Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

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Country United States Official website grammy.com Instituted 1969 Category of Grammy Awards		First awarded 1969 Presented by The Recording Academy Last awarded 2011
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The Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance was awarded between 1969 and 2011.

In 1969 it was awarded as Best Contemporary-Pop Performance, Instrumental

From 1970 to 1971 it was awarded as Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance

In 1972 it was awarded as Best Pop Instrumental Performance

In 1973 it was awarded as Best Pop Instrumental Performance by an Instrumental Performer

From 1974 to 1975 it was again awarded as Best Pop Instrumental Performance

From 1986 to 1989 it was awarded as Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)

Since 1990 it has again been awarded as Best Pop Instrumental Performance

The award was discontinued from 2011 in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. From 2012, all instrumental performances in the pop category (solo or with a duo/group) were shifted to either the newly formed Best Pop Solo Performance or Best Pop Duo/Group Performance categories.

A similar award for Best Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1965 to 1968. This was also in the pop field, but did not specify pop music.

Recipients

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

References

Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance Wikipedia

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