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Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
"ICU" by Coco Jones is the most recent recipient
Awarded for	quality vocal or instrumental R&B recordings
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Currently held by	Coco Jones, "ICU" (2024)
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]

The award goes to the artist. The producer, engineer and songwriter can apply for a Winners Certificate.^[4]

Recipients

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1959	The Champs	"Tequila"	Harry Belafonte – Belafonte Sings the Blues Nat King Cole – "Looking Back" Perez Prado – "Patricia" Earl Grant – "The End"	^[5]
1960	Dinah Washington	"What a Diff'rence a Day Makes"	Elvis Presley – "A Big Hunk o' Love" The Coasters – "Charlie Brown" Jesse Belvin – "Guess Who" Nat King Cole – "Midnight Flyer"	^[6]
1961	Ray Charles	"Let the Good Times Roll"	Etta James – "All I Could Do Was Cry" Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – "Finger Poppin' Time" Muddy Waters – "Got My Mojo Working" Jackie Wilson – "Lonely Teardrops" LaVerne Baker – "Shake a Hand" John Lee Hooker – Travelin' Bo Diddley – "Walkin' and Talkin'"	^[7]
1962		"Hit the Road Jack"	Ernie K-Doe – "Mother-in-Law" Etta James – "The Fool That I Am" Jimmy Reed – "Bright Lights, Big City" Laverne Baker – "Saved"	^[8]
1963		"I Can't Stop Loving You"	B. Bumble and the Stingers – "Nut Rocker" Bobby Darin – "What'd I Say" Little Eva – "The Loco-Motion" Mel Torme – "Comin' Home Baby" Sam Cooke – "Bring It On Home to Me"	^[9]
1964		"Busted"	Barbara Lewis – "Hello Stranger" Lenny Welch – "Since I Fell for You" Little Johnny Taylor – "Part Time Love" Major Lance – "Hey Little Girl" Martha and the Vandellas – (Love is Like a) Heat Wave Sam Cooke – "Frankie and Johnny"	^[10]
1965	Nancy Wilson	"How Glad I Am"	Sam Cooke – "Good Times" The Impressions – "Keep on Pushing" The Supremes – "Baby Love" Dionne Warwick – "Walk On By" Joe Tex – "Hold What You've Got"	^[11]
1966	James Brown	"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"	Sam Cooke – "Shake" The Temptations – "My Girl" Wilson Pickett – "In the Midnight Hour" Jr. Walker and The All-Stars – "Shotgun"	^[12]
1967	Ray Charles	"Crying Time"	James Brown – "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" Lou Rawls – "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" Percy Sledge – “When a Man Loves a Woman” Stevie Wonder – "Uptight (Everything's Alright)"	^[13]
1968	Aretha Franklin	"Respect"	Joe Tex – "Skinny Legs and All" Lou Rawls – "Dead End Street" Otis Redding – "Try a Little Tenderness" Sam & Dave – "Soul Man"	^[14]
2012	Corinne Bailey Rae	"Is This Love"	Marsha Ambrosius — "Far Away" Ledisi — "Pieces of Me" Kelly Price & Stokley — "Not My Daddy" Charlie Wilson — "You Are"	^[15]
2013	Usher	"Climax"	Estelle — "Thank You" Robert Glasper Experiment & Ledisi — "Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)" Luke James — "I Want You" Miguel — "Adorn"	^[16]
2014	Snarky Puppy featuring Lalah Hathaway	"Something"	Tamar Braxton – "Love and War" Anthony Hamilton – "Best of Me" Hiatus Kaiyote featuring Q-Tip – "Nakamarra" Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar – "How Many Drinks?"	^[17]
2015	Beyoncé featuring Jay Z	"Drunk in Love"	Chris Brown featuring Usher and Rick Ross – "New Flame" Jennifer Hudson featuring R. Kelly – "It's Your World" Ledisi – "Like This" Usher – "Good Kisser"	^[18]
2016	The Weeknd	"Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)"	Tamar Braxton – "If I Don't Have You" Andra Day – "Rise Up" Hiatus Kaiyote – "Breathing Underwater" Jeremih ft. J. Cole – "Planez"	^[19]
2017	Solange	"Cranes in the Sky"	BJ the Chicago Kid – "Turnin' Me Up" Ro James – "Permission" Musiq Soulchild – "I Do" Rihanna – "Needed Me"	^[20]
2018	Bruno Mars	"That's What I Like"	Daniel Caesar featuring Kali Uchis – "Get You" Kehlani – "Distraction" Ledisi – "High" SZA – "The Weekend"	^[21]
2019	Daniel Caesar featuring H.E.R.	"Best Part"	Toni Braxton – "Long as I Live" The Carters – "Summer" Lalah Hathaway – "Y O Y" PJ Morton – "First Began"	^[22]
2020	Anderson .Paak featuring André 3000	"Come Home"	Brandy & Daniel Caesar – "Love Again" H.E.R. featuring Bryson Tiller – "Could've Been" Lizzo featuring Gucci Mane – "Exactly How I Feel" Lucky Daye – "Roll Some Mo"	^[23]
2021	Beyoncé	“Black Parade”	Jhené Aiko featuring John Legend – "Lightning & Thunder" Jacob Collier featuring Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign – "All I Need" Brittany Howard – "Goat Head" Emily King – "See Me"	^[24]
2022	Silk Sonic	"Leave the Door Open"	Snoh Aalegra – "Lost You" Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon – "Peaches" H.E.R. – "Damage"	^[25]
2022	Jazmine Sullivan	"Pick Up Your Feelings"		^[25]
2023	Muni Long	"Hrs & Hrs"	Beyoncé – "Virgo's Groove" Mary J. Blige featuring Anderson .Paak – "Here With Me" Lucky Daye – "Over" Jazmine Sullivan – "Hurt Me So Good"	^[26]
2024	Coco Jones	"ICU"	Chris Brown – "Summer Too Hot" Robert Glasper featuring Sir & Alex Isley – "Back to Love" Victoria Monét – "How Does It Make You Feel" SZA – "Kill Bill"	^[27]
2025			Jhené Aiko – "Guidance" Chris Brown – "Residuals" Coco Jones – "Here We Go (Uh Oh)" Muni Long – "Made for Me (Live on BET)" SZA – "Saturn"	^[28]

