# Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single – Group, Band or Duo

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single – Group, Band or Duo. The award was given out every year since the first annual Soul Train Music Awards in 1987. From 1989 to 1992 the award was known as R&B/Urban Contemporary Single – Group, Band or Duo. When the Soul Train Music Awards returned in 2009 the categories of Best R&B/Soul Single – Group, Band or Duo and Best R&B/Soul Album – Group, Band or Duo were consolidated into the Best R&B/Soul Male Artist and Best R&B/Soul Female Artist categories, depending on group gender. Boyz II Men and TLC have won the most awards in this category, with a total of two wins each.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

### 1980s

| Year | Artist | Single |
| 1987 |
| 1987 | Cameo | "Word Up" |
| 1987 | Atlantic Starr | "Secret Lovers" |
| 1987 | Timex Social Club | "Rumors" |
| 1987 | Dionne Warwick and Friends | "That's What Friends Are For" |
| 1988 | | |
| 1988 | LeVert | "Casanova" |
| 1988 | Atlantic Starr | "Always" |
| 1988 | Earth, Wind & Fire | "System of Survival" |
| 1988 | The Whispers | "Rock Steady" |
| 1989 | | |
| 1989 | E.U. | "Da Butt" |
| 1989 | Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock | "It Takes Two" |
| 1989 | Guy | "Groove Me" |
| 1989 | New Edition | "Can You Stand the Rain" |

### 1990s

| Year | Artist | Single |
| 1990 |
| 1990 | Soul II Soul | "Keep On Movin'" |
| 1990 | Guy | "I Like" |
| 1990 | Surface | "Shower Me with Your Love" |
| 1990 | Sweet Obsession | "Cash" |
| 1991 | | |
| 1991 | En Vogue | "Hold On" |
| 1991 | After 7 | "Ready or Not" |
| 1991 | Bell Biv DeVoe | "Poison" |
| 1991 | Quincy Jones (featuring El DeBarge, Al B Sure!, James Ingram and Barry White) | "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" |
| 1992 | | |
| 1992 | Color Me Badd | "I Wanna Sex You Up" |
| 1992 | Boyz II Men | "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" |
| 1992 | Jodeci | "Forever My Lady" |
| 1992 | Sounds of Blackness | "Optimistic" |
| 1993 | | |
| 1993 | Boyz II Men | "Please Don't Go" |
| 1993 | Arrested Development | "Tennessee" |
| 1993 | En Vogue | "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" |
| 1993 | Jodeci | "Come and Talk to Me" |
| 1994 | | |
| 1994 | Jodeci | "Lately" |
| 1994 | H-Town | "Knockin' Da Boots |
| 1994 | Tony! Toni! Toné! | "Anniversary" |
| 1995 | | |
| 1995 | Boyz II Men | "I'll Make Love to You" |
| 1995 | 69 Boyz | "Tootsee Roll" |
| 1995 | Blackstreet | "Before I Let You Go" |
| 1995 | Bossman and Blakjak | "Much Love" |
| 1996 | | |
| 1996 | TLC | "Waterfalls" |
| 1996 | Boyz II Men | "Water Runs Dry" |
| 1996 | Groove Theory | "Tell Me" |
| 1996 | Jodeci | "Love U 4 Life" |
| 1997 | | |
| 1997 | Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) | "No Diggity" |
| 1997 | 112 | "Only You" |
| 1997 | AZ Yet | "Last Night" |
| 1997 | Mint Condition | "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" |
| 1998 | | |
| 1998 | Dru Hill | "In My Bed" |
| 1998 | Destiny's Child | "No, No, No" |
| 1998 | Kirk Franklin and God's Property | "Stomp" |
| 1998 | LSG | "My Body" |
| 1998 | Puff Daddy and Faith Evans (featuring 112) | "I'll Be Missing You" |
| 1999 | | |
| 1999 | Next | "Too Close" |
| 1999 | Brandy and Monica | "The Boy is Mine" |
| 1999 | K-Ci & JoJo | "All My Life" |
| 1999 | The Temptations | "Stay" |

### 2000s

| Year | Artist | Single |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | TLC | "No Scrubs" |
| 2000 | Destiny's Child | "Bills, Bills, Bills" |
| 2000 | Dru Hill | "Beauty" |
| 2000 | Ideal | "Get Gone" |
| 2001 | | |
| 2001 | Jagged Edge | "Let's Get Married" |
| 2001 | Destiny's Child | "Independent Women, Part I" |
| 2001 | Whitney Houston and Deborah Cox | "Same Script, Different Cast" |
| 2001 | Lucy Pearl | "Dance Tonight" |
| 2002 | | |
| 2002 | The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley | "Contagious" |
| 2002 | Destiny's Child | "Survivor" |
| 2002 | Jagged Edge with Nelly | "Where the Party At" |
| 2002 | 'NSYNC | "Gone" |
| 2003 | | |
| 2003 | B2K (featuring P. Diddy) | "Bump, Bump, Bump" |
| 2003 | Dru Hill | "I Should Be..." |
| 2003 | Floetry | "Floetic" |
| 2003 | TLC | "Girl Talk" |
| 2004 | | |
| 2004 | Floetry | "Say Yes" |
| 2004 | B2K | "Girlfriend" |
| 2004 | The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley and JS | "Busted" |
| 2004 | Jagged Edge | "Walked Outta Heaven" |
| 2005 |
| 2005 | Usher and Alicia Keys | "My Boo" |
| 2005 | Destiny's Child | "Lose My Breath" |
| 2005 | New Edition | "Hot 2Nite" |
| 2005 | Luther Vandross and Beyoncé | "The Closer I Get to You" |
| 2006 | | |
| 2006 | Destiny's Child | "Cater 2 U" |
| 2006 | Floetry (featuring Common) | "Supastar" |
| 2006 | Pussycat Dolls (featuring Busta Rhymes) | "Don't Cha" |
| 2006 | Nina Sky (featuring Pitbull) | "Turnin' Me On" |
| 2007 | | |
| 2007 | Gnarls Barkley | "Crazy" |
| 2007 | The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley | "Just Came Here to Chill" |
| 2007 | Jagged Edge | "Good Luck Charm" |
| 2007 | The Pussycat Dolls (featuring Avant) | "Stickwitu" |