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{{Short description|Grammy award conferred between 1967 and 2011}}
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The [[Grammy Award]] for '''Best Male R&B Vocal Performance''' was awarded between 1968 and 2011.  The award has had several minor name changes:

*In 1968 it was awarded as '''Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male'''
*From 1969 to 1994 it was awarded as '''Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male'''
*From 1995 to 2011 it was awarded as '''Best Male R&B Vocal Performance'''

The award category was discontinued in 2012 as part of a major overhaul of the Grammy categories. It was merged with [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]] and [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] into a single category for '''[[Best R&B Performance]]'''.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

==Recipients==
[[File:Ray Charles FIJM 2003.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ray Charles]] was the first recipient of the award. He won the award three times.]]
[[File:Stevie Wonder 1973.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Stevie Wonder]] has most nominations in this category, with 16 nominations. He also has the most wins with seven.]]

[[File:James Brown Live Hamburg 1973 1702730029.jpg|thumb|upright|Singer [[James Brown]] won the award in 1987.]]
[[File:Prince (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Artist [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] won the award two times.]]
[[File:Usher OMG Houston.jpg|thumb|upright|Eight time nominee [[Usher (musician)|Usher]] won the award three times. He was the last winner in this category.]]
[[File:John Legend performing in Pennsylvania.jpg|thumb|upright|Two time winner [[John Legend]].]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year{{ref|1|[I]}}
! scope="col" style="width:200px;" | Winner(s)
! scope="col" style="width:225px;" | Performance
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref.
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1967|1967]]
|{{sortname|Ray|Charles}}
|"[[Crying Time (album)|Crying Time]]"
|
* <small>"[[It's A Man's Man's Man's World]]" – [[James Brown]]</small>
* <small>"[[Love Is a Hurtin' Thing]]" – [[Lou Rawls]]</small>
* <small>"[[Uptight (Everything's Alright)]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]</small>
* <small>"[[When a Man Loves a Woman (song)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]" – [[Percy Sledge]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search">{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=27|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=Grammy.Com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1967-242.html|title=Grammy Awards 1967|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1968|1968]]
|{{sortname|Lou|Rawls}}
|"Dead End Street"
|
* <small>"[[Funky Broadway]]" – [[Wilson Pickett]]</small>
* <small>"[[(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher|Higher and Higher]]" – [[Jackie Wilson]]</small>
* <small>"[[Skinny Legs and All (song)|Skinny Legs and All]]" – [[Joe Tex]]</small>
* <small>"[[Try A Little Tenderness]]" – [[Otis Redding]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1968-218.html|title=Grammy Awards 1968|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1969|1969]]
|{{sortname|Otis|Redding}}
|"[[(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay]]"
|
* <small>"[[For Once in My Life]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]</small>
* <small>"[[Hangin' On (The Gosdin Brothers song)|(You Keep Me) Hangin' On]]" – [[Joe Simon (musician)|Joe Simon]]</small>
* <small>"[[I Heard It through the Grapevine]]" – [[Marvin Gaye]]</small>
* <small>"[[Who's Making Love]]" – [[Johnnie Taylor]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1969-243.html|title=Grammy Awards 1969|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1970|1970]]
|{{sort|Simon, Joe|[[Joe Simon (musician)|Joe Simon]]}}
|"[[The Chokin' Kind]]"
|
* <small>''[[Doing His Thing]]'' – [[Ray Charles]]</small>
* <small>''[[The Ice Man Cometh (album)|The Ice Man Cometh]]'' – [[Jerry Butler (singer)|Jerry Butler]]</small>
