R&B

68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

VIBES DON'T LIE. Leon Thomas III

68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best R&B Performance

Folded. Kehlani

68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best R&B Song

Folded. Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Kehlani, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, Dawit Kamal Wilson

68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Urban Contemporary Album

BLOOM. Durand Bernarr

68th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best R&B Album

MUTT. Leon Thomas III

67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

That's You. David Brown

67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best R&B Performance

Made For Me (Live On BET). Muni Long

67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best R&B Song

Saturn. Rob Bisel, Cian Ducrot, Carter Lang, SZA, Jared Solomon, Scott Zhang

67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Urban Contemporary Album

So Glad To Know You. Avery*Sunshine

67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Why Lawd?. Anderson .Paak, Knxwledge

About R&B

Music Facts: R&B

R&B, short for "rhythm and blues," was born in African American communities in the 1940s.
R&B's stylistic origins include jazz, blues, spirituals, gospel, boogie-woogie, jump blues, and swing.
In 2017, rap and R&B became the biggest music genre in the U.S., in terms of total consumption, surpassing rock for the first time ever.
Famous recent R&B GRAMMY winners include John Legend, Anderson .Paak, H.E.R., and Bruno Mars.
At the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2021, the Recording Academy introduced the Best Progressive R&B Album category, formerly known as the Best Urban Contemporary Album category, to "appropriately categorize and describe this subgenre" and reflect a "more accurate definition to describe the merit or characteristics of music compositions or performances themselves within the genre of R&B."

