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Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

2011 • 53rd Annual Grammy Awards

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2009 and Aug 30, 2010

2011 Winner is Fantasia with "Bittersweet"

Nominees 2011

Winners

Year Winner Work
2011 Fantasia Bittersweet
2010 Beyoncé Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
2009 Alicia Keys Superwoman
2008 Alicia Keys No One
2007 Mary J. Blige Be Without You
2006 Mariah Carey We Belong Together
2005 Alicia Keys If I Ain't Got You
2004 Beyoncé Dangerously In Love 2
2003 Mary J. Blige He Think I Don't Know
2002 Alicia Keys Fallin'
2001 Toni Braxton He Wasn't Man Enough
2000 Whitney Houston It's Not Right But It's Okay
1999 Lauryn Hill Doo Wop (That Thing)
1998 Erykah Badu On & On
1997 Toni Braxton You're Makin' Me High
1996 Anita Baker I Apologize
1995 Toni Braxton Breathe Again
1994 Toni Braxton Another Sad Love Song
1993 Chaka Khan The Woman I Am
1992 Patti LaBelle Burnin'
1992 Lisa Fischer How Can I Ease The Pain
1991 Anita Baker Compositions
1990 Anita Baker Giving You The Best That I Got
1989 Anita Baker Giving You The Best That I Got
1988 Aretha Franklin Aretha
1987 Anita Baker Rapture
1986 Aretha Franklin Freeway Of Love
1985 Chaka Khan I Feel For You
1984 Chaka Khan Chaka Khan
1983 Jennifer Holliday And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
1982 Aretha Franklin Hold On I'm Comin'
1981 Stephanie Mills Never Knew Love Like This Before
1980 Dionne Warwick Deja Vu
1979 Donna Summer Last Dance
1978 Thelma Houston Don't Leave Me This Way
1977 Natalie Cole Sophisticated Lady (She's A Different Lady)
1976 Natalie Cole This Will Be
1975 Aretha Franklin Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
1974 Aretha Franklin Master Of Eyes
1973 Aretha Franklin Young, Gifted And Black
1972 Aretha Franklin Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971 Aretha Franklin Don't Play That Song
1970 Aretha Franklin Share Your Love With Me
1969 Aretha Franklin Chain Of Fools
1968 Aretha Franklin Respect
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