Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Group, Band or Duo

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Group, Band or Duo. The award was retired during the 2007 ceremony, but during its awarding it has had several names including Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album – Group, Band or Duo, Album of the Year – Group, Band or Duo and Best Album – Group, Band or Duo. New Edition, The Isley Brothers, B2K and TLC have all won the most awards in this category, with a total of two.

Winners and nominees[edit]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s[edit]

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
1987
	Cameo	Word Up!	^[1]
	Atlantic Starr	As the Band Turns
	Kool & the Gang	Forever
	Run–D.M.C.	Raising Hell
1988
	LeVert	The Big Throwdown	^[2]
	Earth, Wind & Fire	Touch the World
	Gladys Knight & the Pips	All Our Love
	The Whispers	Just Gets Better with Time
1989
	New Edition	Heart Break	^[3]
	Guy	Guy
	LeVert	Just Coolin'
	Tony! Toni! Toné!	Who?

1990s[edit]

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
1990
	Soul II Soul	Club Classics Vol. One	^[4]
	Heavy D and the Boyz	Big Tyme
	Maze and Frankie Beverly	Silky Soul
	Milli Vanilli	Girl You Know It's True
1991
	Bell Biv Devoe	Poison	^[5]
	En Vogue	Born to Sing
	Tony! Toni! Toné!	The Revival
	The Whispers	More of the Night
1992
	Jodeci	Forever My Lady	^[6]
	Guy	The Future
	Prince and the New Power Generation	Diamonds and Pearls
	BeBe & CeCe Winans	Different Lifestyles
1993
	En Vogue	Funky Divas	^[7]
	Arrested Development	3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...
	Prince and the New Power Generation	Love Symbol Album
	TLC	Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip
1994
	Silk	Lose Control	^[8]
	Earth, Wind & Fire	Millennium
	Intro	Intro
	Tony! Toni! Toné!	Sons of Soul
1995
	Boyz II Men	II	^[9]
	Blackstreet	Blackstreet
	Jodeci	Diary of a Mad Band
	Zhané	Pronounced Jah-Nay
1996
	TLC	CrazySexyCool	^[10]
	Jodeci	The Show, the After Party, the Hotel
	Solo	Solo
	Xscape	Off the Hook
1997
	New Edition	Home Again	^[11]
	112	112
	The Isley Brothers	Mission to Please
	Mint Condition	Definition of a Band
1998
	Dru Hill	Dru Hill	^[12]
	Boyz II Men	Evolution
	Kirk Franklin and God's Property	God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation
	Puff Daddy & the Family	No Way Out
1999
	The Temptations	Phoenix Rising	^[13]
	Dru Hill	Enter the Dru
	LSG	Levert, Sweat, Gill
	Outkast	Aquemini

2000s[edit]

Year	Artist	Album	Ref
2000
	TLC	FanMail	^[14]
	Destiny's Child	The Writing's on the Wall
	K-Ci & JoJo	It's Real
	Les Nubians	Princesses Nubiennes
2001
	Jagged Edge	J.E. Heartbreak	^[15]
	Mary Mary	Thankful
	Next	Welcome II Nextasy
	Lucy Pearl	Lucy Pearl
2002
	The Isley Brothers	Eternal	^[16]
	112	Part III
	Destiny's Child	Survivor
	Jagged Edge	Jagged Little Thrill
2003
	B2K	B2K	^[17]
	Boyz II Men	Full Circle
	Floetry	Floetic
	R. Kelly and Jay Z	Best of Both Worlds
2004
	B2K	Pandemonium!	^[18]
	The Isley Brothers	Body Kiss
	Kindred the Family Soul	Surrender to Love
	The Neptunes	Neptunes Presents Clones
2005
	Destiny's Child	Destiny Fulfilled	^[19]
	112	Hot & Wet
	Boyz II Men	Throwback, Vol. 1
	New Edition	One Love
2006
	The Black Eyed Peas	Monkey Business	^[20]
	112	Pleasure & Pain
	Earth, Wind & Fire	Illumination
	Mint Condition	Livin' the Luxury Brown
2007
	The Isley Brothers	Baby Makin' Music	^[21]
	Gnarls Barkley	St. Elsewhere
	Danity Kane	Danity Kane
	Jagged Edge	Jagged Edge

References[edit]

^ "Soul Train Music Awards 1987 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 1988 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 1989 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 1990 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 1991 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 1992 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 1993 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 1994 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 1994 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 1996 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "11th Annual (1997) Soul Train Music Awards". Archived from the original on October 16, 2002. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 1998 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 1999 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 2000 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 2001 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 2002 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Soul Train Music Awards 2003 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "2004 Soul Train Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
^ "2005 Soul Train Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
^ "2006 Soul Train Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
^ "2007 Soul Train Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[1] "Soul Train Music Awards 1987 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[2] "Soul Train Music Awards 1988 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[3] "Soul Train Music Awards 1989 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[4] "Soul Train Music Awards 1990 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[5] "Soul Train Music Awards 1991 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[6] "Soul Train Music Awards 1992 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[7] "Soul Train Music Awards 1993 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[8] "Soul Train Music Awards 1994 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[9] "Soul Train Music Awards 1994 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[10] "Soul Train Music Awards 1996 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[11] "11th Annual (1997) Soul Train Music Awards". Archived from the original on October 16, 2002. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[12] "Soul Train Music Awards 1998 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[13] "Soul Train Music Awards 1999 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[14] "Soul Train Music Awards 2000 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[15] "Soul Train Music Awards 2001 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[16] "Soul Train Music Awards 2002 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[17] "Soul Train Music Awards 2003 Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 2016-10-15.

[18] "2004 Soul Train Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[19] "2005 Soul Train Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[20] "2006 Soul Train Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

[21] "2007 Soul Train Music Awards". Awards and Winners. Retrieved 2016-07-12.

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v t e Soul Train Music Awards
Categories	Album of the Year Song of the Year Video of the Year The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award New Artist R&B/Soul Male Artist R&B/Soul Female Artist Soul Train Certified Award Rhythm & Bars Award Gospel/Inspirational Song Dance Performance Collaboration
Discontinued	R&B/Soul Album – Female R&B/Soul Album – Male R&B/Soul Album – Group, Band or Duo R&B/Soul of Rap Dance Cut R&B/Soul Single – Female R&B/Soul Single – Male R&B/Soul Single – Group, Band or Duo Rap Single Gospel Album – Solo Gospel Album – Group or Band Jazz Album – Solo Jazz Album – Group, Band or Duo Gospel Album Jazz Album Rap Album
Special awards	Quincy Jones Award Heritage Award Sammy Davis Jr. Award Artist of the Decade Award Stevie Wonder Award
Awards ceremonies	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024