Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Gilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
Awarded for quality albums containing 51% or more playing time of vocal tracks[1] in the "traditional" genre (Great American Songbook)[2]
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country United States
First awarded 1992
Last awarded 2011
Official website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album is an award presented to recording artists at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[3] Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony 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".[4]

The award has been presented every year since 1992, though the award has had two name changes throughout its history. In 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Pop Performance, from 1993 to 2000 the award was known as Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, and since 2001 it has been awarded as Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Apart from the first year it was presented, the award has been designated for "albums containing 51% or more playing time of vocal tracks", with "traditional" referring to the "composition, vocal styling, and the instrumental arrangement" of the body of music known as the Great American Songbook.[1][2]

The 1992 award was presented to Natalie Cole for the "spliced-together" duet of her and her father, Nat King Cole, performing his original recording of "Unforgettable".[5] This is the only instance in which the traditional pop award was awarded for a song, as opposed to an album. Prior to 2001, the Grammy was presented to the performing artists only; since then the award has been given to the performing artists, the engineers/mixers, as well as the producers.

As of 2011, Tony Bennett holds the record for the most wins in this category, with ten (once it was along with k.d. lang). Natalie Cole and Michael Bublé are the only other recipients to receive the award more than once. American artists have been presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it has been presented to musicians from Canada five times (once including lang, who shared the award with Bennett) and the United Kingdom once.

Contents

Recipients

Year[I] Performing artist(s) Nationality Work Nominees Ref.
1992 Cole, NatalieNatalie Cole  United States "Unforgettable" [6]
[7]
1993 Bennett, TonyTony Bennett  United States Perfectly Frank [8]
1994 Bennett, TonyTony Bennett  United States Steppin' Out [9]
1995 Bennett, TonyTony Bennett  United States MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett [10]
1996 Sinatra, FrankFrank Sinatra  United States Duets II [11]
1997 Bennett, TonyTony Bennett  United States Here's to the Ladies [12]
1998 Bennett, TonyTony Bennett  United States Tony Bennett on Holiday [13]
1999 Page, PattiPatti Page  United States Live at Carnegie Hall: The 50th Anniversary Concert [14]
2000 Bennett, TonyTony Bennett  United States Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool [15]
2001 Mitchell, JoniJoni Mitchell  Canada Both Sides Now [16]
2002 Connick, Jr., HarryHarry Connick, Jr.  United States Songs I Heard [17]
2003 Bennett, TonyTony Bennett  United States Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues [18]
2004 Bennett, TonyTony Bennett and k.d. lang  United States
 Canada		 A Wonderful World [19]
2005 Stewart, RodRod Stewart  United Kingdom Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III [20]
2006 Bennett, TonyTony Bennett  United States The Art of Romance [21]
2007 Bennett, TonyTony Bennett  United States Duets: An American Classic [22]
2008 Bublé, MichaelMichael Bublé  Canada Call Me Irresponsible [23]
2009 Cole, NatalieNatalie Cole  United States Still Unforgettable [24]
2010 Bublé, MichaelMichael Bublé  Canada Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden [25]
2011 Bublé, MichaelMichael Bublé  Canada Crazy Love [26]
2012 TBD - TBD

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ a b "Nominees: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=83. Retrieved December 22, 2009. 
  2. ^ a b "52nd OEP Category Description Guide" (PDF). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. p. 2. http://www2.grammy.com/PDFs/Recording_Academy/52guide.pdf. Retrieved May 25, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center. Retrieved January 28, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/. Retrieved February 8, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Natalie Cole gets 7 Grammys". The Spokesman-Review (Cowles Publishing Company). February 26, 1992. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1xcSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LPADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6937,4237915&dq. Retrieved December 22, 2009. 
  6. ^ "R.E.M., Cole, Raitt top list of Grammy nominees". Herald-Journal (The New York Times Company). January 6, 1992. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WTEfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9M4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6639,2376687&dq. Retrieved February 5, 2010. 
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  8. ^ "Grammy nominees". The Baltimore Sun (Tribune Company). January 8, 1993. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-01-08/features/1993008073_1_eric-clapton-celine-dion-dion-and-peabo. Retrieved February 5, 2010. 
  9. ^ Campbell, Mary (January 7, 1994). "Sting, Joel top Grammy nominations". Star-News (The New York Times Company). http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1385&dat=19940107&id=I-0VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6RQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7137,2245707. Retrieved February 5, 2010. 
  10. ^ "The 37th Grammy Nominations". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company): p. 2. January 6, 1995. http://articles.latimes.com/1995-01-06/entertainment/ca-17089_1_vocal-performance?pg=2. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  11. ^ "List of Grammy nominees". CNN. January 4, 1996. http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  12. ^ "Babyface, Celine Dion Dominate Grammy Nominations". E!. January 7, 1997. http://au.eonline.com/on/uk/shows/chelsea/chuy/b33933_babyface_celine_dion_dominate_grammy.html. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  13. ^ "40th Grammy Awards". Rock on the Net. http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/grammys.htm. Retrieved February 5, 2010. 
  14. ^ "Academy's Complete List of Nominees". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company): p. 2. January 6, 1999. http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jan/06/entertainment/ca-60928?pg=2. Retrieved February 5, 2010. 
  15. ^ "42nd Annual Grammy Awards – 2000". Rock on the Net. http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/grammys.htm. Retrieved February 5, 2010. 
  16. ^ "43rd Grammy Awards". CNN. February 21, 2001. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.winners/. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  17. ^ "Complete List Of Grammy Nominees". CBS News. January 4, 2002. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/04/entertainment/main323197.shtml. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  18. ^ "Grammy Nominations: Complete List". Fox News Channel. January 3, 2003. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,74846,00.html. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  19. ^ "Grammy Award Winners". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). 2004. http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/music/08grammy-list.html. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  20. ^ "Grammy Award nominees in top categories". USA Today (Gannett Company). December 7, 2004. http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  21. ^ "Complete list of Grammy Award nominations". USA Today (Gannett Company). December 8, 2005. http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2005-12-08-grammy-list-nominations_x.htm. Retrieved February 4, 2010. 
  22. ^ "49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx. Retrieved February 2, 2010. 
  23. ^ "2008 Grammy Winners List". CBS News. December 6, 2007. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/06/entertainment/main3584478.shtml. Retrieved February 2, 2010. 
  24. ^ "Rufus' Grammy?". BBC 6 Music. February 6, 2009. http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20090205_rufuswainwright.shtml. Retrieved February 2, 2010. 
  25. ^ Partridge, Kenneth (December 2, 2009). "Nominees for 2010 Grammy Awards Announced -- Full List". Spinner.com. http://www.spinner.com/2009/12/02/grammy-nominees-2010/. Retrieved December 29, 2009. 
  26. ^ "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). http://theenvelope.latimes.com/news/breaking/newsletter/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,4822287.htmlstory. Retrieved December 5, 2010. 

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