Best R&B Performance

Get You by Daniel Caesar & Kali Uchis

Distraction by Kehlani

High by Ledisi

That's What I Like by Bruno Mars

The Weekend by SZA

 

Best Traditional R&B Performance

Redbone by Childish Gambino

Laugh & Move On by The Baylor Project

What I'm Feelin' by Anthony Hamilton

All The Way by Ledisi

Still by Mali Music

 

Best R&B Song

First Began by PJ Morton (written by PJ Morton)

Location by Khalid (written by Alfredo Gonzalez, Olatunji Ige, Samuel David Jiminez, Christopher McClenney, Khalid Robinson & Joshua Scruggs)

Redbone by Childish Gambino (written by Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson)

Supermodel by SZA (written by Tyran Donaldson, Terrence Henderson, Greg Landfair Jr., Solana Rowe & Pharrell Williams)

That's What I Like by Bruno Mars (written by Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip)

 

Best Urban Contemporary Album

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Awaken, My Love! by Childish Gambino

American Teen by Khalid

Ctrl by SZA

Starboy by The Weeknd

 

Best R&B Album

Freudian by Daniel Ceasar

Let Love Rule by Ledisi

24k Magic by Bruno Mars

Gumbo by PJ Morton

Feel The Real by Musiq Soulchild

Best Rap Performance

Bodak Yellow by Cardi B

Bounce Back by Big Sean

4:44 by Jay-Z

HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar

Bad and Boujee by Migos

 

Best Rap/Sung Performance

PRBLMS by 6LACK

Crew by Goldlink, Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy

Family Feud by Jay-Z & Beyonce

LOYALTY by Kendrick Lamar & Rihanna

Love Galore by SZA & Travis Scott

 

Best Rap Song

Bodk Yellow by Cardi B (written by Dieuson Octave, Klenord Raphael, Shaftizm, Jordan Thorpe, Washpoppin & J White)

Chase Me by Danger Mouse, Run The Jewels & Big Boi (written by Judah Bauer, Brian Burton, Hector Delgado, Jaime Meline, Antwan Patton, Michael Render, Russell Simins & Jon Spence)

HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar (written by K. Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & M. Williams II,)

Sassy by Rapsody (written by M. Evans & E. Gabouer)

The Story Of O.J. by Jay-Z (written by Shawn Carter, Dion Wilson)

 

Best Rap Album

4:44 by Jay-Z

HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar

Culture by Migos

Laila's Wisdom by Rapsody

Flower Boy by Tyler The Creator

Redbone surely has Traditional in the bag <3 I hope SZA gets a couple at least, Ctrl is slightly better than Awaken My Love for me but either of them winning Urban Contemporary Album would be fab, Love Galore is easily the best on the Rap/Sung list too. In the categories they're in, as long as one of those wins I'm happy. Khalid wouldn't be so bad for R&B song I guess.

 

Bodak Yellow for the rap categories *.*

Nominations here are really solid across the board, but A Tribe Called Quest should really be amongst it.

That's what I like won R&B performance and song and Redbone won traditional R&B performance! (Yasss at redbone *.*)

 

Weekend has won urban contemporary album. Bruno has also won R&B album and Humble won rap performance & song.

What is the difference between traditional R&B and R&B for the categories? Is it a genre difference? It seems unlikely as surely That's What I Like is traditional R&B being based more on old school R&B styles yet it wasn't in that category.

Edited January 28, 20187 yr by The Snake

Redbone is a proper 70s sounding sort of funk-soul song though so is more "traditional" but TWIL is also quite old school, so god knows :lol:

 

Yaass at Redbone winning one even if it was the "irrelevant" one.. Gutted SZA didn't win anything over The Weeknd and Bruno bloody Mars. I've got a horrible feeling he'll win song, album and record :/