# Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

The Juno Award for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year" was awarded from 1985 to 2020, as recognition each year for the best rhythm and blues/soul album in Canada. Beginning with the Juno Awards of 2021, it was split into two new categories for Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year and Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year.

## Winners
### Best R&B/Soul Recording (1985 - 2002)

| Year | Winner(s) | Recording | Nominees | Ref. |
| 1985 | Liberty Silver | Lost Somewhere Inside Your Love | Demo Cates, "Memories of Moments" Yvonne Moore, "Hit and Run Lover" Wayne St. John, "Two Can Play" Something Extra, "Mega Mix" | |
| 1986 | Billy Newton-Davis | Love is a Contact Sport | Kenny Hamilton, "Right Here Is Where You Belong" Glen Ricketts, "I Found a Love" Liberty Silver, "All in the Way" Erroll Starr, "The Key" | |
| 1987 | Kim Richardson | Peek-A-Boo | George Olliver, Dream Girl Glen Ricketts, Big City Erroll Starr, For The Love of Money Tchukon, Here and Now | |
| 1988 | No Juno Awards this year | No Juno Awards this year | No Juno Awards this year | No Juno Awards this year |
| 1989 | Erroll Starr | Angel | Candi, Dancing Under a Latin Moon Debbie Johnson and Demo Cates, Secret Love Lorraine Scott, Crying for Love Liberty Silver, Private Property | |
| 1990 | Billy Newton-Davis | Spellbound | George Banton, Your Love Debbie Johnson, Mega Love Jay W. McGee, Another Love in Your Life Lorraine Scott, Never Be Lonely | |
| 1991 | Simply Majestic feat. B-Kool | Dance To The Music (Work Your Body) | Dance Appeal, Can't Repress the Cause MCJ and Cool G, So Listen Michie Mee and L.A. Luv, Jamaican Funk Spunkadelic, Take Me Like I Am | |
| 1992 | Love & Sas | Call My Name | Debbie Johnson, Let Me Go Lorraine Scott, All Talk Simply Majestic, Destiny Helen Sharpe, Got 2 Have Your Love | |
| 1993 | Love & Sas | Once in a Lifetime | Debbie Johnson, "Power to the People" The Nylons, "Don't Look Any Further" Lorraine Scott, "If That Was a Dream" Vivienne Williams, "Infatuated" | |
| 1994 | Rupert Gayle | The Time Is Right (I'll Be There For You) | John James, "Mothers of Hope" MCJ and Cool G, "Love Me Right" Carol Medina, "And the Song Goes" George St. Kitts, "All I Need" | |
| 1995 | Bass Is Base | First Impression for the Bottom Jigglers | The Earthtones, "Key to My Heart" Gentlemen X, "Smooth & Soft" Carol Medina, "I Had a Dream" The Nylons, "Love T.K.O." | |
| 1996 | Deborah Cox | Deborah Cox | Bass is Base, Memories of the SoulShack Survivors jacksoul, Absolute Philosopher Kings, Philosopher Kings Charlene Smith, Feel the Good Times | |
| 1997 | Carlos Morgan | Feelin' Alright | The Earthtones, Blindfolded and Ready Gavin Hope, Can I Get Close The McAuley Boys, In Another Lifetime George St. Kitts, Never Stop | |
| 1998 | Deborah Cox | "Things Just Ain't the Same" | Camille Douglas, "Don't Leave Me Hangin" Glenn Lewis, "The Thing to Do" Philosopher Kings, Famous, Rich and Beautiful Unique, "How May I Do You" | |
| 1999 | Deborah Cox | One Wish | Jully Black feat. Saukrates, Rally'n Kirsten Farkollie, I Need Some Time Glenn Lewis, Bout Your Love Tamia, Tamia | |
| 2000 | 2Rude feat. Snow, Smoothe tha Hustler, Latoya and Miranda | Thinkin' About You | Blacklisted feat. ORA, Taj and Deslisha Thomas, Tha Crab Theory Michael Clarke, All My Love Nodeja, Nodeja Ivana Santilli, Brown | |
| 2001 | jacksoul | Sleepless | Baby Blue Soundcrew feat. Glenn Lewis, "Only Be In Love" D-Cru, "I Will Be Waiting" The Philosopher Kings, "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" Tamia, A Nu Day | |
| 2002 | Glenn Lewis | Don't You Forget It | Baby Blue Soundcrew feat. Jully Black and Baby Cham, "The Day Before" Chin Injeti, "Day Dreaming" Jamie Sparks, "Unforgettable" Sugar Jones, "Never Leave Hurt Alone" | |

