Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance

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Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
Awarded for quality vocal or instrumental R&B recordings
Country United States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Official website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[1] According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo, duo/groups or collaborative (vocal or instrumental) R&B recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only.[2]

The award was originally awarded from 1959 to 1961 as Best Rhythm & Blues Performance and then from 1962 to 1968 as Best Rhythm & Blues Recording before being discontinued. In 2012, the award was brought back combining the previous categories for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Urban/Alternative Performance. The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards and to eliminate the distinctions between male and female performances, and between solo and duo/groups performances.[3]

Recipients

The award was discontinued in 1968, Aretha Franklin being the last winner
Corinne Bailey Rae was the recipient of the reintroduced award in 2012
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1959 The Champs "Tequila" [4]
1960 Dinah Washington "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" [5]
1961 Ray Charles "Let the Good Times Roll" [6]
1962 Ray Charles "Hit the Road Jack" [7]
1963 Ray Charles "I Can't Stop Loving You" [8]
1964 Ray Charles "Busted" [9]
1965 Nancy Wilson "How Glad I Am" [10]
1966 James Brown "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" [11]
1967 Ray Charles "Crying Time" [12]
1968 Aretha Franklin "Respect" [13]
2012 Corinne Bailey Rae "Is This Love" [14]
2013 Usher "Climax"
2014 Snarky Puppy featuring Lalah Hathaway "Something" [15]
2015 Beyonce featuring Jay Z "Drunk in Love" [16]
2016 The Weeknd "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" [17]

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

References

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  15. ↑ 2014 Nominees
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  17. ↑ Billboard.com, 7 December 2015
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