page_title: Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
section_title: Recipients
hierarchical_section_title: Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance / Recipients
context_page_description: The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance was a Grammy Award recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. It was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy season. The award went to the artist. Singles or tracks only are eligible.
  The award has had quite a convoluted history:
  From 1959 to 1960 there was an award called Best Vocal Performance, Female, which was for work in the pop field
  In 1961 the award was separated into Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track and Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
  From 1962 to 1963 the awards from the previous year were combined into Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
  From 1964 to 1968 the award was called Best Vocal Performance, Female
  In 1969, the awards were combined and streamlined as the award for Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  From 1970 to 1971 the award was known as Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
  From 1972 to 1994 the award was known as Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  From 1995 to 2011 it was known as Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  The award was discontinued in 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories.
caption: One-time nominee Rickie Lee Jones
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