This article contains a list of awards and accolades won by and awarded to American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.
This article contains a list of awards and accolades won by and awarded to American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald won fourteen Grammy awards, including one for Lifetime Achievement in 1978
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance, Soloist :
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance :
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance, Soloist:
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal :
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal:
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female :
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female:
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female:
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female:
Grammy Award for Best Historical Album :
Recordings of Ella Fitzgerald were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."
| Grammy Hall of Fame [2] | |||||
| Year recorded | Title | Genre | Label | Year inducted | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | "How High the Moon" | Jazz (Single) | Decca | 2002 | |
| 1958 | Porgy and Bess | Jazz (Album) | Verve | 2001 | with Louis Armstrong |
| 1956 | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook | Jazz (Album) | Verve | 2000 | |
| 1957 | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook | Jazz (Album) | Verve | 1999 | |
| 1960 | Ella in Berlin | Jazz (Album) | Verve | 1999 | |
| 1938 | "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" | Jazz (Single) | Decca | 1987 | with Chick Webb and His Orchestra |
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