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

• * Tevin Campbell – I'm Ready
• * Prince – The Hits/The B-Sides
• * Luther Vandross – ''Never Let Me Go''

R&B Album of the Year – Female

• * 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

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

Best R&B Single – Male

• * Babyface – "Never Keeping Secrets"
• * Johnny Gill – "The Floor"
• * Luther Vandross – "Heaven Knows"

Best R&B Single – Female

• * 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

• * H-Town – "Knockin' Da Boots
• * Tony! Toni! Toné! – "Anniversary"
• * Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight – "Love Is"

R&B/Soul Song of the Year

• * Toni Braxton – "Breathe Again"
• * Janet Jackson – "That's the Way Love Goes"
• * Tony! Toni! Toné! – "Anniversary"

Best R&B Music Video

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

Best R&B New Artist

• * Angie & Debbie – "Light of Love"
• * Tag Team – "Whoomp! (There It Is)"
• * Xscape – "Just Kickin' It"

Best Rap Album

• * Arrested Development – Unplugged
• * Digable Planets – Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
• * Naughty by Nature – ''19 Naughty III''

Best Gospel Album

• * Shirley Caesar – Stand Still
• * Kirk Franklin & the Family – Kirk Franklin and the Family
• * The Winans – ''All Out''

Best Jazz Album

• * 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 (Cool Like Dat)"
• 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, Dr. Dre and Jewell – "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" / "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)"
• Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston – "Something in Common"

Presenters

• Rosie Perez, Naughty By Nature and T.K. Carter - Presented Best R&B/Soul Single - Group, Band or Duo
• Paul Rodriguez, Tony! Toni! Toné! and Mary J. Blige - Presented Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist
• Karyn Parsons, Ralph Tresvant and Ricca - Presented Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video
• Lisa Lisa, Jamie Foxx and Silk - Presented Best Jazz Album
• George Wallace, Jade and Kristoff St. John - Presented Best Gospel Album
• Terry McMillan - Presented Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year
• Sheryl Lee Ralph, Xscape and Kirk Franklin - Presented Best R&B/Soul Single - Male
• Earth, Wind and Fire and Angie & Debbie - Presented Best R&B/Soul Single - Female
• Bill Bellamy, Jodeci and Oleta Adams - Presented Best Rap Album
• Magic Johnson - Presented Heritage Award for Career Achievement
• Tevin Campbell, Intro and T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh - Presented R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year
• Charles S. Dutton, Kenya Moore and Terrence Blanchard - Presented Best R&B/Soul Album - Group, Band or Duo
• Sinbad, Brian McKnight and Zhané - Presented Best R&B/Soul Album - Male
• TLC and Don Franklin - Presented Best R&B/Soul Album - Female