Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded between 1970 and 2011. From 1967 to 1969 and in 1971 the award included instrumental performances. The award had several minor name changes:

• From 1967 to 1968 the award was known as Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
• In 1969 it was awarded as Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
• In 1970 it was awarded as Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
• In 1971 it was awarded as Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
• In 1972 it was awarded as Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group
• From 1973 to 1980 it was awarded as Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
• From 1981 to 2003 it was awarded as Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
• In 2004 it was awarded as Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

The award has been discontinued after 2011 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. As of 2012, all solo and duo/group vocal performances in the R&B category were shifted to the newly formed Best R&B Performance category.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.

Recipients

Year	Winner(s)	Title	Nominees	Ref.
1967	Ramsey Lewis	"Hold It Right There"	The Capitols for "Cool Jerk" Sam & Dave for "Hold On, I'm A Comin'" James & Bobby Purify for "I'm Your Puppet" King Curtis for "Spanish Harlem"	[1]
1968	Sam & Dave	"Soul Man"	Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell for "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Booker T. & the M.G.'s for "Hip Hug-Her" Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for "I Second That Emotion" Carla Thomas and Otis Redding for "King & Queen"	[2]
1969	The Temptations	"Cloud Nine"	Sam & Dave for "I Thank You" Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson for "Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries" Sweet Inspirations for "Sweet Inspiration" Archie Bell & the Drells for "Tighten Up"	[3]
1970	The Isley Brothers	"It's Your Thing"	Mel and Tim for "Backfield In Motion" The Winstons for "Color Him Father" Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Friendship Train" Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson for "Soulshake"	[4]
1971	The Delfonics	"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"	The Presidents for "5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)" Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band for "Express Yourself" Four Tops for "It's All in the Game" 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) for "Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed"	[5]
1972	Ike & Tina Turner	"Proud Mary"	Gladys Knight & the Pips for "If I Were Your Woman" The Staple Singers for "Respect Yourself" Isaac Hayes for "Theme from Shaft" Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway for "You've Got a Friend"	[6]
1973	The Temptations	"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"	The Spinners for "I'll Be Around" The Staple Singers for "I'll Take You There" Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes for "If You Don't Know Me by Now" Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Help Me Make It Through the Night"	[7]
1974	Gladys Knight & the Pips	"Midnight Train to Georgia"	The Staple Singers for "Be What You Are" The Spinners for "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" The O'Jays for "Love Train" War for "Cisco Kid"	[8]
1975	Rufus	"Tell Me Something Good"	The Jackson 5 for "Dancing Machine" The O'Jays for "For the Love of Money" Gladys Knight & the Pips for "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" The Spinners for "Mighty Love"	[9]
1976	Earth, Wind & Fire	"Shining Star"[10]	Average White Band for "Cut the Cake" Ohio Players for "Fire" KC and the Sunshine Band for "Get Down Tonight" The Pointer Sisters for "How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)"	[11]
1977	Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.	"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"	KC and the Sunshine Band for "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" Earth, Wind & Fire for "Gratitude" Wild Cherry for "Play That Funky Music" The Spinners for "The Rubberband Man"	[12]
1978	The Emotions	"Best of My Love"	Rufus ft. Chaka Khan for Ask Rufus Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Baby, Don't Change Your Mind" Heatwave for "Boogie Nights" Commodores for "Easy"	[13]
