Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance , in German "Grammy Award for the best solo vocal performance - Rock", is a music prize that was awarded at the annual Grammy Awards . The award was given to solo artists with qualitatively outstanding vocal performances from the music genre of rock music . As of 2012, this prize was added to the Best Rock Performance category and no longer awarded as a single prize.

Background and story

Originally known as the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo, the award was first given to Bruce Springsteen in 1988 for his album Tunnel of Love . In the following years there was an award in 1992 and 1994, and it has been awarded every year since 2005. Since the award ceremony in 2005, the official name has been changed to "Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance". It replaced the Grammys awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance , which were separated by gender . This amalgamation was criticized, especially when no women were nominated for the award. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) cited a lack of award-winning recordings in the Female category as the reason for the merger.

In the Grammy ceremonies 2012, this prize was not awarded more because it as part of a major restructuring, together with the categories of Best Rock Instrumental Performance and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals category Best Rock Performance was slammed shut.

statistics

By 2011, the Grammy Award five times awarded to Bruce Springsteen in total, which is also in separate gender category times three times awarded the Grammy and holds the record in this category. The Grammy was given to Americans only, and Bonnie Raitt was the only woman to ever receive the Grammy in 1992.

Bruce Springsteen is also in the number of nominations with a total of six nominations ahead of the Canadian Neil Young , who was nominated a total of five times. He is the most nominated artist without ever receiving a Grammy.

Winner and nominated artist

1988-1994

year	Artist / band	nationality	plant	Other nominated artists	Pictures of the artists
1988 March 2nd, 1988	Bruce Springsteen	United States	Tunnel of love	Joe Cocker - Unchain My Heart Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing Bob Seger - Shakedown Tina Turner - Better Be Good to Me
1989	-	-	-	-
1990	-	-	-	-
1991	-	-	-	-
1992 February 25, 1992	Bonnie Raitt	United States	Luck of the Draw	Bryan Adams - Can't Stop This Thing We Started Eric Clapton - 24 Nights John Mellencamp - Whenever We Wanted Robbie Robertson - Storyville Bob Seger - The Fire Inside
1993	-	-	-	-
1994 March 1, 1994	Meat loaf	United States	I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)	Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower Peter Gabriel - Steam Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way Sting - Demolition Man

Awarded since 2005

year	Artist / band	nationality	plant	Other nominated artists	Pictures of the artists
2005 February 13, 2005	Bruce Springsteen	United States	Code of Silence	Ryan Adams - Wonderwall Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now Melissa Etheridge - Breathe Tom Waits - Metropolitan Glide
2006 February 8, 2006	Bruce Springsteen	United States	Devils & Dust	Eric Clapton - Revolution Robert Plant - Shine It All Around Rob Thomas - This Is How a Heart Breaks Neil Young - The Painter
2007 February 11, 2007	Bob Dylan	United States	Someday baby	Beck - nausea John Mayer - Route 66 Tom Petty - Saving Grace Neil Young - Lookin 'for a Leader
2008 February 10, 2008	Bruce Springsteen	United States	Radio Nowhere	Beck - Timebomb Paul McCartney - Only Mama Knows John Mellencamp - Our Country Lucinda Williams - Come On
2009 February 8, 2009	John Mayer	United States	Gravity	Paul McCartney - I Saw Her Standing There Bruce Springsteen - Girls in Their Summer Clothes Eddie Vedder - Rise (song) Rise Neil Young - No Hidden Path
2010 January 31, 2010	Bruce Springsteen	United States	Working on a dream	Bob Dylan - Beyond Here Lies Nothin ' John Fogerty - Change in the Weather Prince - Dreamer Neil Young - Fork in the Road
2011 February 13, 2011	Paul McCartney	United Kingdom	Helter Skelter	Eric Clapton - Run Back to Your Side John Mayer - Crossroads Robert Plant - Silver Rider Neil Young - Angry World

supporting documents

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ Awards Category Comparison Chart ( PDF ; 80 kB) National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2011.

Web links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards
• Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance . Rock on the Net. Retrieved June 8, 2010.