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

• * Prince (musician) – Graffiti Bridge (album)
• * 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

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

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

• * En Vogue – Born to Sing
• * Tony! Toni! Toné! – The Revival
• * The Whispers – ''More of the Night''

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Single – Male

• * 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

• * Anita Baker – "Talk to Me"
• * Janet Jackson – "Alright"
• * Lisa Stansfield – "All Around the World"

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

• * After 7 – "Ready or Not"
• * Bell Biv DeVoe – "Poison"
• * Quincy Jones – "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)"

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Song of the Year

• * Mariah Carey – "Vision of Love"
• * En Vogue – "Hold On"
• * Johnny Gill – "My, My, My"

Best Music Video

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

Best R&B/Urban Contemporary New Artist

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

Best Rap Album

• * Ice Cube – Amerikkka's Most Wanted
• * LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
• * Public Enemy – ''Fear of a Black Planet''

Best Gospel Album

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

Best Jazz Album

• * 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"
• Dionne Warwick – "Night and Day"
• Teddy Pendergrass – "Make It With You"
• Smokey Robinson Tribute:
• * Luther Vandross – "Since I Lost My Baby"
• * Patti LaBelle – "Ooo 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"

Presenters

• Heavy D, Anita Pointer, and Al Jarreau - Presented Best Urban Contemporary New Artist
• Sheena Easton and The Boys - Presented Best Gospel Album
• Fred Hammond, Oleta Adams, and Tony! Toni! Tone! - Presented Best Jazz Album
• Altovise Davis - Presented Sammy Davis Jr. For Entertainer of the Year
• James Ingram, Tramaine Hawkins, and Run DMC - Presented Best R&B Urban Contemporary Single Female
• David Peaston, Queen Latifah, and After 7 - Presented Best Music Video
• The Winans, Michel'le, and Ice-T - Presented Best R&B Urban Contemporary Single Group, Band, or Duo
• BeBe and CeCe Winans, John Tesh, and Vanessa Williams - Presented Best Rap Album
• Whoopi Goldberg - Presented Outstanding Award For Career Achievement
• Barry White, Cree Summer, and Big Daddy Kane - Presented Best R&B Urban Contemporary Single Male
• Take 6, Vanity, and Will Smith - Presented Urban Contemporary Song of the Year
• Holly Robinson Peete, Stephanie Mills, and Guy - Presented Best R&B Urban Contemporary Album Female
• Jody Watley, Mario Van Peebles, and Kid 'n Play - Presented Best R&B Urban Contemporary Album Male
• Sinbad, Rosie Perez, and Jeffrey Osborne - Presented Best R&B Urban Contemporary Album Group, Band, or Duo