:Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

{{Short description|Honor presented to female recording artists for quality rock vocal performances}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

| awarded_for = Quality female vocal performances in the rock music genre

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| presenter = The Recording Academy

| country = United States

| year = 1980

| year2 = 2004

| holder = Pink, "Trouble" (2004)

| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]

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The Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center|title=Grammy Awards at a Glance|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309064412/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/env-grammy_awards_info%2C0%2C5838827.htmlstory|archive-date=March 9, 2012|url-status=live}} to female 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".{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/|title=Overview|access-date=April 24, 2010|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103173212/http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/|archive-date=January 3, 2011}}

Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, the award was first presented to Donna Summer in 1980. Beginning with the 1995 ceremony, the name of the award was changed to Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. However, in 1988, 1992, 1994, and since 2005, this category was combined with the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance and presented in a genderless category known as Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo. The solo category was later renamed to Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance beginning in 2005. This fusion has been criticized, especially when female performers are not nominated under the solo category.{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/02/08/all_my_rocking_ladies_dont_bother_putting_your_hands_up/|title=All my rocking ladies, don't bother putting your hands up|first=Sarah|last=Rodman|date=February 8, 2009|access-date=April 26, 2010|work=The Boston Globe|publisher=The New York Times Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704213859/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/02/08/all_my_rocking_ladies_dont_bother_putting_your_hands_up/|archive-date=July 4, 2009|url-status=live}} The Academy has cited a lack of eligible recordings in the female rock category as the reason for the mergers.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-15-ca-24178-story.html|title=U2, Jackson Top Grammy Nominees: Simon, Winwood Seek Reprise of '87 Wins|date=January 15, 1988|access-date=April 26, 2010|first=Dennis|last=Hunt|work=Los Angeles Times|page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715035741/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-01-15/entertainment/ca-24178_1_michael-jackson/3|archive-date=July 15, 2012|url-status=live}} While the award has not been presented since the category merge in 2005, an official confirmation of its retirement has not been announced.

Pat Benatar, Sheryl Crow, and Tina Turner hold the record for the most wins in this category, with four wins each. Melissa Etheridge and Alanis Morissette have been presented the award two times each. Crow's song "There Goes the Neighborhood" was nominated twice; one version from the album The Globe Sessions was nominated in 1999 (but lost to Morissette's song "Uninvited"), and a live version from the album Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park was nominated and won in 2001. Since its inception, American artists have been presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it has been presented to vocalists from Canada three times. Stevie Nicks holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with five.

Recipients

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File:Bonnie Rait Crop.jpg award winner and eight-time nominee Bonnie Raitt]]

File:Lucinda Williams & guitar.jpg award winner and three-time nominee Lucinda Williams]]

