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

The Soul Train Music Award winners for Best R&B/Soul Album - Female (Also sometimes presented as Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album - Female, R&B Album of the Year - Female or Best Album - Female)

Year	Winner	Nominations
1987	Control (Janet Jackson)	Rapture (Anita Baker) Whitney Houston (Whitney Houston) Winner in You (Patti LaBelle)
1988	Whitney (Whitney Houston)	Everlasting (Natalie Cole) Sharp (Angela Winbush) Jody Watley (Jody Watley)
1989	Giving You the Best That I Got (Anita Baker)	Tracy Chapman (Tracy Chapman) Stronger Than Pride (Sade) The Right Stuff (Vanessa Williams)
1990	Rhythm Nation 1814 (Janet Jackson)	Stay With Me (Regina Belle) What You Need (Stacy Lattisaw) Home (Stephanie Mills)
1991	Mariah Carey (Mariah Carey)	Compositions (Anita Baker) Michel'le (Michel'le) Affection (Lisa Stansfield)
1992	Unforgettable... with Love (Natalie Cole)	Emotions (Mariah Carey) So Intense (Lisa Fischer) I'm Your Baby Tonight (Whitney Houston)
1993	What's the 411? (Mary J. Blige)	MTV Unplugged (Mariah Carey) Finally (CeCe Peniston) Love Deluxe (Sade)
1994	Toni Braxton (Toni Braxton)	Music Box (Mariah Carey) janet. (Janet Jackson) What's Love Got to Do with It (Tina Turner)
1995	Rhythm of Love (Anita Baker)	Age Ain't Nothing But a Number (Aaliyah) Brandy (Brandy) Plantation Lullabies (Me'Shell Ndegeocello)
1996	My Life (Mary J. Blige)	Daydream (Mariah Carey) Faith (Faith Evans) Miss Thang (Monica)
1997	Secrets (Toni Braxton)	One in a Million (Aaliyah) Moods...Moments (Monifah) Peace Beyond Passion (Me'Shell NdegeOcello)
1998	Baduizm (Erykah Badu)	Share My World (Mary J. Blige) The Velvet Rope (Janet Jackson) Hard Core (Lil' Kim)
1999	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Lauryn Hill)	Never Say Never (Brandy) Mýa (Mýa) Soul of a Woman (Kelly Price)
2000	Mary (Mary J. Blige)	On How Life Is (Macy Gray) My Love Is Your Love (Whitney Houston) On The 6 (Jennifer Lopez)
2001	Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (Jill Scott)	The Heat (Toni Braxton) Fear of Flying (Mýa) Mirror Mirror (Kelly Price)
2002	Songs in a Minor (Alicia Keys)	Aaliyah (Aaliyah) Acoustic Soul (India.Arie) Lovers Rock (Sade)
2003	Ashanti (Ashanti)	All I Have (Amerie) No More Drama (Mary J. Blige) Mahogany Soul (Angie Stone)
2004	Dangerously in Love (Beyoncé)	Worldwide Underground (Erykah Badu) Love & Life (Mary J. Blige) So Damn Happy (Aretha Franklin)
2005	The Diary of Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys)	Afrodisiac (Brandy) Goodies (Ciara) Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 (Jill Scott)
2006	The Emancipation of Mimi (Mariah Carey)	The Way It Is (Keyshia Cole) The First Lady (Faith Evans) Free Yourself (Fantasia)
2007	The Breakthrough (Mary J. Blige)	B'Day (Beyoncé) Testimony: Vol. I, Life & Relationship (India.Arie) The Makings of Me (Monica)