Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Awarded for	Quality female vocal performances in the pop music genre
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award	1959
Final award	2011
Website	grammy.com

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.

Awarded forQuality female vocal performances in the pop music genre

CountryUnited States

Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

First award1959

Quick facts Awarded for, Country ...

Close

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.

Year	Artist	Work
1959 ^[1]	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
Doris Day	"Everybody Loves a Lover"
Eydie Gorme	Eydie in Love
Peggy Lee	"Fever"
Keely Smith	"I Wish You Love"

Year	Artist	Work
1960 ^[2]	Ella Fitzgerald	"But Not for Me"
Lena Horne	Porgy & Bess
Peggy Lee	"Alright, Okay, You Win"
Pat Suzuki	Broadway '59
Caterina Valente	"La Strada del Amore"
1961 ^[3]	Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female
Ella Fitzgerald	"Mack the Knife"
Doris Day	"The Sound of Music"
Eileen Farrell	"I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues"
Brenda Lee	"I'm Sorry"
Peggy Lee	"I'm Gonna Go Fishin"
Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
Ella Fitzgerald	Mack the Knife - Ella In Berlin
Rosemary Clooney	Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie!
Peggy Lee	Latin ala Lee!
Miriam Makeba	Miriam Makeba
Della Reese	Della
1962 ^[4]	Judy Garland	Judy at Carnegie Hall
Ella Fitzgerald	"Mr. Paganini"
Billie Holiday	The Essential Billie Holiday (Carnegie Hall Concert)
Lena Horne	Lena at the Sands
Peggy Lee	Basin Street East
1963 ^[5]	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson Riddle
Diahann Carroll	No Strings
Lena Horne	Lena...Lovely and Alive
Peggy Lee	"I'm a Woman"
Ketty Lester	Love Letters
Sandy Stewart	"My Coloring Book"
Pat Thomas	"Slightly Out of Tune (Desafinado)"
1964 ^[6]	Barbra Streisand	The Barbra Streisand Album
Eydie Gorme	"Blame It on the Bossa Nova"
Peggy Lee	I'm a Woman
Miriam Makeba	The World of Miriam Makeba
Soeur Sourire	"Dominique"
1965 ^[7]	Barbra Streisand	People
Petula Clark	"Downtown"
Gale Garnett	"We'll Sing in the Sunshine"
Astrud Gilberto	"The Girl from Ipanema"
Nancy Wilson	"How Glad I Am"
1966 ^[8]	Barbra Streisand	My Name Is Barbra
Petula Clark	Downtown
Jackie DeShannon	"What the World Needs Now Is Love"
Astrud Gilberto	The Astrud Gilberto Album
Nancy Wilson	Gentle Is My Love
1967 ^[9]	Eydie Gormé	"If He Walked Into My Life"
Ella Fitzgerald	Ella at Duke's Place
Sandy Posey	"Born a Woman"
Nancy Sinatra	"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
Barbra Streisand	Color Me Barbra
1968 ^[10]	Bobbie Gentry	"Ode to Billie Joe"
Vikki Carr	It Must Be Him
Petula Clark	"Don't Sleep in the Subway"
Aretha Franklin	"Respect"
Dionne Warwick	"Alfie"
1969 ^[11]	Dionne Warwick	"Do You Know the Way to San Jose"
Aretha Franklin	"I Say a Little Prayer"
Mary Hopkin	"Those Were the Days"
Merrilee Rush	"Angel of the Morning"
Barbra Streisand	Funny Girl

