The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show which previously aired in national television syndication, and honors the best in Black music and entertainment.
 It is produced by the makers of "Soul Train", the program from which it takes its name, and features musical performances by various R&B and Soul recording artists interspersed throughout the ceremonies.
 The special traditionally used to air in either February, March or April, but now airs the last weekend of November (in most years, Thanksgiving weekend).
This page lists the winners and nominees for the Soul Train Music Award for Best New Artist.
 The award has been given out every year since the first annual Soul Train Music Awards in 1987.
The 2006 Soul Train Music Awards were held on March 18, 2006 at the Pasadena Conference Center in Pasadena, California and was hosted by Vivica Fox and Tyrese.
 The show marked the 20th Anniversary of the Soul Train Music Awards.
The 1996 Soul Train Music Awards was held on March 29, 1996, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
 The show honored the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year.
 The show was hosted by Brandy, LL Cool J and Anita Baker.
The 2011 Soul Train Music Awards was aired on November 27, 2011 on BET and Centric.
 The award ceremony was hosted by comedian and actor Cedric the Entertainer.
 The ceremony included special tributes to Gladys Knight and Earth Wind & Fire, both honorees received the Soul Train Legend Award.
 A special tribute performance was dedicated in memory of hip hop artist Heavy D, which include Doug E. Fresh, Kurtis Blow, and Whodini, Common and Naughty by Nature.
The 2013 Soul Train Music Awards ceremony took place on December 1, 2013 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada and was hosted by comedian and actor Anthony Anderson.
 The ceremony was aired on BET and Centric and included special tributes to Dionne Warwick, who received the Soul Train Legend Award and Keith Sweat given the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Clay Evans (born June 25, 1925) is an African American Baptist pastor and founder of the influential Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois famous for its gospel music infused Sunday service and choir.
 Rev. Clay Evans released his first musical project in 1984, "What He's Done For Me" with Savoy Records.
 His latest album, "It's Me Again", released in 2006 by Meek Records, yet this failed to chart.
 The last album to chart was "Constantly", also with Meek Records, that charted on the "Billboard" charts.
 All-in-all, he has had eleven albums that have charted on the "Billboard" Gospel Albums chart over the course of his career.
 He received a nomination for the Best Gospel Album at the 1997 Soul Train Music Awards.
The 1997 Soul Train Music Awards was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on March 7, 1997.
 The show was hosted by Brandy, LL Cool J and Gladys Knight.
 It would be the final public appearance for The Notorious B.I.G., who would be killed in a drive-by shooting on the early hours of March 9, 1997.
Milton R. Brunson (June 28, 1929 – April 1, 1997) was an American gospel musician and former pastor and music director of Christ Tabernacle Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois.
 Rev. Milton Brunson released his first musical project in 1988, "Available to You" with Word Records alongside Epic Records.
 The last album, "When You Get High on Jesus, Oh My God", released in 1997 by Hob Records, and this was a posthumous release.
 The last album to chart was "50 Blessed Years", that charted on the "Billboard" charts.
 All-in-all, he has had ten albums that have charted on the "Billboard" Gospel Albums chart over the course of his career and some even after his death.
 He received a nomination for the Best Gospel Album, Group or Choir at the 1988 Soul Train Music Awards and for Best Gospel Album at the 1993 Soul Train Music Awards.
 He won a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards, while he was nominated two other times.
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer–songwriter and actress.
 A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, which included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest.

Question: How many times was the singer who hosted, the 1997 Soul Train Music Awards with Brandy and LL Cool J , a Grammy Award winner ?
Answer: seven-time