Beyoncé has emerged as the biggest winner at the 2022 Soul Train Awards, taking home awards in half of the categories for which she was nominated.
Though not on hand to receive her honors, Beyoncé won her fourth Album of the Year award for Renaissance, and took home Song of the Year with the album’s lead single, “Break My Soul.” She also won Best Collaboration alongside The Isley Brothers for their song, “Make Me Say It Again, Girl.”
Beyoncé – who tied with Mary J. Blige for the most Soul Train Awards nominations this year with seven — lost in three categories, including Best R&B/Soul Female Artist, which she’s won four times in the past. The 2022 award went to Jazmine Sullivan.
Ari Lennox was shut out from the 2022 Soul Train Awards, despite coming in right behind Bey and Mary J. with six nominations. She did, however, deliver a fan-favorite performance of her a/s/l single “Waste My Time” at the awards show, which aired on BET and BET Her on Saturday night (November 26).
Chris Brown, who took home the Favorite Male R&B Artist at this year’s American Music Awards, was named Best R&B/Soul Male Artist for the second time in three years.
Other winners included Blige, who took home the Certified Soul Award; Lizzo, who won Best Dance Performance for “About Damn Time”; Silk Sonic, who won Video of the Year for “Smokin Out the Window”; and Maverick City and Kirk Franklin, who took home the Best Gospel/Inspirational award.
Muni Long received The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award, beating out Steve Lacy, Mary J. Blige, and Beyoncé, who was nominated twice in that category for “Break My Soul” and “Church Girl.”
And Tems made history with her Best New Artist win, becoming the first African artist to win in the category. Fellow Nigerian artists CKay and Fireboy DML were also nominated for Best New Artist this year.
he 2022 Soul Train Awards were taped in Las Vegas on November 13, though winners were kept under wraps until the show aired. Only two competitive categories were presented during the BET broadcast, along with two lifetime achievement awards.
Both Xscape’s Lady Of Soul Award honor and Morris Day & The Time’s Legend Award were included in the Soul Train Awards taping. Check out the full list of winners below:
Album of the Year
• Silk Sonic — An Evening With Silk Sonic
• Ari Lennox — Away Message (EP)
• Chris Brown — Breezy
• Mary J. Blige — Good Morning Gorgeous
• Jazmine Sullivan — Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe
• Tank — R&B Money
• Beyoncé — Renaissance (WINNER)
• Lizzo — Special
Song of the Year
• Lizzo — “About Damn Time”
• Steve Lacy — “Bad Habit”
• Beyoncé — “Break My Soul” (WINNER)
• Mary J. Blige — “Good Morning Gorgeous”
• Muni Long — “Hrs & Hrs”
• Burna Boy — “Last Last”
• Ari Lennox — “Pressure”
Video of the Year
• Lizzo — “About Damn Time”
• Steve Lacy — “Bad Habit”
• Mary J. Blige — “Good Morning Gorgeous”
• Chlöe — “Have Mercy”
• Muni Long — “Hrs & Hrs”
• Burna Boy — “Last Last”
• Ari Lennox — “Pressure”
• Silk Sonic — “Smokin Out the Window” (WINNER)
Best New Artist
• CKay
• Coco Jones
• Dixson
• Doechii
• Fireboy DML
• Muni Long
• Steve Lacy
• Tems (WINNER)
Best R&B/Soul Female Artist
• Ari Lennox
• Beyoncé
• H.E.R.
• Jazmine Sullivan (WINNER)
• Lizzo
• Mary J. Blige
• SZA
• Tems
Best R&B/Soul Male Artist
• Babyface
• Brent Faiyaz
• Burna Boy
• Charlie Wilson
• Chris Brown (WINNER)
• Giveon
• Lucky Daye
• PJ Morton
Best Collaboration
• Mary J. Blige f. DJ Khaled — “Amazing”
• PJ Morton f. Stevie Wonder & Nas — “Be Like Water”
• Chris Brown f. Wizkid — “Call Me Every Day”
• Diddy f. Bryson Tiller — “Gotta Move On”
• Queen Naija & Big Sean — “Hate Our Love”
• Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers f. Beyoncé — “Make Me Say It Again, Girl” (WINNER)
• Beyoncé f. Grace Jones & Tems — “Move”
• Tank f. J. Valentine — “Slow”
Certified Soul Award
• Chaka Khan
• Charlie Wilson
• Diana Ross
• Mary J. Blige (WINNER)
• Maxwell
• PJ Morton
• Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers
• T-Pain
The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award
• Steve Lacy — “Bad Habit”
• Beyoncé — “Break My Soul”
• Beyoncé — “Church Girl”
• Mary J. Blige — “Good Morning Gorgeous”
• Muni Long — “Hrs & Hrs” (WINNER)
• SZA — “I Hate U”
• Burna Boy — “Last Last”
• Ari Lennox — “Pressure”
Best Dance Performance
• Lizzo — “About Damn Time” (WINNER)
• Chris Brown f. Wizkid — “Call Me Every Day”
• Chlöe — “Have Mercy”
• Doechii — “Persuasive”
• Ari Lennox — “Pressure”
• Silk Sonic — “Smokin Out the Window,”
• Chris Brown — “WE (Warm Embrace)”
• Doja Cat — “Woman”
Best Gospel/Inspirational Award
• CeCe Winans
• Erica Campbell
• Fred Hammond
• Major.
• Marvin Sapp
• Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin (WINNER)
• Tamela Mann
• Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Legend Award
Morris Day & The Time
Lady of Soul Award
Xscape
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