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Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance

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First awarded
  
1965

Official website
  
grammy.com

Instituted
  
1965

Last awarded
  
2011

Presented by
  
The Recording Academy

Category of
  
Grammy Awards

Awarded for
  
quality of female vocal performance in country music.

People also search for
  
Grammy Award for Best Country Song

Winners & Nominees
  
The House That Built MeMiranda Lambert, The House That Built Me, Winner, SatisfiedJewel, Satisfied, Nominee, Temporary HomeCarrie Underwood, Temporary Home, Nominee, I'd Love to Be Your LastGretchen Wilson, I'd Love to Be Your Last, Nominee, Swingin'LeAnn Rimes, Swingin', Nominee, White HorseTaylor Swift, White Horse, Winner, I Just Call You MineMartina McBride, I Just Call You Mine, Nominee, Just a DreamCarrie Underwood, Just a Dream, Nominee, Solitary ThinkingLee Ann Womack, Solitary Thinking, Nominee, Dead FlowersMiranda Lambert, Dead Flowers, Nominee, Last NameCarrie Underwood, Last Name, Winner, What I Cannot ChangeLeAnn Rimes, What I Cannot Change, Nominee, For These TimesMartina McBride, For These Times, Nominee, Last CallLee Ann Womack, Last Call, Nominee, This Is Me You're Talking ToTrisha Yearwood, This Is Me You're Talking To, Nominee, Before He CheatsCarrie Underwood, Before He Cheats, Winner, Nothin' Better to DoLeAnn Rimes, Nothin' Better to Do, Nominee, Heaven - Heartache and the Power of LoveTrisha Yearwood, Heaven - Heartache and the Power of Love, Nominee, Famous in a Small TownMiranda Lambert, Famous in a Small Town, Nominee, Simple LoveAlison Krauss, Simple Love, Nominee, Jesus - Take the WheelCarrie Underwood, Jesus - Take the Wheel, Winner, Something's Gotta GiveLeAnn Rimes, Something's Gotta Give, Nominee, I Don't Feel Like Loving You TodayGretchen Wilson, I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today, Nominee, KeroseneMiranda Lambert, Kerosene, Nominee, I Still Miss SomeoneMartina McBride, I Still Miss Someone, Nominee

Taylor swift accepting her first grammy award for best female country vocal performance grammys


The Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance was first awarded in 1965, to Dottie West. The award has had several minor name changes:

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  • From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
  • In 1968 it was awarded as Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female
  • From 1969 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Country Vocal Performance, Female
  • From 1995 to 2011 it was awarded as Best Female Country Vocal Performance
  • The award was discontinued after 2011 award season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012 to the present, all solo performances (male, female and instrumental) in the country category are recognized in the newly formed Best Country Solo Performance category.

    Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

    Category facts

  • Most Wins:
  • Most Nominations
  • Most Nominations Without Winning

    (Note: Lynn, Mandrell, Womack, Loveless and Judd have won Grammys in other categories.)

    Most Consecutive Wins

  • Mary Chapin Carpenter - 4 (1992–95)
  • Carrie Underwood - 3 (2007–09)
  • Youngest Winners

  • 1. LeAnn Rimes - age 14, 1997
  • 2. Taylor Swift - age 20, 2010
  • 3. Jeannie C. Riley - age 23, 1969
  • 3. Lynn Anderson - age 23, 1971
  • 4. Jody Miller - age 24, 1966
  • 4. Carrie Underwood - age 24, 2007
  • 5. Tammy Wynette, age 25, 1968
  • 5. Carrie Underwood - age 25, 2008
  • 5. Olivia Newton-John - age 25, 1974
  • Oldest Winners

  • 1. June Carter Cash - age 73, 2004 (awarded posthumously)
  • 2. Emmylou Harris - age 58, 2006
  • 3. Dolly Parton - age 56, 2002
  • 4. K. T. Oslin - age 46, 1989
  • 5. K. T. Oslin - age 45, 1988
  • ^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

    References

    Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance Wikipedia