The BET Soul Train Awards 2023 aired on Sunday night with Keke Palmer as the host.
This year, the award show was marketed as “the feel good house party of the year” with Janelle Monáe being honored with the Spirit of Soul Award and T-Pain receiving the Legend Award.
SZA was the night’s top winner with four awards including Best R&B/soul Female Artist, Album of the Year for SOS, and both Song of the Year and the Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award for her infectious hit, “Snooze.”
2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show performer Usher received three awards and seven-time Grammy-nominated recording artist Victoria Monét won two awards.
BET Soul Train Awards 2023 Winners List
Best New Artist
Coco Jones
Certified Soul Award
Usher
Best R&B / Soul Female Artist
SZA
Best R&B / Soul Male Artist
Usher
Best Gospel / Inspirational Award
All Things Kirk Franklin
Song of the Year
“Snooze” – SZA
Album of the Year
SOS – SZA
The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award
“Snooze” – SZA
Best Dance Performance
“On My Mama” – Victoria Monét
Best Collaboration
“Good Good” – Usher, Summer Walker, 21 Savage
Best Group
Maverick City Music
Video of the Year
“On My Mama” – Victoria Monét
Buzz-Worthy Moments
One of the BET Soul Train Awards 2023 moments that everyone is buzzing about is Coco Jones’ mashup performance with SWV of “Double Back” and “Rain.”
The other buzz-worthy moment was when T-Pain ran through his plethora of hit records during his medley performance.
Twitter Reactions
With all of the greatness the BET Soul Train Awards 2023 had to offer the powers that be definitely dropped the ball with the house party theme/backyard kickback vibe.
Read 15 of the best and totally accurate tweets about the event below.
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