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Wikipedia / Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

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

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Multiple wins

  1. 5 wins

  2. Ella Fitzgerald

  3. Barbra Streisand

  4. 3 wins

  5. Whitney Houston

  6. Dionne Warwick

  7. 2 wins

  8. Christina Aguilera

  9. Norah Jones

  10. Sarah McLachlan

  11. Bonnie Raitt

Multiple nominations

  1. 12 nominations

  2. Barbra Streisand

  3. 8 nominations

  4. Mariah Carey

  5. Peggy Lee

  6. Linda Ronstadt

  7. 7 nominations

  8. Ella Fitzgerald

  9. 6 nominations

  10. Sheryl Crow

  11. Whitney Houston

  12. Olivia Newton-John

  13. Carly Simon

  14. Dionne Warwick

  15. 5 nominations

  16. Christina Aguilera

  17. Bonnie Raitt

  18. 4 nominations

  19. Celine Dion

  20. Lena Horne

  21. Madonna

  22. Sarah McLachlan

  23. Bette Midler

  24. Joni Mitchell

  25. Pink

  26. Donna Summer

  27. Tina Turner

  28. 3 nominations

  29. Petula Clark

  30. Shawn Colvin

  31. Sheena Easton

  32. Roberta Flack

  33. Aretha Franklin

  34. Eydie Gorme

  35. Norah Jones

  36. Anne Murray

  37. Katy Perry

  38. Britney Spears

  39. 2 nominations

  40. Adele

  41. Sara Bareilles

  42. Beyoncé

  43. Irene Cara

  44. Kelly Clarkson

  45. Doris Day

  46. Jackie DeShannon

  47. Gloria Estefan

  48. Nelly Furtado

  49. Bobbie Gentry

  50. Astrud Gilberto

  51. Jewel

  52. Carole King

  53. k.d. lang

  54. Cyndi Lauper

  55. Avril Lavigne

  56. Brenda Lee

  57. Annie Lennox

  58. Miriam Makeba

  59. Melissa Manchester

  60. Juice Newton

  61. Helen Reddy

  62. Diana Ross

  63. Gwen Stefani

  64. Vanessa L. Williams

  65. Nancy Wilson

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.

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