Soul Train Music Award for Soul Train Certified Award

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Soul Train Music Soul Train Certified Award, formerly the Centric Award. The award has been given out since the 2009 ceremony.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Artist	Ref
2009
	Maysa	[1]
	Corneille
	Laura Izibor
	The Knux
	Eric Roberson

2010s

Year	Artist	Ref
2010
	Janelle Monáe	[2]
	Corrine Bailey Rae
	Jesse Boykins III
	Dondria
	Dwele
2011
	Raphael Saadiq	[3]
	Aloe Blacc
	Bilal
	Anthony David
Ledisi
2012
	Leah LaBelle	[4]
	Gary Clark, Jr.
	Daley
	Santigold
	Esperanza Spalding
2013
	Luke James	[5]
	Stacy Barthe
	Lyfe Jennings
	Talib Kweli
	Solange
	Joss Stone
2014
	Leela James	[6]
	AverySunshine
	Robert Glasper
	Kelis
	Luke James
	Shaliek
2015
	Tyrese	[7]
	Avant
	Vivian Green
	The Internet
	Chrisette Michele
2016
	Anderson .Paak	[8]
	After 7
	Bilal
	Lalah Hathaway
	Musiq Soulchild
2017
	Bell Biv Devoe	[9]
	Ledisi
	Johnny Gill
	Lalah Hathaway
	Mack Wilds
2018
	Ledisi	[10]
	Ashanti
	Jorja Smith
	Lenny Kravitz
	MAJOR.
	Tamia
2019
	Trevor Jackson	[11]
	Ciara
	Daniel Caesar
	Fantasia
	India Arie
	Kelly Rowland

2020s

Year	Artist	Ref
2020
	Brandy	[12]
	Fantasia
	Kelly Rowland
	Ledisi
	Monica
	PJ Morton
2021
	Charlie Wilson	[13]
	Anthony Hamilton
	Ashanti
	Isley Brothers
	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
	T-Pain
2022
	Mary J. Blige	[14]
	Chaka Khan
	Charlie Wilson
	Diana Ross
	Maxwell
	PJ Morton
	Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers
	T-Pain
2023
	Usher	[15]
	Anthony Hamilton
	Ashanti
	Ciara
	Eric Bellinger
	Monica
	PJ Morton
	Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers
	T-Pain