Grammy Awards for R&B

Year	Category	Winner	Work	Actions
2026	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Leon Thomas III	VIBES DON'T LIE	All Nominees
2026	Best R&B Performance	Kehlani	Folded	All Nominees
2026	Best R&B Song	Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Kehlani, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, Dawit Kamal Wilson	Folded	All Nominees
2026	Best Urban Contemporary Album	Durand Bernarr	BLOOM	All Nominees
2026	Best R&B Album	Leon Thomas III	MUTT	All Nominees
2025	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	David Brown	That's You	All Nominees
2025	Best R&B Performance	Muni Long	Made For Me (Live On BET)	All Nominees
2025	Best R&B Song	Rob Bisel, Cian Ducrot, Carter Lang, SZA, Jared Solomon, Scott Zhang	Saturn	All Nominees
2025	Best Urban Contemporary Album	Avery*Sunshine	So Glad To Know You	All Nominees
2025	Best Urban Contemporary Album	Anderson .Paak, Knxwledge	Why Lawd?	All Nominees
2025	Best R&B Album	Chris Brown	11:11 (Deluxe)	All Nominees
2024	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	PJ Morton, Susan Carol	Good Morning	All Nominees
2024	Best R&B Performance	Coco Jones	ICU	All Nominees
2024	Best R&B Song	Babyface, Blair Ferguson, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, SZA, Leon Thomas III	Snooze	All Nominees
2024	Best Urban Contemporary Album	SZA	SOS	All Nominees
2024	Best R&B Album	Victoria Monét	JAGUAR II	All Nominees
2023	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Beyoncé Knowles	PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA	All Nominees
2023	Best R&B Performance	Muni Long	Hrs & Hrs	All Nominees
2023	Best R&B Song	Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé Knowles, Brittany Coney, Terius "The Dream" Nash, Morten Ristorp, Nile Rodgers, Raphael Saadiq	CUFF IT	All Nominees
2023	Best Urban Contemporary Album	Steve Lacy-Moya	Gemini Rights	All Nominees
2023	Best R&B Album	Robert Glasper	Black Radio III	All Nominees
2022	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	H.E.R.	Fight For You	All Nominees
2022	Best R&B Performance	Silk Sonic	Leave The Door Open	All Nominees
2022	Best R&B Performance	Jazmine Sullivan	Pick Up Your Feelings	All Nominees
2022	Best R&B Song	Anderson .Paak, Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II, Bruno Mars, Silk Sonic	Leave The Door Open	All Nominees
2022	Best Urban Contemporary Album	David Brown	Table For Two	All Nominees
2022	Best R&B Album	Jazmine Sullivan	Heaux Tales	All Nominees
2021	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Ledisi Young	Anything For You	All Nominees
2021	Best R&B Performance	Beyoncé Knowles	Black Parade	All Nominees
2021	Best R&B Song	Robert Glasper, Me'shell NdegeOcello, H.E.R.	Better Than I Imagined	All Nominees
2021	Best Urban Contemporary Album	Thundercat	It Is What It Is	All Nominees
2021	Best R&B Album	John Legend	Bigger Love	All Nominees
2020	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Lizzo	Jerome	All Nominees
2020	Best R&B Performance	Anderson .Paak, André "3000" Benjamin	Come Home	All Nominees
2020	Best R&B Song	PJ Morton	Say So	All Nominees
2020	Best Urban Contemporary Album	Lizzo	Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)	All Nominees
2020	Best R&B Album	Anderson .Paak	Ventura	All Nominees
2019	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Leon Bridges	Bet Ain't Worth The Hand	All Nominees
2019	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	PJ Morton, Yebba	How Deep Is Your Love	All Nominees
2019	Best R&B Performance	H.E.R., Daniel Caesar	Best Part	All Nominees
2019	Best R&B Song	Roderick Pusharod Bullock, Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai, Dijon McFarlane	Boo'd Up	All Nominees
2019	Best Urban Contemporary Album	The Carters	Everything Is Love	All Nominees
2019	Best R&B Album	H.E.R.	H.E.R.	All Nominees
2018	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Childish Gambino	Redbone	All Nominees
2018	Best R&B Performance	Bruno Mars	That's What I Like	All Nominees
2018	Best R&B Song	Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Ray Charles McCullough II, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus, Jonathan Yip	That's What I Like	All Nominees
2018	Best Urban Contemporary Album	The Weeknd	Starboy	All Nominees
2018	Best R&B Album	Bruno Mars	24K Magic	All Nominees
2017	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Lalah Hathaway	Angel	All Nominees
2017	Best R&B Performance	Solange	Cranes In The Sky	All Nominees
2017	Best R&B Song	Hod David, Maxwell	Lake By The Ocean	All Nominees
2017	Best Urban Contemporary Album	Beyoncé Knowles	Lemonade	All Nominees
2017	Best R&B Album	Lalah Hathaway	Lalah Hathaway Live	All Nominees
2016	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Lalah Hathaway	Little Ghetto Boy	All Nominees
2016	Best R&B Performance	The Weeknd	Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)	All Nominees
2016	Best R&B Song	D'Angelo, Gina Figueroa, Kendra Foster	Really Love	All Nominees
2016	Best Urban Contemporary Album	The Weeknd	Beauty Behind The Madness	All Nominees
2016	Best R&B Album	D'Angelo	Black Messiah	All Nominees
2015	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Robert Glasper	Jesus Children	All Nominees
