Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance

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Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance
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"Flowers" by Miley Cyrus is the most recent recipient
Awarded forquality vocal and instrumental pop recordings
CountryUnited States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2012
Currently held by Miley Cyrus – "Flowers" (2024)
Most awards Adele (4)
Most nominations Taylor Swift (5)
Website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. [1] According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guides, the Best Pop Solo Performance Award as being designed for a solo performance pop recording (vocal and instrumental) and is limited to singles or tracks only. [2]

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The category was introduced at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in 2012 and combined the previous categories for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Instrumental Performance. The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards and to eliminate the distinctions between male and female (and in some cases, solo instrumental) performances.

The award goes to the performing artist. The producer, engineer and songwriter can apply for a Winners Certificate. [3]

Adele became the inaugural recipient, has the most victories (with four wins), and is the only act so far to win this category for consecutive years. Taylor Swift leads all performers with five nominations. The current holder of the award is Miley Cyrus for "Flowers", which won at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.

Recipients

Adele was the first recipient of this award, and won it four times, winning consecutively for "Someone Like You" and a live rendition of "Set Fire to the Rain", for "Hello", and for "Easy on Me" in 2023. Adele - Live 2016, Glasgow SSE Hydro 03.jpg
Adele was the first recipient of this award, and won it four times, winning consecutively for "Someone Like You" and a live rendition of "Set Fire to the Rain", for "Hello", and for “Easy on Me” in 2023.
2014 winner Lorde. RF 3006 Lorde@Arena Krists Luhaers-5 (35769377251) (cropped).jpg
2014 winner Lorde.
Two-time winner Ed Sheeran. Ed Sheeran, V Festival 2014, Chelmsford (14788797777).jpg
Two-time winner Ed Sheeran.
2020 winner Lizzo. LizzoBrixt06Nov19-10 (49216792848) (cropped).jpg
2020 winner Lizzo.
YearRecipientWorkNomineesRef.
2012 Adele "Someone Like You" [4]
2013 "Set Fire to the Rain" (Live) [5]
2014 Lorde "Royals" [6]
2015 Pharrell Williams "Happy" (Live) [7]
2016 Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud" [8]
2017 Adele "Hello" [9]
2018 Ed Sheeran "Shape of You" [10]
2019 Lady Gaga "Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?)" [11]
2020 Lizzo "Truth Hurts" [12]
2021 Harry Styles "Watermelon Sugar" [13]
2022 Olivia Rodrigo "Drivers License" [14]
2023 Adele "Easy on Me" [15]
2024 Miley Cyrus "Flowers" [16]

Artists with multiple awards

4 wins
2 wins

Artists with multiple nominations

See also

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