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  Evening at Pops 2004: Vanessa Williams
Throughout her performing career, Vanessa Williams has maintained a reputation as one of the most respected and multi-faceted entertainers in the world, amassing accomplishments and accolades, one after another.
She was nominated for yet another Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her hit single "Colors of the Wind," the theme song from the blockbuster Disney animated feature "Pocahontas." The single spent six weeks in the Top 5 of the Pop Hot 100 charts, propelling the soundtrack to multi-platinum status.
Vanessa performed her first-ever concert tour in 1997, co-headlining with Luther Vandross in 25 cities across the U.S. and finishing with a solo tour throughout Japan and Southeast Asia, as well as ongoing American engagements across the country.
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 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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Grammy Awards of 1976: Janis Ian for "At Seventeen"
Grammy Awards of 1961: Ella Fitzgerald for "Mack The Knife"
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The same song was honored as the best rock vocal performance by a duo or group.
When Colvin came up to the stage to accept her song of the year award, the microphone was hijacked by another interloper, ODB of the rap group Wu-Tang Clan, who bragged about his group.
Winners of the Grammy Awards are determined by the votes of eligible members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
www.usatoday.com /life/music/awards/grammy/lgram022.htm   (941 words)

  
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Jones, nominated for five Grammys, also won best pop vocal album and best female pop vocal performance for her album "Come Away With Me." "Come Away With Me" producer Arif Mardin won producer of the year.
The Grammy performance is one of the few they've done together since their breakup in 1970.
The highlight of the show's live performances was a scorching all-star workup of the Clash's "London Calling," a tribute to the late Joe Strummer.
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 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1967 the award was combined with the equivalent award for men as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female
A similar award for Best Vocal Performance, Female was awarded from 1959 to 1968.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
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Throughout her performing career, Vanessa has maintained a reputation as one of the most respected and multi-faceted entertainers in the world, conquering the musical charts, Broadway, music videos, television and motion pictures.
The Sweetest Days went platinum and yielded multiple Grammy Award nominations, including Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for The Way That You Love, Best R&B Song for songwriter Babyface (You Can’t Run) and Babyface won Producer of the Year, in part for his work on her tracks Betcha Never and You Can’t Run.
Vanessa was nominated for yet another Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her hit single Colors of the Wind, the theme song from the blockbuster Disney animated feature Pocahontas.
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 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
In 1967 the award was combined with the equivalent award for women as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (RandR) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female
A similar award for Best Vocal Performance, Male was awarded from 1959 to 1968.
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 Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female was awarded from 1959 to 1968.
From 1959 to 1960 the award was known as Best Vocal Performance, Female
Although in the "pop" field the award did not specify pop music performances and, in some years, ran alongside the award now presented as the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Vocal_Performance,_Female   (229 words)

  
 CNN.com - Entertainment - Steely Dan, Faith Hill, Eminem, U2 each win 3 Grammys - February 21, 2001
Eminem, the controversial rapper who dominated headlines with his raps that bash gays and women, won best rap album and best rap solo performance for his album "The Marshall Mathers LP." Eminem was also given a Grammy for work performed on a Dr. Dre record.
Other awards went to Macy Gray for best female pop performance for her song "I Try," Radiohead for best alternative music album for "Kid A," and Destiny's Child for best R&B duo or group with vocal.
Sporting a blonde bob and trim fl outfit, the pop music legend entered the stage in a glitzed-out limo, climbed out and performed her hit song "Music," which is nominated for record of the year.
archives.cnn.com /2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/21/grammy.night.04   (1127 words)

  
 The Christina Connection - Bio
• Christina was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("Genio Atrapado").
• Christina was to co-host the Latin Grammy Awards with Jimmy Smits - the ceremony was cancelled due to the terrorist attack on September 11th.
Christina performed the opening at the show along with Britney Spears and Madonna with a rousing rendition of "Like A Virgin." Later in the show Christina performed a medley of "Dirrty/Fighter" with Redman and Dave Navarro.
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Her performance in the musical was so brilliant that a second cast album was recorded with Vanessa singing the starring role – the first time a new cast album has been recorded for the same production.
Vanessa won the NAACP Image Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress for her starring role in the 20th Century Fox 1997 release, “Soul Food,” with Nia Long and Vivica A. Fox.
Vanessa’s powerful, elegant performance was seen by an estimated 138.1 million people in 170 countries and the telecast was one of the most watched television events in history.
www.nfaa.org /alumni/Alum_Awardee/VanessaWilliamsBio.htm   (2517 words)

  
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Grammy tradition of helping artists gain a mainstream audience would favor soul surprise Macy Gray or blues rocker Susan Tedeschi.
Commercial influence may have gone too far, though, when Lou Bega's kitschy "Mambo #5" was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Sheryl Crow, a darling of Grammy voters (she's got 4), earned, I thought, an unwarranted nod for Best Female Rock Performance for her soundtrack-cover of the Guns 'n Roses "Sweet Child O' Mine" (from Jewish funny-boy Adam Sandler's Big Daddy).
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Speaking of dreams coming true, in February, Nelly won her first Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for 'I'm Like a Bird.' Winning this was huge.
She may not harp on it too much, but winning that Grammy shows that her talent is recognized and respected by her peers, joining an elite group of musicians who also own that trophy.
She performed at a charity event for the David Suzuki Foundation to spread awareness of environmental issues.
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 Rock On The Net: Barbra Streisand
Barbra was the first performer to win an Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award (all by 1970) and has won a total of 2 Academy Awards, 10 Grammy Awards, 4 Emmy Awards, 1 Tony Award, and 10 Golden Globe Awards.
The LP was Barbra's third #1 LP and contained the #1 hit, "Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)" for which Barbra won an Academy Award as songwriter for Best Song.
Barbra taped a performance she gave for 500 of her friends at her California home with money raised going to Democratic political races.
www.rockonthenet.com /artists-s/barbrastreisand_main.htm   (1300 words)