2015	Best R&B Performance	Beyoncé Knowles, Jay Z	Drunk In Love	All Nominees
2015	Best Urban Contemporary Album	Pharrell Williams	Girl	All Nominees
2015	Best R&B Album	Toni Braxton, Babyface	Love, Marriage & Divorce	All Nominees
2014	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Gary Clark Jr.	Please Come Home	All Nominees
2014	Best R&B Performance	Snarky Puppy, Lalah Hathaway	Something	All Nominees
2014	Best R&B Song	James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Tim Mosley, Justin Timberlake	Pusher Love Girl	All Nominees
2014	Best Urban Contemporary Album	Rihanna	Unapologetic	All Nominees
2014	Best R&B Album	Alicia Keys	Girl On Fire	All Nominees
2013	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Beyoncé Knowles	Love On Top	All Nominees
2013	Best R&B Performance	Usher	Climax	All Nominees
2013	Best R&B Song	Miguel	Adorn	All Nominees
2013	Best Urban Contemporary Album	Frank Ocean	Channel Orange	All Nominees
2013	Best R&B Album	Robert Glasper	Black Radio	All Nominees
2012	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Cee Lo Green, Melanie Fiona	Fool For You	All Nominees
2012	Best R&B Performance	Corinne Bailey Rae	Is This Love	All Nominees
2012	Best R&B Song	Melanie Fiona, Cee Lo Green, Jack Splash	Fool For You	All Nominees
2012	Best R&B Album	Chris Brown	F.A.M.E.	All Nominees
2011	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Fantasia	Bittersweet	All Nominees
2011	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Usher	There Goes My Baby	All Nominees
2011	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Sade	Soldier Of Love	All Nominees
2011	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	John Legend, The Roots	Hang On In There	All Nominees
2011	Best Urban/Alternative Performance	Cee Lo Green	Fuck You	All Nominees
2011	Best R&B Song	John Legend	Shine	All Nominees
2011	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Usher	Raymond V Raymond	All Nominees
2011	Best R&B Album	John Legend, The Roots	Wake Up!	All Nominees
2010	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Beyoncé	Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)	All Nominees
2010	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Maxwell	Pretty Wings	All Nominees
2010	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Jamie Foxx, T-Pain	Blame It	All Nominees
2010	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Beyoncé	At Last	All Nominees
2010	Best Urban/Alternative Performance	India.Arie, Dobet Gnahore	Pearls	All Nominees
2010	Best R&B Song	Kuk Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius "The Dream" Nash, Chris 'Tricky' Stewart	Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)	All Nominees
2010	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Beyoncé Knowles	I Am... Sasha Fierce	All Nominees
2010	Best R&B Album	Maxwell	Blacksummers' Night	All Nominees
2009	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Alicia Keys	Superwoman	All Nominees
2009	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Ne-Yo	Miss Independent	All Nominees
2009	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Al Green, John Legend	Stay With Me (By The Sea)	All Nominees
2009	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Al Green, Anthony Hamilton	You've Got The Love I Need	All Nominees
2009	Best Urban/Alternative Performance	Chrisette Michele, will.i.am	Be OK	All Nominees
2009	Best R&B Song	Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Ne-Yo	Miss Independent	All Nominees
2009	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Mary J. Blige	Growing Pains	All Nominees
2009	Best R&B Album	Jennifer Hudson	Jennifer Hudson	All Nominees
2008	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Alicia Keys	No One	All Nominees
2008	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Prince	Future Baby Mama	All Nominees
2008	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige	Disrespectful	All Nominees
2008	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Gerald Levert	In My Songs	All Nominees
2008	Best Urban/Alternative Performance	Lupe Fiasco, Jill Scott	Daydreamin'	All Nominees
2008	Best R&B Song	Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Dirty Harry, Alicia Keys	No One	All Nominees
2008	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Ne-Yo	Because Of You	All Nominees
2008	Best R&B Album	Chaka Khan	Funk This	All Nominees
2007	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Mary J. Blige	Be Without You	All Nominees
2007	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	John Legend	Heaven	All Nominees
2007	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	John Legend, Joss Stone, Van Hunt	Family Affair	All Nominees
2007	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	George Benson, Al Jarreau, Jill Scott	God Bless The Child	All Nominees
2007	Best Urban/Alternative Performance	Gnarls Barkley	Crazy	All Nominees
2007	Best R&B Song	Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan Michael Cox, Jason Perry	Be Without You	All Nominees
2007	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Beyoncé	B'Day	All Nominees
2007	Best R&B Album	Mary J. Blige	The Breakthrough	All Nominees
2006	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Mariah Carey	We Belong Together	All Nominees
