Who has won Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals the most times?

Earth, Wind & Fire, with 4 wins (1976, 1979, 1980, 1983).

How many different winners has Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals had?

36 different winners across 45 ceremonies, 1967–2011.

A visual history · Grammys

The winners who defined R&B Duo or Group.

Q: Who won Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 2010?

Jamie Foxx & T-Pain — Blame It.

Q: Who won Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 2009?

Al Green & John Legend — Stay with Me (By the Sea).

Q: Who won Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 2008?

Chaka Khan & Mary J. Blige — Disrespectful.

Q: Who won Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 2007?

John Legend, Joss Stone & Van Hunt — Family Affair.

45 ceremonies, 1967–2011. 36 different winners. The longest run belongs to Earth, Wind & Fire, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?: Sade in 2011 for Soldier of Love.
Who has won the most?: Earth, Wind & Fire, 4 wins (1976, 1979, 1980, 1983).

2011Soldier of LoveSade
2010Blame ItJamie Foxx & T-Pain
2009Stay with Me (By the Sea)Al Green & John Legend
2008DisrespectfulChaka Khan & Mary J. Blige
2007Family AffairJohn Legend, Joss Stone & Van Hunt
2006So AmazingBeyoncé & Stevie Wonder

Years explored: 1967–2011
Different winners: 36
Category leader: Earth, Wind & Fire · 4

About this record

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals was first awarded in 1967, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.

It was awarded for the last time in 2011.

From 2012 the Grammys awarded Best R&B Performance instead.

2000–2011

12 ceremonies

19672011

01 / The reigns

Destiny's Child set the longest run.

The timeline turns the 2000–2011 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

01
Destiny's Child2 wins

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by label; hover for details.

TLC'00

Destiny's Child'01–'02×2

Stevie Wonder and Take 6'03

Beyoncé & Luther Vandross'04

Usher and Alicia Keys'05

Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder'06

John Legend, Joss Stone & Van Hunt'07

Chaka Khan & Mary J. Blige'08

Al Green & John Legend'09

Jamie Foxx & T-Pain'10

Sade'11

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Sony leads the recorded label credits with 8 wins, 2000–2011. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Sony8 wins

Burgundy1 win

Hear Music1 win

Tamla1 win

Universal1 win

Wins by label

Sony867%
Burgundy18%
Hear Music18%
Tamla18%
Universal18%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2011.

Most nominated, never won this award

01
Boyz II Men
2 noms

Most losses in this category

01
Destiny's Child
3L · 2W
02
Boyz II Men
2L · 0W
03
TLC
2L · 1W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2011. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

