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Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album

Grammy award category for R&B

Summary

Grammy award category for R&B

Field	Value
name	Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album
awarded_for	quality contemporary R&B music albums
imagesize	100px
alt	A gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table
caption	Gilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
presenter	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
country	United States
year	2003
year2	2011
website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album was 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 contemporary 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".

The award for Best Contemporary R&B Album, which recognizes R&B albums with more contemporary musical stylings, was first presented to Ashanti at the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003 for her self-titled debut album. Prior to the creation of this category, contemporary R&B albums were eligible for the more general category Best R&B Album. According to the category description guide for the 52nd 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 included the producers, engineers, and/or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists.

Beyoncé holds the record for the most wins, with three (all of her first three solo albums have earned her the award). Usher is the only other artist to receive the award more than once. The award has been presented to artists from the United States each year to date. Beyoncé and Ne-Yo share the record for the most nominations, with three each. In addition, Beyoncé earned a nomination as a member of the group Destiny's Child for the album Destiny Fulfilled. Brandy, Chris Brown, Janet Jackson and R. Kelly share the record for the most nominations without a win, with two each.

From 2012, this category was discontinued as part of a major overhaul of the Grammy Award categories. Recordings in this category were shifted back to the Best R&B Album category.

Recipients

A woman wearing a red and white-patterned dress; peoples' faces can be seen in the background. — Ashanti]] at the Red Dress Collection fashion show in 2008

Year	Performing artist(s)	Nominees
2003		{{smalldiv
2004	Beyoncé	{{smalldiv

2005		{{smalldiv
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2007	Beyoncé	{{smalldiv
2008		{{smalldiv
2009		{{smalldiv
2010	Beyoncé	{{smalldiv
2011		{{smalldiv

Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

References

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References

"Grammy Awards at a Glance". [[Los Angeles Times]].
"Overview". [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].
Cinquemani, Sal. (January 21, 2003). "The 45th Annual Grammy Awards: Winner Predictions". [[Slant Magazine]].
"52nd OEP Category Description Guide". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
(2011). "Full Category List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
(January 8, 2003). "Complete list of Grammy nominees; ceremony set for Feb. 23". [[San Francisco Chronicle]].
"46th Annual GRAMMY Award – Best Contemporary R&B Album". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
(February 8, 2004). "Grammy nominations". St. Petersburg Times.
(December 7, 2004). "Grammy Award nominees in top categories". [[Gannett Company]].
(December 8, 2005). "Complete list of Grammy Award nominations". Gannett Company.
"49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
(February 9, 2008). "2008 Grammy Award Winners and Nominees". [[The New York Times]].
(February 8, 2009). "Grammy 2009 Winners List". [[MTV]].
Bruno, Mike. (January 31, 2010). "Grammy Awards 2010: The winners list".
"Grammy Nominees 2011". [[AOL Music]].

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