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

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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:

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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

YearWinner(s)TitleNomineesRef.
1967 Ramsey Lewis "Hold It Right There" [1]
1968 Sam & Dave "Soul Man" [2]
1969 The Temptations "Cloud Nine" [3]
1970 The Isley Brothers "It's Your Thing" [4]
1971 The Delfonics "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" [5]
1972 Ike & Tina Turner "Proud Mary" [6]
1973 The Temptations "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" [7]
1974 Gladys Knight & the Pips "Midnight Train to Georgia"
 [8]
1975 Rufus "Tell Me Something Good" [9]
1976 Earth, Wind & Fire "Shining Star" [10] [11]
1977 Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" [12]
1978 The Emotions "Best of My Love"
 [13]
1979 Earth, Wind & Fire All 'N All [14]
1980 Earth, Wind & Fire "After the Love Has Gone" [15]
1981 The Manhattans "Shining Star"
 [16]
1982 Quincy Jones The Dude [17]
1983 Dazz Band "Let It Whip"
 [18]
Earth, Wind & Fire "Wanna Be With You"
1984 Rufus & Chaka Khan "Ain't Nobody" [19]
1985 James Ingram & Michael McDonald "Yah Mo B There" [20]
1986 Commodores "Nightshift" [21]
1987 Prince & the Revolution "Kiss" [22]
1988 Aretha Franklin & George Michael "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" [23]
1989 Gladys Knight & the Pips "Love Overboard" [24]
1990 Soul II Soul, & Caron Wheeler "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" [25]
1991 Ray Charles & Chaka Khan "I'll Be Good to You" [26]
1992 Boyz II Men Cooleyhighharmony [27]
1993 Boyz II Men "End of the Road" [28]
1994 Sade "No Ordinary Love" [29]
1995 Boyz II Men "I'll Make Love to You"
 [30]
1996 TLC "Creep"
 [31]
1997 Fugees "Killing Me Softly"
 [32]
1998 BLACKstreet "No Diggity"
 [33]
1999 Brandy & Monica "The Boy Is Mine" [34]
2000 TLC "No Scrubs" [35]
2001 Destiny's Child "Say My Name" [36]
2002 Destiny's Child "Survivor" [37]
2003 Stevie Wonder and Take 6 "Love's in Need of Love Today" (Live) [38]
2004 Beyoncé & Luther Vandross "The Closer I Get to You" [39]
2005 Usher and Alicia Keys "My Boo" [40]
2006 Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder "So Amazing" [41]
2007 John Legend, Joss Stone & Van Hunt "Family Affair"
 [42]
2008 Chaka Khan & Mary J. Blige "Disrespectful" [43]
2009 Al Green & John Legend "Stay with Me (By the Sea)"
 [44]
2010 Jamie Foxx & T-Pain "Blame It" [45]
2011 Sade "Soldier of Love" [46]

Category Records

Rank1st2nd3rd
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 Wins4 wins3 wins2 wins
Rank1st2nd3rd4th5th
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 Wins9 nominations8 nominations7 nominations6 nominations5 nominations

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