Year	Winner	Label
2011	Sade (Soldier of Love) beat 4 others Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller (Love) Chris Brown & Tank (Take My Time) Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin (You've Got a Friend) John Legend & The Roots (Shine)	Epic
2010	Jamie Foxx & T-Pain (Blame It) beat 4 others India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild (Chocolate High) Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige (IfULeave) Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters (Higher Ground) Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby (Love Had Finally Come at Last)	J
2009	Al Green & John Legend (Stay with Me (By the Sea)) beat 4 others Boyz II Men (Ribbon in the Sky) Anthony David & India.Arie (Words) Jennifer Hudson & Fantasia (I'm His Only Woman) Raphael Saadiq, Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton (Never Give You Up)	Blue Note
2008	Chaka Khan & Mary J. Blige (Disrespectful) beat 4 others R. Kelly & Usher (Same Girl) Rihanna & Ne-Yo (Hate That I Love You) Angie Stone & Betty Wright (Baby) T-Pain & Akon (Bartender)	Burgundy
2007	John Legend, Joss Stone & Van Hunt (Family Affair) beat 4 others George Benson & Al Jarreau (Breezin') Jamie Foxx & Mary J. Blige (Love Changes) Chaka Khan, Carl Thomas, Yolanda Adams & Gerald Levert (Family Reunion) Prince & Támar (Beautiful, Loved & Blessed)	Hear Music/Epic
2006	Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder (So Amazing) beat 4 others Destiny's Child (Cater 2 U) Stevie Wonder & Aisha Morris (How Will I Know) Alicia Keys ft. Jermaine Paul (If This World Were Mine) John Legend & Lauryn Hill (So High)	J
2005	Usher and Alicia Keys (My Boo) beat 4 others Destiny's Child (Lose My Breath) Floetry (Say Yes) Alicia Keys ft. Tony! Toni! Toné! (Diary) Earth, Wind & Fire & Raphael Saadiq (Show Me the Way)	LaFace
2004	Beyoncé & Luther Vandross (The Closer I Get to You) beat 4 others TLC (Hands Up) Roy Hargrove & D'Angelo (I'll Stay) The Isley Brothers & JS (Busted) Stanley Clarke ft. Amel Larrieux & Glenn Lewis (Where Is the Love)	J
2003	Stevie Wonder and Take 6 (Love's in Need of Love Today (Live)) beat 4 others TLC (Girl Talk) Angie Stone & Joe (More Than a Woman) Kenny G & Brian McKnight (All the Way) Nivea, Brian Casey & Brandon Casey (Don't Mess with My Man)	Tamla
2002	Destiny's Child (Survivor)repeat beat 4 others City High (What Would You Do?) 112 (Peaches & Cream) The Isley Brothers (Contagious) Faith Evans & Carl Thomas (Can't Believe)	Columbia
2001	Destiny's Child (Say My Name) beat 4 others Boyz II Men (Pass You By) Wyclef Jean & Mary J. Blige (911) Lucy Pearl (Dance Tonight) BeBe Winans, Joe & Brian McKnight (Coming Back Home)	Columbia
2000	TLC (No Scrubs) beat 4 others Destiny's Child (Bills, Bills, Bills) Mary J. Blige & Aretha Franklin (Don't Waste Your Time) Eric Benet & Tamia (Spend My Life With You) Whitney Houston, Faith Evans & Kelly Price (Heartbreak Hotel)	LaFace/Arista
1999	Brandy & Monica (The Boy Is Mine)unverified beat 4 others Kirk Franklin ft. R. Kelly, Crystal Lewis, Mary J. Blige & Bono (Lean On Me) Lauryn Hill ft D'Angelo (Nothing Even Matters) K-Ci & JoJo (All My Life) The Temptations (Stay)	Atlantic
1998	BLACKstreet (No Diggity)unverified beat 4 others Az Yet & Peter Cetera (Hard to Say I'm Sorry) Boyz II Men (A Song for Mama) God's Property & Salt (Stomp) Take 6 (You Don't Have to Be Afraid)	Interscope
1997	Fugees (Killing Me Softly)unverified beat 4 others Luke Cresswell, Charlie Wilson, Fiona Wilkes, Carl Smith, Fraser Morrison, Everett Bradley, Yo-Yo, Chaka Khan, Luniz & Shaquille O'Neal (Stomp) Babyface, Barry White, Portrait & Tamia (Slow Jams) En Vogue (Don't Let Go (Love)) Chaka Khan & Meshell Ndegeocello (Never Miss the Water)	Not listed
1996	TLC (Creep)unverified beat 4 others All-4-One (I'm Your Man) Brownstone (If You Love Me) Terence Trent D'Arby & Booker T. & the M.G.'s (A Change Is Gonna Come) Take 6 (All I Need (Is A Chance))	LaFace/Arista
1995	Boyz II Men (I'll Make Love to You)unverified beat 4 others Sade (Please Send Me Someone to Love) Salt-n-Pepa & En Vogue (Whatta Man) Take 6 (Biggest Part of Me) BeBe & CeCe Winans (If Anything Ever Happened To You)	Motown
1994	Sade (No Ordinary Love)unverified beat 4 others Boyz II Men (Let It Snow) Earth, Wind & Fire (Sunday Morning) En Vogue (Give It Up, Turn It Loose) Tony! Toni! Toné! (Anniversary)	Epic
1993	Boyz II Men (End of the Road)repeatunverified beat 4 others Arrested Development (People Everyday) Mariah Carey & Trey Lorenz (I'll Be There) En Vogue (Funky Divas) Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson (The Best Things in Life Are Free)	Motown
1992	Boyz II Men (Cooleyhighharmony)unverified beat 4 others Color Me Badd (I Wanna Sex You Up) Aretha Franklin & Luther Vandross (Doctor's Orders) Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle & Dionne Warwick (Superwoman) Prince & the New Power Generation (Gett Off)	Motown
1991	Ray Charles & Chaka Khan (I'll Be Good to You)unverified beat 4 others After 7 (Can't Stop) Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge & Barry White (The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)) En Vogue (Born to Sing) Was (Not Was) (Papa Was a Rolling Stone)	Not listed
1990	Soul II Soul & Caron Wheeler (Back to Life (However Do You Want Me))unverified beat 4 others Aretha Franklin & James Brown (Gimme Your Love) Aretha Franklin & Whitney Houston (It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be) Deniece Williams & Natalie Cole (We Sing Praises) BeBe & CeCe Winans (Celebrate New Life)	Virgin
1989	Gladys Knight & the Pips (Love Overboard)unverified beat 4 others Robert Cray (Acting This Way) Experience Unlimited (Da Butt) New Edition (If It Isn't Love) The Jets (Rocket 2 U)	MCA
