1999 Soul Train Music Awards

The 1999 Soul Train Music Awards was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and aired live in select cities on March 26, 1999 (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 Tyra Banks, Brian McKnight and Monica.

Special awards

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold text.

R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year

Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Erykah Badu – Erykah Badu Live DMX – It's Dark and Hell Is Hot Jay Z – Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life

Best R&B/Soul Album – Male

R. Kelly – R. Tyrese – Tyrese Maxwell – Embrya Will Smith – Big Willie Style

Best R&B/Soul Album – Female

Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Brandy – Never Say Never Mýa – Mýa Kelly Price – Soul of a Woman

Best R&B/Soul Album – Group, Band or Duo

The Temptations – Phoenix Rising Dru Hill – Enter the Dru LSG – Levert.Sweat.Gill Outkast – Aquemini

Best R&B/Soul Single – Male

Brian McKnight – "Anytime" Jon B. – "They Don't Know" Tyrese - "Nobody Else" R. Kelly – "Half on a Baby"

Best R&B/Soul Single – Female

Deborah Cox – "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" Lauryn Hill – "Doo Wop (That Thing)" Janet Jackson (featuring Blackstreet) – "I Get Lonely" Kelly Price (featuring Ron Isley & R.Kelly) – "Friend of Mine"

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

Next – "Too Close" Brandy and Monica – "The Boy is Mine" K-Ci & JoJo – "All My Life" The Temptations – "Stay"

The Michael Jackson Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video

DMX (featuring Ja Rule, Nas, & Method Man) – "Grand Finale" Busta Rhymes – "Dangerous" Big Punisher (featuring Joe) – "Still Not a Player" Will Smith – "Gettin' Jiggy With It"

Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist

Kelly Price Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz Mýa Trin-i-tee 5:7

Best Jazz Album

Herbie Hancock – Gershwin's World Olu Dara – In the World: From Natchez to New York Russ Freeman and Craig Chaquico – From the Redwoods to the Rockies John Scofield – A Go Go

Best Gospel Album

Kirk Franklin – The Nu Nation Project Ronnie Bryant and the Christian Community Choir – He's a Keepa Fred Hammond – Pages of Life - Chapters I & II Walter Hawkins and the Love Center Choir – Love Alive V: 25th Anniversary Reunion

Performers

Whitney Houston – "It's Not Right but It's Okay"
Kelly Price and Da Brat – "Secret Love"
Deborah Cox and R. L. Huggar – "We Can't Be Friends"
Luther Vandross Tribute: El DeBarge, Johnny Gill and Kenny Lattimore – "Never Too Much" / "Don't Want to Be a Fool" / "Wait for Love" Whitney Houston – "So Amazing"
Kirk Franklin and Nu Nation – "Love"
R. Kelly – "When a Woman's Fed Up"
Monica – "Angel of Mine"
Lauryn Hill – "Everything is Everything"

Presenters

Ginuwine, Traci Bingham and Next - Presented Best R&B/Soul Single - Male
Nas, Monifah and Lisa Nicole Carson - Presented Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist
Tia and Tamara Mowry, TQ and Tom Joyner - Presented Best R&B/Soul Single - Female
Jon B., Cherokee and Herbie Hancock - Presented Best Gospel Album
Destiny's Child, Erykah Badu and DJ Quik - Presented The Michael Jackson Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video
Valerie Hill - Presented Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year – Female
Sparkle, Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz and Mystro Clark - Presented Best R&B/Soul Album - Male
Timbaland, Eric Benet and Trin-i-tee 5:7 - Presented R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the Year
Whitney Houston - Presented Quincy Jones Award for Career Achievement
Tyrese, Naughty By Nature and Tracie Spencer - Presented Best R&B/Soul Album - Group, Band or Duo
Mya, Outkast and Eddie Griffin - Presented Best R&B/Soul Single - Group, Band or Duo
Don Cornelius - Presented Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year – Male
Keith Sweat and Shanice - Presented Best R&B/Soul Album - Female