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Jazmine Sullivan *Louisville, KY – There’s been a debate brewing among “ Soul” music lovers recently that has caught my attention. As a preface, It’s pretty common knowledge that music sales are in the toilet. Heck, only three artists reached platinum status in all of 2015 – digital sales and otherwise. That’s a problem. […]

[…] all took pride in creating something that celebrated and chronicled Black music and its global impact.” OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED:  The 90s Take Over the 2018 Soul Train Awards (EUR Exclusive – WATCH!) Soul Train’s global reach over the past three decades has reportedly earned Cobb millions of dollars in royalties that he has […]

[…] in music this year – along with scoring her second consecutive number one album – and now the R&B diva will be honored during this year’s annual Soul Train Awards with the ceremony’s Lady of Soul Award, which recognizes icons for their longstanding presence in the industry and influence on the world of music past […]

*Legendary singers Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. are getting ready to set sail on the 2018 Soul Train Cruise. Scheduled from January 27-February 3, the 7 day “Hippest Trip at Sea” will travel from Fort Lauderdale to the Caribbean, with stops in St. Croix, Half Moon Cay, and St. Maarten. Soul Train Cruise fan […]

Don Cornelius The “hippest trip in America” started its journey from Chicago 49 years ago today … and never looked back. The first nationally-syndicated episode of “ Soul Train” aired October 2, 1971 and would continue every Saturday, for an astounding 35 years, with the last two a “Best Of” situation once the ratings began […]

[…] July 24, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. *Jill Scott, Tyrese, Monica, Anthony Hamilton and Jazmine Sullivan are among the first wave of performers confirmed for BET Networks’ Soul Train Weekend 2016, reports Billboard. The four-day series of events — the lead-in to the 2016 Soul Train Awards — will take place at the Mandalay Bay […]

*Don’t be mad at the messenger, but the Soul Train Music Awards 2023 taping was kind of all over the place, like the current state of hip-hop. Everyone’s talking about where music is headed, and we’re low-key wondering the same about the Soul Train Music Awards. Can Keke Palmer‘s move to switch up the venue […]

*The new BET series “AMERICAN SOUL” is Inspired by the behind the scenes story of Soul Train. The scripted drama blends fictional and real-life characters and moments from the early 70’s.  We follow Don Cornelius as he manifests the dream of building the first nationally-syndicated Black music show to reality. Standing in his way are […]

[…] impacted you personally and professionally? CR: Baldwin’s writings had a profound impact on me. He was someone that I could read and be in tune with my soul. “The Fire Next Time” was the work that touched me the most. For one, it was the letter he wrote to his thirteen-year-old nephew, James Baldwin. […]

Bruno Mars – 2017 Soul Train Awards *Bruno Mars and SZA took home the most awards at Sunday’s “BET Presents: 2017 Soul Train Awards,” which were handed out in a telecast that aired Sunday night on BET and BET HER. Mars won a total of five awards, for best R&B/soul male artist, video of the […]

*Louisville, Ky – Many of us recently watched the incomparable Jill Scott graciously accept the Lady of Soul award at this year’s very-well-executed Soul Train Awards. The multiple Grammy winning singer, songwriter, poet, actress, proud mother and … you get it, earned the award for her extraordinary contribution to entertainment over the course of her […]

Damita Jo Freeman – ARE YOU THAT GIRL ON SOUL TRAIN (cover) *Damita Jo Freeman, the well-known dancer/actress whose name, personality, and dance style became synonymous with the historic Soul Train television show during the 70s, is hosting a book-signing for the release of her excitedly awaited book, “ARE YOU THAT GIRL ON SOUL TRAIN?!” […]

[…] star in the making. As proof, the 30-year-old Oxnard, California native – who’s signed to Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label – just won a key honor at the Soul Train Awards. Not only is he music industry’s hardest working musicians, .Paak is finally starting to get the props he deserves by taking home the 2016 Soul […]

Honey Cone, Wendy Smith-Brune, Shelly Clark-White, and Kathy Merrick, to perform on Soul Train Cruise. *“That first cruise, we had Edna (Wright) and her daughter…this cruise it’s with two new girls,” said Shelly Clark-White, an original Honey Cone member about the group performing on the Soul Train Cruise (January 29 – February 5, 2023) with […]

[…] this year top Teyana Taylor‘s reintroduction in Kanye West “Fade” video? That’s just what we were wondering when we caught up with her at this year’s “ Soul Train Awards” (hosted by Erykah Badu) in Las Vegas earlier this month. It was not too long ago that she literally had America hanging off the edge of […]