Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Awarded for	Quality albums containing 51% or more playing time of vocal tracks[1] in the "traditional" genre (Great American Songbook)[2]
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1992
Last awarded	2016
Official website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album is an award presented to recording artists at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.^[3] 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".^[4]

The award has been presented every year since 1992, though the award has had two name changes throughout its history. In 1992 the award was known as Best Traditional Pop Performance, from 1993 to 2000 the award was known as Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance, and since 2001 it has been awarded as Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Apart from the first year it was presented, the award has been designated for "albums containing 51% or more playing time of vocal tracks", with "traditional" referring to the "composition, vocal styling, and the instrumental arrangement" of the body of music known as the Great American Songbook.^[1][2]

The 1992 award was presented to Natalie Cole for the "spliced-together" duet of her and her father, Nat King Cole, performing his original recording of "Unforgettable".^[5] This is the only instance in which the traditional pop award was awarded for a song, as opposed to an album. Prior to 2001, the Grammy was presented to the performing artists only; since then the award has been given to the performing artists, the engineers/mixers, as well as the producers.

As of 2016, Tony Bennett holds the record for the most wins in this category, with thirteen (including one along with k.d. lang, one with Lady Gaga and one with Bill Charlap). Natalie Cole and Michael Bublé are the only other recipients to receive the award more than once. American artists have been presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it has been presented to musicians from Canada five times (once including lang, who shared the award with Bennett) and the United Kingdom once.