1979	Earth, Wind & Fire	All 'N All	A Taste of Honey for "Boogie Oogie Oogie" Diana Ross and Michael Jackson for "Ease on Down the Road" Commodores for "Natural High" The O'Jays for "Use ta Be My Girl"	[14]
1980	Earth, Wind & Fire	"After the Love Has Gone"	McFadden & Whitehead for "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" Commodores for "Midnight Magic" Peaches & Herb for "Reunited" Sister Sledge for "We Are Family"	[15]
1981	The Manhattans	"Shining Star"	Gladys Knight & the Pips for "About Love" Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway for "Back Together Again" The Spinners for "Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time" Commodores for "Heroes" The Jacksons for "Triumph"	[16]
1982	Quincy Jones	The Dude	The Pointer Sisters for "Black and White" Commodores for "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" Earth, Wind & Fire for "Let's Groove" Stanley Clarke, George Duke for "The Clarke/Duke Project"	[17]
1983	Dazz Band	"Let It Whip"	Tavares for "A Penny for Your Thoughts" The Crusaders with B.B. King, Josie James for "Street Life" Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder for "What's That You're Doing?"	[18]
	Earth, Wind & Fire	"Wanna Be With You"
1984	Rufus & Chaka Khan	"Ain't Nobody"	Shalamar for "Dead Giveaway" Earth, Wind & Fire for "Fall in Love with Me" DeBarge for "In a Special Way" The Weather Girls for "It's Raining Men"	[19]
1985	James Ingram & Michael McDonald	"Yah Mo B There"	Shalamar for "Dancing In the Sheets" Kashif, Al Jarreau for "Edgartown Groove" Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson for "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" Joyce Kennedy, Jeffrey Osborne for "The Last Time I Made Love"	[20]
1986	Commodores	"Nightshift"	The Pointer Sisters for "Contact" Eurythmics, Aretha Franklin for "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" Ashford & Simpson for "Solid" Daryl Hall, John Oates, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks for "The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl"	[21]
1987	Prince & the Revolution	"Kiss"	Sade for Promise Run-D.M.C. for Raising Hell Ashford & Simpson for Real Love Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew for "The Super Bowl Shuffle" Cameo for "Word Up!"	[22]
1988	Aretha Franklin & George Michael	"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"	LeVert for "Casanova" Club Nouveau for "Lean On Me" The Whispers for "Rock Steady" Prince and Sheena Easton for "U Got the Look"	[23]
1989	Gladys Knight & the Pips	"Love Overboard"	Robert Cray for "Acting This Way" Experience Unlimited for "Da Butt" New Edition for "If It Isn't Love" The Jets for "Rocket 2 U	[24]
1990	Soul II Soul, & Caron Wheeler	"Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)"	Aretha Franklin & James Brown for "Gimme Your Love" Aretha Franklin & Whitney Houston for "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" Deniece Williams & Natalie Cole for "We Sing Praises" BeBe & CeCe Winans for "Celebrate New Life"	[25]
1991	Ray Charles & Chaka Khan	"I'll Be Good to You"	After 7 for "Can't Stop" Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge & Barry White for "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" En Vogue for Born to Sing Was (Not Was) for "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"	[26]
1992	Boyz II Men	Cooleyhighharmony	Color Me Badd for "I Wanna Sex You Up" Aretha Franklin & Luther Vandross for "Doctor's Orders" Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, & Dionne Warwick for "Superwoman" Prince & the New Power Generation for "Gett Off"	[27]
1993	Boyz II Men	"End of the Road"	Arrested Development for "People Everyday" Mariah Carey & Trey Lorenz for "I'll Be There" En Vogue for Funky Divas Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson for "The Best Things in Life Are Free"	[28]
1994	Sade	"No Ordinary Love"	Boyz II Men for "Let It Snow" Earth, Wind & Fire for "Sunday Morning" En Vogue for "Give It Up, Turn It Loose" Tony! Toni! Toné! for "Anniversary"	[29]
1995	Boyz II Men	"I'll Make Love to You"	Sade for "Please Send Me Someone to Love" Salt-n-Pepa & En Vogue for "Whatta Man" Take 6 for "Biggest Part of Me" BeBe & CeCe Winans for "If Anything Ever Happened To You"	[30]
1996	TLC	"Creep"	All-4-One for "I'm Your Man" Brownstone for "If You Love Me" Terence Trent D'Arby & Booker T. & the M.G.'s for "A Change Is Gonna Come" Take 6 for "All I Need (Is A Chance)"	[31]
