Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Ella Fitzgerald has received the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female four times.

The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female , in German "Grammy Award for best female jazz vocal performance" was a music award , the 1981 to 1884 and from 1986 to 1991 by the US Recording Academy in the field of jazz music awarded has been.

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 Jazz Vocal Performance, Female. The prize was awarded from 1981 to 1884 and from 1986 to 1991. The first recipient of the award in 1981 was Ella Fitzgerald for her album A Perfect Match . Fitzgerald also holds the record number of awards in this category with four wins. Diane Schuur is the only other artist to have received the award more than once, with two wins in a row. Betty Carter and Maxine Sullivan share the record of most no-win nominations with three nominations each.

Winners and nominees

year	winner	nationality	plant	Nominees	Picture of the winner (s)
1981	Ella Fitzgerald	United States	A Perfect Match - Ella And Basie	Betty Carter - The Audience with Betty Carter Helen Humes - Helen Humes and the Muse All Stars Helen Merrill - Chasin 'the Bird Sarah Vaughan - The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1
1982	Ella Fitzgerald	United States	Digital III at Montreux	Ernestine Anderson - Never Make Your Move Too Soon Helen Humes - Helen Etta Jones - Save Your Love for Me Janet Lawson - The Janet Lawson Quintet
1983	Sarah Vaughan	United States	Gershwin Live!	Ella Fitzgerald - A Classy Pair Chaka Khan - Echoes of an Era Cleo Laine - Smilin 'Through Maxine Sullivan - Maxine Sullivan with the Ike Isaacs Quartet
1984	Ella Fitzgerald	United States	The Best Is Yet to Come	Ernestine Anderson - Big City Betty Carter - Whatever Happened to Love? Sue Raney - Sue Raney Sings the Music of Johnny Mandel Sarah Vaughan - Crazy and Mixed Up
1985	That year the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album was presented .
1986	Cleo Laine	United Kingdom	Cleo at Carnegie: The 10th Anniversary Concert	Cheryl Bentyne - Meet Benny Bailey Tania Maria - Made in New York Flora Purim - 20 Years Blue Janis Siegel - Sing Joy Spring Maxine Sullivan - The Great Songs from the Cotton Club
1987	Diane Schuur	United States	Timeless	Etta James - Blues in the Night, Volume 1: The Early Show Flora Purim - Esquinas Sue Raney - Flight of Fancy Maxine Sullivan - Uptown
1988	Diane Schuur	United States	Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra	Ella Fitzgerald - Easy Living Carmen McRae - Any Old Time Janis Siegel - At Home Sarah Vaughan - Brazilian Romance
1989	Betty Carter	United States	Look What I Got!	Lena Horne - The Men in My Life Rickie Lee Jones - Autumn Leaves Peggy Lee - Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues Carmen McRae - Fine and Mellow
1990	Ruth Brown	United States	Blues on Broadway	Dee Dee Bridgewater - Live in Paris Anita O'Day - In a Mellow Tone Diane Schuur - The Christmas Song Janis Siegel - Short Stories
1991	Ella Fitzgerald	United States	All that jazz	Betty Carter - Droppin 'Things Peggy Lee - The Peggy Lee Songbook: There'll Be Another Spring Carmen McRae - Carmen Sings Monk Dianne Reeves - I Got It Bad and Ain't That Good

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
• Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female at grammy.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved February 22, 2019 . 
2. ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved February 22, 2019 . 
3. ^ Winners Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female. Accessed March 26, 2019 .