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Like I said before, if they’re going to start allowing anything in Traditional R&B Performance, then it makes no sense to have two performance categories. They should just combine both or eliminate them and create Best R&B Solo Performance and Best R&B Duo/Group Performance, like Country and Pop. Those would be more productive and you can’t fraud those. The same thing applies to R&B and whatever “Progressive R&B” is supposed to be. It defeats the purpose of the two.
Like I said before, if they’re going to start allowing anything in Traditional R&B Performance, then it makes no sense to have two performance categories. They should just combine both or eliminate them and create Best R&B Solo Performance and Best R&B Duo/Group Performance, like Country and Pop. Those would be more productive and you can’t fraud those. The same thing applies to R&B and whatever “Progressive R&B” is supposed to be. It defeats the purpose of the two.
Exactly. What is the point of of having 2 album categories for R&B when Progressive R&B contenders are submitting to Best R&B album.
Honey, October R&B Predictions:
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
Jhené Aiko feat. H.E.R., “B.S.”
Chloe x Halle, “Do It”
CeeLo Green, “Lead Me”
Teyana Taylor feat. Erykah Badu, “Lowkey”
Usher feat. Ella Mai, “Don’t Waste My Time”BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
India.Arie, “Georgia on My Mind”
Tamar Braxton, “Crazy Kind of Love”
Bettye LaVette, “I Hold No Grudge”
Ledisi feat. PJ Morton, “Anything for You (The Duet)”
Moses Sumney, “Cut Me”BEST R&B SONG
“Borderline”
Darhyl “DJ” Camper, Kimberly Krysiuk, Al Lambert & Brandy Norwood, songwriters (Brandy)“Come Thru”
Nija Charles, Jermaine Dupri, Usher Raymond IV, Manuel Seal & Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker feat. Usher)“Do It”
Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Vincent van den Ende, Anton Kuehl-Joergensen, Victoria Monét & Scott Storch, songwriters (Chloe x Halle)“I Can’t Breathe”
Gabriella Wilson, songwriter (H.E.R.)“Shoulda”
Babyface, David Brown, Dernst Emile II, Daryl Simmons & Bo Watson, songwriters (Lucky Daye feat. Babyface)BEST PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM
Childish Gambino, 3.15.20
Chloe x Halle, Ungodly Hour
Ro James, Mantic
Teyana Taylor, The Album
Summer Walker, Over ItBEST R&B ALBUM
Brandy, B7
Toni Braxton, Spell My Name
Luke James, to feel love/d
JoJo, good to know (deluxe)
Kiana Ledé, KIKIBEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
CeeLo Green, “Lead Me”Lead Me is submitted into R&B Performance:
Brandy is performing at BBMA 👏🏾
Besides Chloe x Halle, B has had the best promo of any R&B act in 2020. If the GRAMMYs don’t nominate her, I’m fighting voters 😒
👑Cicely Tyson (1924-2021)
👑Mary Wilson (1944-2021)Honey, October R&B Predictions:
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
Jhené Aiko feat. H.E.R., “B.S.”
Chloe x Halle, “Do It”
CeeLo Green, “Lead Me”
Teyana Taylor feat. Erykah Badu, “Lowkey”
Usher feat. Ella Mai, “Don’t Waste My Time”BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
India.Arie, “Georgia on My Mind”
Tamar Braxton, “Crazy Kind of Love”
Ledisi feat. PJ Morton, “Anything for You (The Duet)”
Bettye LaVette, “I Hold No Grudge”
Moses Sumney, “Cut Me”BEST R&B SONG
“Borderline”
Darhyl “DJ” Camper, Kimberly Krysiuk, Al Lambert & Brandy Norwood, songwriters (Brandy)“Come Thru”
Nija Charles, Jermaine Dupri, Usher Raymond IV, Manuel Seal & Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker feat. Usher)“Do It”
Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Vincent van den Ende, Anton Kuehl-Joergensen, Victoria Monét & Scott Storch, songwriters (Chloe x Halle)“I Can’t Breathe”
Gabriella Wilson, songwriter (H.E.R.)“Shoulda”
Babyface, David Brown, Dernst Emile II, Daryl Simmons & Bo Watson, songwriters (Lucky Daye feat. Babyface)BEST R&B ALBUM
Brandy, B7
Toni Braxton, Spell My Name
Luke James, to feel love/d
JoJo, good to know (deluxe)
Kiana Ledé, KIKIBEST PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM
Childish Gambino, 3.15.20
Chloe x Halle, Ungodly Hour
Ro James, Mantic
Summer Walker, Over It
Teyana Taylor, The AlbumI don’t think Come Thru was entered in R&B song I think she only submitted Playing Games.
So happy that Kiana Lede “KIKI” is in R&B Album. I’m definitely putting her in and I hope she wins 😩. Let me update my predictions.
