# Grammy Award para Melhor Canção de R&B

O Grammy Award para Best R&B Song é uma das categorias dos Grammy Awards, uma cerimónia estabelecida em 1958 e originalmente denominada como Gramophone Awards, concedido para os autores de obras de qualidade nos álbuns do gênero musical R&B. As várias categorias são apresentadas anualmente pela National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences dos Estados Unidos em "honra da realização artística, proficiência técnica e excelência global na indústria da gravação, sem levar em conta as vendas de álbuns ou posições nas tabelas musicais".
De acordo com o guia de descrição de categorias do 54º Grammy Awards, o prêmio é reservado para álbuns "contendo pelo menos 51% do tempo total de material inédito de R&B" que também pode vir a "incorporar elementos de produção encontrados no rap". Denominada Best Rhythm and Blues Song de 1969 a 2000, a categoria premia os compositores de cada canção e não os artistas que as performam. Otis Redding e Steve Cropper foram os primeiros vencedores da categoria em 1969 por "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay". Atualmente, Beyoncé é a maior vencedora da categoria (com 4 prêmios), seguida por Babyface, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers e Alicia Keys (cada um com três vitórias).

## Vencedores e indicados

| Ano | Canção | Artista(s) | Indicados |
| 1969 | "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" (Otis Redding e Don Covay) | Otis Redding | "Chain of Fools" - Aretha Franklin "Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries" - Peggy Scott e Jo Jo Benson "Who's Making Love" - Johnnie Taylor "I Wish It Would Rain" - The Temptations |
| 1970 | "Color Him Father" (Richard Lewis Spencer) | The Winstons | "I'd Rather Be an Old Man's Sweetheart" - Candi Staton "Backfield in Motion" - Mel & Tim "Only the Strong Survive" - Jerry Butler "It's Your Thing" - The Isley Brothers |
| 1971 | "Patches" (Ronald Dunbar e General Johnson) | Clarence Carter | "Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed" - 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) "Groovy Situation" - Gene Chandler "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" - Stevie Wonder "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" - The Delfonics |
| 1972 | "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers) | Bill Withers | "If I Were Your Woman" - Gladys Knight and the Pips "Never Can Say Goodbye" - The Jackson 5 "Mr. Big Stuff" - Jean Knight "Smiling Faces Sometimes" - The Undisputed Truth |
| 1973 | "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (Barrett Strong e Norman Whitfield) | The Temptations | "Freddie's Dead" - Curtis Mayfield "Me and Mrs. Jones" - Billy Paul "Back Stabbers" - The O'Jays "Everybody Plays the Fool" - The Main Ingredient |
| 1974 | "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder) | Stevie Wonder | "Midnight Train to Georgia" - Gladys Knight and the Pips "Love Train" - The O'Jays "Family Affair" - Sly and the Family Stone "Cisco Kid" - War |
| 1975 | "Living for the City" (Stevie Wonder) | Stevie Wonder | "Dancing Machine" - The Jackson 5 "Rock Your Baby" - George McCrae "For the Love of Money" - The O'Jays |
| 1976 | "Where Is the Love" 9Harry Wayne Casey, Willie Clarke, Richard Finch e Betty Wright) | Betty Wright | "Walking in Rhythm" - The Blackbyrds "Ease on Down the Road" - Consumer Rapport "Get Down Tonight" - KC & the Sunshine Band "That's the Way (I Like It)" - KC & the Sunshine Band |
| 1977 | "Lowdown" (Boz Scaggs e David Paich) | Boz Scaggs | "Misty Blue" - Dorothy Moore "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" - KC & the Sunshine Band "Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor "Love Hangover" - Diana Ross |
| 1978 | "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (Leo Sayer e Vini Poncia) | Leo Sayer | "Don't Leave Me This Way" - Thelma Houston "Easy" - The Commodores "Best of My Love (canção de The Emotions)" - The Emotions "Brick House" - The Commodores |
