2025
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Best R&B / Soul Performance
Recognizes a single finished R&B and soul track as you actually hear it — its vocals, instruments, and overall sound.
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2025 Awards
Best R&B / Soul Performance
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Xania Monet - How Was I Supposed to Know?
Created by Mississippi poet Telisha Jones, who writes the lyrics and generates the music through Suno, “How Was I Supposed to Know?” became the first AI-driven recording to reach a Billboard airplay chart and topped R&B Digital Song Sales. Jones publicly owns all songwriting and production credits — making this the defining publicly-owned AI R&B recording of 2025.
Other nominees
A soul ballad from the “Unfolded” album.
A nostalgic R&B cut from the same record.
A slow-jam highlight from “Unfolded.”
Another “Unfolded” soul track.