1990 Soul Train Music Awards

• Quincy Jones

• Arsenio Hall

Winners are in bold text.^[1]

• Babyface – Tender Lover
  • Bobby Brown – Dance!...Ya Know It!
  • Prince – Batman
  • Luther Vandross – The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love

• Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
  • Regina Belle – Stay with Me
  • Stacy Lattisaw – What You Need
  • Stephanie Mills – Home

• Soul II Soul – Club Classics Vol. One
  • Heavy D and the Boyz – Big Tyme
  • Maze and Frankie Beverly – Silky Soul
  • Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It's True

• Luther Vandross – "Here and Now"
  • Babyface – "It's No Crime"
  • Bobby Brown – "Every Little Step"
  • Eric Gable – "Remember (The First Time)"

• Karyn White – "Secret Rendezvous"
  • Regina Belle – "Baby Come to Me"
  • Janet Jackson "Miss You Much"
  • Vesta – "Congratulations"

• Soul II Soul – "Keep On Movin'"
  • Guy – "I Like"
  • New Kids on the Block - You Got It (The Right Stuff)
  • Surface – "Shower Me with Your Love"

• Soul II Soul – "Keep On Movin'"
  • Paula Abdul – "Straight Up"
  • New Kids on the Block - You Got It (The Right Stuff)
  • Luther Vandross – "Here and Now"

• Janet Jackson – "Rhythm Nation"
  • Eric Gable – "Remember (The First Time)"
  • Quincy Jones – "I'll Be Good to You"
  • Prince – "Batdance"

• David Peaston
  • Eric Gable
  • Soul II Soul
  • Young MC

• Heavy D and the Boyz – Big Tyme
  • Big Daddy Kane – It's a Big Daddy Thing
  • De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising
  • Young MC – Stone Cold Rhymin'

• Quincy Jones – Back on the Block
  • Alex Bugnon – Love Seasons
  • Kenny G – Kenny G Live
  • Joe Sample – Spellbound

• BeBe & CeCe Winans – Heaven
  • Al Green – I Get Joy
  • Mississippi Mass Choir – Mississippi Mass Choir Live
  • The Winans – Live at Carnegie Hall

• Regina Belle – "Baby Come to Me"
• Big Daddy Kane – "I Get the Job Done"
• Bobby Brown – "On Our Own"
• Milli Vanilli – "Blame It on the Rain"
• Quincy Jones Tribute:
  • Dionne Warwick – How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
  • Luther Vandross – "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
  • Patti LaBelle – "Just Once"
  • Tevin Campbell – "Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)"
• Soul II Soul – "Back to Life" / "Jazzie's Groove"
• Jody Watley – "Everything"
• The Winans and Teddy Riley – "It's Time"