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Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance

Award

Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance
Summary

Award

FieldValue
nameGrammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance
awarded_forQuality songs featuring both rapped and sung vocals
image"Soundtrack '63" at the Apollo Theater (38678194380).jpg
caption"3:AM" by Rapsody (pictured) featuring Erykah Badu is the most recent recipient
presenterNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
countryUnited States
year2002
holderRapsody featuring Erykah Badu, "3:AM"
most_winsJay-Z (7 wins)
most_nominationsKanye West (15 nominations)
websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance (awarded as Best Rap/Sung Collaboration until 2017, and Best Rap/Sung Performance from 2018 to 2020) 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 songs on which have both rapped and sung vocals. 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 name and definition of the category were changed in June 2020, with immediate effect, to represent the inclusivity of the growing hybrid performance trends within the rap genre. According to the Recording Academy, "This category is intended to recognize solo and collaborative performances containing elements of rap and melody over modern production. This performance requires a strong and clear presence of melody combined with rap cadence, and is inclusive of dialects, lyrics or performance elements from non-rap genres including R&B, rock, country, electronic or more. The production may include traditional elements of rap or elements characteristic of the aforementioned non-rap genres."

The award goes to the artist(s). The producer, engineer and songwriter can apply for a Winners Certificate.

American rapper Eve and American singer Gwen Stefani won the first award in 2002 with "Let Me Blow Ya Mind". The pair were also nominated a second time in 2006 for "Rich Girl". American rapper Jay-Z has received seven Grammys in the category— four times as lead artist and three times as featured artist; he has also been nominated for three other songs. Rihanna is the female artist with the most wins in the category, with five wins out of nine total nominations.

Recipients

A dark haired woman wearing a red dress
Eve]]
A blonde woman wearing a black and white-striped top singing into a microphone
Inaugural winner and two-time nominee [[Gwen Stefani]]
A man dressed in black rapping in front of a band
Seven-time winner and eleven-time nominee [[Jay-Z]]
A man wearing a blue T-shirt, a black jacket and sunglasses
Five-time winner and fifteen-time nominee [[Kanye West]]
A woman wearing a black dress singing
Five-time winner and nine-time nominee [[Rihanna]]
Drake
2021 winner, [[Anderson .Paak
YearPerforming artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Eve featuring Gwen Stefani"Let Me Blow Ya Mind"{{smalldiv
Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland"Dilemma"{{smalldiv
Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z"Crazy in Love"{{smalldiv
Usher featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon"Yeah!"{{smalldiv
Linkin Park and Jay-Z"Numb/Encore"{{smalldiv
featuring T.I."My Love"{{smalldiv
Rihanna featuring Jay-Z"Umbrella"{{smalldiv
Estelle featuring Kanye West"American Boy"{{smalldiv
Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West"Run This Town"{{smalldiv
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys"Empire State of Mind"{{smalldiv
Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie"All of the Lights"{{smalldiv
Jay-Z, Kanye West, Frank Ocean and The-Dream"No Church in the Wild"{{smalldiv
Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake"Holy Grail"{{smalldiv
Eminem featuring Rihanna"The Monster"{{smalldiv
Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat"These Walls"{{smalldiv
Drake"Hotline Bling"{{smalldiv
Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna"Loyalty"{{smalldiv
Childish Gambino"This Is America"{{smalldiv
DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend"Higher"{{smalldiv
Anderson .Paak"Lockdown"{{smalldiv
Kanye West featuring The Weeknd and Lil Baby"Hurricane"{{smalldiv
Future featuring Drake and Tems"Wait for U"{{smalldiv
Lil Durk featuring J. Cole"All My Life"{{smalldiv
Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu"3:AM"{{smalldiv
{{smalldiv

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

Artists with multiple wins

;7 wins

  • Jay-Z

;5 wins

  • Rihanna
  • Kanye West

;2 wins

  • Kendrick Lamar
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Drake

Artists with multiple nominations

;15 nominations

  • Kanye West

;12 nominations

  • Jay-Z

;9 nominations

  • Drake
  • Rihanna
  • Beyoncé (1 shared with Destiny's Child) ;7 nominations
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • John Legend

;5 nominations

  • J. Cole
  • Eminem
  • Lil Wayne
  • SZA
  • T-Pain
  • Justin Timberlake

;4 nominations

  • Common
  • Ludacris

;3 nominations

  • 21 Savage
  • 6lack
  • Chris Brown
  • DJ Khaled
  • Future
  • Kelly Rowland (1 shared with Destiny's Child)
  • Lil Baby
  • T.I.
  • Travis Scott
  • The Weeknd

;2 nominations

  • Akon
  • André 3000
  • Ashanti
  • Doja Cat
  • Nate Dogg
  • Snoop Dogg
  • The-Dream
  • Missy Elliott
  • Eve
  • Flo Rida
  • GoldLink
  • Jamie Foxx
  • Fergie (1 shared with The Black Eyed Peas)
  • Anthony Hamilton
  • Jack Harlow
  • Ja Rule
  • Latto
  • Lil Durk
  • Lil Nas X
  • Nelly
  • Pharrell
  • Rapsody
  • Roddy Ricch
  • Gwen Stefani
  • Ty Dolla Sign
  • Charlie Wilson

References

General

Specific

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