class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" style="width:5em;" \| Year{{ref\|1\|[I]}} ! scope="col" style="width:175px;" \| Winner(s) ! scope="col" style="width:250px;" \| Work ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Ref.
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1980 \| {{sortname\|Donna\|Summer}} \| {{sort\|Hot Stuff\|"Hot Stuff"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Cindy Bullens – "Survivor" Rickie Lee Jones – "The Last Chance Texaco" Bonnie Raitt – "You're Gonna Get What's Coming" Carly Simon – "Vengeance" Tanya Tucker – TNT}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm\|title=Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance – Female\|publisher=Rock on the Net\|access-date=May 25, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222233111/http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm\|archive-date=February 22, 2008\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1981 \| {{sortname\|Pat\|Benatar}} \| {{sort\|Crimes of Passion\|Crimes of Passion}} \| {{smalldiv\| Joan Armatrading – How Cruel Marianne Faithfull – Broken English Linda Ronstadt – "How Do I Make You" Grace Slick – Dreams}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1982 \| {{sortname\|Pat\|Benatar}} \| {{sort\|Fire and Ice\|"Fire and Ice"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Donna Summer – "Cold Love" Stevie Nicks – "Edge of Seventeen" Yoko Ono – "Walking on Thin Ice" Lulu – "Who's Foolin' Who"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iOAjAAAAIBAJ&pg=4823,1615538&dq\|title=Lennon, Jones lead Grammy nominees\|work=The Milwaukee Journal\|date=January 14, 1982\|access-date=May 27, 2010\|publisher=Journal Communications\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208182511/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iOAjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4823,1615538&dq\|archive-date=December 8, 2012\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1983 \| {{sortname\|Pat\|Benatar}} \| {{sort\|Shadows of the Night\|"Shadows of the Night"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Kim Carnes – Voyeur Linda Ronstadt – "Get Closer" Bonnie Raitt – Green Light Donna Summer – "Protection"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M3EjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6072,4942573&dq\|title=Toto Tops Grammy Nominees\|date=January 12, 1983\|access-date=June 4, 2010\|work=Pittsburgh Press\|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company\|archive-date=July 5, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705095539/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M3EjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6072,4942573&dq\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1984 \| {{sortname\|Pat\|Benatar}} \| {{sort\|Love Is a Battlefield\|"Love Is a Battlefield"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Joan Armatrading – The Key Kim Carnes – "Invisible Hands" Stevie Nicks – "Stand Back" Bonnie Tyler – Faster Than the Speed of Night}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1985 \| {{sortname\|Tina\|Turner}} \| {{sort\|Better Be Good to Me\|"Better Be Good to Me"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Lita Ford – Dancin' on the Edge Bonnie Tyler – "Here She Comes" Wendy O. Williams – WOW Pia Zadora – "Rock It Out"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZLwyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1758,1006557&dq\|title=Here's one critic's picks for Grammys\|date=February 23, 1985\|access-date=May 27, 2010\|first=Robert\|last=Hilburn\|author-link=Robert Hilburn\|work=Ottawa Citizen\|publisher=Canwest\|archive-date=February 12, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212170530/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZLwyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1758,1006557&dq\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1986 \| {{sortname\|Tina\|Turner}} \| {{sort\|One of the Living\|"One of the Living"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Pat Benatar – "Invincible" Melba Moore – "Read My Lips" Nona Hendryx – "Rock This House" Cyndi Lauper – "What a Thrill"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oqojAAAAIBAJ&pg=4623,1962537&dq\|title=Dire Straits, Tina Turner, Sting lead performer nominations\|date=January 10, 1986\|access-date=June 4, 2010\|first=Richard\|last=de Atley\|work=Times-News\|publisher=The New York Times Company\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073328/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oqojAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4623,1962537&dq\|archive-date=March 13, 2016\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1987 \| {{sortname\|Tina\|Turner}} \| {{sort\|Back Where You Started\|"Back Where You Started"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Pat Benatar – "Sex as a Weapon" Cyndi Lauper – "911" Stevie Nicks – "Talk to Me" Bonnie Raitt – "No Way to Treat a Lady"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1988{{ref\|2\|[II]}} \| {{N/A}} \| {{N/A}} \| {{N/A}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1989 \| {{sortname\|Tina\|Turner}} \| {{sort\|Tina Live in Europe\|Tina Live in Europe}} \| {{smalldiv\| Pat Benatar – "All Fired Up" Toni Childs – "Don't Walk Away" Melissa Etheridge – "Bring Me Some Water" Sinéad O'Connor – The Lion and the Cobra}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1990 \| {{sortname\|Bonnie\|Raitt}} \| {{sort\|Nick of Time\|Nick of Time}} \| {{smalldiv\| Pat Benatar – "Let's Stay Together" Melissa Etheridge – Brave and Crazy Cyndi Lauper – "I Drove All Night" Tina Turner – Foreign Affair}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0hYpAAAAIBAJ&pg=6625,4056376&dq\|title=Here's list of nominees from all 77 categories\|work=Deseret News\|publisher=Deseret News Publishing Company\|date=January 12, 1990\|access-date=June 4, 2010\|location=Salt Lake City, Utah\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073321/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0hYpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=woQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6625,4056376&dq\|archive-date=March 13, 2016\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1991 \| {{sortname\|Alannah\|Myles}} \| {{sort\|Black Velvet\|"Black Velvet"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Melissa Etheridge – "The Angels" Janet Jackson – "Black Cat" Stevie Nicks – "Whole Lotta Trouble" Tina Turner – "Steamy Windows"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1992{{ref\|2\|[II]}} \| {{N/A}} \| {{N/A}} \| {{N/A}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Gl4eAAAAIBAJ&pg=3840,1147988&dq\|title=Nominees announced for Grammy awards\|date=January 8, 1992\|access-date=April 26, 2010\|work=TimesDaily\|publisher=Tennessee Valley Printing\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073453/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Gl4eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o8gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3840,1147988&dq\|archive-date=March 13, 2016\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1993 \| {{sortname\|Melissa\|Etheridge}} \| {{sort\|Ain't It Heavy\|"Ain't It Heavy"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Lita Ford – "Shot of Poison" Alison Moyet – "It Won't Be Long" Alannah Myles – Rockinghorse Tina Turner – "The Bitch Is Back"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1993/02/21/grammy-nominations-10/\|title=Grammy nominations\|page=1\|date=February 21, 1993\|access-date=September 4, 2014\|work=The Baltimore Sun\|publisher=Tribune