| 1979 | "Last Dance" (Paul Jabara) | Donna Summer | "Use Ta Be My Girl" - The O'Jays "Fantasy" - Earth, Wind & Fire "Boogie Oogie Oogie" - A Taste of Honey "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - Chic |
| 1980 | "After the Love Has Gone" (David Foster, Jay Graydon e Bill Champlin) | Earth, Wind & Fire | "Reunited" - Peaches and Herb "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" - McFadden & Whitehead "Deja Vu" - Dionne Warwick "We Are Family" - Sister Sledge |
| 1981 | "Never Knew Love Like This Before" (Reggie Lucas e James Mtume) | Stephanie Mills | "Upside Down" - Diana Ross "Let's Get Serious" - Jermaine Jackson "Shining Star" - The Manhattans "Give Me the Night" - George Benson |
| 1982 | "Just the Two of Us" (Bill Withers, William Salter e Ralph McDonald) | Grover Washington, Jr. e Bill Withers | "Ai No Corrida" - Quincy Jones "Lady (You Bring Me Up)" - The Commodores "She's a Bad Mama Jama" - Carl Carlton "When She Was My Girl" - The Four Tops |
| 1983 | "Turn Your Love Around" (Jay Graydon, Steve Lukather e Bill Champlin) | George Benson | "Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye "Let It Whip" - Dazz Band "That Girl" - Stevie Wonder "Do I Do" - Stevie Wonder "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" - Deniece Williams |
| 1984 | "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson) | Michael Jackson | "Electric Avenue" - Eddy Grant "Ain't Nobody" - Rufus e Chaka Khan "PYT (Pretty Young Thing)" - Michael Jackson "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" - Michael Jackson |
| 1985 | "I Feel For You" (Prince) | Chaka Khan | "Dancing in the Streets" - Shalamar "Yah Mo B There" - James Ingram e Michael McDonald "Caribbean Queen" - Billy Ocean "The Glamorous Life" - Sheila E. |
| 1986 | "Freeway of Love" (Jeffrey Cohen e Narada Michael Walden) | Aretha Franklin | "Through the Fire" - Chaka Khan "You Give Good Love" - Whitney Houston "New Attitude" - Patti LaBelle "Nightshift" - The Commodores |
| 1987 | "Sweet Love" (Anita Baker, Louis A. Johnson e Gary Dias) | Anita Baker | "Living in America" - James Brown "What Have You Done For Me Lately" - Janet Jackson "Give Me the Reason" - Luther Vandross "Kiss" - Prince and the Revolution |
| 1988 | "Lean on Me" (Bull Withers) | Club Nouveau | "Just to See Her" - Smokey Robinson "U Got the Look" - Prince "Casanova" - LeVert "Skeletons" - Stevie Wonder |
| 1989 | "Giving You the Best That I Got" (Anita Baker, Randy Holland e Skip Scarborough) | Anita Baker | "Don't Be Cruel" - Bobby Brown "I'll Always Love You" - Taylor Dayne "Just Got Paid" - Johnny Kemp "Any Love" - Luther Vandross |
| 1990 | "If You Don't Know Me By Now" Kenny Gamble e Leon Huff) | Simply Red | "When a Man Loves a Woman" - Percy Sledge "Miss You Much" - Janet Jackson "Every Little Step" - Bobby Brown "Superwoman" - Karyn White |
| 1991 | "U Can't Touch This" (Stanley Burrell, Rick James e Alonzo Miller) | MC Hammer | "I'll Be Good to You" - Ray Charles e Chaka Khan "Alright" - Janet Jackson "My, My, My" - Johnny Gill "Here and Now" - Luther Vandross |
| 1992 | "Power of Love/Love Power" (Marcus Miller, Luther Vandross e Teddy Vann) | Luther Vandross | "I'll Take You There" - BeBe & CeCe Winans e Mavis Staples "I Wanna Sex You Up" - Color Me Badd "How Can I Ease the Pain" - Lisa Fischer "Can You Stop the Rain" - Peabo Bryson |
| 1993 | "End of the Road" (Babyface, L.A. Reid e Daryl Simmons) | Boyz II Men | "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" - TLC "I'll Be There" - Mariah Carey "Jam" - Michael Jackson "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" - En Vogue |
| 1994 | "That's the Way Love Goes" (Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam e Terry Lewis) | Janet Jackson | "Can We Talk" - Tevin Campbell "Little Miracles (Happen Every Day)" - Luther Vandross "Heaven Knows" - Luther Vandross "Anniversary" - Tony! Toni! Toné! |
