American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single

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American Music Award category music award

The American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single is a major U.S. music honor recognizing the most popular soul and R&B songs in a given year, as determined largely by public and industry support.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single canonical	3
American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Song	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9390787 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single
Context triple: [Billie Jean, award, American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single]

A. American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album
The American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album is a major fan-voted U.S. music award recognizing the most popular soul and R&B albums released each year.
B. American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
The American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist is a major annual U.S. music honor recognizing outstanding male performers in the soul and R&B genres.
C. American Music Award for Favorite New R&B/Soul Artist
The American Music Award for Favorite New R&B/Soul Artist is a music industry honor recognizing emerging performers who have made a significant impact in the R&B and soul genres.
D. Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Female
The Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Female is an honor presented by the Soul Train Music Awards recognizing outstanding R&B and soul albums recorded by female artists.
E. Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance was a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding solo vocal performances by female artists in the R&B genre.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single
Target entity description: The American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single is a major U.S. music honor recognizing the most popular soul and R&B songs in a given year, as determined largely by public and industry support.

A. American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album
The American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album is a major fan-voted U.S. music award recognizing the most popular soul and R&B albums released each year.
B. American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
The American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist is a major annual U.S. music honor recognizing outstanding male performers in the soul and R&B genres.
C. American Music Award for Favorite New R&B/Soul Artist
The American Music Award for Favorite New R&B/Soul Artist is a music industry honor recognizing emerging performers who have made a significant impact in the R&B and soul genres.
D. Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Female
The Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Female is an honor presented by the Soul Train Music Awards recognizing outstanding R&B and soul albums recorded by female artists.
E. Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance was a music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy to recognize outstanding solo vocal performances by female artists in the R&B genre.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Music Award category ⓘ music award ⓘ
awardCategoryOf	American Music Awards ⓘ linked to: American Music Award
awardFor	favorite soul and R&B single ⓘ
awardFrequency	annual ⓘ
basedOn	airplay ⓘ popularity ⓘ public opinion ⓘ sales ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
discontinuedIn	1995 ⓘ
field	music ⓘ
firstAwarded	1974 ⓘ
genre	rhythm and blues ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasCategory	American Music Awards ⓘ linked to: American Music Award rhythm and blues music awards ⓘ song awards ⓘ soul music awards ⓘ
hasWinnerType	recording artist ⓘ song ⓘ
inception	1974 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lastAwarded	1995 ⓘ
notableDecadeOfProminence	1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ
originalName	Favorite Soul/R&B Single ⓘ
partOf	American Music Awards of 1974 ⓘ linked to: American Music Award
presentedBy	American Music Awards ⓘ linked to: American Music Award
replacedBy	American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Song ⓘ linked to: American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single
scope	United States popular music industry ⓘ
selectionMethod	industry support ⓘ public voting ⓘ
status	discontinued ⓘ
typicalEventDate	annually ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Billie Jean → award → American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single ⓘ

Beat It → award → American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single ⓘ

End of the Road → award → American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single ⓘ

subject linked to: Boyz II Men song "End of the Road"

American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist → relatedAward → American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Song ⓘ

linked to: American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single

American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single → replacedBy → American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Song ⓘ