* <small>''[[Live & Well (B.B. King album)|Live & Well]]'' – [[B.B. King]]</small>
* <small>"[[Your Good Thing (Is About to End)]]" – [[Lou Rawls]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1970-219.html|title=Grammy Awards 1970|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1971|1971]]
|{{sortname|B.B.|King}}
|"[[The Thrill Is Gone (1951 song)|The Thrill Is Gone]]"
|
* <small>"Get Me Back On Time, Engine Number 9" – [[Wilson Pickett]]</small>
* <small>"[[Patches (Chairmen of the Board song)|Patches]]" – [[Clarence Carter]]</small>
* <small>"[[Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]</small>
* <small>"[[War (Edwin Starr song)|War]]" – [[Edwin Starr]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1971-220.html|title=Grammy Awards 1971|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1972|1972]]
|{{sortname|Lou|Rawls}}
|"[[A Natural Man (song)|A Natural Man]]"
|
* <small>"Ain't Nobody Home" – [[B.B. King]]</small>
* <small>[[Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)]] – [[Marvin Gaye]]</small>
* <small>[[Never Can Say Goodbye]] – [[Isaac Hayes]]</small>
* <small>[[We Can Work It Out]] – [[Stevie Wonder]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1972-221.html|title=Grammy Awards 1972|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1973|1973]]
|{{sortname|Billy|Paul}}
|"[[Me and Mrs. Jones]]"
|
* <small>"[[Drowning in the Sea of Love]]" – [[Joe Simon (musician)|Joe Simon]]</small>
* <small>"[[Freddie's Dead]]" – [[Curtis Mayfield]]</small>
* <small>"[[I Gotcha (Joe Tex song)|I Gotcha]]" – [[Joe Tex]]</small>
* <small>"[[Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma]]" – [[Ray Charles]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1973-222.html|title=Grammy Awards 1973|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1974|1974]]
|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}}
|"[[Superstition (song)|Superstition]]"
|
* <small>"[[Call Me (Come Back Home)]]" – [[Al Green]]</small>
* <small>"[[I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby]]" – [[Barry White]]</small>
* <small>"[[Keep on Truckin' (song)|Keep on Truckin']]" – [[Eddie Kendricks]]</small>
* <small>"[[Let's Get It On]]" – [[Marvin Gaye]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1974-223.html|title=Grammy Awards 1974|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1975|1975]]
|"[[Boogie on Reggae Woman]]"
|
* <small>"[[Boogie Down (song)|Boogie Down]]" – [[Eddie Kendricks]]</small>
* <small>"[[Hang on in There Baby]]" – [[Johnny Bristol]]</small>
* <small>''[[Marvin Gaye Live!]]'' – [[Marvin Gaye]]</small>
* <small>"[[Rock Your Baby]]" – [[George McCrae]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1975-240.html|title=Grammy Awards 1975|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1976|1976]]
|{{sortname|Ray|Charles}}
|"[[Living for the City]]"
|
* <small>''[[Chocolate Chip (album)|Chocolate Chip]]'' – [[Isaac Hayes]]</small>
* <small>"[[L-O-V-E (Love)|L.O.V.E.]]" – [[Al Green]]</small>
* <small>"[[Love Won't Let Me Wait]]" – [[Major Harris (singer)|Major Harris]]</small>
* <small>"[[Supernatural Thing (song)|Supernatural Thing, Part I]]" – [[Ben E. King]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1976-224.html|title=Grammy Awards 1976|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1977|1977]]
|{{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}}
|"[[I Wish (Stevie Wonder song)|I Wish]]"
|
* <small>"[[Disco Lady]]" – [[Johnnie Taylor]]</small>
* <small>"Groovy People" – [[Lou Rawls]]</small>
* <small>"I Need You, You Need Me" – [[Joe Simon (musician)|Joe Simon]]</small>
* <small>"[[I Want You (Marvin Gaye song)|I Want You]]" – [[Marvin Gaye]]</small>
* <small>"[[Lowdown (Boz Scaggs song)|Lowdown]]" – [[Boz Scaggs]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1977-225.html|title=Grammy Awards 1977|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1978|1978]]
|{{sortname|Lou|Rawls}}
|''[[Unmistakably Lou]]''
|
* <small>"A Real Mother For Ya" – [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]]</small>
* <small>"[[Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)]]" – [[Joe Tex]]</small>
* <small>"[[Got To Give It Up|Got To Give It Up (Part 1)]]" – [[Marvin Gaye]]</small>
