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Grammy Award for Best R&B Album

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Grammy Award for Best R&B Album
Jaguar II by Victoria Monét is the most recent recipient
Awarded forQuality R&B music albums
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1995
Currently held byVictoria Monét, Jaguar II (2024)
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best R&B Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality works on albums in the R&B music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by The Recording Academy of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

According to the category description guide for the 54th Grammy Awards, the award is reserved for albums "containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded contemporary R&B vocal tracks" which may also "incorporate production elements found in rap music".[3]

From 2003 to 2011, a separate category was formed, the Best Contemporary R&B Album, meant for R&B albums that had modern hip-hop stylings to them, while more traditional and less electronic-styled R&B music still fell under the Best R&B Album category. After the 2011 Grammy season, the Best Contemporary R&B Album category was discontinued and recordings that previously fell under this category were shifted back to the Best R&B Album category. This was part of a major overhaul of the Grammy Award categories.[4] In 2020, a sister category titled Best Progressive R&B Album was debuted.

The award goes to the artist, producer and engineer/mixer, provided they are credited with at least 50% of playing time on the album. A producer or engineer who are responsible for less than 50% of playing time, as well as the mastering engineer, can apply for a Winners Certificate.[5]

Alicia Keys and John Legend are the biggest recipients in this category with three wins. TLC, D'Angelo and Robert Glasper have won the award twice. Mary J. Blige holds the record for the most nominations, with six in total. In 2015, Norwegian singer Bern/hoft became the first non-American artist to be nominated.

Recipients

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Three African-American men sitting next to each other on a black stage. They are all wearing caps with jeans and sneakers.
Boyz II Men were the first recipients of the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album in 1995.
An African-American female with a black afro strumming on a guitar in front of a microphone.
For her work on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album as well as Album of the Year.
An African-American man singing into a microphone. He is wearing a black hat and a sleeveless leather jacket.
Two-time recipient D'Angelo.
An African-American female singing into a microphone on a stand. She is wearing large hoop earrings and a silver sleeveless shirt.
2002, 2005 and 2014 award winner, Alicia Keys
Three-time nominee and 2003 award winner India.Arie
A picture of an African-American man in a suit playing the piano.
To date, John Legend has earned eleven Grammy Awards for his work, including three for Best R&B album.
A black women with dark brown hair talking into a microphone. She is wearing a green satin dress with a with necklace.
2009 award winner Jennifer Hudson
2012 award winner Chris Brown
2022 award winner Jazmine Sullivan
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1995 Boyz II Men II [6]
1996 TLC CrazySexyCool [7]
1997 Tony Rich Words [8]
1998 Erykah Badu Baduizm [9]
1999 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill [10]
2000 TLC FanMail [11]
2001 D'Angelo Voodoo [12]
2002 Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor [13]
2003 India.Arie Voyage to India [14]
2004 Luther Vandross Dance with My Father [6]
2005 Alicia Keys The Diary of Alicia Keys [15]
2006 John Legend Get Lifted [16]
2007 Mary J. Blige The Breakthrough [17]
2008 Chaka Khan Funk This [18]
2009 Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Hudson [19]
2010 Maxwell BLACKsummers'night [20]
2011 John Legend and The Roots Wake Up! [21]
2012 Chris Brown F.A.M.E. [22]
2013 Robert Glasper Experiment Black Radio [23]
2014 Alicia Keys Girl On Fire [24]
2015 Toni Braxton & Babyface Love, Marriage & Divorce [25]
2016 D'Angelo & The Vanguard Black Messiah [26]
2017 Lalah Hathaway Lalah Hathaway Live [27]
2018 Bruno Mars 24K Magic [28]
2019 H.E.R. H.E.R. [29]
2020 Anderson .Paak Ventura [30]
2021 John Legend Bigger Love
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2022 Jazmine Sullivan Heaux Tales [32]
2023 Robert Glasper Black Radio III [33]
2024 Victoria Monét Jaguar II
2025 TBA TBA [34]

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


Artists with multiple wins

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Artists with multiple nominations

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See also

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References

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General
  • "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
Specific
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  10. ^ Kot, Greg (January 6, 1999). "10 Nominations Put Lauryn Hill Atop Grammy Heap". Chicago Tribune. p. 10. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
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  23. ^ List of 2013 nominees Archived 2012-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
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  27. ^ Unterberger, Andrew (6 December 2016). "Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys". Billboard. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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  30. ^ "Grammy.com, 22 November 2019". Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  31. ^ "2021 Nominations List" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-11-29. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  32. ^ "2022 Nominations List". Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  33. ^ "2023 Nominations List". Archived from the original on 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
  34. ^ Monroe, Jazz (2024-11-08). "Grammy Nominations 2025: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
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