GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

nominees

Second Chance

El DeBarge

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Track From: Second Chance
Label: Geffen

Finding My Way Back

Jaheim

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Track From: Another Round
Label: Atlantic

Why Would You Stay

Kem

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Track From: Intimacy
Label: Universal Motown

We're Still Friends

Musiq Soulchild (& Kirk Whalum)

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Track From: Everything Is Everything
Label: Rendezvous Music/Mack Avenue

52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2009)

winner

Pretty Wings

nominees

Sobeautiful

Musiq Soulchild

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Track From: OnMyRadio
Label: Atlantic

Under

Pleasure P

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Track From: The Introduction Of Marcus Cooper
Label: Swagga Ent./Atlantic

There Goes My Baby

Charlie Wilson

–

Track From: Uncle Charlie
Label: Jive Records

The Point Of It All

Anthony Hamilton

–

Track From: The Point Of It All
Label: So So Def

51st Annual GRAMMY Awards (2008)

winner

Miss Independent

Ne-Yo

nominees

You're The Only One

Eric Benét

–

Track From: Love & Life
Label: Friday/Reprise

Take You Down

Chris Brown

–

Track From: Exclusive
Label: Jive

Can't Help But Wait

Trey Songz

–

Track From: Trey Day
Label: Atlantic

Here I Stand

–

Track From: Here I Stand
Label: LaFace

50th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2007)

winner

Future Baby Mama

nominees

B.U.D.D.Y.

Musiq Soulchild

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Track From: Luvanmusiq
Label: Atlantic Records

Because Of You

Ne-Yo

–

Track From: Because Of You
Label: Def Jam Recordings

Please Don't Go

Tank

–

Track From: Sex, Love & Pain
Label: Blackground/Universal Motown

Woman

Raheem DeVaughn

–

Label: Jive Records

49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)

winner

Heaven

John Legend

nominees

So Sick

Ne-Yo

–

Track From: In My Own Words
Label: Def Jam Recordings

Black Sweat

–

Track From: 3121
Label: Universal Records

I Call It Love

Lionel Richie

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Track From: Coming Home
Label: Island Def Jam Recordings

Got You Home

–

Track From: The Ultimate Luther Vandross
Label: J Records/Epic/Legacy Recordings

48th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2005)

winner

Ordinary People

John Legend

nominees

Let Me Love You

Mario

–

Track From: Turning Point
Label: J Records

Superstar

–

Track From: So Amazing - An All Star Tribute To Luther Vandross (Various Artists)
Label: J Records

So What The Fuss

–

Label: Motown

Creepin'

Jamie Foxx

–

Track From: So Amazing - An All Star Tribute To Luther Vandross (Various Artists)
Label: J Records

47th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2004)

winner

Call My Name

nominees

Charlene

Anthony Hamilton

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Track From: Comin' From Where I'm From
Label: So So Def/Zomba Label Group

Happy People

–

Track From: Happy People/U Saved Me
Label: Jive/Zomba Label Group

What We Do Here

–

Track From: Gemini
Label: Motown Records

Burn

–

Track From: Confessions
Label: Arista/LaFace/Zomba Label Group

46th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2003)

winner

Dance With My Father

nominees

Step In The Name Of Love

–

Track From: Chocolate Factory
Label: Jive Records

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda

–

Track From: U Turn
Label: Universal/Motown Records

Superstar

Ruben Studdard

–

Label: J Records

How You Gonna Act Like That

Tyrese

–

Track From: I Wanna Go There
Label: J Records

45th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2002)

winner

U Don't Have To Call

nominees

Let's Stay Home Tonight

Joe

–

Track From: Better Days
Label: Jive

The World's Greatest

–

Track From: Ali - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Various Artists)
Label: Interscope

Halfcrazy

Musiq

–

Track From: Juslisen (Just Listen)
Label: Def Soul

Take A Message

Remy Shand

–

Track From: The Way I Feel
Label: Motown

44th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2001)

winner

U Remind Me

nominees

Missing You

Case

–

Track From: Open Letter
Label: Def Soul

Lifetime

–

Track From: Now
Label: Columbia

Love Of My Life

–

Track From: Superhero
Label: Motown

Love

Musiq Soulchild

–

Track From: Aijuswanaseing
Label: Def Soul

43rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2000)

winner

Untitled (How Does It Feel)

