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

1950s

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1959<br />

| Perry Como

| "Catch a Falling Star"

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| Domenico Modugno

| "Nel blu dipinto di blu"

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| Frank Sinatra

| Come Fly With Me

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| Frank Sinatra

| "Witchcraft"

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| Andy Williams

| "The Hawaiian Wedding Song"

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1960s

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1960<br />

| Frank Sinatra

| Come Dance with Me!

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| Harry Belafonte

| Belafonte at Carnegie Hall

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| Jesse Belvin

| Guess Who

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| Bobby Darin

| "Mack the Knife"

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| Robert Merrill

| An Evening with Lerner and Loewe

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! rowspan=12, style="text-align:center;"|1961<br />

! colspan="4"| Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male

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| Ray Charles

| "Georgia on My Mind"

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| Johnny Mathis

| "Misty"

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| Elvis Presley

| "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

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| Jim Reeves

| "He'll Have to Go"

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| Frank Sinatra

| "Nice 'n' Easy"

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! colspan="4"| Best Vocal Performance Album, Male

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| Ray Charles

| The Genius of Ray Charles

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| Harry Belafonte

| Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall

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| Nat King Cole

| Wild Is Love

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| Elvis Presley

| G.I. Blues

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| Frank Sinatra

| Nice 'n' Easy

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1962<br />

| Jack Jones

| "Lollipops and Roses"

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| Jimmy Dean

| "Big Bad John"

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| Burl Ives

| "A Little Bitty Tear"

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| Steve Lawrence

| Portrait of My Love

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| Andy Williams

| Danny Boy

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1963<br />

| Tony Bennett

| "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"

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| Ray Charles

| "I Can't Stop Loving You"

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| Sammy Davis, Jr.

| What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers

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| Anthony Newley

| "What Kind of Fool Am I?"

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| Mel Torme

| Comin' Home Baby!

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1964<br />

| Jack Jones

| "Wives and Lovers"

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| Tony Bennett

| "I Wanna Be Around"

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| Ray Charles

| "Busted"

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| John Gary

| Catch a Rising Star

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| Andy Williams

| "Days of Wine and Roses"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1965<br />

| Louis Armstrong

| "Hello, Dolly!"

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| Tony Bennett

| "Who Can I Turn To?"

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| João Gilberto

| Getz/Gilberto

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| Dean Martin

| Everybody Loves Somebody

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| Andy Williams

| Call Me Irresponsible

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1966<br />

| Frank Sinatra

| "It Was a Very Good Year"

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| Tony Bennett

| "The Shadow of Your Smile"

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| Paul McCartney

| "Yesterday"

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| Roger Miller

| "King of the Road"

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| Glenn Yarbrough

| Baby the Rain Must Fall

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! rowspan=6, style="text-align:center;"|1967<br />

| Frank Sinatra

| "Strangers in the Night"

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| David Houston

| "Almost Persuaded"

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| Jack Jones

| "The Impossible Dream"

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| Paul McCartney

| "Eleanor Rigby"

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| Jim Reeves

| "Distant Drums"

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| Andy Williams

| The Shadow of Your Smile

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1968<br />

| Glen Campbell

| "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"

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| Ed Ames

| My Cup Runneth Over

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| Ray Charles

| "Yesterday"

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| Frank Sinatra

| Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

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| Frankie Valli

| "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1969<br />

| José Feliciano

| "Light My Fire"

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| Glen Campbell

| "Wichita Lineman"

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| Bobby Goldsboro

| "Honey"

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| Richard Harris

| "MacArthur Park"

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| O.C. Smith

| "Little Green Apples"

|-

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1970s

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1970<br />

| Harry Nilsson

| "Everybody's Talkin'"

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| Frank Sinatra

| "My Way"

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| Joe South

| "Games People Play"

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| Ray Stevens

| "Gitarzan"

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| B. J. Thomas

| "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1971<br />

| Ray Stevens

| "Everything Is Beautiful"

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| Brook Benton

| "Rainy Night in Georgia"

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| Joe Cocker

| Mad Dogs & Englishmen

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| Elton John

| Elton John

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| James Taylor

| Sweet Baby James

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1972<br />

| James Taylor

| "You've Got a Friend"

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| Perry Como

| "It's Impossible"

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| Neil Diamond

| "I Am... I Said"