2006	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	John Legend	Ordinary People	All Nominees
2006	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Stevie Wonder	So Amazing	All Nominees
2006	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	A House Is Not A Home	All Nominees
2006	Best Urban/Alternative Performance	Damian Marley	Welcome To Jamrock	All Nominees
2006	Best R&B Song	Johnta Austin, Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal	We Belong Together	All Nominees
2006	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Mariah Carey	The Emancipation Of Mimi	All Nominees
2006	Best R&B Album	John Legend	Get Lifted	All Nominees
2005	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Alicia Keys	If I Ain't Got You	All Nominees
2005	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Prince	Call My Name	All Nominees
2005	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Usher, Alicia Keys	My Boo	All Nominees
2005	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Prince	Musicology	All Nominees
2005	Best Urban/Alternative Performance	Jill Scott	Cross My Mind	All Nominees
2005	Best R&B Song	Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly, Kanye West	You Don't Know My Name	All Nominees
2005	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Usher	Confessions	All Nominees
2005	Best R&B Album	Alicia Keys	The Diary Of Alicia Keys	All Nominees
2004	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Beyoncé	Dangerously In Love 2	All Nominees
2004	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Luther Vandross	Dance With My Father	All Nominees
2004	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Luther Vandross	The Closer I Get To You	All Nominees
2004	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	Wonderful	All Nominees
2004	Best Urban/Alternative Performance	OutKast	Hey Ya!	All Nominees
2004	Best R&B Song	Rich Harrison, Jay Z, Beyoncé Knowles	Crazy In Love	All Nominees
2004	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Beyoncé Knowles	Dangerously In Love	All Nominees
2004	Best R&B Album	Luther Vandross	Dance With My Father	All Nominees
2003	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Mary J. Blige	He Think I Don't Know	All Nominees
2003	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Usher	U Don't Have To Call	All Nominees
2003	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Stevie Wonder, Take 6	Love's In Need Of Love Today	All Nominees
2003	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Chaka Khan, The Funk Brothers	What's Going On	All Nominees
2003	Best Urban/Alternative Performance	India.Arie	Little Things	All Nominees
2003	Best R&B Song	Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Common, Robert Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq, Glenn Standridge	Love Of My Life (An Ode To Hip Hop)	All Nominees
2003	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Ashanti	Ashanti	All Nominees
2003	Best R&B Album	India.Arie	Voyage To India	All Nominees
2002	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Alicia Keys	Fallin'	All Nominees
2002	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Usher	U Remind Me	All Nominees
2002	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Destiny's Child	Survivor	All Nominees
2002	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Gladys Knight	At Last	All Nominees
2002	Best R&B Song	Alicia Keys	Fallin'	All Nominees
2002	Best R&B Album	Alicia Keys	Songs In A Minor	All Nominees
2001	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Toni Braxton	He Wasn't Man Enough	All Nominees
2001	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	D'Angelo	Untitled (How Does It Feel)	All Nominees
2001	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Destiny's Child	Say My Name	All Nominees
2001	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	The Temptations	Ear-Resistible	All Nominees
2001	Best R&B Song	LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, Beyoncé Knowles, Le Toya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, Kelly Rowland	Say My Name	All Nominees
2001	Best R&B Album	D'Angelo	Voodoo	All Nominees
2000	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Whitney Houston	It's Not Right But It's Okay	All Nominees
2000	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Barry White	Staying Power	All Nominees
2000	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	TLC	No Scrubs	All Nominees
2000	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Barry White	Staying Power	All Nominees
2000	Best R&B Song	Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle	No Scrubs	All Nominees
2000	Best R&B Album	TLC	Fanmail	All Nominees
1999	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Lauryn Hill	Doo Wop (That Thing)	All Nominees
1999	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Stevie Wonder	St. Louis Blues	All Nominees
1999	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Brandy, Monica	The Boy Is Mine	All Nominees
1999	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	Patti LaBelle	Live! - One Night Only	All Nominees
1999	Best R&B Song	Lauryn Hill	Doo Wop (That Thing)	All Nominees
