Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (in German about "Grammy Award for the Best Singing Album - Traditional Pop") is a music prize that has been awarded at the annual Grammy Awards since 1992 . The awards are given to albums from the music field of traditional pop music.
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. The award is given for high-quality albums from the music field of traditional pop music.
The award was introduced in 1992 as the Best Traditional Pop Performance and awarded as the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance from 1993 to 2000 . Since 2001 it has been known as Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance . With the exception of the first year in which songs were also nominated, the award was given to performers for musical albums in which at least 51% of the recording time was spent on vocal pieces. Pieces are considered "traditional" if their composition, singing style and instrumental arrangement correspond to the basics of the Great American Songbook . Until 2001, the award was only given to the performers, from 2001 also to the technicians and producers of the pieces.
First prize in this category was awarded to Natalie Cole in 1992 for the composite duet Unforgettable with her late father Nat King Cole . This was the only time the award was given to a song rather than an album. Most of the awards in this category went to Tony Bennett , who received the award 11 times. Natalie Cole and Michael Bublé are the only other artists to have received the award more than once. The most common prizes went to Americans , but the prize was also given five times to performers from Canada and once to a British artist.
Winner and nominated artist
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| 1992 | Natalie Cole (with Nat King Cole ) |
 United States
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Unforgettable |
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| 1993 | Tony Bennett |
United States
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Perfectly Frank |
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| 1994 | Tony Bennett |
United States
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Steppin 'out |
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| 1995 | Tony Bennett |
United States
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MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett |
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| 1996 | Frank Sinatra |
United States
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Duets II |
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| 1997 | Tony Bennett |
United States
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Here's to the ladies |
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| 1998 | Tony Bennett |
United States
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Tony Bennett on Holiday |
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| 1999 | Patti Page |
United States
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Live at Carnegie Hall: The 50th Anniversary Concert |
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| 2000 | Tony Bennett |
United States
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Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool |
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| 2001 | Joni Mitchell |
 Canada
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Both sides now |
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| 2002 | Harry Connick, Jr. |
United States
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Songs I Heard |
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| 2003 | Tony Bennett |
United States
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Playin 'with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues |
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| 2004 | Tony Bennett and kd lang |
United States Canada
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A wonderful world |
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| 2005 | Rod Stewart |
 United Kingdom
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Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III |
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| 2006 | Tony Bennett |
United States
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The Art of Romance |
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| 2007 | Tony Bennett |
United States
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Duets: An American Classic |
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| 2008 | Michael Bublé |
Canada
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Call Me Irresponsible |
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| 2009 | Natalie Cole |
United States
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Still Unforgettable |
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| 2010 | Michael Bublé |
Canada
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Michael Bublé meets Madison Square Garden |
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| 2011 | Michael Bublé |
Canada
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Crazy Love |
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| 2012 | Tony Bennett |
United States
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Duets II |
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| 2013 | Paul McCartney |
United Kingdom
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Kisses on the bottom |
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| 2014 | Michael Bublé |
Canada
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To be loved |
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| 2015 | Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga |
United States
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Cheek to Cheek |
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| 2016 | Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap |
United States
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The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern |
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| 2017 | Willie Nelson |
United States
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Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin |
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| 2018 | Various Artists |
United States
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Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 |
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| 2019 | Willie Nelson |
United States
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My way |
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| 2020 | Elvis Costello and the Imposters |
United Kingdom
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Look now |
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supporting documents
- ↑ “ 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 September 11, 2014.
- ^ Grammy Awards at a Glance . In: Los Angeles Times . Tribune Company . Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- ↑ Natalie Cole gets 7 Grammys . In: The Spokesman-Review , Cowles Publishing Company , February 26, 1992. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
Web links
- Official homepage of the Grammy Awards
- Past Winners Search . National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved July 19, 2011.