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OutKast, Kelly Cruise on "Soul Train"
03/22/2004 6:00 PM, E! Online
Marcus Errico
Finally a good week for R.
Kelly. Just days after Florida prosecutors dropped
12 counts of child pornographry, the R&B crooner/trouble magnet
capped his weekend with a trophy at the Soul Train Music Awards
Saturday.
Kelly picked up the prize for Best Male
R&B/Soul Album for Chocolate
Factory.
Aside from Kelly, the Soul Train
delivered awards to this season's usual suspects: OutKast,
Beyonc and Luther Vandross .
Fresh off three Grammys ,
including Album of the Year, in February and an NAACP Image Award last
month, OutKast kept the winning streak alive by collecting two Soul
Train Music Awards: Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album for the
genre-smashing Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, and the Michael Jackson Award for Best Video for the Polaroid-shaking hit "Hey Ya!"
(The Soul Train organizers decided to stick with the
Jackson-named award despite his pending child-molestation case.)
Knowles, who won a record-tying five Grammys earlier this
year, came into the night with a leading four Soul Train
nominations. She won for Female R&B/Soul Album for Dangerously in
Love.
Vandross, still not well enough following his
2003 stroke to attend award shows, captured the Soul Train Award
for Best Male R&B/Soul Single for "Dance with My Father," the same tune
that was named Song of the Year at the Grammys. Vandross has been
getting some major props from the music biz in recent months, scoring
four Grammys, four NAACP Image Awards and now the Soul Train
trophy.
Other winners included, Chingy, who was named
Best New Artist, and B2K, which despite breaking up late last year
pulled in the prize for R&B/Soul Album by a Duo or Group for the band's
swan-song disc Pandemonium.
Named after the
still-chugging TV franchise, the Soul Train Awards honor the best
in R&B, hip-hop, rap and gospel. Nominations and winners are based on a
survey of radio programmers, talent managers and artists.
Saturday's ceremony, hosted by Alicia Keys and Kenneth "Babyface"
Edmonds and taped at Los Angeles' International Cultural Center for
broadcast in syndication, included performances by OutKast, Knowles,
Kelly, Erykah Badu , the Isley Brothers, Ruben Studdard, Nelly, Murphy
Lee, Jermaine Dupree, Usher, Anthony Hamilton, Michell Williams and
Janet Jackson , who avoided any repeat wardrobe malfunctions.
Here's the complete list of winners for the 18th annual
Soul Train Music Awards:
- Female
R&B/Soul Single: "You Don't Know My Name," Alicia Keys
- Male R&B/Soul Single: "Dance with My Father," Luther
Vandross
- R&B/Soul Single Group, Band or Duo:
"Say Yes," Floetry
- Female R&B/Soul Album:
Dangerously in Love, Beyonc
- Male
R&B/Soul Album: Chocolate Factory, R. Kelly
- R&B/Soul Album Group, Band or Duo: Pandemonium, B2K
- Michael Jackson Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music
Video: "Hey Ya!" OutKast
- Best Gospel
Album: The Prince of Praise (Live At New Birth Cathedral),
Bryon Cage
- Best New Artist: Chingy
- Album of the Year: Speakerboxxx/The Love
Below, OutKast
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