Soul Train Music Awards 1996
STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-02411 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-E-0127. Master record source: Soul Train Awards build 2026-10-16 — sourced from Wikipedia ceremony pages.
The 1996 Soul Train Music Awards ceremony is documented by its published winners list, which records 13 category wins by graph Persons (list fetched in full during recovery Phase C, 2026-10-17). Stored date/host/venue details are outside this stamp's scope.
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The 1996 Soul Train Music Awards ceremony is documented by its published winners list, which records 13 category wins by graph Persons (list fetched in full during recovery Phase C, 2026-10-17). Stored date/host/venue details are outside this stamp's scope.
The record
- City: Los Angeles, California
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Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Soul_Train_Music_Awards (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
The 1996 Soul Train Music Awards ceremony is documented by its published winners list, which records 13 category wins by graph Persons (list fetched in full during recovery Phase C, 2026-10-17). Stored date/host/venue details are outside this stamp's scope.
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