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| Gordon Lightfoot

| "If You Could Read My Mind"

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| Bill Withers

| "Ain't No Sunshine"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1973<br />

| Harry Nilsson

| "Without You"

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| Mac Davis

| Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me

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| Sammy Davis, Jr.

| "The Candy Man"

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| Don McLean

| "American Pie"

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| Gilbert O'Sullivan

| "Alone Again (Naturally)"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1974<br />

| Stevie Wonder

| "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"

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| Perry Como

| "And I Love You So"

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| Jim Croce

| "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"

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| Elton John

| "Daniel"

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| Paul Simon

| There Goes Rhymin' Simon

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1975<br />

| Stevie Wonder

| Fulfillingness' First Finale

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| Harry Chapin

| "Cat's in the Cradle"

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| Elton John

| "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"

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| Dave Loggins

| "Please Come to Boston"

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| Billy Preston

| "Nothing from Nothing"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1976<br />

| Paul Simon

| Still Crazy After All These Years

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| Morris Albert

| "Feelings"

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| Glen Campbell

| "Rhinestone Cowboy"

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| Elton John

| Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

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| Neil Sedaka

| "Bad Blood"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1977<br />

| Stevie Wonder

| Songs in the Key of Life

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| George Benson

| "This Masquerade"

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| Gordon Lightfoot

| "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

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| Lou Rawls

| "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"

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| Boz Scaggs

| Silk Degrees

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1978<br />

| James Taylor

| "Handy Man"

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| Stephen Bishop

| "On and On"

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| Andy Gibb

| "I Just Want to Be Your Everything"

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| Engelbert Humperdinck

| After the Lovin

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| Leo Sayer

| "When I Need You"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1979<br />

| Barry Manilow

| "Copacabana (At the Copa)"

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| Jackson Browne

| Running on Empty

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| Dan Hill

| "Sometimes When We Touch"

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| Gerry Rafferty

| "Baker Street"

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| Gino Vannelli

| "I Just Wanna Stop"

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1980s

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1980<br />

| Billy Joel

| 52nd Street

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| Robert John

| "Sad Eyes"

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| Kenny Rogers

| "She Believes in Me"

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| Rod Stewart

| "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"

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| James Taylor

| "Up on the Roof"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1981<br />

| Kenny Loggins

| "This Is It"

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| Christopher Cross

| Christopher Cross

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| Kenny Rogers

| "Lady"

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| Paul Simon

| "Late in the Evening"

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| Frank Sinatra

| "Theme from New York, New York"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1982<br />

| Al Jarreau

| Breakin' Away

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| Christopher Cross

| "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"

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| James Ingram

| "Just Once"

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| John Lennon

| Double Fantasy

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| Bill Withers

| "Just the Two of Us"

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! rowspan=6, style="text-align:center;"|1983<br />

| Lionel Richie

| "Truly"

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| Donald Fagen

| "I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)"

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| Joe Jackson

| "Steppin' Out"

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| Elton John

| "Blue Eyes"

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| Michael McDonald

| "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)"

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| Rick Springfield

| "Don't Talk to Strangers"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1984<br />

| Michael Jackson

| Thriller

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| Billy Joel

| "Uptown Girl"

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| Prince

| 1999

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| Lionel Richie

| "All Night Long"

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| Michael Sembello

| "Maniac"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1985<br />

| Phil Collins

| "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"

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| Kenny Loggins

| "Footloose"

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| Lionel Richie

| "Hello"

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| John Waite

| "Missing You"

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| Stevie Wonder

| "I Just Called to Say I Love You"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1986<br />

| Phil Collins

| No Jacket Required

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| Glenn Frey

| "The Heat Is On"

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| Sting

| The Dream of the Blue Turtles

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| Stevie Wonder

| "Part-Time Lover"

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| Paul Young

| "Every Time You Go Away"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1987<br />

| Steve Winwood

| "Higher Love"

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| Peter Cetera

| "Glory of Love"

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| Kenny Loggins

| "Danger Zone"

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| Michael McDonald

| "Sweet Freedom"

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| Paul Simon

| Graceland

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1988<br />

| Sting

| Bring on the Night

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| Michael Jackson

| Bad

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| Al Jarreau

| "Moonlighting (Theme)"

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| Elton John

| "Candle in the Wind" (Live)

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| Bruce Springsteen

| "Brilliant Disguise"

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1989<br />

| Bobby McFerrin

| "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

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| Phil Collins

| "A Groovy Kind of Love"

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| George Michael

| "Father Figure"

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| Sting

| "Be Still My Beating Heart"

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| Steve Winwood

| "Roll with It"

|-

|}

1990s

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1990<br />

| Michael Bolton

| "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"

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| Billy Joel

| "We Didn't Start the Fire"

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| Richard Marx

| "Right Here Waiting"

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| Roy Orbison

| "You Got It"

|-

| Prince

| Batman

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! rowspan=6, style="text-align:center;"|1991<br />

| Roy Orbison

| "Oh, Pretty Woman"

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| Phil Collins

| "Another Day in Paradise"

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| Michael Bolton

| "Georgia on My Mind"

|-

| James Ingram

| "I Don't Have the Heart"

|-

| Billy Joel

| Storm Front

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| Rod Stewart

| "Downtown Train"

|-

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! rowspan=6, style="text-align:center;"|1992<br />

| Michael Bolton

| "When a Man Loves a Woman"

|-

| Bryan Adams

| "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"

|-

| Marc Cohn

| "Walking in Memphis"

|-

| George Michael

| "Freedom! '90"

|-

| Aaron Neville

| Warm Your Heart

|-

| Seal

| "Crazy"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1993<br />

| Eric Clapton

| "Tears in Heaven"

|-

| Peter Gabriel

| Us

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| Michael Jackson

| "Black or White"

|-

| Elton John

| "The One"

|-

| Lyle Lovett

| Joshua Judges Ruth

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1994<br />

| Sting

| "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"

|-

| Boy George

| "The Crying Game"

|-

| Billy Joel

| "The River of Dreams"

|-

| Aaron Neville

| "Don't Take Away My Heaven"

|-

| Rod Stewart

| "Have I Told You Lately"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1995<br />

| Elton John

| "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"

|-

| Michael Bolton

| "Said I Loved You...But I Lied"

|-

| Prince

| "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"

|-

| Seal

| "Prayer for the Dying"

|-

| Luther Vandross

| "Love the One You're With"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1996<br />

| Seal

| "Kiss from a Rose"

|-

| Bryan Adams

| "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"

|-

| Michael Jackson

| "You Are Not Alone"

|-

| Elton John

| "Believe"

|-

| Sting

| "When We Dance"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1997<br />

| Eric Clapton

| "Change the World"

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| Bryan Adams

| "Let's Make a Night to Remember"

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| John Mellencamp

| "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)"

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| Tony Rich Project

| "Nobody Knows"

|-

| Sting

| "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1998<br />

| Elton John

| "Candle in the Wind 1997"

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| Babyface

| "Every Time I Close My Eyes"

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| Maxwell

| "Whenever Wherever Whatever"

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| Seal

| "Fly Like an Eagle"

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| Duncan Sheik

| "Barely Breathing"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|1999<br />

| Eric Clapton

| "My Father's Eyes"

|-

| Eagle-Eye Cherry

| "Save Tonight"

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| Brian McKnight

| "Anytime"

|-

| Shawn Mullins

| "Lullaby"

|-

| Sting

| "You Were Meant for Me"

|-

|}

2000s

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2000<br />

| Sting

| "Brand New Day"

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| Marc Anthony

| "I Need to Know"

|-

| Lou Bega

| "Mambo No. 5"

|-

| Andrea Bocelli

| "Sogno"

|-

| Ricky Martin

| "Livin' la Vida Loca"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2001<br />

| Sting

| "She Walks This Earth"

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| Marc Anthony

| "You Sang to Me"

|-

| Don Henley

| "Taking You Home"

|-

| Ricky Martin

| "She Bangs"

|-

| Brian McKnight

| "6, 8, 12"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2002<br />

| James Taylor

| "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"

|-

| Craig David

| "Fill Me In"

|-

| Michael Jackson

| "You Rock My World"

|-

| Elton John

| "I Want Love"

|-

| Brian McKnight

| "Still"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2003<br />

| John Mayer

| "Your Body Is a Wonderland"

|-

| Craig David

| "7 Days"

|-

| Elton John

| "Original Sin"

|-

| Sting

| "Fragile" (Live)

