Grammy Award alla miglior interpretazione vocale R&B femminile

Il Grammy Award alla miglior interpretazione vocale R&B femminile (Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance) è un premio dei Grammy Award conferito dalla National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences dal 1968 al 2011 per la qualità della migliore interpretazione vocale R&B femminile.

Inizialmente conosciuta come Grammy Award alla miglior interpretazione vocale solista Rhythm and Blues, femminile (Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female).

Nell'ambito dell'importante revisione delle categorie Grammy, il premio è stato interrotto nel 2011. Le categorie miglior interpretazione vocale R&B femminile, miglior interpretazione vocale R&B maschile e miglior interpretazione vocale R&B di coppia o di gruppo sono passate alla categoria Grammy Award alla miglior interpretazione R&B.

Vincitori e candidati

Anni 1960

Aretha Franklin è stata la prima a ricevere il premio nel 1968. In totale, ha vinto in questa categoria 11 volte.

• 1968[1]
  • Aretha Franklin - Respect
  • Etta James - Tell Mama
  • Gladys Knight - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  • Nina Simone - You'll Go to Hell
  • Carla Thomas - The Queen Alone
• 1969
  • Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools
  • Barbara Acklin - Love Makes a Woman
  • Erma Franklin - Piece of My Heart
  • Etta James - Security
  • Ella Washington - He Called Me Baby

Anni 1970

Natalie Cole, la seconda artista a vincere questo premio, ha vinto nel 1976 e nel 1977.

• 1970
  • Aretha Franklin - Share Your Love with Me
  • Gloria Taylor - You Gotta Pay the Price
  • Ruth Brown - Yesterday
  • Tina Turner - The Hunter
  • Dee Dee Warwick - Foolish Fool
• 1971
  • Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song
  • Esther Phillips - Set Me Free
  • Nina Simone - Black Gold
  • Candi Staton - Stand by Your Man
  • Dee Dee Warwick - She Didn't Know
• 1972
  • Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff
  • Janis Joplin - Pearl
  • Freda Payne - Contact
  • Diana Ross - (I Love You) Call Me
• 1973
  • Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black
  • Merry Clayton - Oh No Not My Baby
  • Esther Phillips - From a Whisper to a Scream
  • Candi Staton - In the Ghetto
  • Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
• 1974
  • Aretha Franklin - Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
  • Etta James - Etta James
  • Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
  • Esther Phillips - Alone Again (Naturally)
  • Sylvia - Pillow Talk
• 1975
  • Aretha Franklin - Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing
  • Shirley Brown - Woman to Woman
  • Thelma Houston - You've Been Doing Wrong for So Long
  • Millie Jackson - (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
  • Etta James - St. Louis Blues
  • Ann Peebles - You Keep Me Hangin' On
  • Tina Turner - Tina Turns the Country On!
• 1976
  • Natalie Cole - This Will Be
  • Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye
  • Gwen McCrae - Rockin' Chair
  • Esther Phillips - What a Diff'rence a Day Makes
  • Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame
• 1977
  • Natalie Cole - Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)
  • Aretha Franklin - Something He Can Feel
  • Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
  • Melba Moore - Lean On Me
  • Diana Ross - Love Hangover
• 1978
  • Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
  • Natalie Cole - I've Got Love on My Mind
  • Aretha Franklin - Break It to Me Gently
  • Dorothy Moore - I Believe You
  • Diana Ross - Your Love Is So Good for Me
• 1979
  • Donna Summer - Last Dance
  • Alicia Bridges - I Love the Nightlife
  • Natalie Cole - Our Love
  • Aretha Franklin - Almighty Fire
  • Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman

Anni 1980

Chaka Khan ha vinto 3 volte in questa categoria: nel 1984, nel 1985 e nel 1993.

Anita Baker ha vinto il premio per la prima volta nel 1987. In totale, ha vinto in questa categoria 5 volte.

Janet Jackson è stata candidata in questa categoria 6 volte.

Vanessa L. Williams, candidata in questa categoria 5 volte.

