1990 Soul Train Music Awards

Special awards

Heritage Award for Career Achievement

• Quincy Jones

  Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year

• Arsenio Hall

  Winners and nominees

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album – Male

• Babyface – Tender Lover
• * Bobby Brown – Dance!...Ya Know It!
• * Quincy Jones – Back on the Block
• * Luther Vandross – The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love

  Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album – Female

• Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
• * Regina Belle – Stay with Me
• * Stacy Lattisaw – What You Need
• * Stephanie Mills – Home

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

• Soul II Soul – Club Classics Vol. One
• * Heavy D and the Boyz – Big Tyme
• * Maze and Frankie Beverly – Silky Soul
• * Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It's True

  Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single – Male

• Luther Vandross – "Here and Now"
• * Babyface – "It's No Crime"
• * Bobby Brown – "Every Little Step"
• * Eric Gable – "Remember "

  Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single – Female

• Janet Jackson – "Miss You Much"
• * Regina Belle – "Baby Come to Me"
• * Vesta – "Congratulations"
• * Karyn White – "Secret Rendezvous"

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

• Soul II Soul – "Keep On Movin'"
• * Guy – "I Like"
• * Surface – "Shower Me with Your Love"
• * Sweet Obsession – "Cash"

  Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Song of the Year

• Soul II Soul – "Keep On Movin'"
• * Paula Abdul – "Straight Up"
• * Bobby Brown – "Every Little Step"
• * Luther Vandross – "Here and Now"

  Best Music Video

• Janet Jackson – "Rhythm Nation"
• * Eric Gable – "Remember "
• * Quincy Jones – "I'll Be Good to You"
• * Prince – "Batdance"

  Best R&B/Urban Contemporary New Artist

• David Peaston
• * Eric Gable
• * Soul II Soul
• * Young MC

  Best Rap Album

• Heavy D and the Boyz – Big Tyme
• * Big Daddy Kane – It's a Big Daddy Thing
• * De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
• * Young MC – Stone Cold Rhymin'

  Best Jazz Album

• Quincy Jones – Back on the Block
• * Alex Bugnon – Love Seasons
• * Kenny G – Kenny G Live
• * Joe Sample – Spellbound

  Best Gospel Album

• BeBe & CeCe Winans – Heaven
• * Al Green – I Get Joy
• * Mississippi Mass Choir – Mississippi Mass Choir Live
• * The Winans – Live at Carnegie Hall

  Performances

• Regina Belle – "Baby Come to Me"
• Big Daddy Kane – "I Get the Job Done"
• Bobby Brown – "On Our Own"
• Milli Vanilli – "Blame It on the Rain"
• Quincy Jones Tribute:
• * Dionne Warwick
• * Luther Vandross – "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
• * Patti LaBelle – "Just Once"
• * Tevin Campbell – "Tomorrow "
• Soul II Soul – "Back to Life" / "Jazzie's Groove"
• Jody Watley – "Everything"
• The Winans and Teddy Riley – "It's Time"