Company\|location=Baltimore, Maryland\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140905032509/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-02-21/features/1993052208_1_eric-clapton-celine-dion-dion-and-peabo/1\|archive-date=September 5, 2014\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1994{{ref\|2\|[II]}} \| {{N/A}} \| {{N/A}} \| {{N/A}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19940107&id=V6ssAAAAIBAJ&pg=7137,2245707\|title=Sting, Joel top Grammy nominations\|date=January 7, 1994\|access-date=April 26, 2010\|first=Mary\|last=Campbell\|work=Star-News\|publisher=The New York Times Company\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073141/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19940107&id=V6ssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6RQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7137,2245707\|archive-date=March 13, 2016\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1995 \| {{sortname\|Melissa\|Etheridge}} \| {{sort\|Come to My Window\|"Come to My Window"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Sheryl Crow – "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" Liz Phair – "Supernova" Sam Phillips – "Circle of Fire" Bonnie Raitt – "Love Sneakin' Up On You"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1996 \| {{sortname\|Alanis\|Morissette}} \| {{sort\|You Oughta Know\|"You Oughta Know"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Toni Childs – "Lay Down Your Pain" PJ Harvey – "Down by the Water" Joan Osborne – "St. Teresa" Liz Phair – "Don't Have Time"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html\|title=List of Grammy nominees\|date=January 4, 1996\|access-date=June 4, 2010\|publisher=CNN\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207073959/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html\|archive-date=December 7, 2012\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1997 \| {{sortname\|Sheryl\|Crow}} \| {{sort\|If It Makes You Happy\|"If It Makes You Happy"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Tracy Bonham – "Mother Mother" Tracy Chapman – "Give Me One Reason" Joan Osborne – "Spider Web" Bonnie Raitt – "Burning Down the House"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq\|title=Babyface is up for 12 Grammy awards\|date=January 8, 1997\|access-date=June 4, 2010\|first=Mary\|last=Campbell\|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\|publisher=Journal Communications\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712192922/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ci4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq\|archive-date=July 12, 2012\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1998 \| {{sortname\|Fiona\|Apple}} \| {{sort\|Criminal\|"Criminal"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Meredith Brooks – "Bitch" Ani DiFranco – "Shy" Abra Moore – "Four Leaf Clover" Patti Smith – "1959"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W6QaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5040,1260366&dq\|title=Grammys' dual Dylans\|first=Mary\|last=Campbell\|date=January 7, 1998\|access-date=June 4, 2010\|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\|publisher=Journal Communications\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208130500/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W6QaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fC4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5040,1260366&dq\|archive-date=December 8, 2012\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|1999 \| {{sortname\|Alanis\|Morissette}} \| {{sort\|Uninvited\|"Uninvited"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Tori Amos – "Raspberry Swirl" Sheryl Crow – "There Goes the Neighborhood" Ani DiFranco – "Glass House" Lucinda Williams – "Can't Let Go"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zZA0AAAAIBAJ&pg=1548,2957136&dq\|title=1999 Grammy Nominations\|date=January 6, 1999\|access-date=June 4, 2010\|work=Reading Eagle\|publisher=Reading Eagle Company\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073606/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zZA0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=MKYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1548,2957136&dq\|archive-date=March 13, 2016\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2000 \| {{sortname\|Sheryl\|Crow}} \| {{sort\|Sweet Child o' Mine\|"Sweet Child o' Mine"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Tori Amos – "Bliss" Ani DiFranco – "Jukebox" Melissa Etheridge – "Angels Would Fall" Sarah McLachlan – "Possession" (live)}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/grammy.noms.01/list.html \|title=42nd Annual Grammy Awards nominations \|date=January 4, 2000 \|access-date=June 4, 2010 \|publisher=CNN \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722190443/http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/grammy.noms.01/list.html \|archive-date=July 22, 2012 }}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2001 \| {{sortname\|Sheryl\|Crow}} \| {{sort\|There Goes the Neighborhood\|"There Goes the Neighborhood (Live)"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Fiona Apple – "Paper Bag" Melissa Etheridge – "Enough of Me" Alanis Morissette – "So Pure" Patti Smith – "Glitter in Their Eyes"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/03/se.02.html\|title=Recording Academy Announces Grammy Nominations\|date=January 3, 2001\|access-date=June 5, 2010\|publisher=CNN\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629131144/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/03/se.02.html\|archive-date=June 29, 2011\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2002 \| {{sortname\|Lucinda\|Williams}} \| {{sort\|Get Right With God\|"Get Right With God"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Tori Amos – "Strange Little Girl" Melissa Etheridge – "I Want to Be in Love" PJ Harvey – "This Is Love" Stevie Nicks – "Planets of the Universe"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/complete-list-of-grammy-nominees/\|title=Complete List Of Grammy Nominees\|date=January 4, 2002\|access-date=June 4, 2010\|publisher=CBS News\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031010122104/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/04/entertainment/main323197.shtml\|archive-date=October 10, 2003\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2003 \| {{sortname\|Sheryl\|Crow}} \| {{sort\|Steve McQueen\|"Steve McQueen"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Melissa Etheridge – "The Weakness in Me" Avril Lavigne – "Sk8er Boi" Bonnie Raitt – "Gnawin' on It" Susan Tedeschi – "Alone"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/67128/grammy-nominees-announced.html \|title=Grammy Nominees Announced \|date=January 15, 2003 \|access-date=June 4, 2010 \|first=Ben \|last=Goldstein \|work=Blender \|publisher=Alpha Media Group }}{{dead link\|date=June 2016\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"\|2004 \| Pink \| {{sort\|Trouble\|"Trouble"}} \| {{smalldiv\| Michelle Branch – "Are You Happy Now?" Avril Lavigne – "Losing Grip" Bonnie Raitt – "Time of Our Lives" Lucinda Williams – "Righteously"}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/movies/they-re-all-contenders.html\|title=They're All Contenders\|date=December 5, 2003\|access-date=June 4, 2010\|work=The New York Times\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003628/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/movies/they-re-all-contenders.html\|archive-date=March 5, 2016\|url-status=live}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year{{ref|1|[I]}}