• 1980
  • Dionne Warwick - Déjà Vu
  • Natalie Cole - I Love You So
  • Minnie Riperton - Minnie
  • Amii Stewart - Knock on Wood
  • Donna Summer - Dim All the Lights
  • Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
• 1981
  • Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love like This Before
  • Roberta Flack - Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
  • Aretha Franklin - I Can't Turn You Loose
  • Minnie Riperton - Love Lives Forever
  • Diana Ross - Upside Down
• 1982
  • Aretha Franklin - Hold On! I'm Comin
  • Patti Austin - Razzamatazz
  • Chaka Khan - What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
  • Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic
  • Stephanie Mills - Stephanie
• 1983
  • Jennifer Holliday - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
  • Aretha Franklin - Jump to It
  • Diana Ross - Muscles
  • Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
  • Donna Summer - Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)
  • Deniece Williams - It's Gonna Take a Miracle
• 1984
  • Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan
  • Aretha Franklin - Get It Right
  • Jennifer Holliday - Feel My Soul
  • Patti LaBelle - The Best Is Yet to Come
  • Stephanie Mills - Merciless
  • Deniece Williams - I'm So Proud
• 1985
  • Chaka Khan - I Feel for You
  • Patti Austin - Patti Austin
  • Shannon - Let the Music Play
  • Tina Turner - Let's Stay Together
  • Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It for the Boy
• 1986
  • Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love
  • Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love
  • Chaka Khan - I Feel for You
  • Patti LaBelle - New Attitude
  • Teena Marie - Lovergirl
• 1987
  • Anita Baker - Rapture
  • Aretha Franklin - Jumpin' Jack Flash
  • Janet Jackson - Control
  • Chaka Khan - Destiny
  • Patti LaBelle - Winner in You
• 1988
  • Aretha Franklin - Aretha
  • Natalie Cole - Everlasting
  • Whitney Houston - For the Love of You
  • Jody Watley - Looking for a New Love
  • Nancy Wilson - Forbidden Lover
• 1989
  • Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got
  • Taylor Dayne - I'll Always Love You
  • Pebbles - Girlfriend
  • Karyn White - The Way You Love Me
  • Vanessa L. Williams - The Right Stuff

Anni 1990

Toni Braxton ha vinto 4 premi in questa categoria.

• 1990
  • Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got
  • Natalie Cole - Good to Be Back
  • Aretha Franklin - Through the Storm
  • Janet Jackson - Miss You Much
  • Vanessa L. Williams - Dreamin'
• 1991
  • Anita Baker - Compositions
  • Regina Belle - Make It Like It Was
  • Janet Jackson - Alright
  • Patti LaBelle - I Can't Complain
  • Pebbles - Giving You the Benefit
• 1992
  • Lisa Fischer - How Can I Ease the Pain (ex aequo)
  • Patti LaBelle'- Burnin (ex aequo)
  • Aretha Franklin - What You See Is What You Sweat
  • Gladys Knight - Good Woman
  • Vanessa L. Williams - Running Back to You
• 1993
  • Chaka Khan - The Woman I Am
  • Oleta Adams - Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  • Whitney Houston - I Belong to You
  • Shanice - I Love Your Smile
  • Vanessa L. Williams - The Comfort Zone
• 1994
  • Toni Braxton - Another Sad Love Song
  • Aretha Franklin - Someday We'll All Be Free
  • Whitney Houston - I'm Every Woman
  • Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes
  • Patti LaBelle - All Right Now
• 1995
  • Toni Braxton - Breathe Again
  • Anita Baker - Body And Soul
  • Aretha Franklin - A Deeper Love
  • Gladys Knight - I Don't Want to Know
  • Meshell Ndegeocello - If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)
• 1996
  • Anita Baker - I Apologize
  • Brandy - Baby
  • Toni Braxton - I Belong To You
  • Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby
  • Vanessa L. Williams - The Way That You Love
• 1997
  • Toni Braxton - You're Makin' Me High
  • Brandy - Sittin' Up in My Room
  • Mary J. Blige - Not Gon' Cry
  • Tamia - You Put a Move on My Heart
  • Whitney Houston - Exhale (Shoop Shoop)
• 1998
  • Erykah Badu - On & On
  • Chaka Khan - Summertime
  • Mariah Carey - Honey
  • Patti LaBelle - When You Talk About Love
  • Whitney Houston - I Believe in You and Me
• 1999
  • Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
  • Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody?
  • Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still a Rose
  • Erykah Badu - Tyrone
  • Janet Jackson - I Get Lonely

Anni 2000

Whitney Houston, vincitrice nel 2000.