Year	Artist	Work
1970 ^[12]	Peggy Lee	"Is That All There Is?"
Vikki Carr	"With Pen in Hand"
Jackie DeShannon	"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
Brenda Lee	"Johnny One Time"
Dusty Springfield	"Son of a Preacher Man"
Dionne Warwick	"This Girl's in Love with You"
1971 ^[13]	Dionne Warwick	I'll Never Fall in Love Again
Bobbie Gentry	Fancy
Anne Murray	"Snowbird"
Linda Ronstadt	"Long, Long Time"
Diana Ross	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
1972 ^[14]	Carole King	Tapestry
Joan Baez	"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Cher	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"
Janis Joplin	"Me and Bobby McGee"
Carly Simon	"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"
1973 ^[15]	Helen Reddy	"I Am Woman"
Roberta Flack	Quiet Fire
Aretha Franklin	"Day Dreaming"
Carly Simon	Anticipation
Barbra Streisand	"Sweet Inspiration"/"Where You Lead"
1974 ^[16]	Roberta Flack	"Killing Me Softly with His Song"
Bette Midler	"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
Anne Murray	"Danny's Song"
Diana Ross	"Touch Me in the Morning"
Carly Simon	"You're So Vain"
1975 ^[17]	Olivia Newton-John	"I Honestly Love You"
Roberta Flack	"Feel Like Makin' Love"
Carole King	"Jazzman"
Cleo Laine	Cleo Laine Live at Carnegie Hall
Joni Mitchell	Court and Spark
1976 ^[18]	Janis Ian	"At Seventeen"
Judy Collins	"Send in the Clowns"
Olivia Newton-John	"Have You Never Been Mellow"
Helen Reddy	"Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady"
Linda Ronstadt	Heart Like a Wheel
1977 ^[19]	Linda Ronstadt	Hasten Down the Wind
Natalie Cole	Natalie
Emmylou Harris	"Here, There and Everywhere"
Joni Mitchell	The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Vicki Sue Robinson	"Turn the Beat Around"
1978 ^[20]	Barbra Streisand	"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"
Debby Boone	"You Light Up My Life"
Dolly Parton	"Here You Come Again"
Linda Ronstadt	"Blue Bayou"
Carly Simon	"Nobody Does It Better"
1979 ^[21]	Anne Murray	"You Needed Me"
Olivia Newton-John	"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
Carly Simon	"You Belong to Me"
Barbra Streisand	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (Solo Version)
Donna Summer	"MacArthur Park"

Year	Artist	Work
1980 ^[22]	Dionne Warwick	"I'll Never Love This Way Again"
Gloria Gaynor	"I Will Survive"
Rickie Lee Jones	"Chuck E.'s In Love"
Melissa Manchester	"Don't Cry Out Loud"
Donna Summer	Bad Girls
1981 ^[23]	Bette Midler	"The Rose"
Irene Cara	"Fame"
Olivia Newton-John	"Magic"
Barbra Streisand	"Woman in Love"
Donna Summer	"On the Radio"
1982 ^[24]	Lena Horne	Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
Kim Carnes	"Bette Davis Eyes"
Sheena Easton	"For Your Eyes Only"
Juice Newton	"Angel of the Morning"
Olivia Newton-John	"Physical"
1983 ^[25]	Melissa Manchester	"You Should Hear How She Talks About You"
Laura Branigan	"Gloria"
Juice Newton	"Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me"
Olivia Newton-John	"Heart Attack"
Linda Ronstadt	Get Closer
1984 ^[26]	Irene Cara	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"
Sheena Easton	"Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)"
Linda Ronstadt	What's New
Donna Summer	"She Works Hard for the Money"
Bonnie Tyler	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
1985 ^[27]	Tina Turner	"What's Love Got to Do with It"
Sheila E.	"The Glamorous Life"
Sheena Easton	"Strut"
Cyndi Lauper	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
Deniece Williams	"Let's Hear It for the Boy"
1986 ^[28]	Whitney Houston	"Saving All My Love for You"
Pat Benatar	"We Belong"
Madonna	"Crazy for You"
Linda Ronstadt	Lush Life
Tina Turner	"We Don't Need Another Hero"
1987 ^[29]	Barbra Streisand	The Broadway Album
Cyndi Lauper	"True Colors"
Madonna	"Papa Don't Preach"
Tina Turner	"Typical Male"
Dionne Warwick	Friends
1988 ^[30]	Whitney Houston	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Belinda Carlisle	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"
Carly Simon	Coming Around Again
Barbra Streisand	One Voice
Suzanne Vega	"Luka"
1989 ^[31]	Tracy Chapman	"Fast Car"
Taylor Dayne	Tell It to My Heart
Whitney Houston	"One Moment in Time"
Joni Mitchell	Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm
Brenda Russell	Get Here

