page_title: Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
section_title: Recipients
hierarchical_section_title: Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance / Recipients
caption_attribution_description: English: Mary J. Blige performing at the Raggamuffin Festival in Sydney, Australia in January 2011.
context_page_description: The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to female recording artists for quality R&B songs. Awards in several categories are distributed annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position."
  According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award was presented to artists that performed "newly recorded solo R&B vocal performances". Solo numbers by members of an established group were not eligible for the award as "separate entries from the duo or group performances." Albums were also considered for the accolade until 1992.
  As a part of the major overhaul of Grammy categories, the award was discontinued in 2011. The Female R&B Vocal Performance category, Male R&B Vocal Performance category and all duo/group vocal performances in the R&B category shifted to the Best R&B Performance category in 2012.
context_section_description: Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
caption: Seven-time nominee, including two-time award winner Mary J. Blige.
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