Grammy Award para melhor performance vocal feminina de R&B

Prêmio Grammy de Melhor Performance Feminina de Rhythm and blues (do inglês: Grammy Award para Best Female R&B Vocal Performance foi uma das categorias da Grammy Awards,^[1] concedido para os artistas de gravação de obras de qualidade nos álbuns do gênero musical "R&B contemporâneo". As várias categorias são apresentadas anualmente pela National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences dos Estados Unidos em "honra da realização artística, proficiência técnica e excelência global na indústria da gravação, sem levar em conta as vendas de álbuns ou posições nas tabelas musicais".^[2]

Grammy Award para Best R&B Performance
Descrição	Prémio atribuído pela qualidade por excelência vocal às performances de R&B.
País	Estados Unidos
Primeira cerimónia	1968
Última cerimónia	2012
Detentor atual	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
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Esta categoria já passou por várias mudanças de nome, em 1968 foi inicialmente Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Female, em 1969 mudou para Best R&B Performance, Female, de 1970 até 1994 foi conhecida como Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female de 1995 até agora é chamada de ' Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Aretha Franklin é a recordista absoluta dessa catégoria com 11 vitórias, sendo oito consecutivas. O segundo lugar fica com Anita Baker com apenas 4 vitórias. Aretha também foi a artista mais indicada para a catégoria com 23 indicações.

O prémio será alterado a partir de 2012 numa grande revisão de categorias do Grammy. A partir de 2012, todos de solo e duo / grupo vocal performances na categoria R&B vai ser transferido para a recém-formada categoria Best R&B Performance.

Em 2012, a categoria passou a designar-se por "Best R&B Performance". Esta alteração reflecte o ano em que o Grammy Awards foram apresentados, para as obras lançadas no ano anterior.

Vencedores e indicados

Aretha Franklin foi a primeira vencedora da categoria em 1968. Franklin conquistou 11 prêmios no total, sendo o principal nome da história da categoria.

Natalie Cole possui 2 vitórias (em 1976 e 1977) e 6 indicações.

Chaka Khan, vencedora em 1984, 1985 e 1993.

Anita Baker possui cinco vitórias na categoria, a primeira destas em 1987.

Patti LaBelle, vencedora em 1992 e indicada em outras 6 edições da categoria.

Toni Braxton, vencedora da categoria em 1994, 1995, 1997 e 2001.

Alicia Keys possui quatro vitórias na categoria, a primeira em 2002.

Mary J. Blige possui 2 vitórias (em 2003 e 2007) e outras 7 indicações.

Janet Jackson possui 6 indicações sem nenhuma vitória na categoria.

Vanessa L. Williams possui 5 indicações sem nenhuma vitória na categoria.

Beyoncé venceu a categoria em 2004 e 2010 por suas canções "Dangerously in Love 2" e "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)".

