Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Recipients

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Section Title: Recipients
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Year	Performing artist	Work	Nominees	Ref.

1959	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook	Doris Day — "Everybody Loves a Lover" Eydie Gorme — Eydie in Love Peggy Lee — "Fever" Keely Smith — "I Wish You Love"

1960	Ella Fitzgerald	"But Not for Me"	Lena Horne — Porgy & Bess Peggy Lee — "Alright, Okay, You Win" Pat Suzuki — Broadway '59 Caterina Valente — "La Strada del Amore"

1961 (Single)	Ella Fitzgerald	"Mack 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 Fishin"

1961 (Album)	Ella Fitzgerald	Mack the Knife	Rosemary Clooney — Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie!

1962	Judy Garland	Judy 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 Lee

1963	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella 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)"

1964	Barbra Streisand	The 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 — "Dominique"

1965	Barbra Streisand	"People"	Petula Clark — "Downtown" Gale Garnett — "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" Astrud Gilberto — "The Girl from Ipanema" Nancy Wilson — "How Glad I Am"

1966	Barbra Streisand	My 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 Love

1967	Eydie Gormé	"If 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 Barbra

1968	Bobbie Gentry	"Ode to Billie Joe"	Vikki Carr — It Must Be Him Petula Clark — "Don't Sleep in the Subway" Aretha Franklin — "Respect" Dionne Warwick — "Alfie"

1969	Dionne Warwick	"Do 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 Girl

1970	Peggy Lee	"Is 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 You"

1971	Dionne Warwick	I'll Never Fall in Love Again	Bobbie Gentry — Fancy Anne Murray — "Snowbird" Linda Ronstadt — "Long, Long Time" Diana Ross — "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

1972	Carole King	Tapestry	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 Be"

1973	Helen Reddy	"I Am Woman"	Roberta Flack — Quiet Fire Aretha Franklin — "Day Dreaming" Carly Simon — "Anticipation" Barbra Streisand — "Sweet Inspiration"/"Where You Lead"

1974	Roberta Flack	"Killing 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 Vain"

1975	Olivia Newton-John	"I Honestly Love You"	Roberta Flack — "Feel Like Makin' Love" Carole King — "Jazzman" Cleo Laine — Cleo Laine Live at Carnegie Hall Joni Mitchell — Court and Spark

1976	Janis Ian	"At 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 Wheel

1977	Linda Ronstadt	Hasten 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 Around"

1978	Barbra Streisand	"Evergreen (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 Better"

1979	Anne Murray	"You 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 Park"

1980	Dionne Warwick	"I'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 Girls"

1981	Bette Midler	"The Rose"	Irene Cara — "Fame" Olivia Newton-John — "Magic" Barbra Streisand — "Woman in Love" Donna Summer — "On the Radio"

1982	Lena Horne	Lena 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 — "Physical"

1983	Melissa Manchester	"You 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 Closer

1984	Irene Cara	"Flashdance... 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 Heart"

1985	Tina Turner	"What'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 Boy"

1986	Whitney Houston	"Saving All My Love for You"	Pat Benatar — "We Belong" Madonna — "Crazy for You" Linda Ronstadt — Lush Life Tina Turner — "We Don't Need Another Hero"

1987	Barbra Streisand	The Broadway Album	Cyndi Lauper — "True Colors" Madonna — "Papa Don't Preach" Tina Turner — "Typical Male" Dionne Warwick — Friends

1988	Whitney Houston	"I 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 — "Luka"

1989	Tracy Chapman	"Fast Car"	Taylor Dayne — Tell It to My Heart Whitney Houston — "One Moment in Time" Joni Mitchell — Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm Brenda Russell — Get Here

1990	Bonnie Raitt	Nick 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 Wind

1991	Mariah Carey	"Vision 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 World"

1992	Bonnie Raitt	"Something to Talk About"	Mariah Carey — "Emotions" Oleta Adams — "Get Here" Amy Grant — "Baby Baby" Whitney Houston — "All the Man That I Need"

1993	k.d. lang	"Constant Craving"	Mariah Carey — MTV Unplugged Celine Dion — Celine Dion Annie Lennox — Diva Vanessa L. Williams — "Save the Best for Last"

1994	Whitney Houston	"I 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 Fight"

1995	Sheryl Crow	"All I Wanna Do"	Mariah Carey — "Hero" Celine Dion — "The Power of Love" Bonnie Raitt — "Longing in Their Hearts" Barbra Streisand — "Ordinary Miracles"

1996	Annie Lennox	"No More I Love You's"	Mariah Carey — "Fantasy" Dionne Farris — "I Know" Joan Osborne — "One of Us" Bonnie Raitt — "You Got It" Vanessa L.

