Grammy Award for Best R&B Album

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, 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".

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".

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. 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.

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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Boyz II Men were the first recipients of the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album in 1995.
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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.
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Two-time recipient D'Angelo.
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2002, 2005 and 2014 award winner, Alicia Keys
Three-time nominee and 2003 award winner India.Arie
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To date, John Legend has earned eleven Grammy Awards for his work, including three for Best R&B album.
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2009 award winner Jennifer Hudson
2012 award winner Chris Brown
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1995 Boyz II Men II
1996 TLC CrazySexyCool
1997 Tony Rich Words
1998 Erykah Badu Baduizm
1999 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
2000 TLC FanMail
2001 D'Angelo Voodoo
2002 Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor
2003 India.Arie Voyage to India
2004 Luther Vandross Dance with My Father
2005 Alicia Keys The Diary of Alicia Keys
2006 John Legend Get Lifted
2007 Mary J. Blige The Breakthrough
2008 Chaka Khan Funk This
2009 Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Hudson
2010 Maxwell BLACKsummers'night
2011 John Legend and The Roots Wake Up!
2012 Chris Brown F.A.M.E.
2013 Robert Glasper Experiment Black Radio
2014 Alicia Keys Girl On Fire
2015 Toni Braxton & Babyface Love, Marriage & Divorce
2016 D'Angelo & The Vanguard Black Messiah
2017 Lalah Hathaway Lalah Hathaway Live
2018 Bruno Mars 24K Magic
2019 H.E.R. H.E.R.
2020 Anderson .Paak Ventura
2021 John Legend Bigger Love
2022 Jazmine Sullivan Heaux Tales
2023 Robert Glasper Black Radio III
2024 Victoria Monét Jaguar II

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

Artists with multiple wins

Artists with multiple nominations

See also


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