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Grammy Awards decided to change their category name from 'Best Urban Contemporary Album' to 'Best Progressive R&B Album' recently. This seems like a huge contribution in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Hence, we decided to show you the winners of this category over few years.
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1. Frank Ocean won the Best Progressive R&B Album award for his 'Channel Orange' album in 2013. Chris Brown and Miguel were also nominated for 'Fortune' and 'Kaleidoscope Dream'. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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2. Rihanna won the award for 'Unapologetic' album. Artists like Tamar, Fantasia, Salaam Remi and Mack Wilds were nominated in the category in 2014. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
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3. Pharrell Williams received the award for his 'Girl' album in 2015. He even beat Beyonce's 'Beyonce' album. (Photo by Jeff Vespa/WireImage)
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4. In 2016, The Weeknd grabbed the award for 'Beauty Behind the Madness'. The Internet, Kehlani, Lianna La Havas and Miguel were also nominated. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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5. Beyonce won the Best Progressive R&B Album award for her 'Lemonade' album while he beat Gallant, King, Anderson Paak and Rihanna as well in 2017. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
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6. The Weeknd received another award for this category for his 'Starboy' in 2018. 6Lack, Childish Gambino, Khalid and SZA were for the same. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Victoria's Secret)
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7. Jay z and Beyonce come together as The Carters and take away this award for 'Everything Is Love' in 2019. Other artists like Miguel, Chloe x Halle, Chris Dace and the Drumheads and Meshell Ndegeocello were nominated. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation )
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8. Lizzo in 2020 won the award for 'Cus I Love You (Deluxe)' album. He stole the award from Steve Lacy, Georgio Anne Muldrow, Nao and Jessi Reyez. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
By : Aatira Kakroo