D'Angelo

nominees

I Wanna Know (Track)

Joe

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Track From: My Name Is Joe
Label: Jive

I Wish (Single)

–

Track From: TP-2.COM
Label: Jive

Stay Or Let It Go (Single)

–

Track From: Back At One
Label: Motown

Thong Song (Track)

Sisqó

–

Track From: Unleash the Dragon
Label: Def Soul

42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1999)

winner

Staying Power

nominees

Did You Ever Know (Track)

Peabo Bryson

–

Track From: Unconditional Love
Label: Private Music

Fortunate (Single)

–

Track From: Life - Music Inspired By The Motion Picture (Various Artists)
Label: Rock Land/Interscope/columbia

Sweet Lady (Track)

Tyrese

–

Track From: Tyrese
Label: RCA

When A Woman's Fed Up (Track)

–

Track From: R.
Label: Jive

41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998)

winner

St. Louis Blues

nominees

The Only One For Me (Single)

–

Track From: Anytime
Label: Motown

I Know (Single)

–

Track From: I Know
Label: Virgin America

Matrimony: Maybe You (Track)

–

Track From: Embrya
Label: Columbia

My Way (Single)

–

Track From: My Way
Label: Laface

40th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1997)

winner

I Believe I Can Fly

nominees

Back To Living Again (Single)

Curtis Mayfield

–

Track From: New World Order
Label: Warner Bros.

For You (Single)

Kenny Lattimore

–

Track From: Kenny Lattimore
Label: Columbia

When You Call On Me/baby That's When I Come Runnin' (Track)

–

Track From: One Night With You - The Best Of Love Vol. 2
Label: Lv/Epic

You Make Me Wanna (Single)

–

Track From: My Way
Label: Laface

39th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1996)

winner

Your Secret Love

nominees

New World Order (Track)

Curtis Mayfield

–

Track From: New World Order
Label: Warner Bros.

A Change Is Gonna Come (Track)

Al Green

–

Track From: The Concert For The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (Various Artists)
Label: Columbia

Lady (Track)

D'Angelo

–

Track From: Brown Sugar
Label: Emi

Like A Woman (Track)

The Tony Rich Project

–

Track From: Words
Label: Laface

38th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1995)

winner

For Your Love

nominees

Baby's Home (Track)

–

Track From: The Icon Is Love
Label: A&M

Brown Sugar (Single)

D'Angelo

–

Label: Emi

I Hate U (Single)

–

Label: Warner Bros.

This Is How We Do It (Single)

Montell Jordan

–

Label: Ral

37th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1994)

winner

When Can I See You

Babyface

nominees

Practice What You Preach (Single)

–

Label: A&M

Wait For The Magic (Track)

–

Track From: Tenderness
Label: Reprise

Always And Forever (Track)

–

Track From: Songs
Label: Epic/Lv

I'm Ready (Single)

–

Label: Qwest/Warner Bros.

36th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1993)

winner

A Song For You

nominees

Can We Talk (Single)

–

Label: Qwest/Wb

For The Cool In You (Single)

Babyface

–

Label: Epic

How Deep Is Your Love (Single)

–

Label: Epic/Lv

Voodoo (Single)

–

Label: Elektra Entertainment

35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)

winner

Heaven And Earth

nominees

Jam (Single)

–

Label: Epic

Lost In The Night (Single)

Peabo Bryson

–

Label: Columbia

T.E.V.I.N. (Album)

–

Label: Warner Bros./Quest

Humpin' Around (Single)

Bobby Brown

–

Label: Mca

34th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1991)

winner

Power Of Love

nominees

Can You Stop The Rain (Single)

Peabo Bryson

–

Label: Columbia

Gotta Have You (Single)

–

Label: Motown

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (Single)

–

Label: Elektra Entertainment

Kissing You (Single)

Keith Washington

–

Love Over Due (Album)

James Brown

–

Label: Scotti Brothers

33rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1990)

winner

Here And Now

nominees

Round And Round (Single)

–

Label: Warner Bros./Paisley Park

Whip Appeal (Single)

Babyface

–

Label: Solar/Epic

Johnny Gill (Album)

Johnny Gill

–

Label: Motown

Missunderstanding (Single)

Al B. Sure!