1999	Best R&B Album	Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill	All Nominees
1998	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Erykah Badu	On & On	All Nominees
1998	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	R. Kelly	I Believe I Can Fly	All Nominees
1998	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Blackstreet	No Diggity	All Nominees
1998	Best R&B Song	R. Kelly	I Believe I Can Fly	All Nominees
1998	Best R&B Album	Erykah Badu	Baduizm	All Nominees
1997	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Toni Braxton	You're Makin' Me High	All Nominees
1997	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Luther Vandross	Your Secret Love	All Nominees
1997	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Fugees	Killing Me Softly With His Song	All Nominees
1997	Best R&B Song	Babyface	Exhale (Shoop Shoop)	All Nominees
1997	Best R&B Album	Tony Rich	Words	All Nominees
1996	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Anita Baker	I Apologize	All Nominees
1996	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Stevie Wonder	For Your Love	All Nominees
1996	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	TLC	Creep	All Nominees
1996	Best R&B Song	Stevie Wonder	For Your Love	All Nominees
1996	Best R&B Album	TLC	Crazysexycool	All Nominees
1995	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Toni Braxton	Breathe Again	All Nominees
1995	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Babyface	When Can I See You	All Nominees
1995	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Boyz II Men	I'll Make Love To You	All Nominees
1995	Best R&B Song	Babyface	I'll Make Love To You	All Nominees
1995	Best R&B Album	Boyz II Men	II	All Nominees
1994	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Toni Braxton	Another Sad Love Song	All Nominees
1994	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Ray Charles	A Song For You	All Nominees
1994	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Sade	No Ordinary Love	All Nominees
1994	Best R&B Song	Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis	That's The Way Love Goes	All Nominees
1993	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Chaka Khan	The Woman I Am	All Nominees
1993	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Al Jarreau	Heaven And Earth	All Nominees
1993	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Boyz II Men	End Of The Road	All Nominees
1993	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Miles Davis	Doo-Bop	All Nominees
1993	Best R&B Song	Babyface, L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons	End Of The Road	All Nominees
1992	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Patti LaBelle	Burnin'	All Nominees
1992	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Lisa Fischer	How Can I Ease The Pain	All Nominees
1992	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Luther Vandross	Power Of Love	All Nominees
1992	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Boyz II Men	Cooleyhighharmony	All Nominees
1992	Best R&B Song	Marcus Miller, Luther Vandross, Teddy Vann	Power Of Love/Love Power	All Nominees
1991	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Anita Baker	Compositions	All Nominees
1991	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Luther Vandross	Here And Now	All Nominees
1991	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Ray Charles, Chaka Khan	I'll Be Good To You	All Nominees
1991	Best R&B Song	M.C. Hammer, Rick James, Alonzo Miller	U Can't Touch This	All Nominees
1990	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got	All Nominees
1990	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Bobby Brown	Every Little Step	All Nominees
1990	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Soul II Soul, Caron Wheeler	Back To Life	All Nominees
1990	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Soul II Soul	African Dance	All Nominees
1990	Best R&B Song	Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff	If You Don't Know Me By Now	All Nominees
1989	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Anita Baker	Giving You The Best That I Got	All Nominees
1989	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Terence Trent D'Arby	Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'arby	All Nominees
1989	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Gladys Knight	Love Overboard	All Nominees
1989	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Chick Corea	Light Years	All Nominees
1989	Best R&B Song	Anita Baker, Randy Holland, Skip Scarborough	Giving You The Best That I Got	All Nominees
1988	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	Aretha	All Nominees
1988	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Smokey Robinson	Just To See Her	All Nominees
1988	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Aretha Franklin, George Michael	I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)	All Nominees
1988	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	David Sanborn	Chicago Song	All Nominees
1988	Best R&B Song	Bill Withers	Lean On Me	All Nominees
1987	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Anita Baker	Rapture	All Nominees
