Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
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:
- From 1967 to 1968 the award was known as Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
- In 1969 it was awarded as Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
- In 1970 it was awarded as Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
- In 1971 it was awarded as Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental
- In 1972 it was awarded as Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group
- From 1973 to 1980 it was awarded as Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
- From 1981 to 2003 it was awarded as Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- In 2004 it was awarded as Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.
2010s
- Grammy Awards of 2011
- *Sade for "Soldier of Love"
- **Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller for "Love"
- **Chris Brown & Tank for "Take My Time"
- **Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin for "You've Got a Friend"
- **John Legend & The Roots for "Shine"
- Grammy Awards of 2010
- *Jamie Foxx & T-Pain for "Blame It"
- **India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild for "Chocolate High"
- **Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige for "IfULeave"
- **Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters for "Higher Ground"
- **Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby for "Love Has Finally Come at Last"
2000s
- Grammy Awards of 2009
- *Al Green and John Legend for "Stay with Me "
- **Boyz II Men for "Ribbon in the Sky"
- **Anthony David and India.Arie for "Words"
- **Jennifer Hudson and Fantasia Barrino for "I'm His Only Woman"
- **Raphael Saadiq, Stevie Wonder and CJ Hilton for "Never Give You Up"
- Grammy Awards of 2008
- *Chaka Khan and Mary J. Blige for "Disrespectful"
- **R. Kelly and Usher for "Same Girl"
- **Rihanna and Ne-Yo for "Hate That I Love You"
- **Angie Stone and Betty Wright for "Baby"
- **T-Pain and Akon for "Bartender"
- Grammy Awards of 2007
- *John Legend, Joss Stone and Van Hunt for "Family Affair"
- **George Benson & Al Jarreau for "Breezin"
- **Jamie Foxx & Mary J. Blige for "Love Changes"
- **Chaka Khan, Carl Thomas, Yolanda Adams & Gerald Levert for "Family Reunion"
- **Prince & Támar for "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed"
- Grammy Awards of 2006
- *Beyoncé and Stevie Wonder for "So Amazing"
- **Destiny's Child for "Cater 2 U"
- **Stevie Wonder & Aisha Morris for "How Will I Know"
- **Alicia Keys featuring Jermaine Paul for "If This World Were Mine"
- **John Legend & Lauryn Hill for "So High"
- Grammy Awards of 2005
- *Usher and Alicia Keys for "My Boo"
- **Destiny's Child for "Lose My Breath"
- **Floetry for "Say Yes"
- **Alicia Keys featuring Tony! Toni! Toné! for "Diary"
- **Earth, Wind & Fire & Raphael Saadiq for "Show Me the Way"
- Grammy Awards of 2004
- *Beyoncé and Luther Vandross for "The Closer I Get to You"
- **Floetry for "Say Yes"
- **TLC for "Hands Up"
- **Roy Hargrove & D'Angelo for "I'll Stay"
- **The Isley Brothers & JS for "Busted"
- **Stanley Clarke featuring Amel Larrieux and Glenn Lewis for "Where Is the Love"
- Grammy Awards of 2003
- *Stevie Wonder and Take 6 for "Love's in Need of Love Today"
- **TLC for "Girl Talk"
- **Angie Stone & Joe for "More Than a Woman"
- **Kenny G & Brian McKnight for "All the Way"
- **Nivea, Brian Casey & Brandon Casey for "Don't Mess With My Man"
- Grammy Awards of 2002
- *Destiny's Child for "Survivor"
- **City High for "What Would You Do?"
