Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
Recipients
Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year. Award was combined with the Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male category and presented in a genderless category known as Best Jazz Vocal Album.

Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Section Title: Recipients
Table Section Text: Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year. Award was combined with the Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male category and presented in a genderless category known as Best Jazz Vocal Album.

Year	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.

1981	Ella Fitzgerald	A Perfect Match	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.

1982	Ella Fitzgerald	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	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	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	—	—	—

1986	Cleo Laine	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	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	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	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	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	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"

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The first Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for female performances was presented to Ella Fitzgerald in 1981 for the album A Perfect Match.

final_sentence: The first Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for female performances was presented to Ella Fitzgerald in 1981 for the album A Perfect Match.