Mary J. Blige ha vinto 2 volte in questa categoria su un totale di 7 candidature.

Alicia Keys ha vinto 4 volte in questa categoria.

Beyoncé ha vinto 2 volte in questa categoria: nel 2004 e nel 2010.

• 2000
  • Whitney Houston - It's Not Right but It's Okay
  • Brandy - Almost Doesn't Count
  • Mary J. Blige - All That I Can Say
  • Faith Evans - Love Like This
  • Macy Gray - Do Something
• 2001
  • Toni Braxton - He Wasn't Man Enough
  • Aaliyah - Try Again
  • Erykah Badu - Bag Lady
  • Kelly Price - As We Lay
  • Jill Scott - Gettin' in the Way
• 2002
  • Alicia Keys - Fallin'
  • Aaliyah - Rock the Boat
  • India.Arie - Video
  • Mary J. Blige - Family Affair
  • Blu Cantrell - Hit 'em Up Style (Oops!)
  • Jill Scott - A Long Walk
• 2003
  • Mary J. Blige - He Think I Don't Know
  • Aaliyah - More Than a Woman
  • Ashanti - Foolish
  • Eartha - I'm Still Standing
  • Jill Scott - He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)
• 2004
  • Beyoncé - Dangerously in Love 2
  • Ashanti - Rain on Me
  • Erykah Badu - Back in the Day
  • Mary J. Blige - Ooh!
  • Heather Headley - I Wish I Wasn't
• 2005
  • Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You
  • Janet Jackson - I Want You
  • Teena Marie - I'm Still in Love
  • Jill Scott - Whatever
  • Angie Stone - U-Haul
• 2006
  • Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
  • Amerie - 1 Thing
  • Fantasia - Free Yourself
  • Alicia Keys - Unbreakable
  • Beyoncé - Wishing on a Star
• 2007[2]
  • Mary J. Blige - Be Without You
  • India.Arie - I Am Not My Hair
  • Natalie Cole - Day Dreaming
  • Beyoncé - Ring the Alarm
  • Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us
• 2008[3]
  • Alicia Keys - No One
  • Mary J. Blige Just Fine
  • Fantasia When I See U
  • Chrisette Michele If I Have My Way
  • Jill Scott Hate On Me
• 2009[4]
  • Alicia Keys - Superwoman
  • Beyoncé Me, Myself and I (Live)
  • Keyshia Cole Heaven Sent
  • Jennifer Hudson Spotlight
  • Jazmine Sullivan Need U Bad

Anni 2010

• 2010[5]
  • Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
  • Melanie Fiona It Kills Me
  • Lalah Hathaway That Was Then
  • Ledisi Goin' Thru Changes
  • Jazmine Sullivan Lions, Tigers & Bears
• 2011[6]
  • Fantasia Barrino - Bittersweet
  • Faith Evans Gone Already
  • Monica Everything to Me
  • Kelly Price Tired
  • Jazmine Sullivan Holding You Down (Goin' in Circles)

Note

1. (EN) 1967 GRAMMY WINNERS - 10th Annual GRAMMY Awards, su GRAMMY. URL consultato il 19 giugno 2023.
2. (EN) 2006 GRAMMY WINNERS - 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards, su GRAMMY. URL consultato l'8 luglio 2023.
3. (EN) 2007 GRAMMY WINNERS - 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards, su GRAMMY. URL consultato l'8 luglio 2023.
4. (EN) 2008 GRAMMY WINNERS - 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards, su GRAMMY. URL consultato l'8 luglio 2023.
5. (EN) 2009 GRAMMY WINNERS - 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards, su GRAMMY. URL consultato l'8 luglio 2023.
6. (EN) 2010 GRAMMY WINNERS - 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, su GRAMMY. URL consultato l'8 luglio 2023.

Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) Sito ufficiale, su grammy.com.