Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance

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Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Awarded forquality urban/alternative performances
CountryUnited States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2003
Last awarded2011
Website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, [1] to recording artists for quality urban/alternative performances. Awards in several categories are distributed 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." [2]

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The award was first awarded to India.Arie at the 45th Grammy Awards (2003) for her song "Little Things". According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award was presented to artists that had made "newly recorded urban/alternative performances with vocals". The award was intended to recognize artists "who have been influenced by a cross-section of urban music" and who create music that is out of the "mainstream trends". [3]

Two-time recipients include India.Arie, Cee Lo Green (once as part of the duo Gnarls Barkley), and Jill Scott. Erykah Badu, Big Boi (a member of OutKast) and will.i.am (a member of The Black Eyed Peas) share the record for the most nominations, with three each. Sérgio Mendes is the only performer to be nominated twice in one year. The category was dominated by Americans, yet individuals from Jamaica and Côte d'Ivoire also won the award. The award was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of the Grammys where the category was shifted to the Best R&B Performance category. [4]

Recipients

India.Arie became the first recipient of the award in 2003. India.Arie 2.jpg
India.Arie became the first recipient of the award in 2003.
2005 and 2008 award winner Jill Scott performing in 2007 JillScott.jpg
2005 and 2008 award winner Jill Scott performing in 2007
2009 award recipient will.i.am Will.i.am 2007-02-13.jpg
2009 award recipient will.i.am
Year [I] Performing artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.
2003 India.Arie "Little Things"
[5]
2004 OutKast "Hey Ya!"
[6]
2005 Jill Scott "Cross My Mind"
[7]
2006 Damian Marley "Welcome to Jamrock"
[8]
2007 Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" [9]
2008 Lupe Fiasco and Jill Scott "Daydreamin'"
[10]
2009 Chrisette Michele and will.i.am "Be OK"
[11]
2010 India.Arie and Dobet Gnahoré "Pearls"
[12]
2011 CeeLo Green "Fuck You"
[13]

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

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