Grammy Awards for R&B

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The Grammy Awards for R&B are a collection of categories within the Grammy Awards that honor outstanding achievements in rhythm and blues music, including performances, songs, and albums.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music award category group
alsoKnownAs Grammy Awards for R&B
surface form: Grammy R&B field

R&B Grammy categories
associatedWith Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance
awardFor artistic achievement in R&B
overall excellence in R&B music industry
technical proficiency in R&B recordings
categoryType album awards
performance awards
songwriting awards
ceremonyFrequency annual
country United States of America
surface form: United States
evaluationCriteria artistic quality rather than sales or chart position
fieldWithinGrammys R&B field
firstPresented late 1950s
genre rhythm and blues
hasSubgenreCoverage contemporary R&B
progressive R&B
traditional R&B
includes Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album

Grammy Award for Best R&B Album
Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group

Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Recording

Grammy Award for Best R&B Song
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song
surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Songwriter

Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance

Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Performance

Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album
language English
location various cities in the United States
musicField R&B
contemporary R&B
soul
organizer Recording Academy
surface form: The Recording Academy
partOf Grammy Award
surface form: Grammy Awards
presentedBy Recording Academy
surface form: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

Recording Academy
surface form: The Recording Academy
purpose to honor outstanding achievements in R&B music
recognizes recordings released in the eligibility year
selectionProcess voting by members of The Recording Academy
status active

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Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals isSubsetOf Grammy Awards for R&B
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for R&B music
Grammy Award for Best R&B Album isSubsetOf Grammy Awards for R&B
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for R&B categories
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance isSubsetOf Grammy Awards for R&B
this entity surface form: Grammy Awards for R&B music
Grammy Awards for R&B alsoKnownAs Grammy Awards for R&B
this entity surface form: Grammy R&B field
Grammy Awards for pop music relatedAwardGroup Grammy Awards for R&B
this entity surface form: Grammy Awards for R&B music