Standing

Best Jazz Album

• '*Boney James – *Sweet Thing'''''
  • Zachary Breaux – Uptown Groove
  • Dave Grusin – Dave Grusin Presents West Side Story
  • The Rippingtons – Black Diamond

Performers

• Janet Jackson – "I Get Lonely"
• Boyz II Men – "Doin' Just Fine"
• Puff Daddy, The LOX and Lil' Kim – "It's All About the Benjamins"
• Heavy D – "I'll Do Anything"
• God's Property and Kirk Franklin – "Stomp"
• Whitney Houston Tribute:
  • Ronald Isley – "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
  • Terry Ellis – "How Will I Know"
  • Kenny Lattimore – "I Believe in You and Me"
  • Monica – "You Give Good Love"
• Erykah Badu – "Certainly"
• Usher – "You Make Me Wanna..." and "Nice & Slow"
• Patti LaBelle – "If Only You Knew"
• Dru Hill and Jermaine Dupri – "In My Bed"

Presenters

• Busta Rhymes and Immature - Presented Best R&B Soul/Rap New Artist
• Quincy Jones - Presented Sammy Davis Jr. Awards For Entertainer of the Year
• Garcelle Beauvais, Mystro Clark, and Maxwell - Presented Best R&B Soul Single Male
• Ice Cube, Joe, and Destiny's Child - Presented Best R&B Soul Single Female
• Magic Johnson, Johnnie Cochran, and Jagged Edge - Presented Best R&B Soul Album Group, Band, or Duo
• Nia Long, Rome, and Ol' Skool - Presented Best Gospel Album
• BeBe Winans, Savion Glover, and Mary J. Blige - Presented Michael Jackson Award For Best R&B Soul/Rap Music Video
• Rachel Stuart and Next - Presented Best Jazz Album
• Whoopi Goldberg - Presented Quincy Jones For Outstanding Career Achievements
• Sinbad, Traci Bingham, Eric Benet, and Queen Pen - Presented Best R&B Soul/Rap Album of the Year
• Keith Sweat, Chico DeBarge, Aaliyah, and 112 - Presented Best R&B Soul Single Group, Band, or Duo
• Teddy Riley, Chris Tucker, and Missy Elliott - Presented Best R&B Soul Album Male
• Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Queen Latifah, Xscape, and Ginuwine - Presented Best R&B Soul Album Female

References

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