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A Year and a half ago on april 1st I did a 'What Country Are Your Top 100 from?' decided to do one each half year, so now with october 1st it's time to do another :-)

1. England (60)
Duran Duran
Depeche Mode
The Cure
New Order
The Power Station
Roxy Music
Erasure
Arcadia
Tears for Fears
Muse
David Bowie
Ultravox
Japan
Queen
Pet Shop Boys
George Michael
The Human League
Oasis
Robbie Williams
Eurythmics
Andy Taylor
Iron Maiden
The Police
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Def Leppard
Mike & The Mechanics (new)
Kajagoogoo
Bryan Ferry
Thompson Twins
Genesis
Yazoo
Heaven 17
Morrissey
Spandau Ballet
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Talk Talk
Wham!
Placebo
Kim Wilde
The Smiths
Asia
Level 42
ABC
Blur
The Beatles
Phil Collins
Prefab Sprout
Joy Division
Martin L. Gore
Paul McCartney
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Marc Almond (new)
Soft Cell
Dave Gahan
The Pretenders
Bauhaus
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Culture Club
Judas Priest
Take That (re)

NOTE: Still at #1, and from 59 to 60 artists, off the charts are Pink Floyd (#102) and Suede (#104)

2. US (19)
Madonna
Garbage
Mötley Crüe
Alice Cooper
KISS
The B-52's
Michael Jackson
Van Halen
Prince & The Revolution
Bon Jovi
Janet Jackson
Prince
Nine Inch Nails
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Belinda Carlisle
Eagles
The Killers
Sparks
Blondie

NOTE: Still at #2, but down from 21 to 19 artists, off the charts are: Guns N' Roses (#101) and Metallica (#105)

3. Denmark (7)
Nephew
TV-2
Mew
Private
Shu-Bi-Dua
Moi Caprice
Johnny Deluxe

NOTE: no change in position or artists

4. Scotland (4)
Cocteau Twins
Simple Minds
Altered Images
Franz Ferdinand

NOTE: no change in position or artists

5. Sweden (3)
ABBA
Roxette (re)
Europe

NOTE: Up one on the charts due to the comeback of Roxette

6. Wales (2)
James Dean Bradfield
Manic Street Preachers

NOTE: down with no change in position or artists

7. Ireland (1)
U2

NOTE: no change in position or artists

7. Norway (1)
a-ha

NOTE: no change in position or artists

7. Australia (1)
INXS

NOTE: no change in position or artists

7. Georgia (1)
Katie Melua

NOTE: no change in position or artists

7. Canada (1)
Bryan Adams

NOTE: no change in position or artists

Favourite Lyrics - Unfinished
In alphabetical order of songs


Boy you got me having breakfast in the afternoon
2 Of You - Danity Kane

Reach out a hand to hold, ain't it sad when the distance grows? Two hearts cling to their fates, remember that first embrace
Always Breaking My Heart - Belinda Carlisle

No powers from Heaven could ever take the darkness away
Always Breaking My Heart - Belinda Carlisle

Drive back baby to me fast in your car, I'm here waiting, crash into me real hard
Crash - Gwen Stefani

I'm on the wrong side of a parallel universe
Crash World - Hilary Duff

Press the button that says 'I don't need you'. Delete you
Delete You - Ashley Tisdale

Tell your boyfriend if he says he's got beef that I'm a vegetarian & I ain't fucking scared of him
Don't Trust Me - 3OH!3

I let you into my head, into my bed, and that's a priviledge
Fall - The Saturdays

I'm in a prison of love and I can't break loose & live again
Feel It Again - H.E.A.T

The rust in my eyes from my corroded halo
Firefly - InMe

I'm still wishing, I'll be out back digging for a four leaf clover
Four Leaf Clover - Winger

Fly, open up that part of you that wants to hide away
Fly - Hilary Duff

Girl overboard- I thought I had it but I stumbled
Girl Overboard - Girls Aloud

I think it's kinda super cool
Hair - Ashley Tisdale

You're the only one that keeps me singing "la la la..."
Hair - Ashley Tisdale

I can make love feel just like heaven, I can be a little devil in bed
Halo - The Pussycat Dolls

I'm sorry I couldn't wear your halo, sorry I couldn't be your angel
Halo - The Pussycat Dolls

You took a holiday from us, took a trip & left your love
Holiday - Hilary Duff

It's just a crime of passion baby, don't hold it against me, I'm innocent, I'm just out of my mind
I Plead Insanity - Belinda Carlisle