! scope="col" style="width:175px;" | Winner(s)

! scope="col" style="width:250px;" | Work

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref.

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1980

| {{sortname|Donna|Summer}}

| {{sort|Hot Stuff|"Hot Stuff"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Cindy Bullens – "Survivor"
Rickie Lee Jones – "The Last Chance Texaco"
Bonnie Raitt – "You're Gonna Get What's Coming"
Carly Simon – "Vengeance"
Tanya Tucker – TNT}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm|title=Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance – Female|publisher=Rock on the Net|access-date=May 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222233111/http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm|archive-date=February 22, 2008|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1981

| {{sortname|Pat|Benatar}}

| {{sort|Crimes of Passion|Crimes of Passion}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1982

| {{sortname|Pat|Benatar}}

| {{sort|Fire and Ice|"Fire and Ice"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iOAjAAAAIBAJ&pg=4823,1615538&dq|title=Lennon, Jones lead Grammy nominees|work=The Milwaukee Journal|date=January 14, 1982|access-date=May 27, 2010|publisher=Journal Communications|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208182511/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iOAjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4823,1615538&dq|archive-date=December 8, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1983

| {{sortname|Pat|Benatar}}

| {{sort|Shadows of the Night|"Shadows of the Night"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M3EjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6072,4942573&dq|title=Toto Tops Grammy Nominees|date=January 12, 1983|access-date=June 4, 2010|work=Pittsburgh Press|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|archive-date=July 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705095539/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M3EjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6072,4942573&dq|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1984

| {{sortname|Pat|Benatar}}

| {{sort|Love Is a Battlefield|"Love Is a Battlefield"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Joan Armatrading – The Key
Kim Carnes – "Invisible Hands"
Stevie Nicks – "Stand Back"
Bonnie Tyler – Faster Than the Speed of Night}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1985

| {{sortname|Tina|Turner}}

| {{sort|Better Be Good to Me|"Better Be Good to Me"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZLwyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1758,1006557&dq|title=Here's one critic's picks for Grammys|date=February 23, 1985|access-date=May 27, 2010|first=Robert|last=Hilburn|author-link=Robert Hilburn|work=Ottawa Citizen|publisher=Canwest|archive-date=February 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212170530/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZLwyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1758,1006557&dq|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1986