|-

| James Taylor

| "October Road"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2004<br />

| Justin Timberlake

| "Cry Me a River"

|-

| George Harrison

| "Any Road"

|-

| Michael McDonald

| "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

|-

| Sting

| "Send Your Love"

|-

| Warren Zevon

| "Keep Me in Your Heart"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2005<br />

| John Mayer

| "Daughters"

|-

| Elvis Costello

| "Let's Misbehave"

|-

| Josh Groban

| "You Raise Me Up"

|-

| Prince

| "Cinnamon Girl"

|-

| Seal

| "Love's Divine"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2006<br />

| Stevie Wonder

| "From the Bottom of My Heart"

|-

| Jack Johnson

| "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"

|-

| Paul McCartney

| "Fine Line"

|-

| Seal

| "Walk on By"

|-

| Rob Thomas

| "Lonely No More"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2007<br />

| John Mayer

| "Waiting on the World to Change"

|-

| James Blunt

| "You're Beautiful"

|-

| John Legend

| "Save Room"

|-

| Paul McCartney

| "Jenny Wren"

|-

| Daniel Powter

| "Bad Day"

|-

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2008<br />

| Justin Timberlake

| "What Goes Around... Comes Around"

|-

| Michael Bublé

| "Everything"

|-

| John Mayer

| "Belief"

|-

| Paul McCartney

| "Dance Tonight"

|-

| Seal

| "Amazing"

|-

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! rowspan=6, style="text-align:center;"|2009<br />

| John Mayer

| "Say"

|-

| Kid Rock

| "All Summer Long"

|-

| Paul McCartney

| "That Was Me"

|-

| Jason Mraz

| "I'm Yours"

|-

| Ne-Yo

| "Closer"

|-

| James Taylor

| "Wichita Lineman"

|-

|}

2010s

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2010<br />

| Jason Mraz

| "Make It Mine"

|-

| John Legend

| "This Time"

|-

| Maxwell

| "Love You"

|-

| Seal

| "If You Don't Know Me by Now"

|-

| Stevie Wonder

| "All About the Love Again"

|-

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! rowspan=5, style="text-align:center;"|2011<br />

| Bruno Mars

| "Just the Way You Are"

|-

| Michael Bublé

| "Haven't Met You Yet"

|-

| Michael Jackson

| "This Is It"

|-

| Adam Lambert

| "Whataya Want from Me"

|-

| John Mayer

| "Half of My Heart"

|-

|}

Multiple wins

;4 wins

  • John Mayer
  • Sting
  • Stevie Wonder

;3 wins

  • Eric Clapton
  • Frank Sinatra
  • James Taylor

;2 wins

  • Michael Bolton
  • Ray Charles
  • Phil Collins
  • Elton John
  • Jack Jones
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Harry Nilsson

Multiple nominations

;12 nominations

  • Elton John

;11 nominations

  • Sting

;10 nominations

  • Frank Sinatra

;8 nominations

  • Seal

;7 nominations

  • James Taylor
  • Stevie Wonder

;6 nominations

  • Michael Jackson
  • John Mayer
  • Paul McCartney
  • Stevie Wonder

;5 nominations

  • Ray Charles
  • Billy Joel
  • Andy Williams

;4 nominations

  • Tony Bennett
  • Michael Bolton
  • Phil Collins
  • Prince
  • Paul Simon

;3 nominations

  • Bryan Adams
  • Glen Campbell
  • Eric Clapton
  • Perry Como
  • Jack Jones
  • Kenny Loggins
  • Michael McDonald
  • Brian McKnight
  • Lionel Richie
  • Rod Stewart

;2 nominations

  • Marc Anthony
  • Harry Belafonte
  • Michael Bublé
  • Christopher Cross
  • Craig David
  • Sammy Davis Jr.
  • James Ingram
  • Al Jarreau
  • John Legend
  • Gordon Lightfoot
  • Ricky Martin
  • Maxwell
  • George Michael
  • Jason Mraz
  • Aaron Neville
  • Harry Nilsson
  • Roy Orbison
  • Elvis Presley
  • Jim Reeves
  • Kenny Rogers
  • Ray Stevens
  • Justin Timberlake
  • Steve Winwood
  • Bill Withers

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

See also

  • Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance
  • Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

References

  • Official Site of the Grammy Awards