Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance
Grammy Awards · 109 nominations across 25 ceremonies · 26 wins
68th Grammys · 2026
- Winner Vibes Don't Lie · Leon Thomas III
- Nominee Uptown · Lalah Hathaway
- Nominee Here We Are · Durand Bernarr
- Nominee Crybaby · SZA
- Nominee Love You Too · Ledisi
67th Grammys · 2025
- Winner That's You · Lucky Daye
- Nominee No Lie · Lalah Hathaway, Michael McDonald
- Nominee Make Me Forget · Muni Long
- Nominee Wet · Marsha Ambrosius
- Nominee Can I Have This Groove · Kenyon Dixon
66th Grammys · 2024
- Winner Good Morning · PJ Morton
- Nominee Lucky · Kenyon Dixon
- Nominee Hollywood · Victoria Monét, Earth, Wind & Fire
- Nominee Simple · Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Coco Jones
- Nominee Love Language · SZA
65th Grammys · 2023
- Winner Plastic Off the Sofa · Beyoncé
- Nominee Good Morning Gorgeous
- Nominee Do 4 Love · Snoh Aalegra
- Nominee Keeps on Fallin' · Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Ella Mai
- Nominee 'Round Midnight · Adam Wayne Blackstone, Jazmine Sullivan
64th Grammys · 2022
- Winner Fight for You from Judas and the Black Messiah · H.E.R.
- Nominee How Much Can a Heart Take · Lucky Daye, Yebba
- Nominee Born Again · Leon Bridges, Robert Glasper
- Nominee I Need You · Jon Batiste
- Nominee Bring It On Home To Me · BJ the Chicago Kid, PJ Morton
61st Grammys · 2019
- Winner How Deep Is Your Love from Saturday Night Fever · PJ Morton, Yebba
- Winner Bet Ain't Worth the Hand · Leon Bridges
- Nominee Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight · Bettye LaVette
- Nominee Honest · MAJOR.
- Nominee Made for Love · Charlie Wilson, Lalah Hathaway
60th Grammys · 2018
- Winner Redbone · Donald Glover
- Nominee Still · Mali Music
- Nominee All the Way from The Joker Is Wild · Ledisi
- Nominee Laugh and Move On · The Baylor Project
- Nominee What I'm Feelin' · Anthony Hamilton
59th Grammys · 2017
- Winner Angel · Lalah Hathaway
- Nominee Woman's World · BJ the Chicago Kid
- Nominee The Three of Me · William Bell
- Nominee Can't Wait · Jill Scott
- Nominee Sleeping with the One I Love · Fantasia Barrino
58th Grammys · 2016
- Winner Little Ghetto Boy · Lalah Hathaway
- Nominee He Is · Faith Evans
- Nominee Let It Burn · Jazmine Sullivan
- Nominee Shame · Tyrese
- Nominee My Favorite Part of You · Charlie Wilson
57th Grammys · 2015
- Winner Jesus Children · Robert Glasper, Lalah Hathaway, Malcolm-Jamal Warner
- Nominee I.R.S
- Nominee Hold Up Wait a Minute (Woo Woo) · Antonique Smith
- Nominee As · Marsha Ambrosius, Anthony Hamilton
- Nominee Nobody · Kem
56th Grammys · 2014
- Winner Ain't Messin 'Round · Gary Clark Jr.
- Nominee Get It Right · Fantasia Barrino
- Nominee Yesterday' · Ryan Shaw
- Nominee Hey Laura · Gregory Porter
- Nominee Quiet Fire · Maysa
55th Grammys · 2013
- Winner Love on Top · Beyoncé
- Nominee Real Good Hands · Gregory Porter
- Nominee Lately · Anita Baker
- Nominee Wrong Side of a Love Song · Melanie Fiona
- Nominee If Only You Knew · SWV
54th Grammys · 2012
- Winner Fool for You · Cee-Lo Green, Melanie Fiona
- Nominee Sometimes I Cry · Eric Benét
- Nominee Radio Message · R. Kelly
- Nominee Surrender · Betty Wright, The Grand Wizzards
- Nominee Good Man · Raphael Saadiq
53rd Grammys · 2011
- Winner Hang On in There · John Legend, The Grand Wizzards
- Nominee You're So Amazing · Calvin Richardson
- Nominee When a Woman Loves · R. Kelly
- Nominee In Between · Ryan Shaw
- Nominee Go · Betty Wright
52nd Grammys · 2010
- Winner At Last · Beyoncé
- Nominee Sow Love · Ann Nesby
- Nominee Soul Music · Anthony Hamilton
- Nominee Woman Gotta Have It · Calvin Richardson
- Nominee Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight · Boney James
50th Grammys · 2008
- Winner In My Songs · Gerald Levert
- Nominee Walk a Mile In My Shoes · Otis Clay
- Nominee I Am Your Man · Ryan Shaw
- Nominee All Night Long · Randy Crawford, Joe Sample
- Nominee I Apologize · Ann Nesby
49th Grammys · 2007
- Winner God Bless the Child · George Benson, Al Jarreau, Jill Scott
- Nominee You Are So Beautiful · Sam Moore, Billy Preston, Zucchero, Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph
- Nominee Christmas Time Is Here · Anita Baker
- Nominee I Found My Everything · Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq
- Nominee How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) · The Temptations
48th Grammys · 2006
- Winner A House Is Not a Home · Aretha Franklin
47th Grammys · 2005
- Winner Musicology · Prince
46th Grammys · 2004
- Winner Wonderful! · Aretha Franklin
45th Grammys · 2003
- Winner What's Going On · Chaka Khan, The Funk Brothers
44th Grammys · 2002
- Winner At Last · Gladys Knight
- Nominee For the Love... · The O'Jays
- Nominee This Is Regina · Regina Belle
- Nominee Three Wishes · Miki Howard
- Nominee An American Original · Lamont Dozier
43rd Grammys · 2001
- Winner Ear-Resistible · The Temptations
- Nominee That's for Sure · Jeffrey Osborne
- Nominee All the Man You Need · Will Downing
- Nominee Gotta Get the Groove Back · Johnnie Taylor
- Nominee Cool · George Duke
42nd Grammys · 2000
- Winner Staying Power · Barry White
- Nominee Valence Street · The Neville Brothers
- Nominee Unconditional Love · Peabo Bryson
- Nominee It's Harder Now · Wilson Pickett
- Nominee Intimate · Smokey Robinson
41st Grammys · 1999
- Winner Live! One Night Only · Patti LaBelle
- Nominee To Make Me Who I Am · Aaron Neville
- Nominee I Know · Luther Vandross
- Nominee Phoenix Rising · The Temptations
- Nominee Believe in Me · Regina Belle