Every Grammys Best Female Pop Vocal Performance winner

12 ceremonies, 2000–2011. 10 different winners.

It was awarded for the last time in 2011.

The Academy dropped the male and female distinction in its 2012 restructuring and ran one solo award instead.

From 2012 the Grammys awarded Best Pop Solo Performance instead.

Christina Aguilera ×2Norah Jones ×2

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.

Sarah McLachlan'00

Macy Gray'01

Nelly Furtado'02

Norah Jones'03

Christina Aguilera'04

Norah Jones'05

Kelly Clarkson'06

Christina Aguilera'07

Amy Winehouse'08

Adele'09

Beyoncé'10

Lady Gaga'11

Wins by label

Sony650%
Universal325%
DreamWorks18%
Independent18%
Streamline18%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2011.

Most nominated, never won

Pink4 noms
Sheryl Crow4 noms
Britney Spears3 noms
Katy Perry3 noms
Avril Lavigne2 noms
Gwen Stefani2 noms

Most losses

Pink4L · 0W
Sheryl Crow4L · 0W
Britney Spears3L · 0W
Christina Aguilera3L · 2W
Katy Perry3L · 0W
Avril Lavigne2L · 0W

The full list

Year	Winner	Label
2011	Lady Gaga (Bad Romance) beat 4 others Sara Bareilles (King of Anything) Beyoncé (Halo (Live)) Norah Jones (Chasing Pirates) Katy Perry (Teenage Dream)	Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree
2010	Beyoncé (Halo) beat 4 others Adele (Hometown Glory) Katy Perry (Hot n Cold) Pink (Sober) Taylor Swift (You Belong with Me)	Columbia
2009	Adele (Chasing Pavements) beat 5 others Sara Bareilles (Love Song) Duffy (Mercy) Leona Lewis (Bleeding Love) Katy Perry (I Kissed a Girl) Pink (So What)	XL/Columbia
2008	Amy Winehouse (Rehab) beat 4 others Christina Aguilera (Candyman) Feist (1234) Fergie (Big Girls Don't Cry) Nelly Furtado (Say It Right)	Island
2007	Christina Aguilera (Ain't No Other Man) beat 4 others Natasha Bedingfield (Unwritten) Sheryl Crow (You Can Close Your Eyes) Pink (Stupid Girls) KT Tunstall (Black Horse and the Cherry Tree)	RCA
2006	Kelly Clarkson (Since U Been Gone) beat 4 others Mariah Carey (It's Like That) Sheryl Crow (Good Is Good) Bonnie Raitt (I Will Not Be Broken) Gwen Stefani (Hollaback Girl)	RCA
2005	Norah Jones (Sunrise) beat 4 others Björk (Oceania) Sheryl Crow (The First Cut Is the Deepest) Gwen Stefani (What You Waiting For?) Joss Stone (You Had Me)	Blue Note
2004	Christina Aguilera (Beautiful) beat 4 others Kelly Clarkson (Miss Independent) Dido (White Flag) Avril Lavigne (I'm with You) Sarah McLachlan (Fallen)	RCA
2003	Norah Jones (Don't Know Why) beat 4 others Sheryl Crow (Soak Up the Sun) Avril Lavigne (Complicated) Pink (Get the Party Started) Britney Spears (Overprotected)	Blue Note
2002	Nelly Furtado (I'm Like a Bird) beat 4 others Faith Hill (There You'll Be) Janet Jackson (Someone to Call My Lover) Sade (By Your Side) Lucinda Williams (Essence)	DreamWorks
2001	Macy Gray (I Try) beat 5 others Christina Aguilera (What a Girl Wants) Madonna (Music) Aimee Mann (Save Me) Joni Mitchell (Both Sides Now) Britney Spears (Oops!... I Did It Again)	Epic/Clean Slate
2000	Sarah McLachlan (I Will Remember You) beat 4 others Christina Aguilera (Genie in a Bottle) Madonna (Beautiful Stranger) Alanis Morissette (Thank U) Britney Spears (...Baby One More Time)	Arista

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