Soul Train Music Award for Best New Artist

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Soul Train Music Award for Best New Artist. The award has been given out every year since the first annual Soul Train Music Awards in 1987.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1980s

Year	Artist	Ref
1987
	Gregory Abbott	[1]
	Club Nouveau
	The Jets
	Shirley Murdock
1988
	Miki Howard	[2]
	Terence Trent D'Arby
	Exposé
	Shanice
1989
	Al B. Sure!	[3]
	Guy
	Karyn White
	BeBe & CeCe Winans

1990s

Year	Artist	Ref
1990
	David Peaston	[4]
	Eric Gable
	Soul II Soul
	Young MC
1991
	Mariah Carey	[5]
	Oleta Adams
	En Vogue
	Vanilla Ice
1992
	Boyz II Men	[6]
	Color Me Badd
	Jodeci
	Lisa Fischer
1993
	Mary J. Blige	[7]
	Arrested Development
	Kris Kross
	Shai
1994
	H-Town	[8]
	Angie and Debbie
	Tag Team
	Xscape
1995
	Brandy	[9]
	69 Boyz
	Aaliyah
	Tanya Blount
1996
	D'Angelo	[10]
	Faith Evans
	Junior M.A.F.I.A.
	Monica
1997
	Maxwell	[11]
	112
	AZ Yet
	Tony Rich
1998
	Erykah Badu	[12]
	God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation
	Missy Elliott
	Puff Daddy
1999
	Kelly Price	[13]
	Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz
	Mýa
	Trin-i-tee 5:7

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2000
	Juvenile	[14]
	Eve
	Ideal
	Angie Stone
2001
	Nelly	[15]
	Lil' Bow Wow
	Jill Scott
	Carl Thomas
2002
	Alicia Keys	[16]
	Fabolous
	India.Arie
	Bubba Sparxxx
2003
	Amerie	[17]
	Heather Headley
	Nappy Roots
	Tweet
2004
	Chingy	[18]
	G-Unit
	Ruben Studdard
	Kanye West
2005
	Ciara	[19]
	Fantasia
	J-Kwon
	John Legend
2006
	Chris Brown	[20]
	LeToya
	Leela James
	Lyfe Jennings
	Bobby Valentino
2007
	Ne-Yo	[21]
	Lupe Fiasco
	Rick Ross
	Yung Joc
2008	—N/a
2009
	Keri Hilson	[22]
	Drake
	Jazmine Sullivan
	Ryan Leslie
	Solange

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010	Melanie Fiona	[23]
	B.o.B
	Nicki Minaj
	Dondria
2011	Miguel	[24]
	Marsha Ambrosius
	Bruno Mars
	Frank Ocean
2012	Elle Varner	[25]
	Robert Glasper
	J. Cole
	Luke James
	Emeli Sandé
2013	K. Michelle	[26]
	Tamar Braxton
	Bridget Kelly
	Kendrick Lamar
	TGT
2014	Nico & Vinz	[27]
	Jhené Aiko
	August Alsina
	Sevyn Streeter
	Liv Warfield
	Mack Wilds
2015	Jidenna	[28]
	Alessia Cara
	Dej Loaf
	Jussie Smollett
	Tinashe
2016	Chance the Rapper	[29]
	Andra Day
	Ro James
	Tory Lanez
	Anderson .Paak
	Bryson Tiller
2017	SZA	[30]
	H.E.R.
	Kevin Ross
	Khalid
	6lack
2018	Daniel Caesar	[31]
	Jorja Smith
	Kali Uchis
	Leon Thomas
	Normani
	Queen Naija
2019	Summer Walker	[32]
	Lucky Daye
	Mahalia
	Nicole Bus
	Pink Sweat$
	YK Osiris

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020	Snoh Aalegra	[33]
	Giveon
	Layton Greene
	Lonr.
	SAINt JHN
	Victoria Monét
2021	Yung Bleu	[34]
	Blxst
	Capella Grey
	Morray
	Tems
	Tone Stith
2022	Tems	[35]
	CKay
	Coco Jones
	Dixson
	Doechii
	Fireboy DML
	Muni Long
	Steve Lacy
2023	Coco Jones	[36]
	Ambré
	Ayra Starr
	Doechii
	Flo
	Fridayy
	Tyla
	WanMor