Arts and Music
Grammy winners for Best Vocal Performance
The Grammys have been awarded annually since 1958 by the American Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
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Barbra Streisand (born 1942)
American singer, actress, director and producer. Original name: Barbara Joan Streisand.
- Five-time Grammy winner for best female vocal performance: 1963, for ''''The Barbra Streisand Album''''; 1964, for ''''People''''; 1965, for ''''My Name Is Barbra''''; 1977, for ''''Evergreen''''; and 1986 for ''''The Broadway Album''''
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Eydie Gorme (born 1932)
American singer. Original name: Edith Gormezano.
- 1966 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''If He Walked into My Life''''
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Bobbie Gentry (born 1942)
American singer and songwriter.
- 1967 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''Ode to Billie Joe''''
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Peggy Lee (born 1920)
American singer. Original name: Norma Egstrom.
- 1969 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''Is That All There Is?''''
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Roberta Flack (born 1940)
American singer.
- 1973 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''Killing Me Softly with His Song''''
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Janis Ian (born 1950)
American singer and songwriter.
- 1975 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''At Seventeen''''
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Linda Ronstadt (born 1946)
American singer.
- 1976 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''Hasten Down the Wind''''
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Lena Horne (born 1917)
American singer and actress.
- 1981 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music Live on Broadway''''
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Irene Cara (born 1959)
American actress and singer.
- 1983 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''Flashdance...What a Feeling''''
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Whitney Houston (born 1963)
American singer, songwriter and actress.
- Three-time Grammy winner for best female vocal performance: 1985, for ''''Saving All My Love for You''''; 1987, for ''''I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)''''; and 1993, for ''''I Will Always Love You''''
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Tracy Chapman (born 1964)
American singer, songwriter and musician.
- 1988 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''Fast Car''''
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Bonnie Raitt (born 1949)
American singer and songwriter.
- Two-time Grammy winner for best female vocal performance: 1989, for ''''Nick of Time''''; and 1991, for ''''Something to Talk About''''
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Mariah Carey (born 1970)
American singer.
- 1990 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''Vision of Love''''
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Kathy Dawn ''k.d.'' Lang (born 1961)
Canadian singer. One of the first prominent entertainers to ''come out'' as a lesbian.
- 1992 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''Constant Craving''''
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Sheryl Crow (born 1963)
American singer and songwriter.
- 1994 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''All I Wanna Do''''
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Anne Murray (born 1945)
Canadian singer.
- 1978 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''You Needed Me''''
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Carole King (born 1941)
American singer and songwriter.
- 1971 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''Tapestry''''
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Melissa Manchester (born 1951)
American singer and songwriter.
- 1982 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''You Should Hear How She Talks about You''''
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Ella Fitzgerald (born 1918, died 1996)
American jazz singer.
- Four-time Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, 1958-60, 1962
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Judy Garland (born 1922, died 1969)
American actress and singer. Original name: Frances Gumm.
- 1961 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''Judy at Carnegie Hall''''
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Olivia Newton-John (born 1948)
Australian singer and actress.
- 1974 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''I Honestly Love You''''
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Helen Reddy (born 1942)
Australian singer and songwriter.
- 1972 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''I Am Woman''''
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Tina Turner (born 1938)
American singer, songwriter and actress. Original name: Annie Mae Bullock.
- 1984 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''What''s Love Got to Do with It?''''
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Bette Midler (born 1945)
American actress, singer and comedian.
- 1980 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance, for ''''The Rose''''
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Dionne Warwick (born 1941)
American singer.
- Three-time Grammy winner for best female vocal performance: 1968, for ''''Do You Know the Way to San Jose?''''; 1970, for ''''I''ll Never Fall in Love Again''''; and 1979, for ''''I''ll Never Love This Way Again''''
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Celine Dion
Canadian musician.
- 1999 Grammy Award winner for Female Pop Vocal Performance, for My Heart Will Go On
- 1999 Grammy Award winner for Record of the Year, for My Heart Will Go On.
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Sarah McLachlan
Canadian musician.
- 1998 Grammy winner for best female pop vocal performance, for ''''Building a Mystery''''
- 1999 Grammy winner for best female pop vocal performance for ''''I will Remember You''''
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Miriam Zensi Makeba (born 1932)
South African singer.
- Winner of Grammy Award in 1959 for the album An evening with Harry Belafonte and Miriam Makeba
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Toni Braxton (born 1968)
American pop singer.
- 1996 Grammy winner for female pop vocalist of the year, for ''''Unbreak My Heart''''
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Lauryn Hill (born 1975)
American actress and musician
- Five Grammy Award winner for her 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauren Hill .
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Macy Gray (born 1970)
American singger
- 2000 Grammy winner for best female vocal performance for "Try" Track From: On How Life Is
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