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Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

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Award

FieldValue
nameGrammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
awarded_forQuality female vocal performances in the pop music genre
imagesize100px
altA gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table
captionGilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
presenterNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
countryUnited States
year1959
year22011
website

The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance was a Grammy Award recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. It was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season. The award went to the artist. Only singles or tracks were eligible.

The award had quite a convoluted history:

  • From 1959 to 1960 there was an award called Best Vocal Performance, Female, which was for work in the pop field
  • In 1961 the award was separated into Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track and Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
  • From 1962 to 1963 the awards from the previous year were combined into Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
  • From 1964 to 1968 the award was called Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • In 1969, the awards were combined and streamlined as the award for Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  • From 1970 to 1971 the award was known as Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
  • From 1972 to 1994 the award was known as Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  • From 1995 to 2011 it was known as Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

The award was discontinued in 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, all solo performances in the pop category (male, female, and instrumental) were shifted to the newly formed Best Pop Solo Performance category.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Recipients

Twelve-time nominee received the most nominations in this category, including five-time award winner [[Barbra Streisand
Eight-time nominee, including one-time award winner [[Mariah Carey
Seven-time nominee, including three-time award winner [[Dionne Warwick
Six-time nominee, including three-time award winner [[Whitney Houston
Six-time nominee, including one-time award winner [[Sheryl Crow
Six-time nominee, including one-time award winner [[Olivia Newton-John
Five-time nominee, including two-time award winner [[Christina Aguilera
Four-time nominees, including two-time award winner [[Sarah McLachlan
Three-time nominee, including two-time award winner [[Norah Jones
Two-time nominee, including one-time award winner [[Adele
Two-time nominee, including one-time award winner [[Kelly Clarkson
Two-time nominee, including one-time award winner [[Beyoncé
YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
1959
1960
[1961
(Single)](3rd-grammy-awards)
[1961
(Album)](3rd-grammy-awards)
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
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1974
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1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997Toni Braxton
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009Adele
2010Beyoncé
2011Lady Gaga

Category facts

;Most Wins in Category

Rank1st2nd3rd
ArtistElla Fitzgerald
Barbra StreisandDionne Warwick
Whitney HoustonBonnie Raitt
Sarah McLachlan
Norah Jones
Christina Aguilera
Total Wins5 wins3 wins2 wins

;Most Nominations

Rank1st2nd3rd4th5th6th
ArtistBarbra StreisandPeggy Lee
Linda Ronstadt
Mariah CareyElla FitzgeraldOlivia Newton-John
Dionne Warwick
Carly Simon
Whitney Houston
Sheryl CrowBonnie Raitt
Christina AguileraTina Turner
Donna Summer
Celine Dion
Madonna
Pink
Sarah McLachlan
Bette Midler
Joni Mitchell
Total Nominations12 Nominations8 nominations7 nominations6 nominations5 nominations4 nominations

; Other facts

  • Ella Fitzgerald and Barbra Streisand received the most consecutive wins in this category with 3 (1959–1961 & 1964–1966), respectively.
  • Mariah Carey received the most consecutive nominations in this category with 6 (1991–1996), winning once for "Vision of Love".
  • Beyoncé is the only artist in this category to be nominated for performing different versions of the same song, for studio version and live version of "Halo", winning for the studio version of this song in 2010.
  • Ella Fitzgerald's "Mack The Knife" and Sarah McLachlan's "I Will Remember You" are the only two performances of live songs to win in this category.

Contemporary (R&R) Performance

In 1966 the Recording Academy established a similar, but different, category in the Pop Field for Best Contemporary (rock & roll) Performances. The category went through a number of changes before being discontinued after the 1968 awards.

  • In 1966 the award was called Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance – Female
  • In 1967 the award from the previous year was combined with the equivalent award for men as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female
  • In 1968 the previous award was once again separated by gender, with the female award called Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance

References

References

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  17. "Grammy Awards 1979". IndiaServer.
  18. "Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Performance – Female". Rock on the Net.
  19. "Nominees And Winners: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance". GRAMMY.com.
  20. "Nominees And Winners: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance". GRAMMY.com.
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