| 1995 | "I'll Make Love to You" (Babyface) | Boyz II Men | "When Can I See You" - Babyface "You Mean the World to Me" - Toni Braxton "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" - Me'Shell Ndegéocello "Body and Soul (canção)" - Anita Baker |
| 1996 | "For Your Love" (Stevie Wonder) | Stevie Wonder | "Red Light Special" - TLC "You Can't Run" - Vanessa Williams "Brown Sugar" - D'Angelo "Creep" - TLC |
| 1997 | "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (Babyface) | Whitney Houston | "Sittin' up in My Room" - Brandy "You're Makin' Me High" - Toni Braxton "Your Secret Love" - Luther Vandross "You Put a Move on My Heart" - Tamia |
| 1998 | "I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly) | R. Kelly | "No Diggity" - Blackstreet, Dr. Dre e Queen Pen "On and On" - Erykah Badu "Stomp" - God's Property, Kirk Franklin e Salt "Honey" - Mariah Carey |
| 1999 | "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (Lauryn Hill) | Lauryn Hill | "The Boy is Mine" - Brandy e Monica "Lean On Me" - Kirk Franklin, Mary J. Blige, Bono e Crystal Lewis "A Rose Is Still a Rose" - Aretha Franklin "All My Life" - K-Ci & JoJo |
| 2000 | "No Scrubs" (Kandi Burruss, Kevin Briggs e Tameka Cottle) | TLC | "All That I Can Say" - Mary J. Blige "Bills, Bills, Bills" - Destiny's Child "Heartbreak Hotel" - Whitney Houston, Faith Evans e Kelly Price "It's Not Right but It's Okay" - Whitney Houston |
| 2001 | "Say My Name" (Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III e Destiny's Child) | Destiny's Child | "Bag Lady" - Erykah Badu "He Wasn't Man Enough" - Toni Braxton "Thong Song" - Sisqó "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" - D'Angelo |
| 2002 | "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys) | Alicia Keys | "Didn't Cha Know?" - Erykah Badu "Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliott "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" - Blu Cantrell "Love of My Life" - Brian McKnight "Video" - India.Arie |
| 2003 | "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (Erykah Badu, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq, Lonnie Lynn e Robert Ozuna) | Erykah Badu e Common | "Be Here" - Raphael Saadiq e D'Angelo "Floetic" - Floetry "Good Man" - India.Arie "Take a Message" - Remy Shand |
| 2004 | "Crazy in Love" (Beyoncé, Jay-Z e Rich Harrison) | Beyoncé e Jay-Z | Comin' from Where I'm From" - Anthony Hamilton "Dance with My Father" - Luther Vandross "Danger" - Erykah Badu "Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" - Ashanti |
| 2005 | "You Don't Know My Name" (Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly e Kanye West) | Alicia Keys | "Burn" - Usher "Call My Name" - Prince "My Boo" - Usher e Alicia Keys "Yeah!" - Usher, Lil Jon e Ludacris |
| 2006 | "We Belong Together" (Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin, Manuel Seal, Jr. e Mariah Carey) | Mariah Carey | "Cater 2 U" - Destiny's Child "Free Yourself" - Fantasia "Ordinary People" - John Legend "Unbreakable" - Alicia Keys |
| 2007 | "Be Without You" (Bryan-Michael Cox, Jason Perry, Johnta Austin e Mary J. Blige) | Mary J. Blige | "Black Sweat" - Prince "Déjà Vu" - Beyoncé e Jay-Z "Don't Forget About Us" - Mariah Carey "I Am Not My Hair" - India.Arie |
| 2008 | "No One" (Alicia Keys, Dirty Harry e Kerry Brothers) | Alicia Keys | "Beautiful Flower" - India.Arie "Hate That I Love You" - Rihanna e Ne-Yo "Teachme" - Musiq Soulchild "When I See U" - Fantasia |
| 2009 | "Miss Independent" (Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen e Ne-Yo) | Ne-Yo | "Bust Your Windows" - Jazmine Sullivan "Customer" - Raheem DeVaughn "Heaven Sent" - Keyshia Cole "Spotlight" - Jennifer Hudson |
| 2010 | "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé, Terius Nash e Christopher Stewart) | Beyoncé | "Blame It" - Jamie Foxx e T-Pain "Lions, Tigers and Bears" - Jazmine Sullivan "Pretty Wings" - Maxwell "Under" - Pleasure P |
