The 2023 BET Soul Train Awards honored some the biggest names in R&B, hip-hop and soul music. The annual awards show aired Sunday on BET and BET Her.

SZA lead the night taking home the most trophies including Best R&B/Soul Female Artist, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award.

Usher grabbed three awards for Best R&B/Soul Male Artist, Certified Soul Award, and Best Collaboration with Summer Walker and 21 Savage for “Good Good.” Victoria Monét won two awards in the Best Dance Performance and Video of The Year categories.

Janelle Monáe took the Spirit of Soul Award while T-Pain was honored with the Legend Award.

Hosted by Keke Palmer, the 2023 BET Soul Train Awards featured performances from  Coco Jones, October London, Honey Bxby, BJ The Chicago Kid, Muni Long, SWV, Janelle Monáe, T-Pain, and more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

 

• SOS – SZA
• The Age of Pleasure – Janelle Monáe
• Age/Sex/Location – Ari Lennox
• Clear 2: Soft Life EP – Summer Walker
• Girls Night Out (Extended) – Babyface
• I Told Them… – Burna Boy
• Jaguar II – Victoria Monét
• What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe) – Coco Jones

SONG OF THE YEAR

• “Snooze” – SZA
• “Back to Your Place” – October London
• “Favorite Song” – Toosii
• “Good Good” – Usher, Summer Walker & 21 Savage
• “ICU” – Coco Jones
• “Kill Bill” – SZA
• “Lipstick Lover” – Janelle Monáe
• “On My Mama” – Victoria Monét

 

BEST R&B/SOUL FEMALE ARTIST

• SZA
• Ari Lennox
• Beyoncé
• Coco Jones
• H.E.R.
• Janelle Monáe
• Summer Walker
• Victoria Monét

BEST R&B/SOUL MALE ARTIST

• Usher
• 6lack
• Babyface
• Brent Faiyaz
• Burna Boy
• Chris Brown
• Eric Bellinger
• October London

BEST NEW ARTIST

• Coco Jones
• Ambré
• Ayra Starr
• Doechii
• Flo
• Fridayy
• Tyla
• WanMor

SOUL TRAIN CERTIFIED AWARD

• Usher
• Anthony Hamilton
• Ashanti
• Ciara
• Eric Bellinger
• Monica
• PJ Morton
• Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers
• T-Pain

 

BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL AWARD

• “All Things” – Kirk Franklin
• “All the Glory” – Shirley Caesar
• “Came Too Far” – Fridayy featuring Maverick City Music & My Mom
• “Cry” – Koryn Hawthorne
• “Feel Alright (Blessed)” – Erica Campbell
• “God Problems” – Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine
• “The Journey” – H.E.R.
• “Try Love” – Kirk Franklin

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

• “On My Mama” – Victoria Monét
• “Back to Your Place” – October London
• “Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2” – PinkPantheress & Ice Spice
• “Boyfriend” – Usher
• “Good Good” – Usher, Summer Walker & 21 Savage
• “ICU” – Coco Jones
• “Kill Bill” – SZA
• “Lipstick Lover” – Janelle Monáe
• “Special” – Lizzo

 

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE

• “On My Mama” – Victoria Monét
• “Better Thangs” – Ciara featuring Summer Walker
• “Boyfriend” – Usher
• “Good Good” – Usher, Summer Walker & 21 Savage
• “How We Roll” – Ciara & Chris Brown
• “Snooze” – SZA
• “Summer Too Hot” – Chris Brown
• “Under the Influence” – Chris Brown

BEST COLLABORATION

• “Good Good” – Usher, Summer Walker & 21 Savage
• “America Has a Problem (Remix)” – Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar
• “Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2” – PinkPantheress & Ice Spice
• “Creepin’ (Remix)” – Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, 21 Savage & Diddy
• “Fly Girl” – Flo featuring Missy Elliott
• “Sittin’ on Top of the World” – Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage
• “Special (Remix)” – Lizzo featuring SZA
• “To Summer, From Cole (Audio Hug)” – Summer Walker & J. Cole

 

THE ASHFORD & SIMPSON SONGWRITER’S AWARD

• “Snooze” – Written by SZA, Babyface, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes and Leon Thomas; Performed by SZA
• “Back to Your Place” – Written and performed by October London
• “Favorite Song” – Written by Toosii, Adelso Sicaju and Tatiana Manaois; Performed by Toosii
• “Good Good” – Written by Usher, 21 Savage, Paul Dawson, Melvin Hough II, Caleb Ishman, Rafael Ishman, Jaylyn Denaie MacDonald, Tauren Stovall, Keith Thomas and Rivelino Wouter; Performed by Usher, Summer Walker and 21 Savage
• “ICU” – Written by Coco Jones, Darhyl Camper Jr., Raymond Komba and Roy Keisha Rockette; Performed by Coco Jones)
• “Kill Bill” – Written by SZA, Rob Bisel and Carter Lang; Performed by SZA
• “On My Mama” – Written by Victoria Monét, Dernst Emile II, Jeff Gitelman, Kyla Moscovich, Jamil Pierre and Charles Williams; Performed by Victoria Monét
• “Sittin’ on Top of the World” – Written by Burna Boy, 21 Savage, Fred Jerkins III, Isaac Phillips, LaShawn Daniels, Mason Betha, Matthieu Le Carpentier, Nycolia “Tye-V” Turman, Rodney Jerkins and Traci Hale; Performed by Burna Boy featuring 21 Savage