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.
| Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | |
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| 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 |
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
| Year[I] | Winner(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
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| 1959 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook |
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| 1960 | Ella Fitzgerald | "But Not for Me" |
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| 1961 (Single) | Ella Fitzgerald | "Mack the Knife (Live)" |
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| 1961 (Album) | Ella Fitzgerald | Mack the Knife - Ella In Berlin |
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| 1962 | Judy Garland | Judy at Carnegie Hall |
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| 1963 | Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson |
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| 1964 | Barbra Streisand | The Barbra Streisand Album |
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| 1965 | Barbra Streisand | People |
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| 1966 | Barbra Streisand | My Name Is Barbra |
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| 1967 | Eydie Gormé | "If He Walked into My Life Today" |
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| 1968 | Bobbie Gentry | "Ode to Billie Joe" |
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| 1969 | Dionne Warwick | "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" |
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| 1970 | Peggy Lee | "Is That All There Is?" |
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| 1971 | Dionne Warwick | I'll Never Fall in Love Again |
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| 1972 | Carole King | Tapestry |
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| 1973 | Helen Reddy | "I Am Woman" |
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| 1974 | Roberta Flack | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" |
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| 1975 | Olivia Newton-John | "I Honestly Love You" |
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| 1976 | Janis Ian | "At Seventeen" |
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| 1977 | Linda Ronstadt | Hasten Down the Wind |
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| 1978 | Barbra Streisand | "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" |
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| 1979 | Anne Murray | "You Needed Me" |
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| 1980 | Dionne Warwick | "I'll Never Love This Way Again" |
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| 1981 | Bette Midler | "The Rose" |
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| 1982 | Lena Horne | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music |
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| 1983 | Melissa Manchester | "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" |
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| 1984 | Irene Cara | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" |
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| 1985 | Tina Turner | "What's Love Got to Do with It" |
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| 1986 | Whitney Houston | "Saving All My Love for You" |
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| 1987 | Barbra Streisand | The Broadway Album |
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| 1988 | Whitney Houston | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" |
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| 1989 | Tracy Chapman | "Fast Car" |
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| 1990 | Bonnie Raitt | "Nick of Time" |
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| 1991 | Mariah Carey | "Vision of Love" |
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| 1992 | Bonnie Raitt | "Something to Talk About" |
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| 1993 | k.d. lang | "Constant Craving" |
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| 1994 | Whitney Houston | "I Will Always Love You" |
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| 1995 | Sheryl Crow | "All I Wanna Do" |
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| 1996 | Annie Lennox | "No More I Love You's" |
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| 1997 | Toni Braxton | "Un-Break My Heart" |
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| 1998 | Sarah McLachlan | "Building a Mystery" |
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| 1999 | Celine Dion | "My Heart Will Go On" |
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| 2000 | Sarah McLachlan | "I Will Remember You (Live)" |
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| 2001 | Macy Gray | "I Try" |
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| 2002 | Nelly Furtado | "I'm Like a Bird" |
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| 2003 | Norah Jones | "Don't Know Why" |
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| 2004 | Christina Aguilera | "Beautiful" |
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| 2005 | Norah Jones | "Sunrise" |
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| 2006 | Kelly Clarkson | "Since U Been Gone" |
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| 2007 | Christina Aguilera | "Ain't No Other Man" |
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| 2008 | Amy Winehouse | "Rehab" |
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| 2009 | Adele | "Chasing Pavements" |
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| 2010 | Beyoncé | "Halo" |
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| 2011 | Lady Gaga | "Bad Romance" |
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Category facts
- Most Wins in Category
| Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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| Artist | Ella Fitzgerald Barbra Streisand | Dionne Warwick Whitney Houston | Bonnie Raitt Sarah McLachlan Norah Jones Christina Aguilera |
| Total Wins | 5 wins | 3 wins | 2 wins |
- Most Nominations
| Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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| Artist | Barbra Streisand | Peggy Lee Linda Ronstadt Mariah Carey | Ella Fitzgerald | Olivia Newton-John Dionne Warwick Carly Simon Whitney Houston Sheryl Crow | Bonnie Raitt Christina Aguilera | Tina Turner Donna Summer Celine Dion Madonna Pink Sarah McLachlan Bette Midler Joni Mitchell |
| Total Nominations | 12 Nominations | 8 nominations | 7 nominations | 6 nominations | 5 nominations | 4 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
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