Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

E12646
Grammy Award category music award

The Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance was a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding solo male vocal performances in the R&B genre.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance canonical 42
Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male 6
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance (for "Sexual Healing") 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grammy Award category ⓘ
music award ⓘ
awardCeremonyFrequency annual ⓘ
awardDomain R&B music ⓘ
awardFor outstanding male R&B vocal performance ⓘ
categoryType genre-specific performance award ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
discontinued 2011 ⓘ
eligibility solo male artists ⓘ
excludesCriterion album sales ⓘ
chart position ⓘ
radio airplay ⓘ
field music industry ⓘ
firstAwarded 1968 ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
hasCriterion artistic achievement ⓘ
overall excellence in the recording industry ⓘ
technical proficiency ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction male ⓘ
hasRecipientType individual artist ⓘ
inception 1968 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lastAwarded 2011 ⓘ
medium recordings ⓘ
notableWinner Luther Vandross ⓘ
Prince ⓘ
Ray Charles ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
Usher ⓘ
organizer Recording Academy ⓘ
surface form: The Recording Academy
partOf Grammy Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Awards
performanceType vocal performance ⓘ
presentedBy Recording Academy ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

Recording Academy ⓘ
surface form: The Recording Academy
replacedBy Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance ⓘ
scope recorded music ⓘ
selectionMethod voting by members of The Recording Academy ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ordinary People → award → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Once Again → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
Bobby Brown → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Stevie Wonder → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Don’t Be Cruel → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Be Cruel
Luther Vandross → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Every Little Step → award → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
George Benson → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Marvin Gaye → notableAward → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Boogie On Reggae Woman → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
I Wish → hasAward → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
Fulfillingness' First Finale → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Living for the City → award → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
Usher → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
R. Kelly → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance → follows → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Anthony Hamilton → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Dance With My Father → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Robert Barisford Brown → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Riley B. King → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
James Ingram → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
When Can I See You → hasNotableRecognition → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance nomination
For the Cool in You → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Tender Lover → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Ne-Yo → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Here and Now → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Power of Love/Love Power → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Grammy Awards for R&B → includes → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Barry White → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Off the Wall (album) → award → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Billie Jean → award → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough → award → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
album "For the Cool in You" → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
subject surface form: For the Cool in You
Shaffer Smith → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay → award → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Edwin Starr → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
Prince of Motown → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
subject surface form: Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
subject surface form: Marvin Gaye
Sexual Healing → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Midnight Love → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance (for "Sexual Healing")
U Remind Me → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Lou Rawls → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
In Square Circle → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
One Hundred Ways → award → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
Anytime → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Michael Eugene Archer → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Robert Sylvester Kelly → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
I Believe I Can Fly → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
I Believe I Can Fly (Space Jam soundtrack) → award → Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
subject surface form: I Believe I Can Fly