Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance#Recipients
{{Short description|Award}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
| awarded_for = quality male vocal performances in the pop music genre
| image =
| imagesize = 100px
| alt = A gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table
| caption = Gilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
| 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 = [https://www.grammy.com/ 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:
- From 1959 to 1960 there was an award called Best Vocal Performance, Male, which was for work in the pop field
- In 1961 the award was separated into Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track and Best Vocal Performance Album, Male
- From 1962 to 1963 the awards from the previous year were combined into Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male
- From 1964 to 1968 the award was called Best Vocal Performance, Male
- In 1969, the awards were combined and streamlined as the award for Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Male
- From 1970 to 1971 the award was known as Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male
- From 1972 to 1994 the award was known as Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
- From 1995 to 2011 it was known as Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
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
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! 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"|1959
|{{sortname|Perry|Como}} | {{smalldiv|
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=24|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=Grammy.Com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/popsolo.htm|title=Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male|publisher=Rock on the Net}} |
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scope="row"|1960
|{{sortname|Frank|Sinatra}} | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|1961 (Single) |{{sortname|Ray|Charles}} |{{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1961 (Album) |{{sortname|Ray|Charles}} |{{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1962
|{{sort|Jones, Jack|Jack Jones}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1963
|{{sortname|Tony|Bennett}} |"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1964
|{{sort|Jones, Jack|Jack Jones}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1965
|{{sortname|Louis|Armstrong}} | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|1966
|{{sortname|Frank|Sinatra}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1967
|{{sortname|Frank|Sinatra}} | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|1968
|{{sortname|Glen|Campbell}} |"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1969
|{{sortname|José|Feliciano}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1970
|{{sortname|Harry|Nilsson}} | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|1971
|{{sortname|Ray|Stevens}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1972
|{{sortname|James|Taylor}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1973
|{{sortname|Harry|Nilsson}} |"Without You" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1974
|{{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}} |"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1975
|{{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1976
|{{sortname|Paul|Simon}} |Still Crazy After All These Years | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1977
|{{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1978
|{{sortname|James|Taylor}} |"Handy Man" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1979
|{{sortname|Barry|Manilow}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1980
| {{sortname|Billy|Joel}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1981
| {{sortname|Kenny|Loggins}} | "This Is It" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1982
| {{sortname|Al|Jarreau}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1983
| {{sortname|Lionel|Richie}} | "Truly" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1984
| {{sortname|Michael|Jackson}} | Thriller | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|1985
| {{sortname|Phil|Collins}} | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1986
| {{sortname|Phil|Collins}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1987
| {{sortname|Steve|Winwood}} | "Higher Love" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1988
| Sting | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1989
| {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1990
| {{sortname|Michael|Bolton}} | "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1991
| {{sortname|Roy|Orbison}} | "Oh, Pretty Woman (live 1987)" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1992
| {{sortname|Michael|Bolton}} | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1993
| {{sortname|Eric|Clapton}} | "Tears in Heaven" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1994
| Sting | "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|1995
| {{sortname|Elton|John}} | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" | {{smalldiv| |
scope="row"|1996
| Seal | "Kiss from a Rose" | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|1997
| {{sortname|Eric|Clapton}} | |"Change the World" | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|1998
| {{sortname|Elton|John}} | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|1999
| {{sortname|Eric|Clapton}} | |"My Father's Eyes" | {{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|2000
| Sting |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|2001
|"She Walks This Earth" |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|2002
| {{sortname|James|Taylor}} |"Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|2003
| {{sortname|John|Mayer}} |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|2004
| {{sortname|Justin|Timberlake}} |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|2005
| {{sortname|John|Mayer}} |"Daughters" |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|2006
| {{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}} |"From the Bottom of My Heart" |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|2007
| {{sortname|John|Mayer}} |"Waiting on the World to Change" |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|2008
| {{sortname|Justin|Timberlake}} |"What Goes Around... Comes Around" |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|2009
| {{sortname|John|Mayer}} |"Say" |{{smalldiv|
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scope="row"|2010
| {{sortname|Jason|Mraz}} |"Make It Mine" |{{smalldiv|
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1968-218.html|title=Grammy Awards 1968|publisher=Awards & Shows}} |
scope="row"|2011
| {{sortname|Bruno|Mars}} |{{smalldiv|
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1968-218.html|title=Grammy Awards 1968|publisher=Awards & Shows}} |
Category records
Most wins
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| Artist | Sting | Frank Sinatra | Jack Jones |
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| Total wins | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Most nominations
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| Artist | Sting |
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| Total nominations | 12 | 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.
- In 1966 the award was called Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance - Male
- In 1967 the award from the previous year was combined with the equivalent award for women as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female
- In 1968 the previous award was once again separated by gender, with the male award called Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance
References
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External links
- [http://www.grammy.com Official Site of the Grammy Awards]
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