Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,<ref name=Grammy>Template:Cite news</ref> to recording artists for works (songs or albums) containing quality vocal performances in the rock music genre. 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".<ref name=Overview>Template:Cite web</ref>

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo, the award was first presented to Bruce Springsteen in 1988 for the album Tunnel of Love. Since then, the award was presented in 1992 and 1994, and has been awarded each year since 2005. Beginning with the 2005 ceremony, the name of the award was changed to Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance. For these years, the award combined and replaced the gender-specific awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. This fusion has been criticized, especially when females are not nominated under the solo category.<ref name=Females>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Strauss>Template:Cite news</ref> The Academy has cited a lack of eligible recordings in the female rock category as the reason for the mergers.<ref name=U2>Template:Cite web</ref>

The award was discontinued in 2012 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. All solo or duo/group performances in the rock category are now honored in the Best Rock Performance category.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Springsteen holds the record for the most wins in this category, with five (he has also received three awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> No other performing artists had received the award more than once. Neil Young holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with four.

Recipients

Five-time award winner Bruce Springsteen, performing in 2012

1992 award winner Bonnie Raitt performing in 2010.

2007 award winner Bob Dylan, performing in 2006

2011 award winner Paul McCartney

YearTemplate:Ref	Performing artist	Work	Nominees	Template:Abbr
1988	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1988>Template:Cite news</ref>
1989–1991Template:Ref	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	<ref name=Grammy1989>Template:Cite news</ref> <ref name=Grammy1990>Template:Cite news</ref> <ref name=Grammy1991>Template:Cite news</ref>
1992	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1992>Template:Cite news</ref>
1993Template:Ref	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	<ref name=Grammy1993>Template:Cite news</ref>
1994	Meat Loaf	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy1994>Template:Cite news</ref>
1995–2004Template:Ref	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a
2005	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2005>Template:Cite news</ref>
2006	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2006>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2007>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2008	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2008>Template:Cite news</ref>
2009	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2009>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2010>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2011>Template:Cite news</ref>

^{Template:Note} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
^{Template:Note} Award was separated into the gender-specific awards for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male and Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female.

See also

• American rock
• List of Grammy Award categories

References

General

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Specific