The 2019 Soul Train Music Awards took place on November 17 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and aired live for the first time on BET and BET Her. It was hosted by Tisha Campbell & Tichina Arnold, for the first time in the awards ceremony history from Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[3]

The nominations were announced on October 25, 2019. Chris Brown received the most nominations with eight, followed by Drake with seven.^[4] The most nominated female artist were Beyoncé and Lizzo, both with six nominations.^[5]

During the ceremony Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were honored with the Legend Award, while gospel singer Yolanda Adams received the Lady of Soul Award for her contributions to the music industry.^[6]

Honorees are as listed below:

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis^[7]

Yolanda Adams^[8]

Nominees are as listed below.^[9] Winners are in bold:^[10]

• Summer Walker
  • Lucky Daye
  • Mahalia
  • Nicole Bus
  • Pink Sweat$
  • YK Osiris

• Trevor Jackson
  • Ciara
  • Daniel Caesar
  • Fantasia
  • India Arie
  • Kelly Rowland

• H.E.R.
  • Ari Lennox
  • Beyoncé
  • Lizzo
  • Mary J. Blige
  • Summer Walker

• Khalid
  • Anderson .Paak
  • Bruno Mars
  • Chris Brown
  • Daniel Caesar
  • Tank

• Kirk Franklin
  • BeBe Winans
  • Donald Lawrence
  • Erica Campbell
  • Tasha Cobbs Leonard
  • Tori Kelly

• Cardi B – "Money"
  • 21 Savage – "A Lot" (featuring J. Cole)
  • DaBaby – "Suge"
  • J. Cole – "Middle Child"
  • Meek Mill – "Going Bad" (featuring Drake)
  • Megan Thee Stallion – "Cash Shit" (featuring DaBaby)

• Chris Brown – "No Guidance" (featuring Drake)
  • Beyoncé – "Before I Let Go"
  • Ella Mai – "Shot Clock"
  • Khalid – "Talk"
  • Lizzo – "Juice"
  • Summer Walker – "Girls Need Love" (Remix) (featuring Drake)

• Lizzo – Cuz I Love You
• Ari Lennox – Shea Butter Baby
• Chris Brown – Indigo
• Ella Mai – Ella Mai
• H.E.R. – I Used to Know Her
• Khalid – Free Spirit

• Beyoncé, Saint Jhn, & Wizkid – "Brown Skin Girl" (featuring Blue Ivy Carter)
  • Written by Beyoncé, Carlos St. John, Adio Marchant, Shawn Carter, Stacy Barthe, Anathi Mnyango, Michael Uzowuru, Wizkid & Richard Isong
• H.E.R. – "Hard Place"
  • Written by H.E.R., David Harris, Sam Ashworth, James Fauntleroy & Ruby Amanfu
• Lizzo – "Juice"
  • Written by Melissa Jefferson, Theron Thomas, Eric Frederic, Sam Sumser and Sean Small
• Anderson .Paak – "Make It Better" (featuring Smokey Robinson)
  • Written by Brandon Anderson, William Robinson, Alana Chenervert, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Daniel Maman & Farid Nassar
• Chris Brown – "No Guidance" (featuring Drake)
  • Written by Christopher Brown, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Joshua Louis Huizar, Teddy Walton, Noah Shebib, Nija Charles, Tyler Bryant & Michee Lebrun
• Khalid – "Talk"
  • Written by Khalid Robinson, Guy Lawrence, & Howard Lawrence

• Chris Brown – "No Guidance" (featuring Drake)
  • Beyoncé – "Spirit"
  • Lizzo – "Juice"
  • Normani – "Motivation"
  • Teyana Taylor – "WTP"
  • DaniLeigh – "Easy" (Remix) (featuring Chris Brown)

• Chris Brown – "No Guidance" (featuring Drake)
  • Ari Lennox & J. Cole – "Shea Butter Baby"
  • Beyoncé, Saint Jhn & Wizkid – "Brown Skin Girl" (featuring Blue Ivy Carter)
  • Cardi B & Bruno Mars – "Please Me"
  • PJ Morton – "Say So" (featuring JoJo)
  • Ty Dolla $ign – "Purple Emoji" (featuring J. Cole)

• Lizzo – "Juice"
  • Alicia Keys – "Raise a Man"
  • Beyoncé – "Spirit"
  • Childish Gambino – "Feels Like Summer"
  • Chris Brown – "No Guidance" (featuring Drake)
  • Khalid – "Better"