1987	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	James Brown	Living In America	All Nominees
1987	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Prince	Kiss	All Nominees
1987	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Yellowjackets	And You Know That	All Nominees
1987	Best R&B Song	Anita Baker, Gary Bias, Louis A. Johnson	Sweet Love	All Nominees
1986	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	Freeway Of Love	All Nominees
1986	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Stevie Wonder	In Square Circle	All Nominees
1986	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Commodores	Nightshift	All Nominees
1986	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Ernie Watts	Musician	All Nominees
1986	Best R&B Song	Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden	Freeway Of Love	All Nominees
1985	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Chaka Khan	I Feel For You	All Nominees
1985	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Billy Ocean	Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)	All Nominees
1985	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	James Ingram, Michael McDonald	Yah Mo B There	All Nominees
1985	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Herbie Hancock	Sound System	All Nominees
1985	Best R&B Song	Prince	I Feel For You	All Nominees
1984	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Chaka Khan	Chaka Khan	All Nominees
1984	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	All Nominees
1984	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Rufus, Chaka Khan	Ain't Nobody	All Nominees
1984	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Herbie Hancock	Rockit	All Nominees
1984	Best R&B Song	Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	All Nominees
1983	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Jennifer Holliday	And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going	All Nominees
1983	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Marvin Gaye	Sexual Healing	All Nominees
1983	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Dazz Band	Let It Whip	All Nominees
1983	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Earth, Wind & Fire	Wanna Be With You	All Nominees
1983	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Marvin Gaye	Sexual Healing (Instrumental Version)	All Nominees
1983	Best R&B Song	Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather	Turn Your Love Around	All Nominees
1982	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	Hold On I'm Comin'	All Nominees
1982	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	James Ingram	One Hundred Ways	All Nominees
1982	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Quincy Jones	The Dude	All Nominees
1982	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	David Sanborn	All I Need Is You	All Nominees
1982	Best R&B Song	Ralph MacDonald, William Salter, Bill Withers	Just The Two Of Us	All Nominees
1981	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Stephanie Mills	Never Knew Love Like This Before	All Nominees
1981	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	George Benson	Give Me The Night	All Nominees
1981	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Manhattans	Shining Star	All Nominees
1981	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	George Benson	Off Broadway	All Nominees
1981	Best R&B Song	Reggie Lucas, James Mtume	Never Knew Love Like This Before	All Nominees
1980	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Dionne Warwick	Deja Vu	All Nominees
1980	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Michael Jackson	Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough	All Nominees
1980	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Earth, Wind & Fire	After The Love Has Gone	All Nominees
1980	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Earth, Wind & Fire	Boogie Wonderland	All Nominees
1980	Best R&B Song	Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon	After The Love Has Gone	All Nominees
1979	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Donna Summer	Last Dance	All Nominees
1979	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	George Benson	On Broadway	All Nominees
1979	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Earth, Wind & Fire	All 'n All	All Nominees
1979	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Earth, Wind & Fire	Runnin'	All Nominees
1979	Best R&B Song	Paul Jabara	Last Dance	All Nominees
1978	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Thelma Houston	Don't Leave Me This Way	All Nominees
1978	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Lou Rawls	Unmistakably Lou	All Nominees
1978	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Emotions	Best Of My Love	All Nominees
1978	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Brothers Johnson	Q	All Nominees
1978	Best R&B Song	Vini Poncia, Leo Sayer	You Make Me Feel Like Dancing	All Nominees
1977	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Natalie Cole	Sophisticated Lady (She's A Different Lady)	All Nominees
1977	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Stevie Wonder	I Wish	All Nominees
1977	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Marilyn McCoo	You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)	All Nominees
