This is the big day for music, as the GRAMMY Awards for musical excellence are presented to performers.
The 2023 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 65th GRAMMY Honors, will take place at the Crypto.com Center in Los Angeles on February 5th, beginning at 8 p.m. ET, and will feature a slew of new categories and awards such as Songwriter Of The Year, Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games, and more.
The Premiere Ceremony takes occur before that at 3.30 PM, and it is where the bulk of this year's 91 GRAMMY Awards categories, including the majority of the rap and R&B categories, will be given.
This year's star-studded event will include performances by current GRAMMY nominees. The following is a list of Rap and R&B award winners.
Best R&B Song :
Best Progressive R&B Album :
“Operation Funk,” Cory Henry
“Drones,” Terrace Martin
“Starfruit,” Moonchild
“Red Balloon,” Tank and the Bangas
“Gemini Rights,” Steve Lacy – WINNER
Best R&B Album :
“Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe),” Mary J. Blige
“Breezy (Deluxe),” Chris Brown
“Candydrip,” Lucky Daye
“Watch the Sun,” PJ Morton
“Black Radio III,” Robert Glasper – WINNER
Best Traditional R&B Performance :
“Do 4 Love,” Snoh Aalegra
“Keeps on Fallin’,” Babyface featuring Ella Mai
“’Round Midnight,” Adam Blackstone featuring Jazmine Sullivan
“Good Morning Gorgeous,” Mary J. Blige
“Plastic Off the Sofa,” Beyoncé – WINNER
Best R&B Performance :
“Virgo’s Groove,” Beyoncé
“Here With Me,” Mary J. Blige featuring Anderson .Paak
“Over,” Lucky Daye
“Hurt Me So Good,” Jazmine Sullivan
“Hrs & Hrs,” Muni Long – WINNER
Best Rap Performance :
“God Did,” DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend and Fridayy “Vegas,” Doja Cat
“Pushin P,” Gunna and Future featuring Young Thug
“F.N.F. (Let’s Go),” Hitkidd and Glorilla
“The Heart Part 5,” Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Best Melodic Rap Performance :
“Beautiful,” DJ Khaled featuring Future and SZA
“First Class,” Jack Harlow
“Die Hard,” Kendrick Lamar featuring Blxst and Amanda Reifer
“Big Energy (Live),” Latto
“Wait for U,” Future featuring Drake and Tems – WINNER
“Wait for U,” Future featuring Drake and Tems – WINNER
Best Rap Song :
“Churchill Downs,” Ace G, BEDRM, Matthew Samuels, Tahrence Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Aubrey Graham, Jack Harlow and Jose Velazquez, songwriters (Jack Harlow featuring Drake)
“God Did,’ Tarik Azzouz, E. Blackmon, Khaled Khaled, F. LeBlanc, Shawn Carter, John Stephens, Dwayne Carter, William Roberts and Nicholas Warwar, songwriters (DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend and Fridayy)
“Pushin P,” Lucas Depante, Nayvadius Wilburn, Sergio Kitchens, Wesley Tyler Glass and Jeffery Lamar Williams, songwriters (Gunna and Future featuring Young Thug)
“Wait for U,” Tejiri Akpoghene, Floyd E. Bentley III, Jacob Canady, Isaac De Boni, Aubrey Graham, Israel Ayomide Fowobaje, Nayvadius Wilburn, Michael Mule, Oluwatoroti Oke and Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Future featuring Drake and Tems)
“The Heart Part 5,” Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar and Matt Schaeffer, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar) – WINNER
Best Rap Album :
“God Did,” DJ Khaled
“I Never Liked You,” Future
“Come Home the Kids Miss You,” Jack Harlow
“Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers,” Kendrick Lamar
“It’s Almost Dry,” Pusha T