Category 23

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 1 Thing
  Amerie
  Track from: Touch
  [Columbia Records]
  
  
• Wishing On A Star
  Beyoncé
  Track from: Roll Bounce (Various Artists)
  [Music World/Sanctuary Urban]
  
  
• We Belong Together
  Mariah Carey
  Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi
  [Island Records]
  
  
• Free Yourself
  Fantasia
  Track from: Free Yourself
  [J Records]
  
  
• Unbreakable
  Alicia Keys
  Track from: Unplugged
  [J Records]
  
  
  

Category 24

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Creepin'
  Jamie Foxx
  Track from: So Amazing - An All Star Tribute To Luther Vandross (Various Artists)
  [J Records]
  
  
• Ordinary People
  John Legend
  Track from: Get Lifted
  [Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
  
  
• Let Me Love You
  Mario
  Track from: Turning Point
  [J Records]
  
  
• Superstar
  Usher
  Track from: So Amazing - An All Star Tribute To Luther Vandross (Various Artists)
  [J Records]
  
  
• So What The Fuss
  Stevie Wonder
  [Motown]
  
  
  

Category 25

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• So Amazing
  Beyoncé & Stevie Wonder
  Track from: So Amazing - An All Star Tribute To Luther Vandross (Various Artists)
  [J Records]
  
  
• Cater 2 U
  Destiny's Child
  Track from: Destiny's Fulfilled
  [Columbia Records, Sony Urban]
  
  
• If This World Were Mine
  Alicia Keys Featuring Jermaine Paul
  Track from: So Amazing - An All Star Tribute To Luther Vandross (Various Artists)
  [J Records]
  
  
• So High
  John Legend Featuring Lauryn Hill
  [Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
  
  
• How Will I Know
  Stevie Wonder Featuring Aisha Morris
  Track from: A Time To Love
  [Motown Records]
  
  
  

Category 26

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Mine Again
  Mariah Carey
  Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi
  [Island Records]
  
  
• Summertime
  Fantasia
  Track from: Free Yourself
  [J Records]
  
  
• A House Is Not A Home
  Aretha Franklin
  Track from: So Amazing - An All Star Tribute To Luther Vandross (Various Artists)
  [J Records]
  
  
• If I Was Your Woman
  Alicia Keys
  Track from: Unplugged
  [J Records]
  
  
• Stay With You
  John Legend
  Track from: Get Lifted
  [Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
  
  

Category 27

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• SupaStar
  Floetry
  [Geffen]
  
  
• Dirty Harry
  Gorillaz
  Track from: Demon Days
  [Virgin Records]
  
  
• Dust
  Van Hunt
  Track from: Van Hunt
  [Capitol]
  
  
• Welcome To Jamrock
  Damian Marley
  Track from: Welcome To Jamrock
  [Tuff Gong/Universal]
  
  
• Ghetto Rock
  Mos Def
  Track from: The New Danger
  [Geffen]
  
  
  

Category 28

Best R&B Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Cater 2 U
  Rodney Jerkins, Beyoncé Knowles, Ricky Lewis, Kelly Rowland, Robert Waller &
  Michelle Williams, songwriters (Destiny's Child)
  Track from: Destiny's Fulfilled
  [Columbia Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tunes, Beyoncé Publishing, Kelendria Music Publishing, Michelle MW Publishing, EMI Blackwood Music, Rodney Jerkins Productions, International Music Publishing, Notting Dale Songs.]
  
  
• Free Yourself
  Craig Brockman, Missy Elliott & Nisan Stewart, songwriters (Fantasia)
  Track from: Free Yourself
  [J Records; Publishers: Mass Confusion Music, WB Music/CraigMan Music, Dreamworks Songs/Nisan's Music, Universal Music Publishing.]
  
  
• Ordinary People
  W. Adams & J. Stephens, songwriters (John Legend)
  Track from: Get Lifted
  [Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia; Publishers: John Legend Publishing, Will.I.Am Music, Cherry River Music.]
  
  
• Unbreakable
  Garry Glenn, Alicia Keys, Harold Lily & Kanye West, songwriters (Alicia Keys)
  Track from: Unplugged
  [J Records]
  
  
• We Belong Together
  J. Austin, M. Carey, J. Dupri & M. Seal, songwriters; (D. Bristol, K. Edmonds,
  S. Johnson, P. Moten, S. Sully & B. Womack, songwriters) (Mariah Carey)
  Track from: The Emancipation Of Mimi
  [Island; Publishers: Rye Songs, Shaniah Cymone Music, EMI April, Seal Music, BMG Songs, Naked Under My Clothes, Ballads by Design, Chrysalis Music, Sony/ATV Songs, Hip Chic Music, Mister Johnson's Jams, Warner-Tamerlane, Abkco Music.]
  
  
  

Category 29

Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Illumination
  Earth, Wind And Fire
  [Sanctuary]
  
  
• Free Yourself
  Fantasia
  [J Records]
  
  
• Unplugged
  Alicia Keys
  [J Records]
  
  
• Get Lifted
  John Legend
  [Getting Out Our Dreams/Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
  
  
• A Time To Love
  Stevie Wonder
  [Motown Records]
  
  
  

Category 30

Best Contemporary R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Touch
  Amerie
  [Columbia Records/Sony Urban]
  
  
• The Emancipation Of Mimi
  Mariah Carey
  [Island Records]
  
  
• Destiny Fulfilled
  Destiny's Child
  [Columbia Records]
  
  
• Turning Point
  Mario
  [J Records]
  
  
• O
  Omarion
  [Epic]