# Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Female

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Female. The award was retired during the 2007 ceremony, but during its awarding it has had several names including Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album – Female, Album of the Year – Female and Best Album – Female. Mary J. Blige has won the most awards in this category, with a total of four.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

### 1980s

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 1987 |
| 1987 | Janet Jackson | Control |
| 1987 | Anita Baker | Rapture |
| 1987 | Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston |
| 1987 | Patti LaBelle | Winner in You |
| 1988 | | |
| 1988 | Whitney Houston | Whitney |
| 1988 | Natalie Cole | Everlasting |
| 1988 | Jody Watley | Jody Watley |
| 1988 | Angela Winbush | Sharp |
| 1989 | | |
| 1989 | Anita Baker | Giving You the Best That I Got |
| 1989 | Tracy Chapman | Tracy Chapman |
| 1989 | Sade | Stronger Than Pride |
| 1989 | Vanessa Williams | The Right Stuff |

### 1990s

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 1990 |
| 1990 | Janet Jackson | Rhythm Nation 1814 |
| 1990 | Regina Belle | Stay with Me |
| 1990 | Stacy Lattisaw | What You Need |
| 1990 | Stephanie Mills | Home |
| 1991 | | |
| 1991 | Mariah Carey | Mariah Carey |
| 1991 | Anita Baker | Compositions |
| 1991 | Michel'le | Michel'le |
| 1991 | Lisa Stansfield | Affection |
| 1992 | | |
| 1992 | Natalie Cole | Unforgettable... with Love |
| 1992 | Mariah Carey | Emotions |
| 1992 | Lisa Fischer | So Intense |
| 1992 | Whitney Houston | I'm Your Baby Tonight |
| 1993 | | |
| 1993 | Mary J. Blige | What's the 411 |
| 1993 | Mariah Carey | MTV Unplugged |
| 1993 | CeCe Peniston | Finally |
| 1993 | Sade | Love Deluxe |
| 1994 | | |
| 1994 | Toni Braxton | Toni Braxton |
| 1994 | Mariah Carey | Music Box |
| 1994 | Janet Jackson | janet. |
| 1994 | Tina Turner | What's Love Got to Do with It |
| 1995 | | |
| 1995 | Anita Baker | Rhythm of Love |
| 1995 | Aaliyah | Age Ain't Nothing but a Number |
| 1995 | Brandy | Brandy |
| 1995 | Me'Shell Ndegeocello | Plantation Lullabies |
| 1996 | | |
| 1996 | Mary J. Blige | My Life |
| 1996 | Mariah Carey | Daydream |
| 1996 | Faith Evans | Faith |
| 1996 | Monica | Miss Thang |
| 1997 |
| 1997 | Toni Braxton | Secrets |
| 1997 | Aaliyah | One in a Million |
| 1997 | Monifah | Moods...Moments |
| 1997 | Me'Shell NdegeOcello | Peace Beyond Passion |
| 1998 | | |
| 1998 | Erykah Badu | Baduizm |
| 1998 | Mary J. Blige | Share My World |
| 1998 | Janet Jackson | The Velvet Rope |
| 1998 | Lil' Kim | Hard Core |
| 1999 | | |
| 1999 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |
| 1999 | Brandy | Never Say Never |
| 1999 | Mýa | Mýa |
| 1999 | Kelly Price | Soul of a Woman |

### 2000s

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Mary J. Blige | Mary |
| 2000 | Macy Gray | On How Life Is |
| 2000 | Whitney Houston | My Love Is Your Love |
| 2000 | Jennifer Lopez | On the 6 |
| 2001 | | |
| 2001 | Jill Scott | Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 |
| 2001 | Toni Braxton | The Heat |
| 2001 | Mýa | Fear of Flying |
| 2001 | Kelly Price | Mirror Mirror |
| 2002 | | |
| 2002 | Alicia Keys | Songs in A Minor |
| 2002 | Aaliyah | Aaliyah |
| 2002 | India.Arie | Acoustic Soul |
| 2002 | Sade | Lovers Rock |
| 2003 | | |
| 2003 | Ashanti | Ashanti |
| 2003 | Amerie | All I Have |
| 2003 | Mary J. Blige | No More Drama |
| 2003 | Angie Stone | Mahogany Soul |
| 2004 | | |
| 2004 | Beyoncé | Dangerously in Love |
| 2004 | Erykah Badu | Worldwide Underground |
| 2004 | Mary J. Blige | Love & Life |
| 2004 | Aretha Franklin | So Damn Happy |
| 2005 |
| 2005 | Alicia Keys | The Diary of Alicia Keys |
| 2005 | Brandy | Afrodisiac |
| 2005 | Ciara | Goodies |
| 2005 | Jill Scott | Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 |
| 2006 | | |
| 2006 | Mariah Carey | The Emancipation of Mimi |
| 2006 | Keyshia Cole | The Way It Is |
| 2006 | Faith Evans | The First Lady |
| 2006 | Fantasia | Free Yourself |
| 2007 | | |
| 2007 | Mary J. Blige | The Breakthrough |
| 2007 | Beyoncé | B’Day |
| 2007 | India.Arie | Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship |
| 2007 | Monica | The Makings of Me |