You think I'm not aware she never calls you when I'm at home, have her call you the next time you're alone
Keep Her - The Saturdays

Maybe today you'll get that feeling, someday you will find out, I always say "keep on dreamin'"
Keep On Dreamin' - H.E.A.T

No more listening to no more words, no more second-hand tries
Lies - The Saturdays

Turn off my lights & see if you wanna get into my dark side
Lights Out - Danity Kane

So if you want me baby I'm yours, you don't have to knock, kick down my doors
Live Your Life Be Free - Belinda Carlisle

We're gift wrapped kitty cats- we're only turning into tigers when we gotta fight back
Love Machine - Girls Aloud

Too much reality for you to swallow
Mosaic - InMe

One day I will find the pieces of my mosaic
Mosaic - InMe

You sedate me, elevate me, incarcerate me, you hate me
Neptune - InMe

I wish I had a different star, I wish I had a different silhouette
Neptune - InMe

This song is a poem to myself, it helps me to live
Poem - Taproot

Psycho groupie, cocaine crazy, psycho groupie go
Psycho - System of a Down

I frame colours of passion against a fading sky, with a stroke of love on the canvas of my soul
Shades of Michaelangelo - Belinda Carlisle

Nobody sees the show until my heart says so
The Show - Girls Aloud

Shoulda come with a party map so I know where the night will take me
Something Kinda Ooooh - Girls Aloud

Don't be scared to be who you are, back to shining just like a star
Stop - Girls Can't Catch

You know I'm a true believer, baby
Straight For Your Heart - H.E.A.T

The kombucha mushroom people sitting around all day
Sugar - System of a Down

I remember the rain on our skin and his kisses hotter than the Santa Ana winds
Summer Rain - Belinda Carlisle

Somewhere in my heart I'm always dancing with you in the summer rain
Summer Rain - Belinda Carlisle

Without any meaning we're just skin & bone like beautiful robots dancing alone
Untouchable - Girls Aloud

If you lose me then you know you're just a bit too slow
Up - The Saturdays

Up if where we go from here
Up - The Saturdays

I'm ready for the lift off, keep steady beat
Up - The Saturdays

How long he last, slow, fast, how big is his ermm.. whatchamacallit?
Watchamacallit - The Pussycat Dolls

Born to blossom, bloom to perish
What You Waiting For? - Gwen Stefani

You must be dreamin' or going out of your mind
Wings of Tomorrow - Europe

Like a chef making donuts and pastries- it's time to make you sweat
Yummy - Gwen Stefani

Sex and sugar is the flavour, ovens & beaters & graters, beats made of bongos & shakers
Yummy - Gwen Stefani

Under construction and updated frequently!
About these ratings…

David Benoit – American Landscape [DTS-CD]:
Music: 8; Fidelity: 7; Mix: 7 – Good, Not Great Disc

Belinda Carlisle – A Woman and a Man [DTS-CD]:
Music: 8; Fidelity: 8; Mix: 8 – Next-Best-Thing Disc

Don Henley – The End of the Innocence [DTS-CD]:
Music: 9; Fidelity: 8; Mix: 7 – Next-Best-Thing Disc

Steve Lukather – Candyman [DTS-CD]:
Music: 8; Fidelity: 9; Mix: 9 – Next-Best-Thing Disc

The Moody Blues – Days of Future Passed [DTS-CD]:
Music: 9; Fidelity: 8; Mix: 7 – Next-Best-Thing Disc

The Moody Blues – Seventh Sojourn [DTS-CD]:
Music: 8; Fidelity: 5; Mix: 9 – Next-Best-Thing Disc

Sting – Brand New Day [DTS-CD]:
Music: 8; Fidelity: 8; Mix: 8 – Next-Best-Thing Disc