* <small>"[[It's Just a Matter of Time (Brook Benton song)|It's Just a Matter of Time]]" – [[B.B. King]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1978-226.html|title=Grammy Awards 1978|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1979|1979]]
|{{sortname|George|Benson}}
|"[[On Broadway (song)|On Broadway]]"
|
* <small>"[[Close the Door (Teddy Pendergrass song)|Close the Door]]" – [[Teddy Pendergrass]]</small>
* <small>"[[Dance with Me (Peter Brown song)|Dance with Me]]" – [[Peter Brown (singer)|Peter Brown]]</small>
* <small>"[[I Can See Clearly Now]]" – [[Ray Charles]]</small>
* <small>"[[When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All]]" – [[Lou Rawls]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1979-227.html|title=Grammy Awards 1979|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1980|1980]]
|{{sortname|Michael|Jackson}}
|"[[Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough]]"
|
* <small>"[[Cruisin' (Smokey Robinson song)|Cruisin']]" – [[Smokey Robinson]]</small>
* <small>"[[Don't Let Go (Jesse Stone song)|Don't Let Go]]" – [[Isaac Hayes]]</small>
* <small>"[[Love Ballad (L.T.D. song)|Love Ballad]]" – [[George Benson]]</small>
* <small>"[[Mama Can't Buy You Love]]" – [[Elton John]]</small>
* <small>"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]" – [[Ray Charles]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1980-228.html|title=Grammy Awards 1980|publisher=Awards & Shows}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1981|1981]]
|{{sortname|George|Benson}}
|''[[Give Me the Night (album)|Give Me the Night]]''
|
* <small>"[[Let's Get Serious (song)|Let's Get Serious]]" – [[Jermaine Jackson]]</small>
* <small>"[[Master Blaster (Jammin')]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]</small>
* <small>"[[This Time (Al Jarreau album)|Never Givin' Up]]" – [[Al Jarreau]]</small>
* <small>''[[One in a Million You]]'' – [[Larry Graham]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/randbmale.htm|title=Grammy Awards: Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male|publisher=Rock on the Net}}</ref>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1982|1982]]
|{{sortname|James|Ingram}}
|"[[The Dude (Quincy Jones album)|One Hundred Ways]]"
|
* <small>"I Can't Live Without Your Love" – [[Teddy Pendergrass]]</small>
* <small>''[[Never Too Much (album)|Never Too Much]]'' – [[Luther Vandross]]</small>
* <small>"[[She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)]]" – [[Carl Carlton]]</small>
* <small>''[[Street Songs (album)|Street Songs]]'' – [[Rick James]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1983|1983]]
|{{sortname|Marvin|Gaye}}
|"[[Sexual Healing]]"
|
* <small>"[[Do I Do]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]</small>
* <small>''[[Forever, For Always, For Love]]'' – [[Luther Vandross]]</small>
* <small>"[[The Other Woman (Ray Parker Jr. song)|The Other Woman]]" – [[Ray Parker Jr.]]</small>
* <small>"[[Turn Your Love Around]]" – [[George Benson]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1984|1984]]
|{{sortname|Michael|Jackson}}
|"[[Billie Jean]]"
|
* <small>"[[Prince (musician)|International Lover]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]</small>
* <small>''[[Midnight Love]]'' – [[Marvin Gaye]]</small>
* <small>"[[It's Your Night|Party Animal]]" – [[James Ingram]]</small>
* <small>''[[Stay with Me Tonight (album)|Stay With Me Tonight]]'' – [[Jeffrey Osborne]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1985|1985]]
|{{sortname|Billy|Ocean}}
|"[[Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)]]"
|
* <small>''[[Don't Stop (Jeffrey Osborne album)|Don't Stop]]'' – [[Jeffrey Osborne]]</small>
* <small>''In the Name of Love'' – [[Bill Withers]]</small>
* <small>''[[It's Your Night]]'' – [[James Ingram]]</small>
* <small>"The Woman In Red" – [[Stevie Wonder]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1986|1986]]
|{{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}}
|''[[In Square Circle]]''
|
* <small>''[[Chinese Wall (album)|Chinese Wall]]'' – [[Philip Bailey]]</small>
* <small>''[[High Crime (album)|High Crime]]'' – [[Al Jarreau]]</small>
