Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Awarded for quality R&B songs
Country United States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded 1968
Last awarded 2011
Official website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (previously called Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female) was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to female recording artists for quality R&B songs. Awards in several categories are distributed 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."[2]

According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award was presented to artists that performed "newly recorded solo R&B vocal performances". Solo numbers by members of an established group were not eligible for the award as "separate entries from the duo or group performances."[3] Albums were also considered for the accolade until 1992.

As a part of the major overhaul of Grammy categories, the award was discontinued in 2011. The Female R&B Vocal Performance category, Male R&B Vocal Performance category and all duo/group vocal performances in the R&B category shifted to the Best R&B Performance category in 2012.[4]

The award for the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance was first presented to Aretha Franklin at the 10th Grammy Awards ceremony in 1968 for the song "Respect". Franklin received the most wins with eleven, followed by Anita Baker with five. Franklin also holds the record for the most nominations with twenty-three, while Chaka Khan is second with eight nominations. Fantasia Barrino became the final recipient of the award, when her song "Bittersweet" won the award in 2011. The award was presented to artists from the United States each year. All winners of the category were African American.

Recipients

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Aretha Franklin was the first recipient of the award in 1968. In total, she has won the award eleven times, making her the artist with the most wins in the category.
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In 1976, Natalie Cole won the award for her song "This Will Be", only the second artist to win the award back then.
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Thelma Houston became the third artist to win the award, in 1978.
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Chaka Khan won the award in 1984 for her album Chaka Khan
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Anita Baker won the award first in 1987. In total, she has won the award five times, making her the artist with second most wins.
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Janet Jackson was nominated six times in the category, but did not win.
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Vanessa L. Williams, five-time nominee in the category
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Four-time award winner, Alicia Keys. Keys first won the award in 2002 for her song "Fallin'".
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Toni Braxton has won the award four times since her debut in 1993.
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Whitney Houston's song "It's Not Right but It's Okay" won her the award in 2000, making her the first winner of the millennium.
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Beyoncé Knowles' songs "Dangerously in Love 2" and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" won her the awards in 2004 and 2010, respectively.
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Mariah Carey's chart topper "We Belong Together" won the award in 2006.
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Seven-time nominee, including two-time award winner Mary J. Blige.
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Fantasia Barrino became the last winner in the category, in 2011. She won the award for her song "Bittersweet".
Year[I] Performing artists Work Nominees Ref.
1968 Franklin, ArethaAretha Franklin "Respect" [5]
1969 Franklin, ArethaAretha Franklin "Chain of Fools" [6]
1970 Franklin, ArethaAretha Franklin "Share Your Love with Me" [7]
1971 Franklin, ArethaAretha Franklin "Don't Play That Song" [8]
1972 Franklin, ArethaAretha Franklin "Bridge Over Troubled Water" [9]
1973 Franklin, ArethaAretha Franklin "Young, Gifted And Black" [10]
1974 Franklin, ArethaAretha Franklin "Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)" [11]
1975 Franklin, ArethaAretha Franklin "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" [6]
1976 Cole, NatalieNatalie Cole "This Will Be" [6]
1977 Cole, NatalieNatalie Cole "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)" [12]
1978 Houston, ThelmaThelma Houston "Don't Leave Me This Way" [13]
1979 Summer, DonnaDonna Summer "Last Dance" [14]
1980 Warwick, DionneDionne Warwick "Déjà Vu" [15]
1981 Mills, StephanieStephanie Mills "Never Knew Love Like This Before" [16]
1982 Franklin, ArethaAretha Franklin "Hold On! I'm Comin'" [17]
1983 Holliday, JenniferJennifer Holliday "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" [18]
1984 Khan, ChakaChaka Khan Chaka Khan [19]
1985 Khan, ChakaChaka Khan "I Feel for You" [20]
1986 Franklin, ArethaAretha Franklin "Freeway of Love" [21]
1987 Baker, AnitaAnita Baker Rapture [22]
1988 Franklin, ArethaAretha Franklin Aretha [23]
1989 Baker, AnitaAnita Baker "Giving You the Best That I Got" [24]
1990 Baker, AnitaAnita Baker Giving You the Best That I Got [25]
1991 Baker, AnitaAnita Baker Compositions [26]
1992 Fischer, LisaLisa Fischer
LaBelle, PattiPatti LaBelle		 "How Can I Ease the Pain"
Burnin'		 [27]
1993 Khan, ChakaChaka Khan The Woman I Am [28]
1994 Braxton, ToniToni Braxton "Another Sad Love Song" [29]
1995 Braxton, ToniToni Braxton "Breathe Again" [30]
1996 Baker, AnitaAnita Baker "I Apologize" [31]
1997 Braxton, ToniToni Braxton "You're Makin' Me High" [32]
1998 Badu, ErykahErykah Badu "On & On" [33]
1999 Hill, LaurynLauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)" [34]
2000 Houston, WhitneyWhitney Houston "It's Not Right but It's Okay" [35]
2001 Braxton, ToniToni Braxton "He Wasn't Man Enough" [36]
2002 Keys, AliciaAlicia Keys "Fallin'" [37]
2003 Blige, Mary J.Mary J. Blige "He Think I Don't Know" [38]
2004 Knowles, BeyoncéBeyoncé Knowles "Dangerously in Love 2" [39]
2005 Keys, AliciaAlicia Keys "If I Ain't Got You" [40]
2006 Carey, MariahMariah Carey "We Belong Together" [41]
2007 Blige, Mary J.Mary J. Blige "Be Without You" [42]
2008 Keys, AliciaAlicia Keys "No One" [43]
2009 Keys, AliciaAlicia Keys "Superwoman" [44]
2010 Knowles, BeyoncéBeyoncé Knowles "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" [45]
2011 Barrino, FantasiaFantasia Barrino "Bittersweet" [46]

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

See also

References

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