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.
| Soul Train Music Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 23, 1987 |
| Location | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | Dionne Warwick and Luther Vandross |
| First awarded | 1987 |
| Most awards | Janet Jackson, Cameo and Run–D.M.C. (2) |
| Website | soultrain |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | WGN America |
Special awards
Heritage Award for Career Achievement
Winners and nominees
Winners are in bold text.
Album of the Year – Male
Album of the Year – Female
Album of the Year – Group, Duo, or Band
Best Single – Male
Best Single – Female
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
Best New Artist
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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