* <small>''[[The Night I Fell in Love (album)|The Night I Fell in Love]]'' – [[Luther Vandross]]</small>
* <small>"[[You Are My Lady]]" – [[Freddie Jackson]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1987|1987]]
|{{sortname|James|Brown}}
|"[[Living in America (James Brown song)|Living in America]]"
|
* <small>"[[Give Me the Reason (song)|Give Me The Reason]]" – [[Luther Vandross]]</small>
* <small>''[[Love Zone]]'' – [[Billy Ocean]]</small>
* <small>"[[The Rain (Oran "Juice" Jones song)|The Rain]]" – [[Oran "Juice" Jones]]</small>
* <small>"[[Since I Fell for You]]" – [[Al Jarreau]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1988|1988]]
|{{sortname|Smokey|Robinson}}
|"[[Just to See Her]]"
|
* <small>"[[Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]</small>
* <small>"[[In The Midnight Hour]]" – [[Wilson Pickett]]</small>
* <small>"[[Lies (Jonathan Butler song)|Lies]]" – [[Jonathan Butler]]</small>
* <small>"[[Skeletons (Stevie Wonder song)|Skeletons]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1989|1989]]
|{{sortname|Terence Trent|D'Arby}}
|''[[Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby]]''
|
* <small>''[[Any Love (album)|Any Love]]'' – [[Luther Vandross]]</small>
* <small>''[[Characters (Stevie Wonder album)|Characters]]'' – [[Stevie Wonder]]</small>
* <small>''[[Joy (Teddy Pendergrass album)|Joy]]'' – [[Teddy Pendergrass]]</small>
* <small>"[[Nite and Day]]" – [[Al B. Sure!]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1990|1990]]
|{{sortname|Bobby|Brown}}
|"[[Every Little Step]]"
|
* <small>''[[Heart's Horizon]]'' – [[Al Jarreau]]</small>
* <small>"[[Batdance]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]</small>
* <small>"[[We've Saved the Best for Last]]" – [[Smokey Robinson]]</small>
* <small>"[[She Won't Talk to Me]]" – [[Luther Vandross]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1991|1991]]
|rowspan=2|{{sortname|Luther|Vandross}}
|"[[Here and Now (Luther Vandross song)|Here and Now]]"
|
* <small>"[[Misunderstanding (Al B. Sure! song)|Misunderstanding]]" – [[Al B. Sure!]]</small>
* <small>"[[Whip Appeal]]" – [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]]</small>
* <small>"[[Round and Round (Tevin Campbell song)|Round and Round]]" – [[Tevin Campbell]]</small>
* <small>''[[Johnny Gill (1990 album)|Johnny Gill]]'' – [[Johnny Gill]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1992|1992]]
|"[[Power of Love/Love Power]]"
|
* <small>''[[Love Over-Due]]'' – [[James Brown]]</small>
* <small>"[[Can You Stop the Rain]]" – [[Peabo Bryson]]</small>
* <small>"[[How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?]]" – [[Teddy Pendergrass]]</small>
* <small>"[[Kissing You (Keith Washington song)|Kissing You]]" – [[Keith Washington]]</small>
* <small>"[[Gotta Have You (Stevie Wonder song)|Gotta Have You]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1993|1993]]
|{{sortname|Al|Jarreau}}
|''[[Heaven and Earth (Al Jarreau album)|Heaven and Earth]]''
|
* <small>"[[Humpin' Around]]" – [[Bobby Brown]]</small>
* <small>"Lost in the Night" – [[Peabo Bryson]]</small>
* <small>''[[T.E.V.I.N.]]'' – [[Tevin Campbell]]</small>
* <small>"[[Jam (Michael Jackson song)|Jam]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1994|1994]]
|{{sortname|Ray|Charles}}
|"[[A Song for You]]"
|
* <small>"[[For the Cool in You (song)|For the Cool in You]]" – [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]]</small>
* <small>"[[Can We Talk]]" – [[Tevin Campbell]]</small>
* <small>"[[Voodoo (Teddy Pendergrass song)|Voodoo]]" – [[Teddy Pendergrass]]</small>
* <small>"[[How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees song)|How Deep Is Your Love]]" – [[Luther Vandross]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1995|1995]]
|{{sort|Babyface|[[Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|Babyface]]}}
|"[[When Can I See You]]"
|
* <small>"[[I'm Ready (Tevin Campbell song)|I'm Ready]]" – [[Tevin Campbell]]</small>
* <small>"Wait for the Magic" – [[Al Jarreau]]</small>
* <small>"[[Always and Forever (Heatwave song)#Luther Vandross version|Always and Forever]]" – [[Luther Vandross]]</small>
* <small>"[[Practice What You Preach (Barry White song)|Practice What You Preach]]" – [[Barry White]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1996|1996]]
