Grammy Award for Best R&B Album (Grammy Awards)

Grammy Awards

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 National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences 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". Award recipients include the producers, engineers, and/or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists. In 2003, the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album was split into two categories: Best Contemporary R&B Album is for R&B longplay records that have modern hip-hop stylings to them, while this honor is for R&B LPs that are more traditional and less electronic. From 2012, this category will also include recordings that previously fell under the Best Contemporary R&B Album category, which will be discontinued in 2012 as part of a major overhaul of the Grammy Award categories.

Check all the winners of Grammy Award for Best R&B Album presented under Grammy Awards since 1994 .

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Alicia Keys

Honored for : Girl on Fire

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Faith Evans	R&B Divas
Alicia Keys	Girl on Fire
John Legend	Love In The Future
Chrisette Michele	Better
TGT	Three Kings

Robert Glasper Experiment, Qmillion

Honored for : Black Radio

(Artist, Engineer/Mixer)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Robert Glasper Experiment	Black Radio Artist","Engineer/Mixer
Qmillion	Black Radio Artist","Engineer/Mixer
Anthony Hamilton	Back to Love
R. Kelly	Write Me Back
Tamia	Beautiful Surprise
Tyrese Gibson	Open Invitation

Chris Brown

Honored for : F.A.M.E.

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Chris Brown	F.A.M.E.
El DeBarge	Second Chance
R. Kelly	Love Letter
Ledisi	Pieces of Me
Kelly Price	Kelly

The Roots, John Legend, Alex Venguer, Jimmy Douglass

Honored for : Wake Up!

(Engineers/mixers, Producer, Artists)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Legend	Wake Up! 2011 Best R&B Album
The Roots	Wake Up! 2011 Best R&B Album
Jimmy Douglass	Wake Up! 2011 Best R&B Album
Alex Venguer	Wake Up! 2011 Best R&B Album
Raheem Devaughn	The Love & War MasterPeace
Fantasia	Back to Me
Jaheim	Another Round
Monica	Still Standing

Maxwell, Hod David, Glen Marchese, Mike Pela, Jesse Gladstone

Honored for : BLACKsummers'night

(Engineers/Mixers, Artist, Producers)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Anthony Hamilton	The Point Of It All
India.Arie	Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
Ledisi	Turn Me Loose
Maxwell	BLACKsummers'night
Glen Marchese	BLACKsummers'night
Hod David	BLACKsummers'night
Mike Pela	BLACKsummers'night
Jesse Gladstone	BLACKsummers'night
Charlie Wilson	Uncle Charlie

Jennifer Hudson, Clive Davis, Larry Jackson

Honored for : Jennifer Hudson

(Producers, Artist)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Boyz II Men	Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA
Eric Benét	Love & Life
Raphael Saadiq	The Way I See It
Al Green	Lay It Down
Jennifer Hudson	Jennifer Hudson

James "Big Jim" Wright, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Bobby Ross Avila, Chaka Khan, Matt Marrin

Honored for : Funk This

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ledisi	Lost & Found
Musiq	Luvanmusiq
Jill Scott	The Real Thing: Words and Sounds, Volume 3
Tank	Sex, Love & Pain
Chaka Khan	Funk This
Matt Marrin	Funk This
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis	Funk This
James "Big Jim" Wright	Funk This
Bobby Ross Avila	Funk This

Pat Dillett, Mary J. Blige

Honored for : The Breakthrough

(Artist, Engineer/mixer)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lionel Richie	Coming Home
Jamie Foxx	Unpredictable
India.Arie	Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship
Prince	3121
Mary J. Blige	The Breakthrough
Pat Dillett	The Breakthrough

Anthony Kilhoffer, John Legend, Manny Marroquin

Honored for : Get Lifted

(Artist, Engineer, Engineer/mixer)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alicia Keys	Unplugged
Fantasia	Free Yourself
Earth, Wind & Fire	Illumination
Stevie Wonder	A Time to Love
Anthony Kilhoffer	Get Lifted
Manny Marroquin	Get Lifted
John Legend	Get Lifted

Ann Mincieli, Manny Marroquin, Anthony Duino, Alicia Keys

Honored for : The Diary of Alicia Keys

(Artist, Engineers/Mixers)

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Prince	Musicology
Al Green	I Can't Stop
Anita Baker	My Everything
Jill Scott	Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
Alicia Keys	The Diary of Alicia Keys

Luther Vandross, Ray Bardani

Honored for : Dance With My Father

(Artist, engineer/mixer)

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
The Isley Brothers	Body Kiss
Blu Cantrell	Bittersweet
Aretha Franklin	So Damn Happy
Erykah Badu	Worldwide Underground
Luther Vandross	Dance With My Father
Ray Bardani	Dance With My Father

India.Arie, Alvin Speights, Shannon Sanders

Honored for : Voyage to India

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Joe	Better Days
Musiq	Juslisen
Raphael Saadiq	Instant Vintage
Remy Shand	The Way I Feel
Shannon Sanders	Voyage to India
Alvin Speights	Voyage to India
India.Arie	Voyage to India

Kerry Brothers, Alicia Keys

Honored for : Songs in A minor

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Mary J. Blige	No More Drama
Destiny's Child	Survivor
India.Arie	Acoustic Soul
Aaliyah	Aaliyah
Kerry Brothers	Songs in A minor
Alicia Keys	Songs in A minor

Russell Elevado, D'Angelo

Honored for : Voodoo

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Sisqó	Unleash the Dragon
Jill Scott	Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds, Volume 1
Joe	My Name Is Joe
Boyz II Men	Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya
Toni Braxton	The Heat
Russell Elevado	Voodoo
D'Angelo	Voodoo

Carlton Lynn, Dallas Austin, TLC, Alvin Speights

Honored for : FanMail

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
R. Kelly	R.
Whitney Houston	My Love Is Your Love
Brian McKnight	Back at One
Mary J. Blige	Mary
TLC	FanMail
Dallas Austin	FanMail
Alvin Speights	FanMail
Carlton Lynn	FanMail

Comissioner Gordon, Tony Prendatt, Lauryn Hill

Honored for : The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tony Prendatt	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Comissioner Gordon	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Erykah Badu	Live
Brandy Norwood	Never Say Never
Maxwell	Embrya
Aretha Franklin	A Rose Is Still a Rose

Erykah Badu

Honored for : Baduizm

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Patti LaBelle	Flame
Mary J. Blige	Share My World
Babyface	The Day
Whitney Houston	The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
Boyz II Men	Evolution
Erykah Badu	Baduizm

The Tony Rich Project

Honored for : Words

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Curtis Mayfield	New World Order
Maxwell	Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Meshell Ndegeocello	Peace Beyond Passion
Oleta Adams	Moving On
The Tony Rich Project	Words

TLC

Honored for : CrazySexyCool

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
TLC	CrazySexyCool
D'Angelo	Brown Sugar
Barry White	The Icon Is Love
Mary J. Blige	My Life
Prince	The Gold Experience

Boyz II Men

Honored for : II

Grammy Award for Best R&B Album