1988	Aretha Franklin & George Michael (I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me))unverified beat 4 others LeVert (Casanova) Club Nouveau (Lean On Me) The Whispers (Rock Steady) Prince and Sheena Easton (U Got the Look)	Arista
1987	Prince & the Revolution (Kiss)unverified beat 5 others Sade (Promise) Run-D.M.C. (Raising Hell) Ashford & Simpson (Real Love) Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew (The Super Bowl Shuffle) Cameo (Word Up!)	Paisley Park/Warner Bros.
1986	Commodores (Nightshift)unverified beat 4 others The Pointer Sisters (Contact) Eurythmics, Aretha Franklin (Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves) Ashford & Simpson (Solid) Daryl Hall, John Oates, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks (The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl)	Motown
1985	James Ingram & Michael McDonald (Yah Mo B There)unverified beat 4 others Shalamar (Dancing In the Sheets) Kashif, Al Jarreau (Edgartown Groove) Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson (Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)) Joyce Kennedy, Jeffrey Osborne (The Last Time I Made Love)	Qwest/Warner Bros.
1984	Rufus & Chaka Khan (Ain't Nobody)unverified beat 4 others Shalamar (Dead Giveaway) Earth, Wind & Fire (Fall in Love with Me) DeBarge (In a Special Way) The Weather Girls (It's Raining Men)	Warner Bros.
1983	Dazz Band (Let It Whip)tieEarth, Wind & Fire (Wanna Be With You)unverified beat 3 others Tavares (A Penny for Your Thoughts) The Crusaders with B.B. King, Josie James (Street Life) Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder (What's That You're Doing?)	Motown
1982	Quincy Jones (The Dude)unverified beat 4 others The Pointer Sisters (Black and White) Commodores (Lady (You Bring Me Up)) Earth, Wind & Fire (Let's Groove) Stanley Clarke, George Duke (The Clarke/Duke Project)	A&M
1981	The Manhattans (Shining Star)unverified beat 5 others Gladys Knight & the Pips (About Love) Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway (Back Together Again) The Spinners (Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time) Commodores (Heroes) The Jacksons (Triumph)	Columbia Records
1980	Earth, Wind & Fire (After the Love Has Gone)repeatunverified beat 4 others McFadden & Whitehead (Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now) Commodores (Midnight Magic) Peaches & Herb (Reunited) Sister Sledge (We Are Family)	ARC/Columbia
1979	Earth, Wind & Fire (All 'N All)unverified beat 4 others A Taste of Honey (Boogie Oogie Oogie) Diana Ross and Michael Jackson (Ease On down the Road) Commodores (Natural High) The O'Jays (Use ta Be My Girl)	Columbia
1978	The Emotions (Best of My Love)unverified beat 4 others Rufus ft. Chaka Khan (Ask Rufus) Gladys Knight & the Pips (Baby, Don't Change Your Mind) Heatwave (Boogie Nights) Commodores (Easy)	Columbia
1977	Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show))unverified beat 4 others KC and the Sunshine Band ((Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty) Earth, Wind & Fire (Gratitude) Wild Cherry (Play That Funky Music) The Spinners (The Rubberband Man)	ABC Records
1976	Earth, Wind & Fire (Shining Star)unverified beat 4 others Average White Band (Cut the Cake) Ohio Players (Fire) KC and the Sunshine Band (Get Down Tonight) The Pointer Sisters (How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side))	Not listed
1975	Rufus (Tell Me Something Good)unverified beat 4 others The Jackson 5 (Dancing Machine) The O'Jays (For the Love of Money) Gladys Knight & the Pips (I Feel a Song (In My Heart)) The Spinners (Mighty Love)	ABC Records
1974	Gladys Knight & the Pips (Midnight Train to Georgia)unverified beat 4 others The Staple Singers (Be What You Are) The Spinners (Could It Be I'm Falling in Love) The O'Jays (Love Train) War (Cisco Kid)	Buddah
1973	The Temptations (Papa Was a Rollin' Stone)unverified beat 4 others The Spinners (I'll Be Around) The Staple Singers (I'll Take You There) Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (If You Don't Know Me by Now) Gladys Knight & the Pips (Help Me Make It Through the Night)	Gordy
1972	Ike & Tina Turner (Proud Mary)unverified beat 4 others Gladys Knight & the Pips (If I Were Your Woman) The Staple Singers (Respect Yourself) Isaac Hayes (Theme from Shaft) Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (You've Got a Friend)	Not listed
1971	The Delfonics (Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time))unverified beat 4 others The Presidents (5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)) Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Express Yourself) Four Tops (It's All in the Game) 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) (Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed)	Philly Groove
1970	The Isley Brothers (It's Your Thing)unverified beat 4 others Mel and Tim (Backfield In Motion) The Winstons (Color Him Father) Gladys Knight & the Pips (Friendship Train) Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson (Soulshake)	T-Neck
1969	The Temptations (Cloud Nine)unverified beat 4 others Sam & Dave (I Thank You) Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson (Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries) Sweet Inspirations (Sweet Inspiration) Archie Bell & the Drells (Tighten Up)	Gordy
1968	Sam & Dave (Soul Man)unverified beat 4 others Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (Ain't No Mountain High Enough) Booker T. & the M.G.'s (Hip Hug-Her) Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (I Second That Emotion) Carla Thomas and Otis Redding (King & Queen)	Stax/Atlantic
1967	Ramsey Lewis (Hold It Right There)unverified beat 4 others The Capitols (Cool Jerk) Sam & Dave (Hold On, I'm A Comin') James & Bobby Purify (I'm Your Puppet) King Curtis (Spanish Harlem)	Not listed