|{{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}}
|"[[For Your Love (Stevie Wonder song)|For Your Love]]"
|
* <small>"[[Brown Sugar (D'Angelo song)|Brown Sugar]]" – [[D'Angelo]]</small>
* <small>"[[This Is How We Do It]]" – [[Montell Jordan]]</small>
* <small>"[[I Hate U (Prince song)|I Hate U]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]</small>
* <small>"Baby's Home" – [[Barry White]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1997|1997]]
|{{sortname|Luther|Vandross}}
|"[[Your Secret Love]]"
|
* <small>"[[Lady (D'Angelo song)|Lady]]" – [[D'Angelo]]</small>
* <small>"[[A Change Is Gonna Come]]" – [[Al Green]]</small>
* <small>"New World Order" – [[Curtis Mayfield]]</small>
* <small>"Like a Woman" – [[Tony Rich#The Tony Rich Project|Tony Rich Project]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1998|1998]]
|{{sortname|R.|Kelly}}
|"[[I Believe I Can Fly]]"
|
* <small>"[[For You (Kenny Lattimore song)|For You]]" – [[Kenny Lattimore]]</small>
* <small>"Back To Living Again" – [[Curtis Mayfield]]</small>
* <small>"[[You Make Me Wanna...]]" – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]</small>
* <small>"When You Call On Me / Baby That's When I Come Runnin'" – [[Luther Vandross]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 1999|1999]]
|{{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}}
|"[[Saint Louis Blues (song)|St. Louis Blues]]"
|
* <small>"[[Matrimony: Maybe You|Maybe You]]" – [[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]]</small>
* <small>"The Only One for Me" – [[Brian McKnight]]</small>
* <small>"[[My Way (Usher song)|My Way]]" – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]</small>
* <small>"[[I Know (Luther Vandross song)|I Know]]" – [[Luther Vandross]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 2000|2000]]
|{{sortname|Barry|White}}
|"[[Staying Power (Barry White song)|Staying Power]]"
|
* <small>"Did You Ever Know" – [[Peabo Bryson]]</small>
* <small>"[[Fortunate (song)|Fortunate]]" – [[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]]</small>
* <small>"[[Sweet Lady (Tyrese song)|Sweet Lady]]" – [[Tyrese Gibson|Tyrese]]</small>
* <small>"[[When A Woman's Fed Up]]" – [[R. Kelly]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 2001|2001]]
|{{sort|D'Angelo}}
|"[[Untitled (How Does It Feel)]]"
|
* <small>"[[I Wanna Know (Joe song)|I Wanna Know]]" – [[Joe (singer)|Joe]]</small>
* <small>"[[I Wish (R. Kelly song)|I Wish]]" – [[R. Kelly]]</small>
* <small>"[[Back at One (album)|Stay or Let It Go]]" – [[Brian McKnight]]</small>
* <small>"[[Thong Song]]" – [[Sisqo]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 2002|2002]]
|rowspan=2|{{sort|Usher|[[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]}}
|"[[U Remind Me]]"
|
* <small>"[[Lifetime (Maxwell song)|Lifetime]]" – [[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]]</small>
* <small>"[[Love (Musiq Soulchild song)|Love]]" – [[Musiq Soulchild]]</small>
* <small>"[[Love of My Life (Brian McKnight song)|Love of My Life]]" – [[Brian McKnight]]</small>
* <small>"[[Missing You (Case song)|Missing You]]" – [[Case (singer)|Case]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 2003|2003]]
|"[[U Don't Have to Call]]"
|
* <small>"[[Halfcrazy]]" – [[Musiq Soulchild]]</small>
* <small>"[[Better Days (Joe album)|Let's Stay Home Tonight]]" – [[Joe (singer)|Joe]]</small>
* <small>"[[Take a Message]]" – [[Remy Shand]]</small>
* <small>"[[The World's Greatest]]" – [[R. Kelly]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 2004|2004]]
|{{sortname|Luther|Vandross}}
|"[[Dance with My Father (song)|Dance with My Father]]"
|
* <small>"[[How You Gonna Act Like That]]" – [[Tyrese Gibson|Tyrese]]</small>
* <small>"[[U-Turn (Brian McKnight album)|Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda]]" – [[Brian McKnight]]</small>
* <small>"[[Step in the Name of Love]]" – [[R. Kelly]]</small>
* <small>"[[Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song)|Superstar]]" – [[Ruben Studdard]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 2005|2005]]
|{{sort|Prince|[[Prince (musician)|Prince]]}}
|"[[Call My Name (Prince song)|Call My Name]]"
|
