SZA dominated the 2023 Soul Train Awards, while Usher and Victoria Monet also won big.
According to Billboard, the star took home four awards, including:
- Best R&B/soul Female Artist
- Album of the Year
- Song of the Year
- Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award
This feat feat marks the sixth successive year a female solo artist has taken home the Album of the Year award.
The other winners are:
- Beyonce for Renaissance in 2022
- Jazmine Sullivan for Heaux Tales in 2021
- Summer Walker for Over It in 2020
- Lizzo for Cuz I Love You in 2019
- H.E.R. for her self-titled album, H.E.R. in 2018
This is the singer’s second time winning the Best R&B/Soul Female Artist award after she took it home in 2017.
The singer is also this year’s most-nominated Grammy nominee with nine nods.
2023 Soul Train Awards Was Big For SZA, Usher, Victoria Monet And More
Usher was the runner-up with three Soul Train Awards.
He took home the Best R&B/Soul Male Artist–an award he last won in 2010.
He also won Best Collaboration for “Good Good,” where he teamed up with 21 Savage and Summer Walker and took home the Certified Soul Award.
Despite having nine nominations, Summer Walker only won for the collaboration with Usher.
Victoria Monet won Video of the Year and Best Dance Performance for “On My Mama.”
The same album has two Grammy nominations: Best R&B Song and Record of the Year.
Coco Jones won Best New Artist–she also won in this category earlier this year at the BET Awards.
Coco is also competing for a Grammy in the same category.
Kirk Franklin showed he’s still the king of gospel–he took home the Best Gospel/Inspirational Award for the fifth successive year.
But not everyone was a winner.
October London, Burna Boy, and Chris Brown each received four nominations, but they all left empty-handed.
Janelle Monae received the honorary Spirit of Soul Award, while T-Pain took home the Legend Award.
If you missed the 2023 Soul Train Awards, you can watch its encore presentations tonight, November 27, at 6pm ET/PT on BET.
Here Are The Winners
Here’s the complete list of 2023 Soul Train Awards winners:
- Album of the Year: WINNER: SOS, SZA
- Song of the Year: WINNER: “Snooze,” SZA
- Video of the Year: WINNER: “On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
- Best R&B/soul Female Artist: WINNER: SZA
- Best R&B/soul Male Artist: WINNER: Usher
- Best Group: WINNER: Maverick City Music
- Best collaboration: WINNER: “Good Good,” Usher, Summer Walker, 21 Savage
- Best New Artist: WINNER: Coco Jones
- Certified Soul Award: WINNER: Usher
- The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award: WINNER: “Snooze,” SZA
- Best Dance Performance: WINNER: “On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
- Best Gospel/inspirational Award: WINNER: “All Things,” Kirk Franklin
