Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel/Inspirational Song

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel/Inspirational Song. The award was originally entitled Best Gospel Performance – Male, Female or Group and was created during the 2009 ceremony. It was later retitled to Best Gospel/Inspirational Performance in 2013 and then to its current title in 2014. Mary Mary and Lecrae are the only artists to win this award twice.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2009
	Mary Mary	"God in Me"	[1]
	Fred Hammond (featuring John P Kee)	"They That Wait"
	Smokie Norful	"Justified"
	Marvin Sapp	"Praise Him in Advance"
	BeBe & CeCe Winans	"Close to You"

2010s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2010
	Marvin Sapp	N/A	[2]
	Lisa Page Brooks	—
	Fred Hammond	—
	Youthful Praise (featuring J.J. Hairston)	—
	Tye Tribbett	—
	Hezekiah Walker & LFC	—
2011
	Mary Mary	"Walking"	[3]
	James Fortune (featuring Shawn McLemore)	"I Believe"
	Kirk Franklin	"I Smile"
	Trin-i-tee 5:7	"Heaven Hear My Heart"
	CeCe Winans	"More"
2012	—
2013
	Tye Tribbett	"If He Did It Before (Same God)"	[4]
	Tasha Cobbs	"Break Every Chain"
	LeCrae	"Confessions"
	Hezekiah Walker	"Every Praise"
	Shirley Caesar	"God Will Make a Way"
	John P. Kee	"Life & Favor"
2014
	Erica Campbell (featuring Lecrae)	"Help"	[5]
	Inspired People (featuring Charles Jenkins)	"Real Love"
	Tamela Mann	"I Can Only Imagine"
	Donnie McClurkin (featuring Tye Tribbett)	"We Are Victorious"
	Smokie Norful	"No Greater Love"
	Michelle Williams (featuring Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland)	"Say Yes"
2015
	Lecrae	"All I Need is You"	[6]
	Erica Campbell	"More Love"
	Fred Hammond and BreeAnn Hammond	"I Will Trust"
	Kirk Franklin	"Wanna Be Happy?"
	Marvin Sapp	"Yes You Can"
2016
	Kirk Franklin	"123 Victory"	[7]
	Travis Greene	"Made a Way"
	Tamela Mann	"God Provides"
	Donnie McClurkin	"I Need You"
	Hezekiah Walker	"Better"
2017
	Lecrae	N/A	[8]
	Chance the Rapper	—
	Charlie Wilson	—
	Kirk Franklin	—
	Tamela Mann	—
2018
	Lecrae	N/A	[9]
	Andra Day	—
	Kirk Franklin	—
	Snoop Dogg	—
	Tori Kelly	—
2019
	Kirk Franklin	N/A	[10]
	BeBe Winans	—
	Donald Lawrence	—
	Erica Campbell	—
	Tasha Cobbs Leonard	—
	Tori Kelly	—

2020s

Year	Artist	Song	Ref
2020
	Kirk Franklin	N/A	[11]
	BeBe Winans	—
	Koryn Hawthorne	—
	Marvin Sapp	—
	PJ Morton	—
	The Clark Sisters	—
2021
	Kirk Franklin	N/A	[12]
	Brian Courtney Wilson	—
	James Fortune	—
	Kelly Price	—
	Maverick City Music	—
	Tasha Cobbs Leonard	—
2022
	Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin	N/A	[13]
	CeCe Winans	—
	Erica Campbell	—
	Fred Hammond	—
	MAJOR.	—
	Marvin Sapp	—
	Tamela Mann	—
	Tasha Cobbs Leonard	—
2023
	Kirk Franklin	"All Things"	[14]
	Shirley Caesar	"All the Glory"
	Fridayy featuring Maverick City Music & My Mom	"Came Too Far"
	Koryn Hawthorne	"Cry"
	Erica Campbell	"Feel Alright (Blessed)"
	Maverick City Music, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine	"God Problems"
	H.E.R.	"The Journey"
	Kirk Franklin	"Try Love"

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