| {{sortname|Tina|Turner}}

| {{sort|One of the Living|"One of the Living"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Pat Benatar – "Invincible"
Melba Moore – "Read My Lips"
Nona Hendryx – "Rock This House"
Cyndi Lauper – "What a Thrill"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oqojAAAAIBAJ&pg=4623,1962537&dq|title=Dire Straits, Tina Turner, Sting lead performer nominations|date=January 10, 1986|access-date=June 4, 2010|first=Richard|last=de Atley|work=Times-News|publisher=The New York Times Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073328/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oqojAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4623,1962537&dq|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1987

| {{sortname|Tina|Turner}}

| {{sort|Back Where You Started|"Back Where You Started"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Pat Benatar – "Sex as a Weapon"
Cyndi Lauper – "911"
Stevie Nicks – "Talk to Me"
Bonnie Raitt – "No Way to Treat a Lady"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1988{{ref|2|[II]}}

| {{N/A}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1989

| {{sortname|Tina|Turner}}

| {{sort|Tina Live in Europe|Tina Live in Europe}}

| {{smalldiv|

Pat Benatar – "All Fired Up"
Toni Childs – "Don't Walk Away"
Melissa Etheridge – "Bring Me Some Water"
Sinéad O'Connor – The Lion and the Cobra}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1990

| {{sortname|Bonnie|Raitt}}

| {{sort|Nick of Time|Nick of Time}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0hYpAAAAIBAJ&pg=6625,4056376&dq|title=Here's list of nominees from all 77 categories|work=Deseret News|publisher=Deseret News Publishing Company|date=January 12, 1990|access-date=June 4, 2010|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073321/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0hYpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=woQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6625,4056376&dq|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1991

| {{sortname|Alannah|Myles}}

| {{sort|Black Velvet|"Black Velvet"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1992{{ref|2|[II]}}

| {{N/A}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Gl4eAAAAIBAJ&pg=3840,1147988&dq|title=Nominees announced for Grammy awards|date=January 8, 1992|access-date=April 26, 2010|work=TimesDaily|publisher=Tennessee Valley Printing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073453/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Gl4eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o8gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3840,1147988&dq|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1993

| {{sortname|Melissa|Etheridge}}

| {{sort|Ain't It Heavy|"Ain't It Heavy"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1993/02/21/grammy-nominations-10/|title=Grammy nominations|page=1|date=February 21, 1993|access-date=September 4, 2014|work=The Baltimore Sun|publisher=Tribune Company|location=Baltimore, Maryland|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140905032509/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-02-21/features/1993052208_1_eric-clapton-celine-dion-dion-and-peabo/1|archive-date=September 5, 2014|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1994{{ref|2|[II]}}

| {{N/A}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19940107&id=V6ssAAAAIBAJ&pg=7137,2245707|title=Sting, Joel top Grammy nominations|date=January 7, 1994|access-date=April 26, 2010|first=Mary|last=Campbell|work=Star-News|publisher=The New York Times Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073141/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19940107&id=V6ssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6RQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7137,2245707|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1995

| {{sortname|Melissa|Etheridge}}

| {{sort|Come to My Window|"Come to My Window"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Sheryl Crow – "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday"
Liz Phair – "Supernova"
Sam Phillips – "Circle of Fire"
Bonnie Raitt – "Love Sneakin' Up On You"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1996

| {{sortname|Alanis|Morissette}}

| {{sort|You Oughta Know|"You Oughta Know"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Toni Childs – "Lay Down Your Pain"
PJ Harvey – "Down by the Water"
Joan Osborne – "St. Teresa"
Liz Phair – "Don't Have Time"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html|title=List of Grammy nominees|date=January 4, 1996|access-date=June 4, 2010|publisher=CNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207073959/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html|archive-date=December 7, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1997

| {{sortname|Sheryl|Crow}}

| {{sort|If It Makes You Happy|"If It Makes You Happy"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Tracy Bonham – "Mother Mother"
Tracy Chapman – "Give Me One Reason"
Joan Osborne – "Spider Web"
Bonnie Raitt – "Burning Down the House"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq|title=Babyface is up for 12 Grammy awards|date=January 8, 1997|access-date=June 4, 2010|first=Mary|last=Campbell|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|publisher=Journal Communications|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712192922/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ci4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq|archive-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1998