- **112 for "Peaches & Cream"
- **The Isley Brothers for "Contagious"
- **Faith Evans & Carl Thomas for "Can't Believe"
- Grammy Awards of 2001
- *Destiny's Child for "Say My Name"
- **Boyz II Men for "Pass You By"
- **Wyclef Jean & Mary J. Blige for "911"
- **Lucy Pearl for "Dance Tonight"
- **BeBe Winans, Joe & Brian McKnight for "Coming Back Home"
- Grammy Awards of 2000
- *TLC for "No Scrubs"
- **Destiny's Child for "Bills, Bills, Bills"
- **Mary J. Blige & Aretha Franklin for "Don't Waste Your Time"
- **Eric Benet & Tamia for "Spend My Life with You"
- **Whitney Houston, Faith Evans & Kelly Price for "Heartbreak Hotel"
1990s
- Grammy Awards of 1999
- *Brandy & Monica for "The Boy Is Mine"
- **Kirk Franklin feat. R. Kelly, Crystal Lewis, Mary J. Blige & Bono for "Lean on Me"
- **Lauryn Hill feat. D'Angelo for "Nothing Even Matters"
- **K-Ci & JoJo for "All My Life"
- **The Temptations for "Stay"
- Grammy Awards of 1998
- *BLACKstreet for "No Diggity"
- **Az Yet & Peter Cetera for "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"
- **Boyz II Men for "A Song for Mama"
- **God's Property & Salt for "Stomp"
- **Take 6 for "You Don't Have to be Afraid"
- Grammy Awards of 1997
- *Fugees for "Killing Me Softly"
- **Luke Cresswell, Charlie Wilson, Fiona Wilkes, Carl Smith, Fraser Morrison, Evertt Bradley, Yo-Yo, Chaka Khan, Luniz & Shaquille O'Neal for "Stomp"
- **Babyface, Barry White, SWV, Portrait & Tamia for "Slow Jams"
- **En Vogue for "Don't Let Go "
- **Chaka Khan & Meshell Ndegeocello for "Never Miss the Water"
- Grammy Awards of 1996
- *TLC for "Creep"
- **All-4-One "I'm Your Man"
- **Brownstone "If You Love Me"
- **Terence Trent D'Arby & Booker T. & the M.G.'s "A Change Is Gonna Come"
- **Take 6 "All I Need "
- Grammy Awards of 1995
- *Boyz II Men for "I'll Make Love to You"
- **Sade "Please Send Me Someone To Love"
- **Salt-n-Pepa & En Vogue "Whatta Man"
- **Take 6 "Biggest Part Of Me"
- **BeBe Winans & CeCe Winans "If Anything Ever Happened To You"
- Grammy Awards of 1994
- *Sade for "No Ordinary Love"
- **Boyz II Men "Let It Snow"
- **Earth, Wind & Fire "Sunday Morning"
- **En Vogue "Give It Up, Turn It Loose"
- **Tony! Toni! Toné! "Anniversary"
- Grammy Awards of 1993
- *Boyz II Men for "End of the Road"
- **Arrested Development "People Everyday"
- **Mariah Carey & Trey Lorenz "I'll Be There"
- **En Vogue "Funky Divas"
- **Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson "The Best Things in Life Are Free"
- Grammy Awards of 1992
- *Boyz II Men for "Cooleyhighharmony"
- **Color Me Badd "I Wanna Sex You Up"
- **Aretha Franklin & Luther Vandross "Doctor's Orders"
- **Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle & Dionne Warwick "Superwoman"
- **Prince & The NPG "Gett Off"
- Grammy Awards of 1991
- *Ray Charles & Chaka Khan for "I'll Be Good to You"
- **After 7 "Can't Stop"
- **Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge & Barry White "The Secret Garden "
- **En Vogue "Born To Sing"
- **Was "Papa Was A Rolling Stone"
- Grammy Awards of 1990
- *Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler - "Back to Life "
- **Aretha Franklin & James Brown - "Gimme Your Love"
- **Aretha Franklin & Whitney Houston - "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be"
- **Deniece Williams & Natalie Cole - "We Sing Praises"
- **BeBe & CeCe Winans - "Celebrate New Life"
1980s
- Grammy Awards of 1989
- *Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Love Overboard"
- **Robert Cray "Acting This Way"
- **Experience Unlimited "Da Butt"
- **New Edition "If It Isn't Love"
- **Jets "Rocket 2 U"
- Grammy Awards of 1988
- *Aretha Franklin & George Michael for "I Knew You Were Waiting"
- **LeVert "Casanova"
- **Club Nouveau "Lean On Me"
- **The Whispers "Rock Steady"
- **Prince, Sheena Easton "U Got the Look"
- Grammy Awards of 1987
- *Prince & The Revolution for "Kiss"
- **Sade "Promise"
- **Run–D.M.C. "Raising Hell"
- **Ashford & Simpson "Real Love"
- **Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew "The Super Bowl Shuffle"
- **Cameo "Word Up!
- Grammy Awards of 1986
- *Commodores for "Nightshift"
- **The Pointer Sisters "Contact"
- **Eurythmics, Aretha Franklin "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"
- **Ashford & Simpson "Solid"
- **Daryl Hall, John Oates, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks "The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl"
- Grammy Awards of 1985
- *James Ingram & Michael McDonald for "Yah Mo B There"
- **Shalamar "Dancing In The Sheets"
- **Kashif, Al Jarreau "Edgartown Groove"
- **Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' "
- **Joyce Kennedy, Jeffrey Osborne "The Last Time I Made Love"
- Grammy Awards of 1984
- *Rufus & Chaka Khan for "Ain't Nobody"
- **Shalamar "Dead Giveaway"
- **Earth, Wind & Fire "Fall in Love with Me"
- **DeBarge "In a Special Way"
- **The Weather Girls "It's Raining Men"
- Grammy Awards of 1983
- *The Dazz Band for "Let It Whip"
- *Earth, Wind & Fire for "Wanna Be With You"
- **Tavares "A Penny for Your Thoughts"
- **The Crusaders with B.B. King, Josie James "Street Life"
- **Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder "What's That You're Doing?"