| 2011 | "Shine" (John Legend) | John Legend e The Roots | "Bittersweet" - Fantasia "Finding My Way Back" - Jaheim "Second Chance" - El DeBarge "Why Would You Stay" - Kem |
| 2012 | "Fool for You" (Cee Lo Green, Melanie Fiona e Jack Splash) | Cee Lo Green e Melanie Fiona | "Far Away" - Marsha Ambrosius "Not My Daddy" - Kelly Price e Stockley "Pieces of Me" - Ledisi "You Are" - Charlie Wilson |
| 2013 | "Adorn" (Miguel Pimentel) | Miguel | "Beautiful Surprise" - Tamia "Heart Attack" - Trey Songz "Pray for Me" - Anthony Hamilton "Refill" - Elle Varner |
| 2014 | "Pusher Love Girl" James Fauntleroy, Jerome Harmon, Timothy Mosley e Justin Timberlake) | Justin Timberlake | "Best of Me" - Anthony Hamilton "Love and War" - Tamar Braxton "Only One" - PJ Morton e Stevie Wonder "Without Me" - Fantasia, Kelly Rowland e Missy Elliott |
| 2015 | "Drunk in Love" (Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé, Timothy Mosley, Andre Eric Protor e Brian Soto) | Beyoncé e Jay-Z | "Good Kisser" - Usher "New Flame" - Chris Brown, Usher e Rick Ross "Options (Wolfjames Version)" - Luke James e Rick Ross "The Worst" - Jhené Aiko |
| 2016 | "Really Love" (D'Angelo, Gina Figueroa e Kendra Foster) | D'Angelo & The Vanguard | "Coffee" - Miguel "Earned It" - The Weeknd "Let It Burn" - Jazmine Sullivan "Shame" - Tyrese |
| 2017 | "Lake by the Ocean" (Hod David e Musze) | Maxwell | "Come and See Me" - PartyNextDoor e Drake "Exchange" - Bryson Tiller "Kiss It Better" - Rihanna "Luv" - Tory Lanez |
| 2018 | "That's What I Like" (Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, The Stereotypes) | Bruno Mars | "First Began" - PJ Morton "Location" - Khalid "Redbone" - Childish Gambino "Supermodel" - SZA |
| 2019 | "Boo'd Up" (Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai e Dijon McFarlane) | Ella Mai | "Come Through and Chill" - Miguel, J. Cole e Salaam Remi "Feels Like Summer" - Childish Gambino "Focus" - H.E.R. "Long as I Live" - Toni Braxton |
| 2020 | "Say So" (PJ Morton) | PJ Morton e JoJo | "Could've Been" - H.E.R. e Bryson Tiller "Look at Me Now" - Emily King "No Guidance" - Chris Brown e Drake "Roll Some Mo" - Lucky Daye |
| 2021 | "Better Than I Imagined" (Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello e Gabriella Wilson) | Robert Glasper, H.E.R. e Meshell Ndegeocello | "Black Parade" - Beyoncé "Collide" - Tiana Major9 e EarthGang "Do It" - Chloe x Halle "Slow Down" - Skip Marley e H.E.R. |
| 2022 | "Leave the Door Open" (Brandon Anderson, Brody Brown, D'Mile e Peter Hernandez) | Silk Sonic | "Damage" - H.E.R. "Good Days" - SZA "Heartbreak Anniversary" - GIVĒON "Pick Up Your Feelings" - Jazmine Sullivan |
| 2023 | "Cuff It" (Beyoncé, Denisia Andrews, Terius Nash, Nile Rodgers e Raphael Saadiq) | Beyoncé | "Good Morning Gorgeous" - Mary J. Blige "Hrs and Hrs" - Muni Long "Hurt Me So Good" - Jazmine Sullivan "Please Don't Walk Away" - PJ Morton |
| 2024 | "Snooze" (Kenny B. Edmonds, Blair Ferguson, The Rascals, Solána Rowe e Leon Thomas III) | SZA | "Angel" - Halle Bailey "Back to Love" - Robert Glasper, Sir e Alex Isley "ICU" - Coco Jones "On My Mama" - Victoria Monét |

## Recordes da categoria
### Maior número de vitórias

| # | Artista | Total de vitórias |
| 1 | Beyoncé | 4 vitórias |
| 2 | Stevie Wonder | 3 vitórias |
| 2 | Alicia Keys | 3 vitórias |
| 2 | Babyface | 3 vitórias |
| 2 | Bill Withers | 3 vitórias |
| 3 | Johnta Austin | 2 vitórias |
| 3 | Anita Baker | 2 vitórias |
| 3 | Jay Graydon | 2 vitórias |
| 3 | Jay-Z | 2 vitórias |

### Maior número de indicações

| # | Artista | Total de indicações |
| 1 | Babyface | 14 indicações |
| 2 | Stevie Wonder | 8 indicações |
| 3 | Beyoncé | 7 indicações |
| 3 | Leon Huff | 7 indicações |
| 3 | Luther Vandross | 7 indicações |
| 4 | Rodney Jerkins | 6 indicações |
| 4 | L.A. Reid | 6 indicações |
| 5 | Alicia Keys | 5 indicações |
| 5 | Prince | 5 indicações |
| 5 | Daryl Simmons | 5 indicações |
| 5 | Richard Finch | 5 indicações |
| 5 | Erykah Badu | 5 indicações |