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Grammy Award for Best R&B Album
Award
Award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Grammy Award for Best R&B Album |
| awarded_for | Quality R&B music albums |
| image | BLAKPROPHETZ-CHRIS BROWN - BET AWARDS (cropped).jpg |
| caption | 11:11 (Deluxe) by Chris Brown is the most recent recipient |
| presenter | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| country | United States |
| year | 1995 |
| holder | Chris Brown, 11:11 (Deluxe) (2025) |
| website | grammy.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 2013, a sister category titled Best Progressive R&B Album, then titled Best Urban Contemporary 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. The lead performing artist is the only one who receives the official nomination and they receive a statuette on the night of the telecast. The producer and engineer/mixer, however, are determined after the telecast and will have to wait before they receive their statuette. This process may take up to several months - the winning producers and engineers/mixers of the 2024 Grammy winner Chris Brown's 11:11 (Deluxe) still remain undetermined as of November 2025. A producer or engineer who is responsible for less than 50% of playing time, as well as the mastering engineer, can apply for a Winners Certificate. Before 2001, only the performing artist received a nomination and/or an award.
Alicia Keys and John Legend are the biggest recipients in this category with three wins. TLC, D'Angelo, Robert Glasper, and Chris Brown 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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| Jazmine Sullivan | Heaux Tales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chris Brown | 11:11 (Deluxe) |
Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
Artists with multiple wins
;3 wins
- Alicia Keys
- John Legend
;2 wins
- TLC
- D'Angelo
- Robert Glasper
- Chris Brown
Artists with multiple nominations
;6 nominations
- Mary J. Blige
;5 nominations
- Ledisi
;4 nominations
- Boyz II Men
- India.Arie
- Alicia Keys
- PJ Morton
;3 nominations
- D'Angelo
- Babyface
- Erykah Badu
- Toni Braxton
- Leon Bridges
- Chris Brown
- Robert Glasper
- Lalah Hathaway
- R. Kelly
- John Legend
- Lucky Daye
- Maxwell
- Musiq Soulchild
- Prince
- Jill Scott
;2 nominations
- Anita Baker
- BJ the Chicago Kid
- Fantasia
- Aretha Franklin
- Giveon
- Al Green
- H.E.R.
- Anthony Hamilton
- Whitney Houston
- Joe
- Coco Jones
- Me'Shell NdegéOcello
- Raphael Saadiq
- Jazmine Sullivan
- TLC
- Luther Vandross
- Charlie Wilson
References
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;Specific
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- "2022 Nominations List".
- "2023 Nominations List".
- Monroe, Jazz. (2024-11-08). "Grammy Nominations 2025: See the Full List Here".
- Willman, Chris. (2025-11-07). "Grammy Nominations 2026: Kendrick Lamar Leads With Nine as Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter and Leon Thomas Land Among Top Nominees".
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