- Grammy Awards of 1982
- *Quincy Jones for "The Dude"
- **The Pointer Sisters "Black and White"
- **Commodores "Lady "
- **Earth Wind & Fire "Let's Groove"
- **Stanley Clarke, George Duke "The Clarke/Duke Project"
- Grammy Awards of 1981
- *The Manhattans for "Shining Star"
- **Gladys Knight & the Pips "About Love"
- **Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway "Back Together Again"
- **The Spinners "Cupid / I've Loved You For A Long Time"
- **Commodores "Heroes"
- **Jacksons "Triumph"
- Grammy Awards of 1980
- *Earth, Wind & Fire for "After the Love Has Gone"
- **McFadden & Whitehead "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"
- **Commodores "Midnight Magic"
- **Peaches & Herb "Reunited"
- **Sister Sledge "We Are Family"
1970s
- Grammy Awards of 1979
- *Earth, Wind & Fire for "All 'N All"
- **A Taste of Honey for "Boogie Oogie Oogie"
- **Diana Ross and Michael Jackson for "Ease on Down the Road"
- **Commodores for "Natural High"
- **The O'Jays for "Use ta Be My Girl"
- Grammy Awards of 1978
- *The Emotions for "Best of My Love"
- **Rufus featuring Chaka Khan for "Ask Rufus"
- **Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Baby Don't Change Your Mind"
- **Heatwave for "Boogie Nights"
- **Commodores for "Easy"
- Grammy Awards of 1977
- *Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. for "You Don't Have to Be a Star "
- **KC and the Sunshine Band for " Shake Your Booty"
- **Earth, Wind & Fire for "Gratitude"
- **Wild Cherry for "Play That Funky Music"
- **The Spinners for "The Rubberband Man"
- Grammy Awards of 1976
- *Earth, Wind & Fire for "Shining Star"
- **Average White Band for "Cut the Cake"
- **Ohio Players for "Fire"
- **KC and the Sunshine Band for "Get Down Tonight"
- **The Pointer Sisters for "How Long "
- Grammy Awards of 1975
- *Rufus for "Tell Me Something Good"
- **The Jackson 5 for "Dancing Machine"
- **The O'Jays for "For the Love of Money"
- **Gladys Knight & the Pips for "I Feel a Song "
- **The Spinners for "Mighty Love"
- Grammy Awards of 1974
- *Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Midnight Train to Georgia"
- **The Staple Singers for "Be What You Are"
- **The Spinners for "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"
- **The O'Jays for "Love Train"
- **War for "Cisco Kid"
- Grammy Awards of 1973
- *The Temptations for "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
- **The Spinners" for "I'll Be Around
- **The Staple Singers for "I'll Take You There"
- **Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes for "If You Don't Know Me by Now"
- **Gladys Knight & The Pips for "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
- Grammy Awards of 1972
- *Ike & Tina Turner for "Proud Mary"
- **Gladys Knight & the Pips for "If I Were Your Woman"
- **The Staple Singers for "Respect Yourself"
- **Isaac Hayes for "Theme from Shaft"
- **Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway for "You've Got a Friend"
- Grammy Awards of 1971
- *The Delfonics for "Didn't I "
- **The Presidents for "5-10-15-20 "
- **Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band for "Express Yourself"
- **Four Tops for "It's All in the Game"
- **100 Proof for "Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed"
- Grammy Awards of 1970
- *The Isley Brothers for "It's Your Thing"
- **Mel and Tim for "Backfield in Motion"
- **The Winstons for "Color Him Father"
- **Gladys Knight & the Pips for "Friendship Train"
- **Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson for "Soulshake"
1960s
- Grammy Awards of 1969
- *The Temptations for "Cloud Nine"
- **Sam & Dave for "I Thank You"
- **Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson for "Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries"
- **Sweet Inspirations for "Sweet Inspiration "
- **Archie Bell & the Drells for "Tighten Up"
- Grammy Awards of 1968
- *Sam & Dave for "Soul Man"
- **Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell for "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
- **Booker T. & the M.G.'s for Hip Hug-Her"
- **Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for "I Second That Emotion"
- **Carla Thomas and Otis Redding for "King & Queen"
- Grammy Awards of 1967
- *Ramsey Lewis for "Hold It Right There"
- **The Capitols for "Cool Jerk"
- **Sam & Dave for "Hold On, I'm A Comin'"
- **James & Bobby Purify for "I'm Your Puppet"
- **King Curtis for "Spanish Harlem"
Category Records
- Most Wins
Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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 Wins | 4 wins | 3 wins | 2 wins |
- Most Nominations
Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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 Saddiq |
Total Wins | 9 nominations | 8 nominations | 7 nominations | 6 nominations | 5 nominations |