mini|Ella Fitzgerald war die erste Preisträgerin der Kategorie Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Sie erhielt den Preis für ihr Album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook. Insgesamt gewann sie fünf Mal in dieser Kategorie.|alternativtext= Der Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, auf Deutsch „Grammy-Auszeichnung für die beste weibliche Pop-Gesangsdarbietung“, ist ein Musikpreis, der von 1959 bis 2011 von der amerikanischen Recording Academy im Bereich der Popmusik verliehen wurde.
Geschichte und Hintergrund Die seit 1959 verliehenen Grammy Awards werden jährlich in zahlreichen Kategorien von der Recording Academy in den Vereinigten Staaten vergeben, um künstlerische Leistung, technische Kompetenz und hervorragende Gesamtleistung ohne Rücksicht auf die Album-Verkäufe oder Chart-Position zu würdigen.
Eine dieser Kategorien war der Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Der Preis wurde von 1959 bis 2011 an den Interpreten des ausgezeichneten Titels vergeben.
Die Auszeichnung hat zahlreiche Namensänderungen erfahren: Von 1959 bis 1960 hieß die Auszeichnung Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female 1961 wurde der Preis in den Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track und den Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance Album, Female unterteilt Von 1962 bis 1963 nannte sich die Auszeichnung Grammy Award for Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female Von 1964 bis 1968 hatte der Preis die Bezeichnung Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female 1969 hieß der Preis Grammy Award for Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Female Von 1970 bis 1971 nannte sich die Kategorie Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female Von 1972 bis 1994 wurde der Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female verliehen Von 1995 bis 2011 war der Name der Auszeichnung Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Die Auszeichnung wurde 2012 nach einer umfassenden Überarbeitung der Grammy-Kategorien nicht mehr vergeben. Ab 2012 wurden alle Solo-Auftritte in der Pop-Kategorie (für Männer, Frauen und Instrumental) in der neu gebildete Kategorie Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance ausgezeichnet.
Gewinner und Nominierte JahrBereichGewinnerNationalitätWerkNominierteBild des/der Gewinner(s)1959Ella FitzgeraldElla Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook Doris Day – Everybody Loves a Lover Eydie Gormé – Eydie in Love Peggy Lee – Fever Keely Smith – I Wish You Love195x195px1960Ella FitzgeraldBut Not for Me Lena Horne – Porgy and Bess Peggy Lee – Alright, Okay, You Win Pat Suzuki – Broadway ’59 Caterina Valente – La Strada del Amore195x195px1961SingleElla FitzgeraldMack the Knife (Live) Doris Day – The Sound of Music Eileen Farrell – I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues Brenda Lee – I’m Sorry Peggy Lee – I’m Gonna Go Fishin195x195pxAlbumElla FitzgeraldElla in Berlin: Mack the Knife Rosemary Clooney – Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie! Peggy Lee – Latin ala Lee! Miriam Makeba – Miriam Makeba Della Reese – Della195x195px1962Judy GarlandJudy at Carnegie Hall Ella Fitzgerald – (If You Can't Sing It) You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) Billie Holiday – The Essential Billie Holiday Lena Horne – Lena Horne at the Sands Peggy Lee – Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee1963Ella FitzgeraldElla Swings Brightly with Nelson Diahann Carroll – No Strings Lena Horne – Lena...Lovely and Alive Peggy Lee – I’m a Woman Ketty Lester – Love Letters Sandy Stewart – My Coloring Book Pat Thomas – Desafinado (Slightly Out of Tune)195x195px1964Barbra StreisandThe Barbra Streisand Album Eydie Gorme – Blame It on the Bossa Nova Peggy Lee – I’m a Woman Miriam Makeba – The World of Miriam Makeba The Singing Nun – Dominique165x165px1965Barbra StreisandPeople Petula Clark – Downtown Gale Garnett – We’ll Sing in the Sunshine Astrud Gilberto – The Girl from Ipanema Nancy Wilson – How Glad I Am165x165px1966Barbra StreisandMy Name Is Barbra Petula Clark – Downtown