1997	Toni Braxton	"Un-Break My Heart"	Shawn Colvin — "Get Out of This House" Celine Dion — "Because You Loved Me" Gloria Estefan — "Reach" Jewel — "Who Will Save Your Soul"

1998	Sarah McLachlan	"Building a Mystery"	Mariah Carey — "Butterfly" Paula Cole — "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" Shawn Colvin — "Sunny Came Home" Jewel — "Foolish Games"

1999	Celine Dion	"My Heart Will Go On"	Sheryl Crow — "My Favorite Mistake" Lauryn Hill — "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Natalie Imbruglia — "Torn" Sarah McLachlan — "Adia"

2000	Sarah McLachlan	"I Will Remember You (Live)"	Christina Aguilera — "Genie in a Bottle" Madonna — "Beautiful Stranger" Alanis Morissette — "Thank U" Britney Spears — "...Baby One More Time"

2001	Macy Gray	"I Try"	Christina Aguilera — "What a Girl Wants" Madonna — "Music" Aimee Mann — "Save Me" Joni Mitchell — "Both Sides Now" Britney Spears — "Oops!...

2002	Nelly Furtado	"I'm Like a Bird"	Faith Hill — "There You'll Be" Janet Jackson — "Someone to Call My Lover" Sade — "By Your Side" Lucinda Williams — "Essence"

2003	Norah Jones	"Don't Know Why"	Sheryl Crow — "Soak Up the Sun" Avril Lavigne — "Complicated" Pink — "Get the Party Started" Britney Spears — "Overprotected"

2004	Christina Aguilera	"Beautiful"	Kelly Clarkson — "Miss Independent" Dido — "White Flag" Avril Lavigne — "I'm with You" Sarah McLachlan — "Fallen"

2005	Norah Jones	"Sunrise"	Björk — "Oceania" Sheryl Crow — "The First Cut Is the Deepest" Gwen Stefani — "What You Waiting For?" Joss Stone — "You Had Me"

2006	Kelly Clarkson	"Since U Been Gone"	Mariah Carey — "It's Like That" Sheryl Crow — "Good Is Good" Bonnie Raitt — "I Will Not Be Broken" Gwen Stefani — "Hollaback Girl"

2007	Christina Aguilera	"Ain't No Other Man"	Natasha Bedingfield — "Unwritten" Sheryl Crow — "You Can Close Your Eyes" Pink — "Stupid Girls" KT Tunstall — "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"

2008	Amy Winehouse	"Rehab"	Christina Aguilera — "Candyman" Feist — "1234" Fergie — "Big Girls Don't Cry" Nelly Furtado — "Say It Right"

2009	Adele	"Chasing Pavements"	Sara Bareilles — "Love Song" Duffy — "Mercy" Leona Lewis — "Bleeding Love" Katy Perry — "I Kissed A Girl" Pink — "So What"

2010	Beyoncé	"Halo"	Adele — "Hometown Glory" Katy Perry — "Hot n Cold" Pink — "Sober" Taylor Swift — "You Belong With Me"

2011	Lady Gaga	"Bad Romance"	Sara Bareilles — "King of Anything" Beyoncé — "Halo (Live)" Norah Jones — "Chasing Pirates" Katy Perry — "Teenage Dream"

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Beyoncé was nominated for the Grammy Award in Best Female Pop Vocal Performance category, for the studio and live version of "Halo", winning for the studio version of the song in 2010.

final_sentence: Beyoncé was nominated for the Grammy Award in Best Female Pop Vocal Performance category, for the studio and live version of "Halo", winning for the studio version of the song in 2010.