Recipients

Thirteen-time award winner Tony Bennett

Two-time award winner Natalie Cole

2002 award winner, Harry Connick, Jr., performing in 2007

2004 award winner, k.d. lang, performing in 2008

2005 award winner, Rod Stewart

Four-time award winner Michael Bublé at the Juno Awards of 2009

2015 award winner Lady Gaga

Year^[I]	Performing artist(s)	Nationality	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1992	Cole, NatalieNatalie Cole	United States	"Unforgettable"	Harry Connick, Jr. – Blue Light, Red Light Johnny Mathis – In a Sentimental Mood: Mathis Sings Ellington Diane Schuur – Pure Schuur Barbra Streisand – "Warm All Over"	[6] [7]
1993	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett	United States	Perfectly Frank	Rosemary Clooney – Girl Singer Michael Feinstein – Michael Feinstein Sings the Jule Styne Songbook Bobby Short – Late Night at the Cafe Carlyle Nancy Wilson – With My Lover Beside Me	[8]
1994	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett	United States	Steppin' Out	Rosemary Clooney – Do You Miss New York? Michael Crawford – A Touch of Music in the Night Diane Schuur – Love Songs Barbra Streisand – Back to Broadway	[9]
1995	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett	United States	MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett	Roberta Flack – Roberta Willie Nelson – Moonlight Becomes You Frank Sinatra – Duets Barbra Streisand – The Concert	[10]
1996	Sinatra, FrankFrank Sinatra	United States	Duets II	Julie Andrews – Broadway: The Music of Richard Rodgers Rosemary Clooney – Demi-Centennial Eartha Kitt – Back in Business John Raitt – Broadway Legend	[11]
1997	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett	United States	Here's to the Ladies	Rosemary Clooney – Dedicated to Nelson Natalie Cole – Stardust Liza Minnelli – Gently Bernadette Peters – I'll Be Your Baby Tonight	[12]
1998	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett	United States	Tony Bennett on Holiday	Julie Andrews – Here I'll Stay Rosemary Clooney – Mothers & Daughters Bernadette Peters – Sondheim, etc. Carly Simon – Film Noir	[13]
1999	Page, PattiPatti Page	United States	Live at Carnegie Hall: The 50th Anniversary Concert	Shirley Bassey – The Birthday Concert Michael Feinstein – Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin Jack Jones – Jack Jones Paints a Tribute to Tony Bennett Maureen McGovern – The Pleasure of His Company	[14]
2000	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett	United States	Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool	Harry Connick, Jr. – Come by Me Neil Diamond – The Movie Album: As Time Goes By Barry Manilow – Manilow Sings Sinatra Bobby Short – You're the Top: Love Song of Cole Porter	[15]
2001	Mitchell, JoniJoni Mitchell	Canada	Both Sides Now	Bryan Ferry – As Time Goes By Rickie Lee Jones – It's Like This George Michael – Songs from the Last Century Barbra Streisand – Timeless: Live in Concert	[16]
2002	Connick, Jr., HarryHarry Connick, Jr.	United States	Songs I Heard	Betty Buckley – Stars and the Moon: Live at the Donmar Rosemary Clooney – Sentimental Journey: The Girl Singer and Her New Big Band Michael Feinstein – Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway Keely Smith – Keely Sings Sinatra	[17]
2003	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett	United States	Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues	Michael Feinstein – Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Bernadette Peters – Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein Rod Stewart – It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook Barbra Streisand – Christmas Memories	[18]
2004	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett and k.d. lang	United States Canada	A Wonderful World	Rosemary Clooney – The Last Concert Bette Midler – Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook Rod Stewart – As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album	[19]
2005	Stewart, RodRod Stewart	United Kingdom	Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III	Harry Connick, Jr. – Only You Barbara Cook – Count Your Blessings Monica Mancini – Ultimate Mancini Ronnie Milsap – Just for a Thrill	[20]
2006	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett	United States	The Art of Romance	Michael Bublé – It's Time Johnny Mathis – Isn't It Romantic Carly Simon – Moonlight Serenade Rod Stewart – Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV	[21]
2007	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett	United States	Duets: An American Classic	Michael Bublé – Caught in the Act Sarah McLachlan – Wintersong Bette Midler – Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook Smokey Robinson – Timeless Love	[22]
2008	Bublé, MichaelMichael Bublé	Canada	Call Me Irresponsible	Bette Midler – Cool Yule Queen Latifah – Trav'lin' Light Barbra Streisand – Live in Concert 2006 James Taylor – James Taylor at Christmas	[23]
2009	Cole, NatalieNatalie Cole	United States	Still Unforgettable	Michael Feinstein – The Sinatra Project Josh Groban – Noël Barry Manilow – In the Swing of Christmas Rufus Wainwright – Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall	[24]
2010	Bublé, MichaelMichael Bublé	Canada	Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden	Tony Bennett – A Swingin' Christmas Harry Connick, Jr. – Your Songs Liza Minnelli – Liza's at The Palace.... Willie Nelson – American Classic	[25]
2011	Bublé, MichaelMichael Bublé	Canada	Crazy Love	Barry Manilow – The Greatest Love Songs of All Time Johnny Mathis – Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville Rod Stewart – Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V Barbra Streisand – Love Is the Answer	[26]
2012	Tony Bennett	United States	Duets II	Susan Boyle – The Gift Harry Connick Jr. – In Concert on Broadway Seth MacFarlane – Music Is Better Than Words Barbra Streisand – What Matters Most
2013	Paul McCartney	United Kingdom	Kisses on the Bottom	Michael Bublé – Christmas Carole King – A Holiday Carole
2014	Michael Bublé	Canada	To Be Loved	Tony Bennett and various artists – Viva Duets Gloria Estefan – The Standards Cee Lo Green – Cee Lo's Magic Moment Dionne Warwick – Now	[27]
2015	Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga	United States	Cheek to Cheek	Annie Lennox – Nostalgia Barry Manilow – Night Songs Johnny Mathis – Sending You a Little Christmas Barbra Streisand with various artists – Partners	[28]
2016	Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap	United States	The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern	Bob Dylan – Shadows in the Night Josh Groban – Stages Seth MacFarlane – No One Ever Tells You Barry Manilow with various artists – My Dream Duets	[29]

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

See also

• Jazz standard
• Tin Pan Alley

References

General

• "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 4, 2011. Note: User must select the "Traditional Pop" category as the genre under the search feature.

Specific

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27. 2014 Nominees
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External links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards