Grammy.com Readers Are Split About the Grammys’ New ‘Progressive R&B’ Category Name

The Grammys announced on June 10 that they were changing the name of their best urban contemporary album category to best progressive R&B album. Most observers welcomed the change. “Urban” was the buzzword in R&B for a number of years, but many now see the term as dated and perhaps racially insensitive. On June 5, Republic Records announced that it was banning the term.
The name change was fair-game for a quickie poll, including this one which turned up in an unexpected