1991 Soul Train Music Awards

Special awards

Heritage Award for Career Achievement

• Smokey Robinson

  Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year

• M.C. Hammer

  Winners and nominees

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

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

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

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

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

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

  Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single – Male

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

  Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single – Female

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

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

• En Vogue – "Hold On"
• * After 7 – "Ready or Not"
• * Bell Biv DeVoe – "Poison"
• * Quincy Jones – "The Secret Garden "

  Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Song of the Year

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

  Best Music Video

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

  Best R&B/Urban Contemporary New Artist

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

  Best Rap Album

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

  Best Gospel Album

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

  Best Jazz Album

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

  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