• Source: 1987 Soul Train Music Awards

      • The 1987 Soul Train Music Awards aired live on March 23, 1987 (and was later syndicated in other areas), honoring the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year. The show was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and was hosted by Luther Vandross and Dionne Warwick.


      Special awards




      = Heritage Award for Career Achievement

      =
      Stevie Wonder


      Winners and nominees


      Winners are in bold text.


      = Album of the Year – Male

      =
      Luther Vandross – Give Me the Reason
      Freddie Jackson – Rock Me Tonight
      Billy Ocean – Love Zone
      Stevie Wonder – In Square Circle


      = Album of the Year – Female

      =
      Janet Jackson – Control
      Anita Baker – Rapture
      Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
      Patti LaBelle – Winner in You


      = Album of the Year – Group, Duo, or Band

      =
      Cameo – Word Up!
      Atlantic Starr – As the Band Turns
      Kool & the Gang – Forever
      Run–D.M.C. – Raising Hell


      = Best Single – Male

      =
      Gregory Abbott – "Shake You Down"
      Freddie Jackson – "Tasty Love"
      Prince – "Kiss"
      Luther Vandross – "Give Me the Reason"


      = Best Single – Female

      =
      Anita Baker – "Sweet Love"
      Whitney Houston – "The Greatest Love of All"
      Janet Jackson – "What Have You Done for Me Lately"
      Meli'sa Morgan – "Do Me Baby"


      = Best Single – Group, Duo, or Band

      =
      Cameo – "Word Up"
      Atlantic Starr – "Secret Lovers"
      Timex Social Club – "Rumors"
      Dionne Warrick and Friends – "That's What Friends Are For"


      = Best Rap Single

      =
      Run–D.M.C. – "Walk This Way"
      Joeski Love – "Peewee's Dance"
      Timex Social Club – "Rumors"
      Whodini – "One Love"


      = Best Music Video

      =
      Janet Jackson – "What Have You Done for Me Lately"
      Anita Baker – "Sweet Love"
      Cameo – "Word Up"
      Peter Gabriel – "Sledgehammer"


      = Best New Artist

      =
      Gregory Abbott
      Club Nouveau
      The Jets
      Shirley Murdock


      = Best Rap Album

      =
      Run–D.M.C. – Raising Hell
      Fat Boys – Fat Boys Are Back
      LL Cool J – Radio
      Whodini – Back in Black


      = Best Gospel Album – Solo

      =
      Al Green – He Is the Light
      Shirley Caesar – Celebration
      Andraé Crouch – Autograph
      Tramaine – The Search Is Over


      = Best Gospel Album – Group, Duo, or Choir

      =
      The Winans – Let My People Go
      Aretha Franklin with James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir – Amazing Grace
      Various Artists – The Color Purple Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
      The Williams Brothers – Blessed


      = Best Jazz Album – Solo

      =
      George Howard – Love Will Follow
      Miles Davis – Tutu
      Kenny G – Duotones
      Sade – Promise


      = Best Jazz Album – Group, Duo, or Band

      =
      Bob James and David Sanborn – Double Vision
      Spyro Gyra – Breakout
      Hiroshima – Another Place
      The Yellowjackets – Shades


      Performers


      Cameo – "Word Up!"
      LL Cool J – "I'm Bad"
      Al Jarreau
      Run–D.M.C. and Aerosmith – "Walk This Way"
      Whitney Houston – "You Give Good Love"
      George Benson
      Luther Vandross – "So Amazing"
      Bob James
      Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross – Medley: "My Cherie Amour" / "All is Fair in Love" / "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" / "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
      Stevie Wonder – "I Can Only Be Me"
      David Sanborn, Bob James, George Benson, and the George Duke Jazz Orchestra – "It's You"
      Cissy Houston, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Andrae Crouch, Sandra Crouch, Shirley Caesar, Tramaine Hawkins, Edwin Hawkins, The Williams Brothers and The Winans – "Mary Don't You Weep"
      Carlos Vega
      George Duke
      Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick and Stevie Wonder – "That's What Friends Are For"

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