Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance , in German Grammy Award for the best female vocal performance - rock , is a music award that has been presented at the annual Grammy Awards since 1980 . Since 2005, the category has been merged with the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance to form the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo , which has been called the Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance since 2005 .
Background and story
The Grammy Awards (actually Grammophone Awards), which have been presented since 1958, are presented annually in numerous categories by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) in the United States of America for artistic achievement, technical competence and excellent overall performance regardless of the album - Honor sales or chart position.
Originally known as the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female , it was first given to singer Donna Summer in 1980 and renamed Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1995 .
In 1988, 1992 and 1994, as well as continuously since 2005, the category was merged with the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance to the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo , the Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance from 2005 to 2011 and was awarded regardless of the gender of the musician. The merger has been criticized several times, especially since often no women were nominated for the award. The NARAS justified the merger with the lack of recordings in the Best Female Rock Vocal Performance category . Although the award has not been presented in this category since 2005, its cancellation has not yet been officially announced. In 2012, after a restructuring, the Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance was merged with other categories into the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance .
Winners and nominated artists
The following table lists the winners of the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance with the awarded works. Albums are marked after the title.
| year | artist | nationality | plant | Other nominated artists | Pictures of the artists |
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| 1980 | Donna Summer |
 United States
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Hot Stuff (album) |
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| 1981 | Pat Benatar |
United States
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Crimes of Passion (Album) |
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| 1982 | Pat Benatar |
United States
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Fire and Ice |
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| 1983 | Pat Benatar |
United States
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Shadows of the Night |
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| 1984 | Pat Benatar |
United States
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Love is a battlefield |
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| 1985 | Tina Turner |
United States
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Better Be Good to Me |
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| 1986 | Tina Turner |
United States
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One of the Living |
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| 1987 | Tina Turner |
United States
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Back where you started |
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| 1988 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1989 | Tina Turner |
United States
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Tina Live in Europe (Live Album) |
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| 1990 | Bonnie Raitt |
United States
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Nick of Time (album) |
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| 1991 | Alannah Myles |
 Canada
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Black Velvet |
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| 1992 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1993 | Melissa Etheridge |
United States
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Ain't it heavy |
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| 1994 | - | - | - | - | |
| 1995 | Melissa Etheridge |
United States
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Come to my window |
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| 1996 | Alanis Morissette |
Canada
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You oughta know |
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| 1997 | Sheryl Crow |
United States
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If It Makes You Happy |
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| 1998 | Fiona Apple |
United States
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Criminal |
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| 1999 | Alanis Morissette |
Canada
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Uninvited |
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| 2000 | Sheryl Crow |
United States
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Sweet Child o 'Mine |
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| 2001 | Sheryl Crow |
United States
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There Goes the Neighborhood |
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| 2002 | Lucinda Williams |
United States
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Get right with God |
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| 2003 | Sheryl Crow |
United States
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Steve McQueen |
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| 2004 | pink |
United States
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Trouble |
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statistics
The record for most awards in this category is held by Pat Benatar , Sheryl Crow and Tina Turner with four awards each, Melissa Etheridge and Alanis Morissette each received the award twice. The song There Goes the Neighborhood by Sheryl Crow was nominated twice, once as a version of the album The Globe Sessions 1999, where it could not prevail against the song Uninvited by Melissa Etheridge, and in a live version of the album Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park in 2001, which won the Grammy. Stevie Nicks was nominated five times for the award, but never got it. Most of the awards went to American women, with two wins from Alanis Morissette and one from Alannah Myles, three times to female singers from Canada.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position" Overview . National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ^ Grammy Awards at a Glance . In: Los Angeles Times . Tribune Company . Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ↑ Sarah Rodman: All my rocking ladies, don't bother putting your hands up . In: The Boston Globe . The New York Times Company . February 8, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ↑ Dennis Hunt: U2, Jackson Top Grammy Nominees: Simon, Winwood Seek Reprise of '87 Wins . In: Los Angeles Times . Tribune Company. January 15, 1988. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ↑ Awards Category Comparison Chart ( PDF ; 80 kB) National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
- ↑ a b c Award was merged with the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance and awarded as Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo .
Web links
- Official website of the Grammy Awards
- Finding Grammy Winners ; With the setting “Genre = Rock”, the winners of the Best Female Rock Vocal Performance category are displayed.
- Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female . Rock on the Net. Retrieved May 25, 2010.