–

Label: Warner Bros.

32nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1989)

winner

Every Little Step

Bobby Brown

nominees

Batdance (Single)

–

Label: Warner Bros.

Heart's Horizon (Album)

–

Label: Reprise

She Won't Talk To Me (Single)

–

Label: Epic

We've Saved The Best For Last (Single)

Smokey Robinson

–

Label: Arista

31st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1988)

winner

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'arby

Terence Trent D'arby

nominees

Nite And Day (Single)

Al B. Sure!

–

Label: Warner Bros.

Any Love (Album)

–

Label: Epic

Characters (Album)

–

Label: Motown

Joy (Album)

–

Label: Elektra

30th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1987)

winner

Just To See Her

Smokey Robinson

nominees

Bad (Single)

–

Label: Epic

In The Midnight Hour (Track)

Wilson Pickett

–

Track From: American Soul Man
Label: Motown

Lies (Single)

Jonathan Butler

–

Label: Jive

Skeletons (Single)

–

Label: Motown

29th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1986)

winner

Living In America

James Brown

nominees

The Rain (Single)

Oran "Juice" Jones

–

Label: Defjam/Cbs

Give Me The Reason (Single)

–

Label: Epic/Cbs

Love Zone (Single)

Billy Ocean

–

Label: Jive/Arista

Since I Fell For You (Track)

–

Track From: Double Vision (Bob James And David Sanborn Recording)
Label: Warner Bros.

28th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1985)

winner

In Square Circle

nominees

Chinese Wall (Album)

Philip Bailey

–

Label: Columbia/Cbs

High Crime (Track)

–

Track From: High Crime
Label: Warner Bros.

The Night I Fell In Love (Album)

–

Label: Epic/Cbs

You Are My Lady (Single)

Freddie Jackson

–

Label: Capitol

27th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1984)

winner

Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)

Billy Ocean

nominees

It's Your Night (Album)

James Ingram

–

Label: Qwest/Wb

The Woman In Red (Track)

–

Track From: The Woman In Red Soundtrack
Label: Motown

Don't Stop (Album)

Jeffrey Osborne

–

Label: A&M

In The Name Of Love (Track)

Bill Withers

–

Track From: (On Ralph MacDonald Recording)
Label: Polydor

26th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1983)

winner

Billie Jean

nominees

International Lover (Track)

–

Track From: 1999
Label: Warner Bros.

Midnight Love (Album)

–

Label: Columbia

Party Animal (Single)

James Ingram

–

Label: Qwest/Wb

Stay With Me Tonight

Jeffrey Osborne

–

Label: A&M

25th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1982)

winner

Sexual Healing

nominees

The Other Woman (Album)

Ray Parker Jr.

–

Label: Arista

Turn Your Love Around (Single)

–

Label: Warner Bros.

Do I Do (Single)

–

Label: Tamla/Motown

Forever, For Always, For Love (Album)

–

Label: Epic/Cbs

24th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1981)

winner

One Hundred Ways

James Ingram

nominees

I Can't Live Without Your Love (Single)

–

Label: Phila Int'l/Cbs

Never Too Much (Album)

–

Label: Epic/Cbs

She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) (Single)

Carl Carlton

–

Label: 20th Century

Street Songs (Single)

Rick James

–

Label: Gordy/Motown

23rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1980)

winner

Give Me The Night

nominees

Master Blaster (Jammin') (Single)

–

Label: Motown/Tamla

Never Givin' Up (Single)

–

Label: Warner Bros.

One In A Million You (Album)

Larry Graham

–

Label: Warner Bros.

Let's Get Serious (Single)

Jermaine Jackson

–

Label: Motown

22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)

winner

Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough

nominees

Cruisin' (Single)

Smokey Robinson

–

Label: Motown

Don't Let Go (Single)

Isaac Hayes

–

Label: Polydor

Love Ballad (Track)

–

Label: Warner Bros.

Mama Can't Buy Love (Single)

Elton John

–

Label: Mca

Some Enchanted Evening (Single)

–

Label: Atlantic

21st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1978)

winner

On Broadway

nominees

I Can See Clearly Now (Single)

–

Label: Atlantic

When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All (Album)

–

Label: Pir/Columbia

Close The Door (Single)

–

Label: Pir

Dance With Me (Single)

Peter Brown

–

Label: T.k. Prods.

20th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1977)

winner

Unmistakably Lou

nominees

A Real Mother For Ya

Johnny "Guitar" Watson

–

Label: Djm

Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) (Single)

Joe Tex

–

Label: Epic

Got To Give It Up (Part I) (Single)

–

Label: Motown

It's Just A Matter Of Time (Track)

–

Label: ABC

19th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1976)

winner

I Wish

nominees

I Need You, You Need Me (Single)

–

Label: Spring

I Want You (Album)

–

Label: Tamla

Lowdown (Single)

Boz Scaggs

–

Label: Columbia

Disco Lady (Single)

Johnnie Taylor

–

Label: Columbia

Groovy People (Track)

–

Label: Pir

18th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1975)

winner

Living For The City

nominees

Chocolate Chip (Album)

Isaac Hayes

–

Label: Hot Buttered Soul

L-O-V-E (Love) (Single)

Al Green

–

Label: Hi/London

Love Won't Let Me Wait (Single)

Major Harris

–

Label: Atlantic

Supernatural Thing - Part I (Single)

Ben E. King

–

Label: Atlantic

17th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1974)

winner

Boogie On Reggae Woman

nominees

Hang On In There Baby (Single)

Johnny Bristol

–

Label: MGM

Marvin Gaye - Live (Album)

–

Label: Tamla/Motown

Rock Your Baby (Single)

George McCrae

–

Label: T.k.

Boogie Down (Single)

Eddie Kendricks

–

Label: Tamla/Motown

16th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1973)

winner

Superstition

nominees

Call Me (Come Back Home) (Single)

Al Green

–

Label: Hi/London

I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby (Single)

–

Label: 20th Century

Keep On Truckin' (Single)

Eddie Kendricks

–

Label: Tamla/Motown

Let's Get It On (Album)

–

Label: Motown

15th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1972)

winner

Me And Mrs. Jones

Billy Paul

nominees

Freddie's Dead (Single)

Curtis Mayfield

–

Label: Curtom

I Gotcha (Single)

Joe Tex

–

Label: Dial/Mercury

What Have They Done To My Song Ma (Single)

–

Label: Tangerine

Drowning In The Sea Of Love (Single)

–

Label: Spring

14th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1971)

winner

A Natural Man

nominees

Ain't Nobody Home (Single)

–

Label: ABC

Inner City Blues (Make You Wanna Holler) (Single)

–

Label: Tamla

Never Can Say Goodbye (Single)

Isaac Hayes

–

Label: Enterprise

We Can Work It Out (Single)

–

Label: Tamla

13th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1970)

winner

The Thrill Is Gone

nominees

Engine #9 (Single)

Wilson Pickett

–

Label: Atlantic

Patches (Single)

Clarence Carter

–

Label: Atlantic

Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Single)

–

Label: Tamla

War (Single)

Edwin Starr

–

Label: Gordy

12th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1969)

winner

The Chokin' Kind

nominees

Doing His Thing (Single)

–

Label: Tangerine

Ice Man Cometh (Album)

Jerry Butler

–

Label: Mercury

Live And Well (Album)

–

Label: ABC

Your Good Thing (Is About To End) (Single)

–

Label: Capitol

11th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1968)

winner

(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

Otis Redding

nominees

(You Keep Me) Hangin' On (Single)

–

Label: Sound Stage 7

For Once In My Life (Single)

–

Label: Tamla

I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Single)

–

Label: Tamla

Who's Making Love (Single)

Johnnie Taylor

–

Label: Stax

10th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1967)

winner

Dead End Street

nominees

Funky Broadway

Wilson Pickett

–

Label: Atlantic

Higher And Higher

Jackie Wilson

–

Label: Brunswick

Skinny Legs And All (Single)

Joe Tex

–

Label: Dial

Try A Little Tenderness

Otis Redding

–

Label: Atco

9th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1966)

winner

Crying Time

nominees

It's A Man's Man's Man's World (Single)

James Brown

–

Label: King

Love Is A Hurtin' Thing (Single)

–

Label: Capitol

Uptight (Single)