Best R&B Album
1997 • 39th Annual Grammy Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1995 and Aug 30, 1996
1997 Winner is The Tony Rich Project with "Words"
Nominees 1997
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Words
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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (Album)
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Moving On (Album)
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New World Order (Album)
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Peace Beyond Passion (Album)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Leon Thomas III | MUTT |
| 2025 | Chris Brown | 11:11 (Deluxe) |
| 2024 | Victoria Monét | JAGUAR II |
| 2023 | Robert Glasper | Black Radio III |
| 2022 | Jazmine Sullivan | Heaux Tales |
| 2021 | John Legend | Bigger Love |
| 2020 | Anderson .Paak | Ventura |
| 2019 | H.E.R. | H.E.R. |
| 2018 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic |
| 2017 | Lalah Hathaway | Lalah Hathaway Live |
| 2016 | D'Angelo | Black Messiah |
| 2015 | Toni Braxton, Babyface | Love, Marriage & Divorce |
| 2014 | Alicia Keys | Girl On Fire |
| 2013 | Robert Glasper | Black Radio |
| 2012 | Chris Brown | F.A.M.E. |
| 2011 | John Legend, The Roots | Wake Up! |
| 2010 | Maxwell | Blacksummers' Night |
| 2009 | Jennifer Hudson | Jennifer Hudson |
| 2008 | Chaka Khan | Funk This |
| 2007 | Mary J. Blige | The Breakthrough |
| 2006 | John Legend | Get Lifted |
| 2005 | Alicia Keys | The Diary Of Alicia Keys |
| 2004 | Luther Vandross | Dance With My Father |
| 2003 | India.Arie | Voyage To India |
| 2002 | Alicia Keys | Songs In A Minor |
| 2001 | D'Angelo | Voodoo |
| 2000 | TLC | Fanmail |
| 1999 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill |
| 1998 | Erykah Badu | Baduizm |
| 1997 | Tony Rich | Words |
| 1996 | TLC | Crazysexycool |
| 1995 | Boyz II Men | II |