Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Male Artist
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The Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Male Artist is an award presented to an R&B/soul male solo artist for outstanding performance and overall contributions to the music industry.
About the Award
The Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Male Artist is an award given to honor the best R&B and soul singers of the year. It was first awarded in 1995. The award is given to the artist who has released the best R&B or soul album of the year.
History of the Soul Train Music Awards
The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual awards show that honors the best in R&B, soul, and hip-hop music. The awards were established in 1987, and the first show was held in 1988. The award show is named after the iconic television series Soul Train, which aired from 1971 to 2006.
The award show is broadcast on BET and features performances by some of the genre’s biggest stars. Past performers have included Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, and Usher. The awards are given out in a variety of categories, including Best R&B/Soul Male Artist, Best R&B/Soul Female Artist, Best R&B/Soul Album, and Song of the Year.
Description of the Award
The Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Male Artist is an award given to honor the achievements of male artists in the field of rhythm and blues and soul music. The award was first presented to Marvin Gaye at the 2nd Annual Soul Train Music Awards in 1975.
Previous Winners
The Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Male Artist is an award given to an artist who has delivered an outstanding performance in the R&B and soul music genres. This award was first presented at the 7th annual Soul Train Music Awards in 1993, and has been given out annually since then.
2017: Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and choreographer. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Mars moved to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue a musical career. After being dropped by Motown Records, Mars signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records in 2009. In the same year, he co-founded the production team The Smeezingtons, responsible for various successful singles for Mars himself and other artists.
2016: Maxwell
Maxwell won the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Male Artist in 2016. He is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he debuted with his 1996 album Urban Hang Suite.
2015: Chris Brown
Chris Brown is an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Born in Tappahannock, Virginia, he was involved in his church choir and several local talent shows from a young age. Having signed with Jive Records in 2004, Brown released his self-titled debut studio album the following year. It peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 and was later certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). With his first single “Run It!” peaking atop the US Billboard Hot 100, Brown became the first male artist as a lead since Diddy in 1997 to have his debut single top the chart. His second album Exclusive (2007) spawned his second Hot 100 number one “Kiss Kiss”, in addition to “With You” and “Forever”. The album was also certified double platinum by the RIAA. In 2009, Brown received significant media attention after pleading guilty to felony assault of his then girlfriend, singer Rihanna; he was sentenced to five years of probation and six months of community service.
2019 Nominees
The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual music awards show that honors the best in African-American music. The show was created by Don Cornelius and is currently produced by BET Networks. This award is given to the best R&B/Soul Male Artist of the year. The nominees for this award are:
Khalid
Khalid Donnel Robinson (born February 11, 1998), known mononymously as Khalid, is an American singer and songwriter. He is signed to Right Hand Music Group and RCA Records. His debut single, “Location”, was released in July 2016 and peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was later certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His debut studio album, American Teen, was released on March 3, 2017. The album received positive reviews from critics and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. It was certified platinum by the RIAA in October 2017. The album includes the singles “Location”, “Young Dumb & Broke” and “Saved”.
Anderson .Paak
Anderson .Paak is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer. He released his debut album, Malibu, in 2016, and his second album, Oxnard, in 2018. He has also released several EPs and mixtapes, including Venice (2014) and Yes Lawd! (2016). Paak has won two Grammy Awards and has been nominated for several others.
H.E.R.
The nominees for the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Male Artist are:
-Chris Brown
-Khalid
-Anderson .Paak
-Bruno Mars
2019 Winner
The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual awards show that honors the best in Black music and entertainment. It was created by Don Cornelius and is produced by the Soul Train Music Corporation. The show features performances by various artists, and the award for Best R&B/Soul Male Artist went to Usher in 2019.
H.E.R.
The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual music awards show that honors the best in African American music. The show is produced by the makers of Soul Train, the long-running television program that showcased black music and artists from the 1970s onward. The awards show was established in 1987, and H.E.R. is the 2019 winner for Best R&B/Soul Male Artist.
