1988 Soul Train Music Awards

Special Award

Heritage Award for Career Achievement

• Gladys Knight & the Pips

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold text.

Album of the Year – Male

• '*Michael Jackson – *Bad'''''
  • Alexander O'Neal – Hearsay
  • Prince – Sign o' the Times
  • Stevie Wonder – Characters

Album of the Year – Female

• '*Whitney Houston – *Whitney'''''
  • Natalie Cole – Everlasting
  • Jody Watley – Jody Watley
  • Angela Winbush – Sharp

Album of the Year – Group or Band

• '*LeVert – *The Big Throwdown'''''
  • Earth, Wind & Fire – Touch the World
  • Gladys Knight & the Pips – All Our Love
  • The Whispers – Just Gets Better with Time

Best Single – Male

• Michael Jackson – "Bad"
  • Prince – "U Got the Look"
  • Luther Vandross – "So Amazing"
  • Stevie Wonder – "Skeletons"

Best Single – Female

• Natalie Cole – "I Live for Your Love"
  • Janet Jackson – "The Pleasure Principle"
  • Jody Watley – "Looking for a New Love"
  • Angela Winbush – "Angel"

Best Single – Group or Band

• LeVert – "Casanova"
  • Atlantic Starr – "Always"
  • Earth, Wind & Fire – "System of Survival"
  • The Whispers – "Rock Steady"

Best Rap Single

• LL Cool J – "I Need Love"
  • Dana Dane – "Cinderfella Dana Dane"
  • The Fat Boys – "Wipeout"
  • Kool Moe Dee – "How Ya Like Me Now"

Best Music Video

• Janet Jackson – "Control"
  • Whitney Houston – "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
  • Michael Jackson – "The Way You Make Me Feel"
  • Jody Watley – "Looking for a New Love"

Best New Artist

• Miki Howard
  • Terence Trent D'Arby
  • Exposé
  • Shanice Wilson

Best Rap Album

• '*LL Cool J – *Bigger and Deffer'''''
  • Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full
  • Heavy D & the Boyz – Living Large
  • Whodini – Open Sesame

Best Gospel Album – Solo

• '*Vanessa Bell Armstrong – *Following Jesus'''''
  • Shirley Caesar – Her Very Best
  • Aretha Franklin – One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
  • Al Green – Soul Survivor

Best Gospel Album – Group or Choir

• '*The Winans – *Decisions'''''
  • Reverend Milton Brunson and The Thompson Community Singers – If I Be Lifted
  • Commissioned – Go Tell Somebody
  • The Clark Sisters – Heart and Soul

Best Jazz Album – Solo

• '*Najee – *Najee's Theme'''''
  • Jonathan Butler – Jonathan Butler
  • Dexter Gordon – The Other Side of Round Midnight
  • David Sanborn – A Change of Heart

Best Jazz Album – Group or Band

• '*Hiroshima – *Go'''''
  • George Benson and Earl Klugh – Collaboration
  • Freddie Hubbard – Life Flight
  • Pat Metheny Group – Still Life (Talking)

Performers

• Alexander O'Neal – "Fake"
• Natalie Cole – "Pink Cadillac"
• Kool Moe Dee – "How Ya Like Me Now"
• The Whispers –
• Smokey Robinson – "Love Don't Give No Reason"
• LL Cool J – "I Need Love"
• Hiroshima and George Duke – "Go"
• Gladys Knight & the Pips Tribute:
  • Ronald Isley – "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"
  • Chaka Khan – "The Nitty Gritty"
  • Angela Winbush – "Midnight Train to Georgia"
  • Stephanie Mills – "If I Were Your Woman"
• Dionne Warwick and Howard Hewett – "Another Chance to Love"
• Patti LaBelle and the Edwin Hawkins Singers – "How I Got Over"
• Gladys Knight & the Pips – "Love Overboard"

References

References

1. "2nd Annual STMA Winners".
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3. (1994-03-14). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company.