1997	Fugees	"Killing Me Softly"	Luke Cresswell, Charlie Wilson, Fiona Wilkes, Carl Smith, Fraser Morrison, Everett Bradley, Yo-Yo, Chaka Khan, Luniz, & Shaquille O'Neal for "Stomp" Babyface, Barry White, Portrait & Tamia for "Slow Jams" En Vogue for "Don't Let Go (Love)" Chaka Khan & Meshell Ndegeocello for "Never Miss the Water"	[32]
1998	BLACKstreet	"No Diggity"	Az Yet & Peter Cetera for "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Boyz II Men for "A Song for Mama" God's Property & Salt for "Stomp" Take 6 for "You Don't Have to Be Afraid"	[33]
1999	Brandy & Monica	"The Boy Is Mine"	Kirk Franklin ft. R. Kelly, Crystal Lewis, Mary J. Blige & Bono for "Lean On Me" Lauryn Hill ft D'Angelo for "Nothing Even Matters" K-Ci & JoJo for "All My Life" The Temptations for "Stay"	[34]
2000	TLC	"No Scrubs"	Destiny's Child for "Bills, Bills, Bills" Mary J. Blige & Aretha Franklin for "Don't Waste Your Time" Eric Benet & Tamia for "Spend My Life With You" Whitney Houston, Faith Evans & Kelly Price for "Heartbreak Hotel"	[35]
2001	Destiny's Child	"Say My Name"	Boyz II Men for "Pass You By" Wyclef Jean & Mary J. Blige for "911" Lucy Pearl for "Dance Tonight" BeBe Winans, Joe & Brian McKnight for "Coming Back Home"	[36]
2002	Destiny's Child	"Survivor"	City High for "What Would You Do?" 112 for "Peaches & Cream" The Isley Brothers for "Contagious" Faith Evans & Carl Thomas for "Can't Believe"	[37]
2003	Stevie Wonder and Take 6	"Love's in Need of Love Today" (Live)	TLC for "Girl Talk" Angie Stone & Joe for "More Than a Woman" Kenny G & Brian McKnight for "All the Way" Nivea, Brian Casey & Brandon Casey for "Don't Mess with My Man"	[38]
2004	Beyoncé & Luther Vandross	"The Closer I Get to You"	TLC for "Hands Up" Roy Hargrove & D'Angelo for "I'll Stay" The Isley Brothers & JS for "Busted" Stanley Clarke ft. Amel Larrieux & Glenn Lewis for "Where Is the Love"	[39]
2005	Usher and Alicia Keys	"My Boo"	Destiny's Child for "Lose My Breath" Floetry for "Say Yes" Alicia Keys ft. Tony! Toni! Toné! for "Diary" Earth, Wind & Fire & Raphael Saadiq for "Show Me the Way"	[40]
2006	Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder	"So Amazing"	Destiny's Child for "Cater 2 U" Stevie Wonder & Aisha Morris for "How Will I Know" Alicia Keys ft. Jermaine Paul for "If This World Were Mine" John Legend & Lauryn Hill for "So High"	[41]
2007	John Legend, Joss Stone & Van Hunt	"Family Affair"	George Benson & Al Jarreau for "Breezin'" Jamie Foxx & Mary J. Blige for "Love Changes" Chaka Khan, Carl Thomas, Yolanda Adams & Gerald Levert for "Family Reunion" Prince & Támar for "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed"	[42]
2008	Chaka Khan & Mary J. Blige	"Disrespectful"	R. Kelly & Usher for "Same Girl" Rihanna & Ne-Yo for "Hate That I Love You" Angie Stone & Betty Wright for "Baby" T-Pain & Akon for "Bartender"	[43]
2009	Al Green & John Legend	"Stay with Me (By the Sea)"	Boyz II Men for "Ribbon in the Sky" Anthony David & India.Arie for "Words" Jennifer Hudson & Fantasia Barrino for "I'm His Only Woman" Raphael Saadiq, Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton for "Never Give You Up"	[44]
2010	Jamie Foxx & T-Pain	"Blame It"	India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild for "Chocolate High" Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige for "IfULeave" Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters for "Higher Ground" Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby for "Love Had Finally Come at Last"	[45]
2011	Sade	"Soldier of Love"	Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller for "Love" Chris Brown & Tank for "Take My Time" Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin for "You've Got a Friend" John Legend & The Roots for "Shine"	[46]

Category records

• Most wins

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Earth, Wind & Fire Beyoncé	Chaka Khan Boyz II Men	The Temptations Rufus Gladys Knight & the Pips Destiny's Child John Legend TLC Sade
Total Wins	4 wins	3 wins	2 wins

• Most Nominations

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Artist	Earth, Wind & Fire	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Chaka Khan Boyz II Men Beyoncé Aretha Franklin	Mary J. Blige The Commodores Dawn Robinson	En Vogue Stevie Wonder Destiny's Child Raphael Saadiq The Spinners
Total Wins	9 nominations	8 nominations	7 nominations	6 nominations	5 nominations