2000 Soul Train Music Awards

2000 Soul Train Music Awards
Date	March 4, 2000
Location	Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles, California, US)
Country
Presented by
Host	Tamia Lisa "Left-Eye Lopes Shemar Moore Eric Benét
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Television/Radio coverage
Network	WGN America
Runtime	180 min.

The 2000 Soul Train Music Awards were held on March 4, 2000 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The show was hosted by Eric Benét, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Tamia, and Shemar Moore.

Special awards

Artist of the Decade for Extraordinary Artistic Achievements-Female

• Whitney Houston

Artist of the Decade for Extraordinary Artistic Achievements-Male

• Prince

Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year-Female

• Mary J. Blige

Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year-Male

• DMX

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold with an asterisk (*).

R&B/Soul Or Rap Album Of The Year

• Mary - Mary J. Blige
• Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood - DMX
• R. - R. Kelly*
• Fanmail - TLC

Best R&B/Soul Or Rap New Artist

• Eve
• Ideal
• Juvenile*
• Angie Stone

The Michael Jackson Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video

• "Hot Boyz" - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring Nas, Eve, and Q-Tip
• "Vivrant Thing" - Q-Tip
• "What's It Gonna Be?!" - Busta Rhymes featuring Janet Jackson*
• "Will 2K" - Will Smith

Best R&B/Soul Single, Female

• "Ex-Factor" - Lauryn Hill*
• "Heartbreaker" - Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z
• "My Love Is Your Love" - Whitney Houston
• "Chanté's Got a Man" - Chanté Moore

Best R&B/Soul Single, Male

• "So Anxious" - Ginuwine
• "U Know What's Up" - Donell Jones
• "Fortunate" - Maxwell*
• "Back At One" - Brian McKnight

Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band, Or Duo

• "Bills, Bills, Bills" - Destiny's Child
• "Beauty" - Dru Hill
• "Get Gone" - Ideal
• "No Scrubs" - TLC*

Best R&B/Soul Album, Female

• Mary - Mary J. Blige*
• On How Life Is - Macy Gray
• My Love Is Your Love - Whitney Houston
• On The 6 - Jennifer Lopez

Best R&B/Soul Album, Male

• A Day In The Life - Eric Benét
• 100% Ginuwine - Ginuwine*
• Where I Wanna Be - Donell Jones
• Back At One - Brian McKnight

Best R&B/Soul Album, Group, Band, Or Duo

• The Writing's On The Wall - Destiny's Child
• It's Real - K-Ci & JoJo
• Princesses Nubiennes - Les Nubians
• Fanmail - TLC*

Best Gospel Album

• The Lord Is A Wonder - Dorothy Norwood
• God Can & God Will - Dottie Peoples*
• Healing: Live In Detroit - Richard Smallwood
• Live In Detroit, Vol. 2 - Vickie Winans

Performers

• Sisqo - "Thong Song"
• Destiny's Child
• Q-Tip
• Juvenile (featuring Mannie Fresh, Lil Wayne, and B.G.)
• Mary J. Blige - "Your Child"
• Donell Jones (feat. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes) - "U Know What's Up"
• Blaque
• Ginuwine - "So Anxious"
• Eric Benét & Tamia - "Spend My Life with You"
• DMX

External links

• Soul Train Music Awards 2000|Winners & Nominees