| {{sortname|Fiona|Apple}}

| {{sort|Criminal|"Criminal"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W6QaAAAAIBAJ&pg=5040,1260366&dq|title=Grammys' dual Dylans|first=Mary|last=Campbell|date=January 7, 1998|access-date=June 4, 2010|work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|publisher=Journal Communications|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208130500/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W6QaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fC4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5040,1260366&dq|archive-date=December 8, 2012|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1999

| {{sortname|Alanis|Morissette}}

| {{sort|Uninvited|"Uninvited"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Tori Amos – "Raspberry Swirl"
Sheryl Crow – "There Goes the Neighborhood"
Ani DiFranco – "Glass House"
Lucinda Williams – "Can't Let Go"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zZA0AAAAIBAJ&pg=1548,2957136&dq|title=1999 Grammy Nominations|date=January 6, 1999|access-date=June 4, 2010|work=Reading Eagle|publisher=Reading Eagle Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073606/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zZA0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=MKYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1548,2957136&dq|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2000

| {{sortname|Sheryl|Crow}}

| {{sort|Sweet Child o' Mine|"Sweet Child o' Mine"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/grammy.noms.01/list.html |title=42nd Annual Grammy Awards nominations |date=January 4, 2000 |access-date=June 4, 2010 |publisher=CNN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722190443/http://transcripts.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/04/grammy.noms.01/list.html |archive-date=July 22, 2012 }}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2001

| {{sortname|Sheryl|Crow}}

| {{sort|There Goes the Neighborhood|"There Goes the Neighborhood (Live)"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/03/se.02.html|title=Recording Academy Announces Grammy Nominations|date=January 3, 2001|access-date=June 5, 2010|publisher=CNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629131144/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/03/se.02.html|archive-date=June 29, 2011|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2002

| {{sortname|Lucinda|Williams}}

| {{sort|Get Right With God|"Get Right With God"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Tori Amos – "Strange Little Girl"
Melissa Etheridge – "I Want to Be in Love"
PJ Harvey – "This Is Love"
Stevie Nicks – "Planets of the Universe"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/complete-list-of-grammy-nominees/|title=Complete List Of Grammy Nominees|date=January 4, 2002|access-date=June 4, 2010|publisher=CBS News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031010122104/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/04/entertainment/main323197.shtml|archive-date=October 10, 2003|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2003

| {{sortname|Sheryl|Crow}}

| {{sort|Steve McQueen|"Steve McQueen"}}

| {{smalldiv|

Melissa Etheridge – "The Weakness in Me"
Avril Lavigne – "Sk8er Boi"
Bonnie Raitt – "Gnawin' on It"
Susan Tedeschi – "Alone"}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/67128/grammy-nominees-announced.html |title=Grammy Nominees Announced |date=January 15, 2003 |access-date=June 4, 2010 |first=Ben |last=Goldstein |work=Blender |publisher=Alpha Media Group }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2004

| Pink

| {{sort|Trouble|"Trouble"}}

| {{smalldiv|

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/movies/they-re-all-contenders.html|title=They're All Contenders|date=December 5, 2003|access-date=June 4, 2010|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003628/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/movies/they-re-all-contenders.html|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=live}}

^{{{note|1|[I]}}} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

^{{{note|2|[II]}}} Award was combined with the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance category and presented in a genderless category known as Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo.

Multiple wins

;4 wins

;2 wins

Multiple nominations

;9 nominations

Melissa Etheridge

;8 nominations

;7 nominations

Tina Turner

;6 nominations

Sheryl Crow

;5 nominations

Stevie Nicks

;3 nominations

;2 nominations

References

;General

{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 4, 2011|archive-date=December 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219095456/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search|url-status=live}} Note: User must select the "Rock" category as the genre under the search feature.
{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm|title=Grammy Awards: Best Rock Vocal Performance – Female|publisher=Rock on the Net|access-date=May 25, 2010|archive-date=February 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222233111/http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/rockfemale.htm|url-status=live}}

;Specific

External links

[http://www.grammy.com/ Official site of the Grammy Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507010400/http://www.grammy.com/ |date=2014-05-07 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grammy Award For Best Female Rock Vocal Performance}}

Category:1980 establishments in the United States

Category:2004 disestablishments in the United States

Category:Awards disestablished in 2004

Category:Awards established in 1980

Female Rock Vocal Performance

Category:Music awards honoring women

:Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

Recipients

Multiple wins

Multiple nominations

See also

References

External links