1999 Soul Train Music Awards

Special awards

Quincy Jones Award for Outstanding Career Achievements

• Luther Vandross

Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year – Male

• R. Kelly

Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year – Female

• Lauryn Hill

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold text.

R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year

• '*Lauryn Hill – *The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'''''
  • Erykah Badu – Erykah Badu Live
  • DMX – It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
  • Jay Z – Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life

Best R&B/Soul Album – Male

• '*R. Kelly – *R.'''''
  • Tyrese – Tyrese
  • Maxwell – Embrya
  • Will Smith – Big Willie Style

Best R&B/Soul Album – Female

• '*Lauryn Hill – *The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'''''
  • Brandy – Never Say Never
  • Mýa – Mýa
  • Kelly Price – Soul of a Woman

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

• '*The Temptations – *Phoenix Rising'''''
  • Dru Hill – Enter the Dru
  • LSG – Levert.Sweat.Gill
  • Outkast – Aquemini

Best R&B/Soul Single – Male

• Brian McKnight – "Anytime"
  • Jon B. – "They Don't Know"
  • Tyrese - "Nobody Else"
  • R. Kelly – "Half on a Baby"

Best R&B/Soul Single – Female

• Deborah Cox – "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here"
  • Lauryn Hill – "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
  • Janet Jackson (featuring Blackstreet) – "I Get Lonely"
  • Kelly Price (featuring Ron Isley & R.Kelly) – "Friend of Mine"

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

• Next – "Too Close"
  • Brandy and Monica – "The Boy is Mine"
  • K-Ci & JoJo – "All My Life"
  • The Temptations – "Stay"

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

• DMX (featuring Ja Rule, Nas, & Method Man) – "Grand Finale"
  • Busta Rhymes – "Dangerous"
  • Big Punisher (featuring Joe) – "Still Not a Player"
  • Will Smith – "Gettin' Jiggy With It"

Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist

• Kelly Price
  • Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz
  • Mýa
  • Trin-i-tee 5:7

Best Jazz Album

• '*Herbie Hancock – *Gershwin's World'''''
  • Olu Dara – In the World: From Natchez to New York
  • Russ Freeman and Craig Chaquico – From the Redwoods to the Rockies
  • John Scofield – A Go Go

Best Gospel Album

• '*Kirk Franklin – *The Nu Nation Project'''''
  • Ronnie Bryant and the Christian Community Choir – He's a Keepa
  • Fred Hammond – Pages of Life - Chapters I & II
  • Walter Hawkins and the Love Center Choir – Love Alive V: 25th Anniversary Reunion

Performers

• Whitney Houston – "It's Not Right but It's Okay"
• Kelly Price and Da Brat – "Secret Love"
• Deborah Cox and R. L. Huggar – "We Can't Be Friends"
• Luther Vandross Tribute:
  • El DeBarge, Johnny Gill and Kenny Lattimore – "Never Too Much" / "Don't Want to Be a Fool" / "Wait for Love"
  • Whitney Houston – "So Amazing"
• Kirk Franklin and Nu Nation – "Love"
• R. Kelly – "When a Woman's Fed Up"
• Monica – "Angel of Mine"
• Lauryn Hill – "Everything is Everything"

Presenters

• Ginuwine, Traci Bingham and Next - Presented Best R&B/Soul Single - Male
• Nas, Monifah and Lisa Nicole Carson - Presented Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist
• Tia and Tamara Mowry, TQ and Tom Joyner - Presented Best R&B/Soul Single - Female
• Jon B., Cherokee and Herbie Hancock - Presented Best Gospel Album
• Destiny's Child, Erykah Badu and DJ Quik - Presented The Michael Jackson Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video
• Valerie Hill - Presented Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year – Female
• Sparkle, Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz and Mystro Clark - Presented Best R&B/Soul Album - Male
• Timbaland, Eric Benet and Trin-i-tee 5:7 - Presented R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year
• Whitney Houston - Presented Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement
• Tyrese, Naughty By Nature and Tracie Spencer - Presented Best R&B/Soul Album - Group, Band or Duo
• Mya, Outkast and Eddie Griffin - Presented Best R&B/Soul Single - Group, Band or Duo
• Don Cornelius - Presented Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year – Male
• Keith Sweat and Shanice - Presented Best R&B/Soul Album - Female

References

References

1. (February 18, 1999). "Lauryn Hill Leads Nominees For 1999 Soul Train Music Awards". MTV.