Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance , in German "Grammy Award for the best female country vocal performance", is a music prize that was awarded from 1965 to 2011 by the American Recording Academy in the field of country music .
History and background
Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.
One of these categories is the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. The prize was awarded from 1965 to 2011. The first year he went to Dottie West for the song Here Comes My Baby .
The price had some minor name changes:
- From 1965 to 1967 it was called the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
- In 1968 he was in Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female renamed
- From 1969 to 1994 he called himself the Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
- From 1995 to 2011 it held the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
The award was discontinued in 2011 in a major overhaul of the Grammy categories. From 2012 to the present day, all solo performances (male, female and instrumental) in the field of country music are recognized in the newly awarded Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance category.
Winners and nominees
year | winner | nationality | plant | Nominees | Picture of the winner (s) |
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1965 | Dottie West | United States | Here comes my baby |
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1966 | Jody Miller | United States | Queen of the House |
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1967 | Jeannie Seely | United States | Don't touch me |
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1968 | Tammy Wynette | United States | I don't wanna play house |
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1969 | Jeannie C. Riley | United States | Harper Valley PTA |
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1970 | Tammy Wynette | United States | Stand By Your Man |
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1971 | Lynn Anderson | United States | Rose Garden |
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1972 | Sammi Smith | United States | Help Me Make It Through the Night |
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1973 | Donna Fargo | United States | The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA |
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1974 | Olivia Newton-John | Australia | Let me be there |
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1975 | Anne Murray | Canada | A love song |
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1976 | Linda Ronstadt | United States | I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) |
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1977 | Emmylou Harris | United States | Elite Hotel |
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1978 | Crystal Gayle | United States | Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue |
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1979 | Dolly Parton | United States | Here you come again |
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1980 | Emmylou Harris | United States | Blue Kentucky girl |
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1981 | Anne Murray | Canada | Could I Have This Dance |
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1982 | Dolly Parton | United States | 9 to 5 |
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1983 | Juice Newton | United States | Break It to Me Gently |
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1984 | Anne Murray | Canada | A Little Good News |
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1985 | Emmylou Harris | United States | In My Dreams |
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1986 | Rosanne Cash | United States | I don't know why you don't want me |
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1987 | Reba McEntire | United States | Whoever's in New England |
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1988 | KT Oslin | United States | 80s ladies |
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1989 | KT Oslin | United States | Hold me |
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1990 | kd long | Canada | Absolute torch and twang |
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1991 | Kathy Mattea | United States | Where've You Been |
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1992 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | United States | Down at the twist and shout |
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1993 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | United States | I feel lucky |
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1994 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | United States | Passionate kisses |
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1995 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | United States | Shut Up and Kiss Me |
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1996 | Alison Krauss | United States | Baby Now That I've Found You |
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1997 | LeAnn Rimes | United States | Blue |
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1998 | Trisha Yearwood | United States | How Do I Live |
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1999 | Shania Twain | Canada | You're Still the One |
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2000 | Shania Twain | Canada | Man! I feel like a woman! |
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2001 | Faith Hill | United States | Breathe |
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2002 | Dolly Parton | United States | Shine |
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2003 | Faith Hill | United States | Cry |
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2004 | June Carter Cash | United States | Keep on the sunny side |
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2005 | Gretchen Wilson | United States | Redneck woman |
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2006 | Emmylou Harris | United States | The Connection |
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2007 | Carrie Underwood | United States | Jesus, take the wheel |
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2008 | Carrie Underwood | United States | Before He Cheats |
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2009 | Carrie Underwood | United States | LastName |
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2010 | Taylor Swift | United States | White horse |
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2011 | Miranda Lambert | United States | The House That Built Me |
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Web links
- Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
- Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance at grammy.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
- ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
- ^ GRAMMY Awards Winners for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .