Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album explained

Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
Awarded For:Quality vocal pop music albums
Presenter:National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country:United States
Year:1968
Most Nominations:Kelly Clarkson (6)
Holder:Taylor SwiftMidnights (2024)
Website:grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality vocal pop music albums. Awards in several categories are distributed annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position."[2]

The honor was first presented in 1968 at the 10th Grammy Awards as Best Contemporary Album to The Beatles for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The category was then discontinued until 1995 where it emerged with the new name Best Pop Album. In 2001, the category became known as Best Pop Vocal Album. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to artists that perform "albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded pop vocal tracks."[3]

The award goes to the artist, producer and engineer/mixer, provided they worked on more than 50% of playing time on the album. A producer or engineer/mixer who worked on less than 50% of playing time, as well as the mastering engineer, do not win an award, but can apply for a Winners Certificate.[4]

Adele, Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Swift are the only two-time winners of this award, and Clarkson was the first to win twice. Clarkson leads all performers with six nominations.

Recipients

YearWinner(s)[5] WorkNominees
1968 [6]
1995 [7]
1996 [8]
1997 [9]
1998 [10]
1999Madonna [11]
2000Sting [12]
2001Steely Dan

Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, producers; Phil Burnett, Roger Nichols, Dave Russell and Elliot Scheiner, engineers/mixers

[13]
2002Sade

Sade Adu and Mike Pela, producers

[14]
2003

Arif Mardin and Jay Newland, producers; S. Husky Höskulds and Jay Newland, engineers/mixers

[15]
2004

Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams, producers; Serban Ghenea, engineer/mixer

[16]
2005 and various artists

John R. Burk, producer; Al Schmitt, engineer/mixer

[17]
2006

Clive Davis, producer; Serban Ghenea, engineer/mixer

[18]
2007

Steve Jordan, producer; Michael H. Brauer, Joe Ferla and Chad Franscoviak, engineers/mixers

[19]
2008

Mark Ronson, producer

[20]
2009Duffy [21]
2010Black Eyed Peas

Dylan Dresdow and Padriac Kerin, engineers/mixers

[22]
2011Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga and RedOne, producers; Robert Orton, RedOne and Dave Russell, engineers/mixers

[23]
2012Adele21 [24]
2013

Serban Ghenea and John Hanes, engineers/mixers

Stronger [25]
2014

Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars, producers; Ari Levine and Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers

Unorthodox Jukebox
2015

Jimmy Napes, producer; Steve Fitzmaurice, engineer/mixer

In the Lonely Hour [26]
2016

Max Martin and Shellback, producers

1989 [27]
2017Adele

Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer

25 [28]
2018

Ed Sheeran, producer; Joe Rubel, Chris Sclafani and Mark "Spike" Stent, engineers/mixers

÷ [29]
2019

Pharrell Williams, producer; Mike Larson, engineer

Sweetener [30]
2020

Finneas O'Connell, producer; Rob Kinelski and Finneas O'Connell, engineers/mixers

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? [31]
2021Future Nostalgia [32]
2022Olivia Rodrigo

Dan Nigro, producer

Sour [33]
2023Harry StylesHarry's House [34]
2024Taylor SwiftMidnights [35]

Artists with multiple wins

2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

See also

References

General
Specific

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Overview. March 16, 2011. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. August 11, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811045631/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy. live.
  3. Web site: 52nd OEP Category Description Guide . February 4, 2011 . 1 . National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091027172820/http://www.grammy.com/PDFs/Recording_Academy/52guide.pdf . October 27, 2009 .
  4. Web site: AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, AND GRAMMY TICKETS. Grammy.com. March 21, 2022. June 10, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200610183728/https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/bluebook_awards_certs_and_grammy_tickets.pdf. live.
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  6. 1967 Grammy Awards Finalists. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 10. February 17, 1968. February 19, 2011. 80. 7.
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  8. News: List of Grammy nominees. January 4, 1996. February 4, 2011. CNN. December 7, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121207073959/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html. live.
  9. News: Pumpkins A Smash With 7 Grammy Nominations. 4. January 8, 1997. Greg. Kot. Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. April 26, 2011. September 26, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120926193002/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-01-08/news/9701080229_1_grammy-nominations-grammy-award-nominations-alternative-music-performance/3. live.
  10. News: Complete list of Grammy nominations. April 26, 2011. USA Today. Gannett Company. March 5, 1999. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/19990210075205/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammy/lgram003.htm. February 10, 1999.
  11. News: Women Dominate Grammys / Lauryn Hill leads with 10 nominations. January 6, 1999. James. Sullivan. 3. San Francisco Chronicle. April 26, 2011. Hearst Corporation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110816074642/http://articles.sfgate.com/1999-01-06/entertainment/17676878_1_nominated-folk-album-san-francisco-symphony/3. August 16, 2011.
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  13. News: 43rd Grammy Awards . February 21, 2001 . February 4, 2011 . CNN . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081106040823/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.winners/ . November 6, 2008 .
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  15. News: Complete list of Grammy nominees; ceremony set for Feb. 23. January 8, 2003. February 4, 2011. San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. 1. October 21, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101021221356/http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-01-08/entertainment/17470880_1_vanessa-carlton-norah-jones-steve-mcqueen-sheryl-crow. live.
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  17. News: Grammy Award nominees in top categories. February 7, 2005. February 4, 2011. Gannett Company. USA Today. June 28, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110628185751/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm. live.
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  26. Web site: 57th Grammy Nominees . . December 5, 2014 . November 13, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151113092219/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2015-nominees-winners-list-story.html . live .
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  35. Web site: SZA leads Grammy nominees, Miley could get 1st win and Taylor Swift is poised to make history. McClellan. Jennifer. Ruggieri. Melissa. USA Today. November 10, 2023. November 10, 2023. November 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231110163333/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/11/10/grammy-nominations-2024-list-biggest-news/71523834007/. live.