  
 Céline Dion - The Journey So Far - Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Over the course of her long career, Céline has received numerous awards in recognition of her music and success.
Awarded Medaille des Arts et Lettres at the 30th annual Midem awards in Cannes to recognize her status as the best selling French-language artist in history
Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal by a Duo or Group for her collaboration with Clive Griffin on the 'Sleepless in Seattle' soundtrack
www.sonymusic.com /artists/CelineDion/english/journey_awards.html   (699 words)

  
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MIRRORBALL was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Pop Album.
"Possession" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
The performances on MIRRORBALL are dynamic and inspired, especially in the guitar work of David Sinclair and Sean Ashby.
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 Best Buy Canada Web Store: Music, Movies, Games: Music: Nelly Furtado - Whoa Nelly
While it wouldn't be difficult to imagine these arrangements being completely effective framing generic pop sentiments, Furtado places no constrictions on her lyrical muse, using unusual imagery, odd syntax, and inventive scenarios that immediately set her apart from the Top 40 crowd.
References to a "Mobius strip," "proper grammar," and the "North American dream" are the rule rather than the exception in Furtado's pleasingly left-field style.
Her vocals and the production are so seamless that if you're not paying attention, the unusual lyrics might slip right by.
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 Rock On The Net: Whitney Houston
Since her debut in 1985, Whitney has risen through the ranks of pop diva to a level of musical respect few artists can claim internationally.
Whitney has been singing since her days as a member of the New Hope Baptist Junior Choir in Newark where she was a soloist at the age of 11.
It was the first LP by a female artist to debut on the LP charts at #1.
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Nelly Furtado was nominated for four Grammy Awards.
That night Nelly won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her song “I'm Like a Bird”.
She loved pop culture but there were no Portuguese people on TV or magazines.
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Celine has won an amazing amount of awards from around the world since she began singing as a child.
MIDEM Awarded Medaille des Arts et Lettres at the 30th annual Midem awards in Cannes to recognize her status as the best selling French-language artist in history
Grammy Awards Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal by a Duo or Group for her collaboration with Clive Griffin on the 'Sleepless in Seattle' soundtrack
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His high contrast paintings along with a realistic and dramatic aproach of human figure, that sometimes are rude in opposite to the idealized figures of renaissance, shocked his contemporaries and opened a new chapter in the history of painting.
However whereas norah jones is best known for her jazz influenced records, the little willies will showcase her country influences and will feature covers of tracks by willie nelson, townes van zandt and kris kristofferson.
At the same age, she made an unsuccessful application for the new mickey mouse club, which starred fellow pop singers christina aguilera, britney spears and justin timberlake, among other future stars.
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 AOL Music: Grammys 2005
Queen Latifah will host and perform at the 47th annual Grammy awards.
Three-time Grammy winner Sarah McLachlan has not picked up a statue since 1999 when her 'I Will Remember You' took home the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Joss Stone, the 17-year-old English soul prodigy, kicked off the nomination announcement ceremony in Los Angeles and was also nominated in three categories herself.
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 GRAMMY.com - 48th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List
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Kelly won the 2006 Grammy Award for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" for her song Since U Been Gone.
She also won the 2006 Grammy Award for "Best Pop Vocal Album".
Apart from the Grammies, Kelly also won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video in 2005 and 2006 for Since U Been Gone and Because of You, respectively.
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Her 1992 album, Ingenue, was followed by a period of high-profile activity culminating in a Grammy Award for Best Pop Female Vocal Performance for the number one smash, "Constant Craving," as well as an MTV Video Award.
But even given her penchant for risk-taking, the music of All You Can Eat is certain to leave listeners guessing and gasping.
The result is an album where sinuous melodies, heavy bottom and explicit emotions combine to create a frank and enticing musical mix.
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 Macy Gray - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Macy Gray (born Natalie Renee McIntyre on September 6, 1967)[1] is an American Grammy Award-winning soul, RandB, and neo soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress famed for her raspy voice.
She has acted in a number of films including Training Day, Spider-Man, and Scary Movie 3, Gray is best known for her international hit single "I Try", taken from her multi-platinum debut album On How Life Is.
She then collaborated with Fatboy Slim (on Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars), The Black Eyed Peas and Slick Rick (on the song "The World Is Yours", from the Rush Hour 2 soundtrack), as well as acting for the first time in Training Day.
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 Playbill Biography: TONI BRAXTON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1994, Toni picked up her third Grammy® when "Breathe Again" won her the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Award.
Toni's hit streak continued with the provocative single "You're Makin' Me High," her No. 1 pop and R&B hit, and another Grammy® win for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
In 1998, the single "He Wasn't Man Enough" from her third, multiplatinum album The Heat, earned Toni the 2000 Grammy® Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, while the album won two American Music Awards.
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