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

Artists with multiple wins

5 wins

Ray Charles

2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

5 nominations

Ray Charles

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

References

^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
^ "Category Mapper". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
^ "Grammy Awards restructuring". Archived from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
^ Grammy Blue Book (edition 2021)
^ "Grammy Awards 1959 (May)". Awards & Shows. Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
^ "Grammy Awards 1959". Awards & Shows. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
^ "Grammy Awards 1961". Awards & Shows. Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
^ "Grammy Awards 1962". Awards & Shows. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
^ "Grammy Awards 1963". Awards & Shows. Archived from the original on December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
^ "Grammy Awards 1964". Awards & Shows.
^ "Grammy Awards 1965". Awards & Shows.
^ "Grammy Awards 1966". Awards and Shows. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
^ "Grammy Awards 1967". Awards and Shows. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
^ "Grammy Awards 1968". Awards & Shows. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
^ "2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: R&B Field". The Recording Academy. November 30, 2011.
^ "Grammys 2013: Winners List". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
^ "2014 Nominees" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
^ "57th Grammy Nominees". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
^ Billboard.com, 7 December 2015
^ "59th Grammy Nominees". Grammy. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
^ "Grammys 2018 Nominees: The Complete List". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
^ Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
^ Grammy.com, 22 November 2019
^ Grammy.com, 24 November 2020
^ Grammy.com, 23 November 2021
^ Grammy.com, 15 November 2022
^ Grammy.com, 10 November 2023
^ Monroe, Jazz (November 8, 2024). "Grammy Nominations 2025: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 8, 2024.

Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance

1958–1967

"Tequila" – The Champs (1958)
"What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" – Dinah Washington (1959)
"Let the Good Times Roll" – Ray Charles (1960)
"Hit the Road Jack" – Ray Charles (1961)
"I Can't Stop Loving You" – Ray Charles (1962)
"Busted" – Ray Charles (1963)
"How Glad I Am" – Nancy Wilson (1964)
"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" – James Brown (1965)
"Crying Time" – Ray Charles (1966)
"Respect" – Aretha Franklin (1967)

2011–present

"Is This Love" – Corinne Bailey Rae (2011)
"Climax" – Usher (2012)
"Something" – Snarky Puppy featuring Lalah Hathaway (2013)
"Drunk in Love" – Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z (2014)
"Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)" – The Weeknd (2015)
"Cranes in the Sky" – Solange (2016)
"That's What I Like" – Bruno Mars (2017)
"Best Part" – Daniel Caesar featuring H.E.R. (2018)
"Come Home" – Anderson .Paak featuring André 3000 (2019)
"Black Parade" – Beyoncé (2020)
"Leave the Door Open" – Silk Sonic / "Pick Up Your Feelings" – Jazmine Sullivan (2021)
"Hrs & Hrs" – Muni Long (2022)
"ICU" – Coco Jones (2023)

v t e Grammy Awards
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Special awards	Legend Award Lifetime Achievement Award Trustees Award Special Merit/Technical Grammy Award Hall of Fame MusiCares Person of the Year
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v t e Grammy Award categories
General	Album of the Year Record of the Year Song of the Year Best New Artist Producer of the Year Songwriter of the Year
Children's, Comedy, Audio Book Narration & Storytelling, Visual Media & Music Video/Film	Best Children's Album Best Comedy Album Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Best Score Soundtrack Album for Visual Media Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media Best Song Written for Visual Media Best Music Video Best Music Film
Classical	Best Orchestral Performance Best Opera Recording Best Choral Performance Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance Best Classical Instrumental Solo Best Classical Vocal Solo Best Classical Compendium Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Country & American Roots	Best Country Album Best Country Song Best Country Solo Performance Best Country Duo/Group Performance Best Americana Album Best American Roots Song Best Americana Performance Best American Roots Performance Best Bluegrass Album Best Folk Album Best Traditional Blues Album Best Contemporary Blues Album Best Regional Roots Music Album
Gospel & Contemporary Christian	Best Gospel Album Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Best Roots Gospel Album Best Gospel Performance/Song Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Jazz, Traditional Pop, Contemporary Instrumental & Musical Theater	Best Jazz Vocal Album Best Alternative Jazz Album Best Latin Jazz Album Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Best Jazz Instrumental Album Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Best Jazz Performance Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Best Musical Theater Album
Latin, Global, African, Reggae & New Age, Ambient or Chant	Best Latin Pop Album Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album Best Tropical Latin Album Best Música Urbana Album Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano) Best Reggae Album Best Global Music Album Best New Age, Ambient Or Chant Album Best Global Music Performance Best African Music Performance
Package, Notes & Historical	Best Historical Album Best Album Notes Best Recording Package Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
Pop & Dance/Electronic	Best Pop Vocal Album Best Dance/Electronic Album Best Pop Solo Performance Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Best Dance/Electronic Recording Best Dance Pop Recording Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Production, Engineering, Composition & Arrangement	Producer of the Year, Classical Best Immersive Audio Album Best Instrumental Composition Best Engineered Album, Classical Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals
R&B, Rap and Spoken Word Poetry	Best R&B Album Best Progressive R&B Album Best Rap Album Best Spoken Word Poetry Album Best R&B Performance Best Traditional R&B Performance Best Rap Performance Best Melodic Rap Performance Best R&B Song Best Rap Song
Rock, Metal & Alternative	Best Rock Album Best Rock Song Best Rock Performance Best Metal Performance Best Alternative Music Album Best Alternative Music Performance
Special Awards	Lifetime Achievement Award Trustees Award Legend Award Grammy Hall of Fame MusiCares Person of the Year

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