Ano	Artista	Obra	Indicados	Ref.
1968	Aretha Franklin	"Respect"	Nina Simone — "(You'll) Go To Hell" Gladys Knight — "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Etta James — "Tell Mama" Carla Thomas — The Queen Alone
1969	Aretha Franklin	"Chain of Fools"	Ella Washington — "He Called Me Baby" Barbara Acklin — Love Makes a Woman Erma Franklin — "Piece of My Heart" Etta James — "Security"
1970	Aretha Franklin	"Share Your Love With Me"	Dee Dee Warwick]] — "Foolish Fool" Tina Turner — "The Hunter" Ruth Brown — "Yesterday" Gloria Taylor — "You Gotta Pay the Price"
1971	Aretha Franklin	"Don't Play That Song"	Nina Simone — Black Gold Esther Phillips — "Set Me Free" Dee Dee Warwick]] — "She Didn't Know" Candi Staton — "Stand by Your Man"
1972	Aretha Franklin	"Bridge Over Troubled Water"	Freda Payne — Contact Diana Ross — "I Love You (Call Me)" Jean Knight — "Mr. Big Stuff" Janis Joplin — Pearl
1973	Aretha Franklin	Young, Gifted and Black	Betty Wright — "Clean Up Woman" Esther Phillips]— "From a Whisper to a Scream" Candi Staton — "In the Ghetto" Merry Clayton — "Oh No Not My Baby"
1974	Aretha Franklin	"Master of Eyes"	Esther Phillips — "Alone Again (Naturally)" Etta James — Etta James Ann Peebles — "I Can't Stand the Rain" Sylvia Robinson — "Pillow Talk"
1975	Aretha Franklin	"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"	Ann Peebles — "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Millie Jackson — "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" Etta James — "St. Louis Blues" Tina Turner — Tina Turns the Country On! Shirley Brown — "Woman to Woman" Thelma Houston — "You've Been Doing Wrong for So Long"
1976	Natalie Cole	"This Will Be"	Gloria Gaynor — "Never Can Say Goodbye" Gwen McCrae — "Rockin' Chair" Shirley & Company — "Shame, Shame, Shame" Esther Phillips — "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes"
1977	Natalie Cole	"Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)"	Melba Moore — "Lean On Me" Diana Ross — "Love Hangover" Dorothy Moore — "Misty Blue" Aretha Franklin — "Something He Can Feel"
1978	Thelma Houston	"Don't Leave Me This Way"	Aretha Franklin — "Break It to Me Gently" Dorothy Moore — "I Believe You" Natalie Cole — "I've Got Love on My Mind" Diana Ross — "Your Love Is So Good For Me"
1979	Donna Summer	"Last Dance"	Alicia Bridges — "I Love the Nightlife" Chaka Khan — "I'm Every Woman" Natalie Cole — "Our Love" Aretha Franklin — Almighty Fire
1980	Dionne Warwick	"Deja 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 Williams — "The Right Stuff"
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 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"
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 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 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"
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"
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'"	India.Arie — "Video" Mary J. Blige — "Family Affair" Blu Cantrell — "it 'em Up Style (Oops!)" Jill Scott — "A Long Walk" Aaliyah — "Rock the Boat"
2003	Mary J. Blige	"He Think I Don't Know"	Aaliyah — "More Than a Womann" Ashanti — "Foolish" Eartha — "I'm Still Standing" Jill Scott — "He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)"
2004	Beyoncé	"Dangerously in Love 2"	Erykah Badu — "Back in the Day" Ashanti — "Rain on Me" Mary J. Blige — "Ooh!" Heather Headley — "I Wish I Wasn't"
2005	Alicia Keys	"If I Ain't Got You"	Teena Marie — "I'm Still in Love" Jill Scott — "Whatever" Angie Stone — "U-Haul" Janet Jackson — "I Want You"
2006	Mariah Carey	"We Belong Together"	Fantasia — "Free Yourself" Alicia Keys — "Unbreakable" Beyoncé — "Wishing on a Star" Amerie — "1 Thing"
2007	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	Alicia Keys	"No One"	Chrisette Michele — "If I Have My Way" Mary J. Blige — "Just Fine" Jill Scott — "Hate On Me" Fantasia — "When I See U"
2009	Alicia Keys	"Superwoman"	Beyoncé — "Me, Myself and I (Live)" Keyshia Cole — "Heaven Sent" Jennifer Hudson — "Spotlight" Jazmine Sullivan — "Need U Bad"
2010	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 and Bears"
2011	Fantasia	"Bittersweet"	Faith Evans — "Gone Already" Monica — "Everything to Me" Kelly Price — "Tired" Jazmine Sullivan — "Holding You Down (Goin' in Circles)"	[3]

Honradas

• Maiores vencedoras

Lista	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Artista	Aretha Franklin	Anita Baker	Toni Braxton, Alicia Keys	Chaka Khan	Mary J. Blige, Beyoncé, Natalie Cole
Total	11	5	4	3	2

• Maiores Indicadas

Lista	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Artista	Aretha Franklin	Chaka Khan	Whitney Houston Patti LaBelle Mary J. Blige Natalie Cole	Janet Jackson Anita Baker Patti LaBelle	Beyoncé Alicia Keys Jill Scott Toni Braxton Vanessa Williams Diana Ross
Total	23	8	7	6	5

• Maiores indicadas sem ganhar o prêmio

Lista	1st	2nd	3rd
Artista	Janet Jackson	Jill Scott Diana Ross Vanessa L. Williams	Aaliyah Esther Phillips Etta James
Total	6	5	4

Referências

1. «Grammy Awards at a Glance» (em inglês). Los Angeles Times. Consultado em 6 de Setembro de 2011
2. «Overview» (em inglês). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Consultado em 6 de Setembro de 2011
3. «Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards». Los Angeles Times. 12 de março de 2014