Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year

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The Juno Award for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year" was awarded from 1985 to 2020, as recognition each year for the best rhythm and blues/soul album in Canada.[ citation needed ] Beginning with the Juno Awards of 2021, it was split into two new categories for Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year and Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year. [1]

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Winners

Best R&B/Soul Recording (1985 - 2002)

YearWinner(s)RecordingNomineesRef.
1985 Liberty Silver Lost Somewhere Inside Your Love
  • Demo Cates, "Memories of Moments"
  • Yvonne Moore, "Hit and Run Lover"
  • Wayne St. John, "Two Can Play"
  • Something Extra, "Mega Mix"
1986 Billy Newton-Davis Love is a Contact Sport
1987 Kim Richardson Peek-A-Boo
1988No Juno Awards this year
1989 Erroll Starr Angel
1990 Billy Newton-Davis Spellbound
  • George Banton, Your Love
  • Debbie Johnson, Mega Love
  • Jay W. McGee, Another Love in Your Life
  • Lorraine Scott, Never Be Lonely
1991 Simply Majestic feat. B-Kool Dance To The Music (Work Your Body)
1992 Love & Sas Call My Name
1993 Love & Sas Once in a Lifetime
  • Debbie Johnson, "Power to the People"
  • The Nylons, "Don't Look Any Further"
  • Lorraine Scott, "If That Was a Dream"
  • Vivienne Williams, "Infatuated"
1994 Rupert Gayle The Time Is Right (I'll Be There For You)
  • John James, "Mothers of Hope"
  • MCJ and Cool G, "Love Me Right"
  • Carol Medina, "And the Song Goes"
  • George St. Kitts, "All I Need"
1995 Bass Is Base First Impression for the Bottom Jigglers
  • The Earthtones, "Key to My Heart"
  • Gentlemen X, "Smooth & Soft"
  • Carol Medina, "I Had a Dream"
  • The Nylons, "Love T.K.O."
1996 Deborah Cox Deborah Cox
1997 Carlos Morgan Feelin' Alright
  • The Earthtones, Blindfolded and Ready
  • Gavin Hope, Can I Get Close
  • The McAuley Boys, In Another Lifetime
  • George St. Kitts, Never Stop
1998 Deborah Cox "Things Just Ain't the Same"
1999 Deborah Cox One Wish
2000 2Rude feat. Snow, Smoothe tha Hustler, Latoya and MirandaThinkin' About You
  • Blacklisted feat. ORA, Taj and Deslisha Thomas, Tha Crab Theory
  • Michael Clarke, All My Love
  • Nodeja, Nodeja
  • Ivana Santilli, Brown
2001 jacksoul Sleepless
2002 Glenn Lewis Don't You Forget It

R&B/Soul Recording of the Year (2003 - Present)

YearWinner(s)RecordingNomineesRef.
2003 Remy Shand The Way I Feel
2004 In Essence The Master Plan [2]
2005 Keshia Chanté Keshia Chanté
2006 Shawn Desman Back for More
2007 jacksoul mySOUL
2008 Jully Black Revival
2009 Divine Brown The Love Chronicles
2010 jacksoul "Lonesome Highway"
2011 Quanteisha "Stars"
2012 Melanie Fiona "Gone and Never Coming Back"
2013 The Weeknd Trilogy
2014 JRDN featuring Kardinal Offishall "Can't Choose"
2015 The Weeknd "Often"
2016 The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness
2017 The Weeknd Starboy
2018 Daniel Caesar Freudian
2019 Jessie Reyez Being Human in Public
2020 Jessie Reyez, Tory Lanez and Tainy "Feel It Too" [3]

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