Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. The awards have 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 1966 there was also an award for 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 known as called Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance
- 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
- Since 1995 it has been awarded as Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
In the years where more than one award was presented (1961, 1966, 1968), both are listed on separate lines.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
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1960s
Year | Winner | Nominations |
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1969 | Do You Know the Way to San Jose performed by Dionne Warwick | I Say a Little Prayer performed by Aretha Franklin, Those Were the Days performed by Mary Hopkins, Angel of the Morning performed by Merrilee Rush, Funny Girl performed by Barbra Streisand |
1968 - Vocal | "Ode to Billie Joe" performed by Bobbie Gentry | It Must Be Him performed by Vikki Carr, Don't Sleep in the Subway performed by Petula Clark, Respect performed by Aretha Franklin, "Alfie" performed by Dionne Warwick |
1968 - Contemporary Solo Vocal | "Ode to Billie Joe" performed by Bobbie Gentry | It Must Be Him performed by Vikki Carr, Don't Sleep in the Subway performed by Petula Clark, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman performed by Aretha Franklin, I Say a Little Prayer performed by Dionne Warwick |
1967 | If He Walked into My Life Today performed by Eydie Gorme | Ella at Duke's Place performed by Ella Fitzgerald, Born a Woman performed by Sandy Posey, These Boots Are Made for Walkin' performed by Nancy Sinatra, Color Me Barbra performed by Barbra Streisand |
1966 - Vocal | My Name Is Barbra performed by Barbra Streisand | Downtown performed by Petula Clark, What the World Needs Now is Love performed by Jackie DeShannon, The Astrud Gilberto Album performed by Astrud Gilberto, Gentle Is My Love performed by Nancy Wilson |
1966 - Contemporary R&R Vocal | I Know a Place performed by Petula Clark | Rescue Me performed by Fontella Bass, What the World Needs Now is Love performed by Jackie DeShannon, Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows performed by Lesley Gore, Baby, I'm Yours performed by Barbara Lewis |
1965 | People performed by Barbra Streisand | Downtown performed by Petula Clark, We'll Sing in the Sunshine performed by Gale Garnett, The Girl from Ipanema performed by Astrud Gilberto, How Glad I Am performed by Nancy Wilson |
1964 | The Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand | Blame It on the Bossa Nova performed by Eydie Gorme, I'm a Woman performed by Peggy Lee, The World of Miriam Makeba performed by Miriam Makeba, Dominique performed by The Singing Nun |
1963 | Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson performed by Ella Fitzgerald | No, Strings performed by Diahann Carroll, Lena...Lovely and Alive performed by Lena Horne, I'm a Woman performed by Peggy Lee, Love Letters performed by Ketty Lester, My Coloring Book performed by Sandy Stewart, Slightly Out of Time performed by Pat Thomas |
1962 | Judy at Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland | Mr. Paganini performed by Ella Fitzgerald, The Essential Billie Holliday performed by Billie Holliday, Lena at the Sands performed by Lena Horne, Basin Street East performed by Peggy Lee |
1961 - Album | Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife performed by Ella Fitzgerald | Clap Hands, Here Comes Rosie performed by Rosemary Clooney, Latin a la Lee performed by Peggy Lee, Miriam Makeba performed by Miriam Makeba, Della performed by Della Reese |
1961 - Single | Mack the Knife performed by Ella Fitzgerald | The Sound of Music performed by Doris Day, I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues performed by Eileen Farrell, I'm Sorry performed by Brenda Lee, I'm Gonna Go Fishin' performed by Peggy Lee |
1960 | But Not for Me performed by Ella Fitzgerald | Porgy and Bess performed by Lena Horne, Alright, Okay performed by Peggy Lee, Broadway '59 performed by Pat Suzuki, La Starda del Amore performed by Caterina Valenta |
1950s
Year | Winner | Nominations |
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1959 | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook performed by Ella Fitzgerald | Everybody Loves a Lover performed by Doris Day, Eydie in Love performed by Eydie Gorme, Fever performed by Peggy Lee, I Wish You Love performed by Keely Smith |