### R&B/Soul Recording of the Year (2003 - Present)

| Year | Winner(s) | Recording | Nominees |
| 2003 | Remy Shand | The Way I Feel | Jully Black, You Changed Shawn Desman, Get Ready Carl Henry, RNB Glenn Lewis, World Outside My Window |
| 2004 | In Essence | The Master Plan | Big Black Lincoln, Pimpin' Life Glenn Lewis feat. Kardinal Offishall, Back for More Tamia, Officially Missing You X-Quisite, X-Quisite |
| 2005 | Keshia Chanté | Keshia Chanté | Gary Beals, Gary Beals jacksoul, Resurrected Ray Robinson, What It Is Tamia, More |
| 2006 | Shawn Desman | Back for More | Jully Black, This Is Me Divine Brown, Divine Brown Cory Lee, "The Naughty Song" Massari, Massari |
| 2007 | jacksoul | mySOUL | Deesha, "Life Less Ordinary" George, "Believe" Karl Wolf, "Face Behind The Face" Keshia Chanté, "Been Gone" |
| 2008 | Jully Black | Revival | Corneille, The Birth of Cornelius Ebrahim, Goldrush Keshia Chanté, 2U God Made Me Funky, We Can All Be Free |
| 2009 | Divine Brown | The Love Chronicles | Deborah Cox, The Promise Elise Estrada, Elise Estrada Zaki Ibrahim, Money Ivana Santilli, TONY |
| 2010 | jacksoul | "Lonesome Highway" | Jully Black, The Black Book Jarvis Church, The Long Way Home Danny Fernandes, Intro Melanie Fiona, The Bridge |
| 2011 | Quanteisha | "Stars" | Keshia Chanté, "Test Drive" Raghav feat. Kardinal Offishall, "So Much", Solitair feat. Kardinal Offishall, "Come True" Karl Wolf, Nightlife |
| 2012 | Melanie Fiona | "Gone and Never Coming Back" | Jully Black feat. Kardinal Offishall, "Set it Off" JRDN, IAMJRDN Robin Thicke feat. Lil Wayne, "Pretty Lil Heart" Karl Wolf feat. Kardinal Offishall, "Ghetto Love" |
| 2013 | The Weeknd | Trilogy | Jully Black, "Fugitive" Shawn Desman, "Nobody Does It Like You" Melanie Fiona, "Change the Record" Kreesha Turner, Tropic Electric |
| 2014 | JRDN featuring Kardinal Offishall | "Can't Choose" | Joanna Borromeo, "Kaleidoscope" Kim Davis, "There's Only One" Melanie Durrant, "Gone" The Weeknd, "Kiss Land" |
| 2015 | The Weeknd | "Often" | Melanie Durrant, "Four Seasons" jacksoul, "Got to Have It" JRDN, JRDN Ben Stevenson, Dirty Laundry |
| 2016 | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind the Madness | Alessia Cara, Four Pink Walls Dru, "Déjà Vu" Patrick Lehman, Butchy's Son August Rigo, The Fall Out |
| 2017 | The Weeknd | Starboy | Daniel Caesar, Pilgrim's Paradise Tanika Charles, Soul Run dvsn, Sept. 5 PARTYNEXTDOOR, PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 |
| 2018 | Daniel Caesar | Freudian | Jahkoy, Foreign Water Jessie Reyez, Kiddo Jhyve, Human Keshia Chanté, Unbound 01 |
| 2019 | Jessie Reyez | Being Human in Public | Anders, Twos Black Atlass, Pain & Pleasure Charlotte Day Wilson, Stone Woman The Weeknd, My Dear Melancholy, |
| 2020 | Jessie Reyez, Tory Lanez and Tainy | "Feel It Too" | Amaal, "Black Dove" Daniel Caesar, "Case Study 01" Tanika Charles, "The Gumption" Tory Lanez, Chixtape 5 |