Year	Artist	Work
1990 ^[32]	Bonnie Raitt	"Nick of Time"
Paula Abdul	"Straight Up"
Gloria Estefan	"Don't Wanna Lose You"
Bette Midler	"Wind Beneath My Wings"
Linda Ronstadt	Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind
1991 ^[33]	Mariah Carey	"Vision of Love"
Whitney Houston	"I'm Your Baby Tonight"
Bette Midler	"From a Distance"
Sinéad O'Connor	"Nothing Compares 2 U"
Lisa Stansfield	"All Around the World"
1992 ^[34]	Bonnie Raitt	"Something to Talk About"
Oleta Adams	"Get Here"
Mariah Carey	"Emotions"
Amy Grant	"Baby Baby"
Whitney Houston	"All the Man That I Need"
1993 ^[35]	k.d. lang	"Constant Craving"
Mariah Carey	MTV Unplugged EP
Celine Dion	Celine Dion
Annie Lennox	Diva
Vanessa L. Williams	"Save the Best for Last"
1994 ^[36]	Whitney Houston	"I Will Always Love You"
Mariah Carey	"Dreamlover"
Shawn Colvin	"I Don't Know Why"
k.d. lang	"Miss Chatelaine"
Tina Turner	"I Don't Wanna Fight"
1995 ^[37]	Sheryl Crow	"All I Wanna Do"
Mariah Carey	"Hero"
Celine Dion	"The Power of Love"
Bonnie Raitt	"Longing in Their Hearts"
Barbra Streisand	"Ordinary Miracles"
1996 ^[38]	Annie Lennox	"No More I Love You's"
Mariah Carey	"Fantasy"
Dionne Farris	"I Know"
Joan Osborne	"One of Us"
Bonnie Raitt	"You Got It"
Vanessa L. Williams	"Colors of the Wind"
1997 ^[39]	Toni Braxton	"Un-Break My Heart"
Shawn Colvin	"Get Out of This House"
Celine Dion	"Because You Loved Me"
Gloria Estefan	"Reach"
Jewel	"Who Will Save Your Soul"
1998 ^[40]	Sarah McLachlan	"Building a Mystery"
Mariah Carey	"Butterfly"
Paula Cole	"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"
Shawn Colvin	"Sunny Came Home"
Jewel	"Foolish Games"
1999 ^[41]	Celine Dion	"My Heart Will Go On"
Sheryl Crow	"My Favorite Mistake"
Lauryn Hill	"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
Natalie Imbruglia	"Torn"
Sarah McLachlan	"Adia"

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Recipients

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

Contemporary (R&R) Performance

See also

References

External links

Related Articles

Year	Artist	Work
2000 ^[42]	Sarah McLachlan	"I Will Remember You"
Christina Aguilera	"Genie in a Bottle"
Madonna	"Beautiful Stranger"
Alanis Morissette	"Thank U"
Britney Spears	"...Baby One More Time"
2001 ^[43]	Macy Gray	"I Try"
Christina Aguilera	"What a Girl Wants"
Madonna	"Music"
Aimee Mann	"Save Me"
Joni Mitchell	"Both Sides Now"
Britney Spears	"Oops!... I Did It Again"
2002 ^[44]	Nelly Furtado	"I'm Like a Bird"
Faith Hill	"There You'll Be"
Janet Jackson	"Someone to Call My Lover"
Sade	"By Your Side"
Lucinda Williams	"Essence"
2003 ^[45]	Norah Jones	"Don't Know Why"
Sheryl Crow	"Soak Up the Sun"
Avril Lavigne	"Complicated"
Pink	"Get the Party Started"
Britney Spears	"Overprotected"
2004 ^[46]	Christina Aguilera	"Beautiful"
Kelly Clarkson	"Miss Independent"
Dido	"White Flag"
Avril Lavigne	"I'm with You"
Sarah McLachlan	"Fallen"
2005 ^[47]	Norah Jones	"Sunrise"
Björk	"Oceania"
Sheryl Crow	"The First Cut Is the Deepest"
Gwen Stefani	"What You Waiting For?"
Joss Stone	"You Had Me"
2006 ^[48]	Kelly Clarkson	"Since U Been Gone"
Mariah Carey	"It's Like That"
Sheryl Crow	"Good Is Good"
Bonnie Raitt	"I Will Not Be Broken"
Gwen Stefani	"Hollaback Girl"
2007 ^[49]	Christina Aguilera	"Ain't No Other Man"
Natasha Bedingfield	"Unwritten"
Sheryl Crow	"You Can Close Your Eyes"
Pink	"Stupid Girls"
KT Tunstall	"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
2008 ^[50]	Amy Winehouse	"Rehab"
Christina Aguilera	"Candyman"
Feist	"1234"
Fergie	"Big Girls Don't Cry"
Nelly Furtado	"Say It Right"
2009 ^[51]	Adele	"Chasing Pavements"
Sara Bareilles	"Love Song"
Duffy	"Mercy"
Leona Lewis	"Bleeding Love"
Katy Perry	"I Kissed a Girl"
Pink	"So What"

Year	Artist	Work
2010 ^[52]	Beyoncé	"Halo"
Adele	"Hometown Glory"
Katy Perry	"Hot n Cold"
Pink	"Sober"
Taylor Swift	"You Belong with Me"
2011 ^[53]	Lady Gaga	"Bad Romance"
Sara Bareilles	"King of Anything"
Beyoncé	"Halo" (Live)
Norah Jones	"Chasing Pirates"
Katy Perry	"Teenage Dream"