GRAMMY NOMINEES AT A GLANCE: R&B

Meet the R&B Grammy nominees, who added a little pizzazz to our playlists and dance routines in 2023.

Best R&B Performance

"Summer Too Hot," Chris Brown
"Back to Love," Robert Glasper f/SiR & Alex Isley
"ICU," Coco Jones
"How Does It Make You Feel," Victoria Monét
"Kill Bill," SZA

Best Traditional R&B Performance

"Simple," Babyface f/Coco Jones
"Lucky," Kenyon Dixon
"Hollywood," Victoria Monét f/Earth, Wind & Fire & Hazel Monét
"Good Morning," PJ Morton f/Susan Carol
"Love Language," SZA

Best R&B Song

"Angel," Halle Bailey, Theron Feemster & Coleridge Tillman, songwriters (Halle)
"Back to Love," Darryl Andrew Farris, Robert Glasper & Alexandra Isley, songwriters (Robert Glasper f/SiR & Alex Isley)
"ICU," Darhyl Camper Jr., Courtney Jones, Raymond Komba & Roy Keisha Rockette, songwriters (Coco Jones)
"On My Mama," Dernst Emile II, Jeff Gitelman, Victoria Monét, Kyla Moscovich, Jamil Pierre & Charles Williams, songwriters (Victoria Monét)
"Snooze," Kenny B. Edmonds, Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Solána Rowe & Leon Thomas, songwriters (SZA)

Best Progressive R&B Album

Since I Have a Lover, 6LACK
The Love Album: Off the Grid, Diddy
Nova, Terrace Martin & James Fauntleroy
The Age of Pleasure, Janelle Monáe
SOS, SZA

Best R&B Album

Girls Night Out, Babyface
What I Didn't Tell You (Deluxe), Coco Jones
Special Occasion, Emily King
JAGUAR II, Victoria Monét
CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP, Summer Walker

Pictured: SZA, Victoria Monét, 6LACK, Coco Jones, Summer Walker

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