1989 Soul Train Music Awards

1989 Soul Train Music Awards
Date	April 13, 1989
Location	Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles, California, US)
Hosted by	Dionne Warwick Patti LaBelle Ahmad Rashad
Television/radio coverage
Network	WGN America
Runtime	180 min.

The 1989 Soul Train Music Awards was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and aired live in select cities on April 13, 1989 (and was later syndicated in other areas), honoring the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year. The show was hosted by Patti LaBelle, Ahmad Rashad and Dionne Warwick.

Special awards

Heritage Award for Career Achievement

• Michael Jackson

Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year

• Michael Jackson

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold text with an asterisk (*).

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Song of The Year

• "Giving You the Best That I Got" - Anita Baker*
• "Don't Be Cruel" - Bobby Brown
• "Man in the Mirror" - Michael Jackson
• "I Want Her" - Keith Sweat

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary New Artist

• Al B. Sure!
• Guy
• Karyn White
• BeBe & CeCe Winans

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Music Video

• "Parents Just Don't Understand" - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
• "Man in the Mirror" - Michael Jackson*
• "Wild Wild West" - Kool Moe Dee
• "Skeletons" - Stevie Wonder

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single, Male

• "My Prerogative" - Bobby Brown
• "Man in the Mirror", Michael Jackson*
• "Just Got Paid" - Johnny Kemp
• "Make It Last Forever" - Keith Sweat (ft. Jacci McGhee)

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

• Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown*
• Simple Pleasures - Bobby McFerrin
• In Effect Mode - Al B. Sure
• Any Love - Luther Vandross

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

• Guy - Guy
• Just Coolin' - Levert
• Heartbreak - New Edition*
• Who?- Tony, Toni, Tone

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single, Female

• "Giving You the Best That I Got" - Anita Baker*
• "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"? - Whitney Houston
• "Superwoman" - Karyn White
• "The Right Stuff" - Vanessa Williams

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

• Giving You the Best That I Got - Anita Baker*
• Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
• Stronger Than Pride - Sade
• The Right Stuff - Vanessa Williams

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

• "It Takes Two" - Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
• "Da Butt" - E.U.*
• "Groove Me" - Guy
• "Can You Stand the Rain?" - New Edition

Best Gospel Album

• Live in Chicago - Shirley Caesar
• Conqueror - The Clark Sisters
• Inspired - James Cleveland
• Take 6 - Take 6*

Best Jazz Album

• Silhouette - Kenny G*
• Simple Pleasures - Bobby McFerrin
• Day by Day - Najee
• Stronger Than Pride - Sade

Best Rap Album

• It Takes Two - Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
• He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince*
• It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
• A Salt With a Deadly Pepa - Salt-N-Pepa

Performances

• Ashford & Simpson -
• Sheena Easton - "The Lover in Me"
• Levert feat. Heavy D & The Boyz - "Just Coolin'"
• Bobby Brown - "My Prerogative"
• Patti LaBelle - "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
• Dionne Warwick -
• New Edition feat. Rob Base - "Crucial"
• Shirley Caesar, The Clark Sisters, Thelma Houston, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Vickie Winans and The Winans - "Lean on Me"

External links

• Soul Train Music Awards 1989|Winners & Nominees