Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance explained

Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Awarded For:quality male vocal performances in the pop music genre
Presenter:National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country:United States
Year:1959
Year2:2011
Holder:Bruno Mars, "Just the Way You Are" (2011)
Website:grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance was a Grammy Award recognizing superior vocal performance by a male 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 awards have quite a convoluted history:

The award was discontinued in 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, all solo performances in the pop category (male, female, and instrumental) were shifted to the newly formed Best Pop Solo Performance category.

Sting, Stevie Wonder, and John Mayer, with four wins each, are the artists with the most awards in the category. Elton John is the artist with the most nominations at twelve.

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Recipients

YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
1959"Catch a Falling Star"[1] [2]
1960Come Dance with Me!
1961
(Single)
"Georgia on My Mind"
1961
(Album)
The Genius of Ray Charles
1962"Lollipops and Roses"
1963"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
1964"Wives and Lovers"
1965"Hello, Dolly!"
1966"It Was a Very Good Year"
1967"Strangers in the Night"
1968"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
1969"Light My Fire"
1970"Everybody's Talkin'"
1971"Everything Is Beautiful"
1972"You've Got a Friend"
1973"Without You"
1974"You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
1975Fulfillingness' First Finale
1976Still Crazy After All These Years
1977Songs in the Key of Life
1978"Handy Man"
1979"Copacabana (At the Copa)"
198052nd Street
1981"This Is It"
1982Breakin' Away
1983"Truly"
1984Thriller
1985"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
1986No Jacket Required
1987"Higher Love"
1988StingBring on the Night
1989Bobby McFerrin"Don't Worry, Be Happy"
1990"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"
1991"Oh, Pretty Woman (live 1987)"
1992"When a Man Loves a Woman"
1993"Tears in Heaven"
1994Sting"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"
1995"Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
1996Seal"Kiss from a Rose"
1997"Change the World"
1998"Candle in the Wind 1997"
1999"My Father's Eyes"
2000Sting"Brand New Day"
2001Sting"She Walks This Earth"
2002"Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"
2003"Your Body Is a Wonderland"
2004"Cry Me a River"
2005"Daughters"
2006"From the Bottom of My Heart"
2007"Waiting on the World to Change"
2008"What Goes Around... Comes Around"
2009"Say"
2010"Make It Mine"[3]
2011"Just the Way You Are"[4]

Category records

Most wins

Rank1st2nd3rd
ArtistSting
Stevie Wonder
John Mayer
Frank Sinatra
Eric Clapton
James Taylor
Jack Jones
Harry Nilsson
Michael Bolton
Phil Collins
Elton John
Justin Timberlake
Total wins4 3 2

Most nominations

Rank1st2nd3rd
ArtistElton JohnStingFrank Sinatra
Seal
Total nominations12 11 8

Contemporary (R&R) Performance

In 1966 the Recording Academy established a similar, but different, category in the Pop Field for Best Contemporary (rock & roll) Performances. The category went through a number of changes before being discontinued after the 1968 awards.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past Winners Search. Grammy.Com.
  2. Web site: Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male. Rock on the Net.
  3. Web site: Grammy Awards 1968. Awards & Shows.
  4. Web site: Grammy Awards 1968. Awards & Shows.