Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance

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The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance is a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grammy Award category
music award
administeredBy Recording Academy
surface form: "Recording Academy Awards Department"
awardCategoryNumber R&B field category
awardedFor instrumental R&B recordings
outstanding R&B performance
vocal R&B recordings
categoryType performance category
ceremonyIncludes presentation of the Best R&B Performance award
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
doesNotConsider album sales
chart position
eligibility commercially released R&B recordings
eligibilityTerritory worldwide releases meeting Recording Academy criteria
evaluationCriteria artistic achievement in R&B performance
overall excellence in R&B recording
technical proficiency in R&B performance
field R&B
firstAwarded 2012 Grammy Awards
follows Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
genre R&B
hasAwardingBody Recording Academy
surface form: "National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences"
hasCategoryStatus active Grammy category
hasFrequency annual
hasMedium recorded music
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.grammy.com
hasRecognition industry-wide prestige in R&B genre
hasVotingBody voting members of the Recording Academy
inception 2012
isPresentedAt Grammy Awards ceremony
isSubsetOf Grammy Awards for R&B
surface form: "Grammy Awards for R&B music"
isSuccessorTo discontinued gender-specific R&B performance categories
locationOfCeremony various cities in the United States
notableWinner Anderson .Paak
Beyoncé
Bruno Mars
H.E.R.
John Legend
parentOrganization Recording Academy
partOf Grammy Award
surface form: "Grammy Awards"
presentedBy Recording Academy
presentedInLanguage English
selectionProcess voted on by members of the Recording Academy

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