* <small>"[[Burn (Usher song)|Burn]]" – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]</small>
* <small>"[[Charlene (song)|Charlene]]" – [[Anthony Hamilton (musician)|Anthony Hamilton]]</small>
* <small>"[[Happy People (R. Kelly song)|Happy People]]" – [[R. Kelly]]</small>
* <small>"What We Do Here" – [[Brian McKnight]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 2006|2006]]
|rowspan=2|{{sortname|John|Legend}}
|"[[Ordinary People (John Legend song)|Ordinary People]]"
|
* <small>"Creepin'" – [[Jamie Foxx]]</small>
* <small>"[[Let Me Love You (Mario song)|Let Me Love You]]" – [[Mario (American singer)|Mario]]</small>
* <small>"[[So What the Fuss]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]</small>
* <small>"[[Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song)#Other notable versions|Superstar]]" – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 2007|2007]]
|"[[Heaven (John Legend song)|Heaven]]"
|
* <small>"[[Black Sweat]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]</small>
* <small>"Got You Home" – [[Luther Vandross]]</small>
* <small>"[[I Call It Love]]" – [[Lionel Richie]]</small>
* <small>"[[So Sick]]" – [[Ne-Yo]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 2008|2008]]
|{{sort|Prince|[[Prince (musician)|Prince]]}}
|"[[Planet Earth (Prince album)|Future Baby Mama]]"
|
* <small>"[[Because of You (Ne-Yo song)|Because of You]]" – [[Ne-Yo]]</small>
* <small>"[[B.U.D.D.Y.]]" – [[Musiq Soulchild]]</small>
* <small>"[[Please Don't Go (Tank song)|Please Don't Go]]" – [[Tank (American singer)|Tank]]</small>
* <small>"[[Love Behind the Melody|Woman]]" – [[Raheem DeVaughn]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 2009|2009]]
|{{sort|Ne-Yo}}
|"[[Miss Independent (Ne-Yo song)|Miss Independent]]"
|
* <small>"[[Can't Help but Wait]]" – [[Trey Songz]]</small>
* <small>"[[Here I Stand (Usher song)|Here I Stand]]" – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]</small>
* <small>"[[Take You Down (Chris Brown song)|Take You Down]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]]</small>
* <small>"[[Love & Life (Eric Benét album)|You're the Only One]]" – [[Eric Benét]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 2010|2010]]
|{{sort|Maxwell|[[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]]}}
|"[[Pretty Wings]]"
|
* <small>"[[The Point Of It All]]" – [[Anthony Hamilton (musician)|Anthony Hamilton]]</small>
* <small>"[[SoBeautiful (song)|SoBeautiful]]" – [[Musiq Soulchild]]</small>
* <small>"[[There Goes My Baby (Charlie Wilson song)|There Goes My Baby]]" – [[Charlie Wilson (singer)|Charlie Wilson]]</small>
* <small>"[[Under (Pleasure P song)|Under]]" – [[Pleasure P]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
! scope=''row''|[[Grammy Awards of 2011|2011]]
|{{sort|Usher|[[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]}}
|"[[There Goes My Baby (Usher song)|There Goes My Baby]]"
|
* <small>"[[Finding My Way Back]]" – [[Jaheim]]</small>
* <small>"Second Chance" – [[El DeBarge]]</small>
* <small>"We're Still Friends" – [[Musiq Soulchild]]</small>
* <small>"Why Would You Stay" – [[Kem (singer)|Kem]]</small>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Past Winners Search"/><ref name="Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male"/>
|-
|}

== Category records ==
'''Most wins'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:100px;"| Rank
! style="width:100px;"| 1st
! style="width:100px;"| 2nd
! style="width:100px;"| 3rd
|- align=center
| Artist
| [[Stevie Wonder]]
| [[Luther Vandross]]
| [[Lou Rawls]]<br>[[Ray Charles]]<br>[[Usher (singer)|Usher]]
|- align=center
| Total wins
| 7 Wins
| 4 wins
| 3 wins
|}

'''Most nominations'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:100px;"| Rank
! style="width:100px;"| 1st
! style="width:100px;"| 2nd
! style="width:100px;"| 3rd
|- align=center
| Artist
| [[Stevie Wonder]]
| [[Luther Vandross]]
| [[Marvin Gaye]]<br>[[Usher (singer)|Usher]]
|- align=center
| Total nominations
| 16 nominations
| 15 nominations
| 8 nominations
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.grammy.com Official Site of the Grammy Awards]

{{Grammy Award years}}
{{Grammy Award categories}}

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[[Category:Grammy Awards for rhythm and blues]]