Jackie DeShannon – "What the World Needs Now is Love" Astrud Gilberto – The Astrud Gilberto Album Nancy Wilson – Gentle Is My Love165x165px1967Eydie GorméIf He Walked into My Life Today Ella Fitzgerald – Ella at Duke’s Place Sandy Posey – Born a Woman Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ Barbra Streisand – Color Me Barbra1968Bobbie GentryOde to Billie Joe Vikki Carr – It Must Be Him Petula Clark – Don’t Sleep in the Subway Aretha Franklin – Respect Dionne Warwick – Alfie1969Dionne WarwickDo You Know the Way to San Jose Aretha Franklin – I Say a Little Prayer Mary Hopkin – Those Were the Days Merrilee Rush – Angel of the Morning Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl256x256px1970Peggy LeeIs That All There Is? Vikki Carr – With Pen in Hand Jackie DeShannon – Put a Little Love in Your Heart Brenda Lee – Johnny One Time Dusty Springfield – Son of a Preacher Man Dionne Warwick – This Girl’s in Love with You1971Dionne WarwickI’ll Never Fall in Love Again Bobbie Gentry – Fancy Anne Murray – Snowbird Linda Ronstadt – Long, Long Time Diana Ross – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough256x256px1972Carole KingTapestry Joan Baez – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Cher – Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee Carly Simon – That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be165x165px1973Helen ReddyI Am Woman Roberta Flack – Quiet Fire Aretha Franklin – Day Dreaming Carly Simon – Anticipation Barbra Streisand – Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead1974Roberta FlackKilling Me Softly with His Song Bette Midler – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Anne Murray – Danny’s Song Diana Ross – Touch Me in the Morning Carly Simon – You’re So Vain249x249px1975Olivia Newton-JohnI Honestly Love You Roberta Flack – Feel Like Makin’ Love Carole King – Jazzman Cleo Laine – Cleo Laine Live at Carnegie Hall Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark248x248px1976Janis IanAt Seventeen Judy Collins – Send in the Clowns Olivia Newton-John – Have You Never Been Mellow Helen Reddy – Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like a WheelDatei:Janis Ian.jpg1977Linda RonstadtHasten Down the Wind Natalie Cole – Natalie Emmylou Harris – Here, There and Everywhere Joni Mitchell – The Hissing of Summer Lawns Vicki Sue Robinson – Turn the Beat Around259x259px1978Barbra StreisandEvergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born) Debby Boone – You Light Up My Life Dolly Parton – Here You Come Again Linda Ronstadt – Blue Bayou Carly Simon – Nobody Does It Better165x165px1979Anne MurrayYou Needed Me Olivia Newton-John – Hopelessly Devoted to You Carly Simon – You Belong to Me Barbra Streisand – You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Donna Summer – MacArthur Park250x250px1980Dionne WarwickI’ll Never Love This Way Again Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive Rickie Lee Jones – Chuck E.’s In Love Melissa Manchester – Don’t Cry Out Loud Donna Summer – Bad Girls256x256px1981Bette MidlerThe Rose Irene Cara – Fame Olivia Newton-John – Magic Barbra Streisand – Woman in Love Donna Summer – On the Radio217x217px1982Lena HorneLena Horne: The Lady and Her Music Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes Sheena Easton – For Your Eyes Only Juice Newton – Angel of the Morning Olivia Newton-John – Physical237x237px1983Melissa ManchesterYou Should Hear How She Talks About You Laura Branigan – Gloria Juice Newton – Love’s Been A Little Bit Hard On Me Olivia Newton-John – Heart Attack Linda Ronstadt – Get Closer165x165px1984Irene CaraFlashdance... What a Feeling Sheena Easton – Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) Linda Ronstadt – What’s New Donna Summer – She Works Hard for the Money Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart1985Tina TurnerWhat’s Love Got to Do with It Sheila E. – The Glamorous Life Sheena Easton – Strut Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want to Have Fun Deniece Williams – Let’s Hear It for the Boy251x251px1986Whitney HoustonSaving All My Love for You Pat Benatar – We Belong Madonna – Crazy for You Linda Ronstadt – Lush Life Tina Turner – We Don’t Need Another Hero227x227px1987Barbra StreisandThe Broadway Album Cyndi Lauper – True Colors Madonna – Papa Don’t Preach Tina Turner – Typical Male Dionne Warwick – Friends165x165px1988Whitney HoustonI Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is a Place on Earth Carly Simon – Coming Around Again Barbra Streisand – One Voice Suzanne Vega – Luka227x227px1989Tracy ChapmanFast Car Taylor Dayne – Tell It to My Heart Whitney Houston – One Moment in Time Joni Mitchell – Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm Brenda Russell – Get Here220x220px1990Bonnie RaittNick of Time Paula Abdul – Straight Up Gloria Estefan – Don’t Wanna Lose You Bette Midler – Wind Beneath My Wings Linda Ronstadt – Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind165x165px1991Mariah CareyVision of Love Whitney Houston – I’m Your Baby Tonight Bette Midler – From a Distance Sinéad O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U Lisa Stansfield – All Around the World227x227px1992Bonnie RaittSomething to Talk About Mariah Carey – Emotions Oleta Adams – Get Here Amy Grant – Baby Baby Whitney Houston – All the Man That I Need165x165px1993K.d. langConstant Craving Mariah Carey – MTV Unplugged Celine Dion – Celine Dion Annie Lennox – Diva Vanessa L. Williams – Save the Best for Last248x248px1994Whitney HoustonI Will Always Love You Mariah Carey – Dreamlover Shawn Colvin – I Don’t Know Why k.d. lang – Miss Chatelaine Tina Turner – I Don’t Wanna Fight227x227px1995Sheryl CrowAll I Wanna Do Mariah Carey – Hero Celine Dion – The Power of Love Bonnie Raitt – Longing in Their Hearts Barbra Streisand – Ordinary Miracles165x165px1996Annie LennoxNo More I Love You’s Mariah Carey – Fantasy Dionne Farris – I Know Joan Osborne – One of Us Bonnie Raitt – You Got It Vanessa L. Williams – Colors of the Wind245x245px1997Toni BraxtonUn-Break My Heart Shawn Colvin – Get Out of This House Celine Dion – Because You Loved Me Gloria Estefan – Reach Jewel – Who Will Save Your Soul220x220px1998Sarah McLachlanBuilding a Mystery Mariah Carey – Butterfly Paula Cole – Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? Shawn Colvin – Sunny Came Home Jewel – Foolish Games247x247px1999Celine DionMy Heart Will Go On Sheryl Crow – My Favorite Mistake Lauryn Hill – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You Natalie Imbruglia – Torn Sarah McLachlan – Adia234x234px2000Sarah McLachlanI Will Remember You (Live) Christina Aguilera – Genie in a Bottle Madonna – Beautiful Stranger Alanis Morissette – Thank U Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time247x247px2001Macy GrayI Try Christina Aguilera – What a Girl Wants Madonna – Music Aimee Mann – Save Me Joni Mitchell – Both Sides, Now Britney Spears – Oops!… I Did It Again248x248px2002Nelly FurtadoI’m Like a Bird Faith Hill – There You’ll Be Janet Jackson – Someone to Call My Lover Sade – By Your Side Lucinda Williams – Essence293x293px2003Norah JonesDon’t Know Why Sheryl Crow – Soak Up the Sun Avril Lavigne – Complicated Pink – Get the Party Started Britney Spears – Overprotected249x249px2004Christina AguileraBeautiful Kelly Clarkson – Miss Independent Dido – White Flag Avril Lavigne – I’m with You Sarah McLachlan – Fallen248x248px2005Norah JonesSunrise Björk – Oceania Sheryl Crow – The First Cut Is the Deepest Gwen Stefani – What You Waiting For? Joss Stone – You Had Me249x249px2006Kelly ClarksonSince U Been Gone Mariah Carey – It’s Like That Sheryl Crow – Good Is Good Bonnie Raitt – I Will Not Be Broken Gwen Stefani – Hollaback Girl222x222px2007Christina AguileraAin’t No Other Man Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten Sheryl Crow – You Can Close Your Eyes Pink – Stupid Girls KT Tunstall – Black Horse and the Cherry Tree248x248px2008Amy WinehouseRehab Christina Aguilera – Candyman Feist – 1234 Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry Nelly Furtado – Say It Right236x236px2009AdeleChasing Pavements Sara Bareilles – Love Song Duffy – Mercy Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl Pink – So What230x230px2010BeyoncéHalo Adele – Hometown Glory