Chloe X Halle are winning one of these noms
Agreed they need to do an overhaul for R&B Next year.
Let’s eliminate “Traditional R&B Performance”.
R&B Performance – Solo
R&B Performance – Duo/Group (including Collaborations)
R&B Song
Progressive R&B (hate the name lets go back to Urban Contemporary)
R&B AlbumGambino probably didn’t even submit 3.15.20. He only released it because he wanted out of his contract, plus he never even posted about it on any of his socials.
Agreed they need to do an overhaul for R&B Next year.
Let’s eliminate “Traditional R&B Performance”.
R&B Performance – Solo
R&B Performance – Duo/Group (including Collaborations)
R&B Song
Progressive R&B (hate the name lets go back to Urban Contemporary)
R&B AlbumThis. Traditional is such an irrelevant category.
Also IDK why Progressive R&B isn’t just named “Contemporary R&B” like it was before.
I don’t know if they should discard Traditional. It’s a category specifically made to honor acts whose sound isn’t necessarily popular in the commercial sphere (i.e. Kem, Ledisi, PJ Morton, Anthony Hamilton).
Most times R&B Performance is reserved for more established artists like Usher, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, etc. There have been a few exceptions. But it’s great to see otherwise overlooked Soul/Neo-Soul/R&B singers receive recognition.
The committee needs to reinforce the submissions. There’s no way in hell “Come Thru” should be categorized as ‘traditional’. Especially against songs like “Anything For You” OR “Lead Me”.
If the GRAMMYs were to reinstate a category it should be Urban/Alternative Performance. That award has so much potential. Particularly in a “Progressive” R&B climate.
👑Cicely Tyson (1924-2021)
👑Mary Wilson (1944-2021)Agreed they need to do an overhaul for R&B Next year.
Let’s eliminate “Traditional R&B Performance”.
R&B Performance – Solo
R&B Performance – Duo/Group (including Collaborations)
R&B Song
Progressive R&B (hate the name lets go back to Urban Contemporary)
R&B AlbumThey can always add the Contemporary R&B Album title back into the mix.
I don’t know if they should discard Traditional. It’s a category specifically made to honor acts whose sound isn’t necessarily popular in the commercial sphere (i.e. Kem, Ledisi, PJ Morton, Anthony Hamilton).
Most times R&B Performance is reserved for more established artists like Usher, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, etc. There have been a few exceptions. But it’s great to see otherwise overlooked Soul/Neo-Soul/R&B singers receive recognition.
The committee needs to reinforce the submissions. There’s no way in hell “Come Thru” should be categorized as ‘traditional’. Especially against songs like “Anything For You” OR “Lead Me”.
If the GRAMMYs were to reinstate a category it should be Urban/Alternative Performance. That award has so much potential. Particularly in a “Progressive” R&B climate.
I agree with bringing back Urban/Alternative performance but those songs that would compete in that category would be competing in R&B Performance or Melodic Rap performance now – so it would be redundant.
I mean look at some of the winners:
Hey Ya! – in 2020 would be classified as Pop Duo/Group
Crazy – in 2020 would be classified as R&B Performance
Daydreamin – in 2020 would be classified as Melodic Rap PerformanceThe only winner that made sense in that category would be “Welcome to Jamrock” since its a dancehall track. I guess that could be a category for songs like “Work” (but shes a Popstar so Pop Duo was suited).
Unless they fill Urban/Alternative with songs from FKA twigs, Moses Sumney, serpentwithfeet, JPEGMAFIA etc then that category would be useless.
current predictions
R&B Performance:
Show Me Love – Alicia Keys ft. Miguel
Do It – Chloe x Halle
Hate The Club – Kehlani ft. Masego
Forfeit – Kiana Lede ft. Lucky Daye
Lowkey – Teyana Taylor ft. Erykah Badu
alt. The Worst In Me – KAYTRANADA, TinasheR&B Song:
Borderline – Brandy
Between Us – dvsn ft. Snoh Aalegra
B.S. – Jhene Aiko ft. H.E.R.
Playing Games – Summer Walker
Moment – Victoria Monet
alt. Do It – Toni BraxtonTraditional R&B performance:
Anything For You – Ledisi
All Of Your Love – Luke James
So Emotional – Miles Davis ft. Lalah Hathaway
Cut Me – Moses Sumney
Don’t Turn Back Now – Robert Glasper
alt. Come Thru – Summer Walker & UsherR&B Album:
B7 – Brandy
good to know (deluxe) – JoJo
The Wild Card – Ledisi
The Piano Album – PJ Morton
Songs For You – Tinashe
alt. KIKI – Kiana LedeProgressive R&B Album:
Ungodly Hour – Chloe x Halle
Chilombo – Jhene Aiko
MANTIC – Ro James
Over It – Summer Walker
The Album – Teyana Taylor
alt. Lianne La Havas – Lianne La Havas
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