1977	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	George Benson	Theme From Good King Bad	All Nominees
1977	Best R&B Song	David Paich, Boz Scaggs	Lowdown	All Nominees
1976	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Natalie Cole	This Will Be	All Nominees
1976	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Ray Charles	Living For The City	All Nominees
1976	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Earth, Wind & Fire	Shining Star	All Nominees
1976	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Silver Convention	Fly, Robin, Fly	All Nominees
1976	Best R&B Song	Harry Wayne Casey, Willie Clarke, Richard Finch, Betty Wright	Where Is The Love	All Nominees
1975	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing	All Nominees
1975	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Stevie Wonder	Boogie On Reggae Woman	All Nominees
1975	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Rufus	Tell Me Something Good	All Nominees
1975	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	MFSB	The Sound Of Philadelphia	All Nominees
1975	Best R&B Song	Stevie Wonder	Living For The City	All Nominees
1974	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	Master Of Eyes	All Nominees
1974	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Stevie Wonder	Superstition	All Nominees
1974	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Gladys Knight	Midnight Train To Georgia	All Nominees
1974	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	Ramsey Lewis	Hang On Sloopy	All Nominees
1974	Best R&B Song	Stevie Wonder	Superstition	All Nominees
1973	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	Young, Gifted And Black	All Nominees
1973	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Billy Paul	Me And Mrs. Jones	All Nominees
1973	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	The Temptations	Papa Was A Rollin' Stone	All Nominees
1973	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	The Temptations, Paul Riser	Papa Was A Rollin' Stone	All Nominees
1973	Best R&B Song	Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield	Papa Was A Rollin' Stone	All Nominees
1972	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	Bridge Over Troubled Water	All Nominees
1972	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Lou Rawls	A Natural Man	All Nominees
1972	Best R&B Group, Vocal Or Instrumental	Tina Turner	Proud Mary	All Nominees
1972	Best R&B Song	Bill Withers	Ain't No Sunshine	All Nominees
1971	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	Don't Play That Song	All Nominees
1971	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	B.B. King	The Thrill Is Gone	All Nominees
1971	Best R&B Group, Vocal Or Instrumental	Delfonics	Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)	All Nominees
1971	Best R&B Song	Ronald Dunbar, General Johnson	Patches	All Nominees
1970	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	Share Your Love With Me	All Nominees
1970	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Joe Simon	The Chokin' Kind	All Nominees
1970	Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Isley Brothers	It's Your Thing	All Nominees
1970	Best R&B Instrumental Performance (orchestra,group or soloist)	King Curtis	Games People Play	All Nominees
1970	Best R&B Song	Richard Spencer	Color Him Father	All Nominees
1969	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	Chain Of Fools	All Nominees
1969	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay	All Nominees
1969	Best R&B Group, Vocal Or Instrumental	The Temptations	Cloud Nine	All Nominees
1969	Best R&B Song	Steve Cropper, Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay	All Nominees
1968	Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance	Aretha Franklin	Respect	All Nominees
1968	Best Female R&B Vocal Performance	Aretha Franklin	Respect	All Nominees
1968	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Lou Rawls	Dead End Street	All Nominees
1968	Best R&B Group, Vocal Or Instrumental	Sam And Dave	Soul Man	All Nominees
1967	Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance	Ray Charles	Crying Time	All Nominees
1967	Best Male R&B Vocal Performance	Ray Charles	Crying Time	All Nominees
1967	Best R&B Group, Vocal Or Instrumental	Ramsey Lewis	Hold It Right There	All Nominees
1966	Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance	James Brown	Papa's Got A Brand New Bag	All Nominees
1965	Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance	Nancy Wilson	How Glad I Am	All Nominees
1964	Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance	Ray Charles	Busted	All Nominees
1963	Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance	Ray Charles	I Can't Stop Loving You	All Nominees
1962	Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance	Ray Charles	Hit The Road Jack	All Nominees
1961	Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance	Ray Charles	Let The Good Times Roll	All Nominees
1960	Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance	Dinah Washington	What A Diff'rence A Day Makes	All Nominees
1959	Best R&B Recording - Best Rhythm & Blues Performance	Champs	Tequila	All Nominees