1994 Soul Train Music Awards

Special awards

Heritage Award for Career Achievement

• Barry White

  Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year

• Whitney Houston

  Winners and nominees

R&B Album of the Year – Male

• Babyface – For the Cool in You
• * Tevin Campbell – I'm Ready
• * Prince – The Hits/The B-Sides
• * Luther Vandross – Never Let Me Go

  R&B Album of the Year – Female

• Toni Braxton – Toni Braxton
• * Mariah Carey – Music Box
• * Janet Jackson – janet.
• * Tina Turner – What's Love Got to Do with It

  R&B Album of the Year – Group, Band or Duo

• Silk – Lose Control
• * Earth, Wind & Fire – Millennium
• * Intro – Intro
• * Tony! Toni! Toné! – Sons of Soul

  Best R&B Single – Male

• Tevin Campbell – "Can We Talk"
• * Babyface – "Never Keeping Secrets"
• * Dr. Dre – "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang
• * Luther Vandross – "Heaven Knows"

  Best R&B Single – Female

• Toni Braxton – "Breathe Again"
• * Oleta Adams – "I Just Had to Hear Your Voice"
• * Whitney Houston – "I Have Nothing
• * Janet Jackson – "That's the Way Love Goes"

  Best R&B Single – Group, Band or Duo

• Jodeci – "Lately"
• * H-Town – "Knockin' Da Boots
• * Tony! Toni! Toné! – "Anniversary"

  R&B/Soul Song of the Year

• Whitney Houston – "I Will Always Love You"
• * Toni Braxton – "Breathe Again"
• * Janet Jackson – "That's the Way Love Goes"
• * Tony! Toni! Toné! – "Anniversary"

  Best Music Video

• Janet Jackson – "If"
• * Arrested Development – "Mr. Wendal"
• * Toni Braxton – "Breathe Again"
• * Dr. Dre – "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"

  Best R&B New Artist

• H-Town – "Knockin' Da Boots"
• * Angie & Debbie – "Light of Love"
• * Tag Team – "Whoomp! "
• * Xscape – "Just Kickin' It"
• * Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight – "Love Is"

  Best Rap Album

• Onyx – Bacdafucup
• * Arrested Development – Unplugged
• * Digable Planets – Reachin'
• * Naughty by Nature – 19 Naughty III

  Best Gospel Album

• Mississippi Mass Choir – It Remains to Be Seen
• * Shirley Caesar – Stand Still
• * Kirk Franklin & the Family – Kirk Franklin and the Family
• * The Winans – All Out

  Best Jazz Album

• Kenny G – Breathless
• * George Benson – Love Remembers
• * Terence Blanchard – The Malcolm X Jazz Suite
• * Fourplay – Between the Sheets

  Performers

• Whitney Houston – "Queen of the Night" / "I'm Every Woman"
• Onyx – "Slam"
• Digable Planets – "Rebirth of Slick "
• Babyface – "Never Keeping Secrets"
• Toni Braxton – "Another Sad Love Song"
• Johnny Gill – "Quiet Time to Play"
• Barry White Tribute:
• * Johnny Gill – "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me"
• * Patti Labelle – "I've Got So Much to Give"
• * Gladys Knight – "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"
• The Winans – "That Extra Mile"
• Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre – "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" / "Who Am I? "
• Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston – "Something in Common"

  Presenters

• Rosie Perez
• Naughty By Nature
• T.K. Carter
• Paul Rodriguez
• Tony! Toni! Toné!
• Mary J. Blige
• Karyn Parsons
• Ralph Tresvant
• Ricca
• Lisa Lisa
• Jamie Foxx
• Silk
• George Wallace
• Jade
• Kristoff St. John
• Terry McMillan
• Sheryl Lee Ralph
• Xscape
• Kirk Franklin
• Earth, Wind and Fire
• Bill Bellamy
• Angie & Debbie
• Jodeci
• Oleta Adams
• Magic Johnson
• Tevin Campbell
• Intro
• T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh
• Charles S. Dutton
• Kenya Moore
• Terrence Blanchard
• Sinbad
• Brian McKnight
• Zhané
• TLC
• Don Franklin