:Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance
{{Short description|Annual popular music award}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance
| awarded_for = quality vocal and instrumental pop recordings
| image = Sabrina Carpenter @ Wiltern 10 15 2022 (52525426772) (cropped2).jpg
| caption = "Espresso" by Sabrina Carpenter is the most recent recipient
| presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
| country = United States
| year = 2012
| most_wins = Adele (4)
| most_nominations = Taylor Swift
Billie Eilish (5 each)
| holder = Sabrina Carpenter – "Espresso" (2025)
| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]}}
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance is 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}} According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guides, the Best Pop Solo Performance Award as being designed for a solo performance pop recording (vocal and instrumental) and is limited to singles or tracks only.{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-mapper/new-category/124673/124753 |title=Category Mapper |access-date=November 25, 2011 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604022508/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-mapper/new-category/124673/124753 |archive-date=June 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
The category was introduced at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in 2012 and combined the previous categories for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Instrumental Performance. The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards and to eliminate the distinctions between male and female (and in some cases, solo instrumental) performances.
The award goes to the performing artist. The producer, engineer and songwriter can apply for a Winners Certificate.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/bluebook_awards_certs_and_grammy_tickets.pdf|title=AWARDS, CERTIFICATES, AND GRAMMY TICKETS|website=Grammy.com|access-date=March 21, 2022}}
Adele has the most victories (with four wins), and is the only act so far to win this category for consecutive years. Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish lead all performers with five nominations. The current holder of the award is Sabrina Carpenter for "Espresso", which won at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.
Recipients
= 2010s =
File:Adele - Live 2016, Glasgow SSE Hydro 03.jpg was the first recipient of this award, and won it four times in 2012, 2013, 2017, and 2023.]]
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File:Sabrina Carpenter @ Wiltern 10 15 2022 (52526442648) (cropped) (cropped).jpg.]]
=== 2020s ===
Artists with multiple awards
Artists with multiple nominations
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.grammy.com Official website of the Grammy Awards]
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