Soul Train Music Awards: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show which previously aired in national television syndication, and honors the best in Black music and entertainment. It is produced by the makers of Soul Train, the program from which it takes its name, and features musical performances by various R&B and Soul recording artists interspersed throughout the ceremonies. The special traditionally used to air in either February, March or April, but now airs the last weekend of November (in most years, Thanksgiving weekend).

The Soul Train Music Awards voting body includes active professionals in the fields of radio programming and music retail and management and recording artists with records that have charted in designated music trade publications in the year prior to proceedings. Past hosts for the show include such R&B luminaries as Luther Vandross, Dionne Warwick, Patti LaBelle, Will Smith, Vanessa Williams, and Gladys Knight. The Soul Train Music Award trophy has featured an African ceremonial mask since its 1987 introduction. A new trophy was designed by Tristan Eaton of Thunderdog Studios in 2009 and is manufactured by New York firm Society Awards. R&B singer Janet Jackson holds the record for the most Soul Train Awards won with 13 wins.

Series details

• Title: Soul Train Music Awards
• Format: Award Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 1987-03-23
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: BET
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 150 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9207
• TVDB ID: 289657

Cast and credited roles

• Keke Palmer — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1987: premiered 1987-03-23; final listed air date 1987-03-23; episode order: 1.
• Season 1988: premiered 1988-03-30; final listed air date 1988-03-30; episode order: 1.
• Season 1989: premiered 1989-04-13; final listed air date 1989-04-13; episode order: 1.
• Season 1990: premiered 1990-03-14; final listed air date 1990-03-14; episode order: 1.
• Season 1991: premiered 1991-03-12; final listed air date 1991-03-12; episode order: 1.
• Season 1992: premiered 1992-03-10; final listed air date 1992-03-10; episode order: 1.
• Season 1993: premiered 1993-03-09; final listed air date 1993-03-09; episode order: 1.
• Season 1994: premiered 1994-03-15; final listed air date 1994-03-15; episode order: 1.
• Season 1995: premiered 1995-03-13; final listed air date 1995-03-13; episode order: 1.
• Season 1996: premiered 1996-03-29; final listed air date 1996-03-29; episode order: 1.
• Season 1997: premiered 1997-03-08; final listed air date 1997-03-08; episode order: 1.
• Season 1998: premiered 1998-02-27; final listed air date 1998-02-27; episode order: 1.
• Season 1999: premiered 1999-03-25; final listed air date 1999-03-25; episode order: 1.
• Season 2000: premiered 2000-03-04; final listed air date 2000-03-04; episode order: 1.
• Season 2001: premiered 2001-02-28; final listed air date 2001-02-28; episode order: 1.
• Season 2002: premiered 2002-03-20; final listed air date 2002-03-20; episode order: 1.
• Season 2003: premiered 2003-03-01; final listed air date 2003-03-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2004: premiered 2004-03-20; final listed air date 2004-03-20; episode order: 1.
• Season 2005: premiered 2005-02-28; final listed air date 2005-02-28; episode order: 1.
• Season 2006: premiered 2006-03-06; final listed air date 2006-03-06; episode order: 1.
• Season 2007: premiered 2007-03-17; final listed air date 2007-03-17; episode order: 1.
• Season 2009: premiered 2009-11-03; final listed air date 2009-11-03; episode order: 1.
• Season 2010: premiered 2010-11-28; final listed air date 2010-11-28; episode order: 1.
• Season 2011: premiered 2011-11-27; final listed air date 2011-11-27; episode order: 1.
• Season 2012: premiered 2012-11-25; final listed air date 2012-11-25; episode order: 1.
• Season 2013: premiered 2013-12-01; final listed air date 2013-12-01; episode order: 1.
• Season 2014: premiered 2014-11-30; final listed air date 2014-11-30; episode order: 1.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-11-29; final listed air date 2015-11-29; episode order: 1.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-11-27; final listed air date 2016-11-27; episode order: 1.
• Season 2017: premiered 2017-11-26; final listed air date 2017-11-26; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

Adapted from Soul Train Music Awards on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.