1 Faith ─ George Michael 4
2 Need You Tonight ─ INXS
3 Got My Mind Set on You ─ George Harrison
4 Never Gonna Give You Up ─ Rick Astley 1
5 Sweet Child O' Mine ─ Guns N' Roses
6 So Emotional ─ Whitney Houston 27
7 Heaven Is A Place On Earth ─ Belinda Carlisle 1
8 Could've Been ─ Tiffany
9 Hands To Heaven ─ Breathe
10 Roll With It ─ Steve Winwood
11 One More Try ─ George Michael 2
12 Wishing Well ─ Terence Trent D'Arby 1
13 Anything For You ─ Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine 7
14 The Flame ─ Cheap Trick
15 Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car ─ Billy Ocean
16 Seasons Change ─ Expose
17 Is This Love ─ Whitesnake
18 Wild, Wild West ─ Escape Club
19 Pour Some Sugar on Me ─ Def Leppard
20 I'll Always Love You ─ Taylor Dayne 36 ♥
21 Man In The Mirror ─ Michael Jackson 50 ♥
22 Shake Your Love ─ Debbie Gibson
23 Simply Irresistible ─ Robert Palmer
24 Hold On To The Nights ─ Richard Marx
25 Hungry Eyes ─ Eric Carmen
26 Shattered Dreams ─ Johnny Hates Jazz
27 Father Figure ─ George Michael 4 ♥
28 Naught Girls (Need Love Too) ─ Samantha Fox
29 A Groovy Kind of Love ─ Phil Collins
30 Love Bites ─ Def Leppard
31 Endless Summer Nights ─ Richard Marx
32 Foolish Beat ─ Debbie Gibson
33 Where Do Broken Hearts Go ─ Whitney Houston 27
34 Angel ─ Aerosmith
35 Hazy Shade Of Winter ─ Bangles
36 The Way You Make Me Feel ─ Michael Jackson 43 ♥
37 Don't Worry, Be Happy ─ Bobby McFerrin
38 Make Me Lose Control ─ Eric Carmen
39 Red Red Wine ─ UB40
40 She's Like The Wind ─ Patric Swayze
41 Bad Medicine ─ Bon Jovi
42 Kokomo ─ Beach Boys
43 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That ─ Elton John 1
44 Together Forever ─ Rick Astley 1
45 Monkey ─ George Michael 2
46 Devil Inside ─ INXS
47 Should've Known Better ─ Richard Marx
48 I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love ─ Chicago
49 The Loco-Motion ─ Kylie Minogue
50 What Have I Done to Deserve This? ─ Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield
51 Make It Real ─ Jets 1
52 What's on Your Mind ─ Information Society
53 Tell It To My Heart ─ Taylor Dayne 22
54 Out of the Blue ─ Debbie Gibson
55 Don't You Want Me ─ Jody Watley 39
56 Desire ─ U2
57 I Get Weak ─ Belinda Carlisle
58 Sign Your Name ─ Terence Trent D'Arby 1
59 I Want To Be Your Man ─ Roger 1
60 Girlfriend ─ Pebbles 51 ♥
61 Dirty Diana ─ Michael Jackson 37
62 1-2-3 ─ Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine 10
63 Mercedes Boy ─ Pebbles 47 ♥
64 Perfect World ─ Huey Lewis And The News
65 New Sensation ─ INXS
66 Catch Me (I'm Falling) ─ Pretty Poison 24 ♥
67 If It Isn't Love ─ New Edition 66 ♥
68 Rocket 2 U ─ Jets 1
69 One Good Woman ─ Peter Cetera
70 Don't Be Cruel ─ Cheap Trick
71 Candle In The Wind ─ Elton John 2
72 Everything your heart desires ─ Daryl Hall and John Oates
73 Say You Will ─ Foreigner
74 I Want Her ─ Keith Sweat 59 ♥
75 Pink Cadillac ─ Natalie Cole
76 Fast Car ─ Tracy Chapman
77 Electric Blue ─ Icehouse
78 The Valley Road ─ Bruce Hornsby And The Range
79 Don't Be Cruel ─ Bobby Brown 28 ♥
80 Always on My Mind ─ Pet Shop Boys
81 Piano In The Dark ─ Brenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito
82 When It's Love ─ Van Halen
83 Don't Shed A Tear ─ Paul Carrack
84 We'll Be Together ─ Sting 57 ♥
85 I Hate Myself for Loving You ─ Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
86 I Don't Want to Live Without You ─ Foreigner
87 Nite And Day ─ Al B. Sure 61 ♥
88 Don't You Know What the Night Can Do ─ Steve Winwood
89 One Moment In Time ─ Whitney Houston 30
90 Can't Stay Away From You ─ Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine 6
91 Kissing a Fool ─ George Michael 1
92 Cherry Bomb ─ John Cougar Mellancamp
93 I Still Believe ─ Brenda K. Starr
94 I Found Someone ─ Cher
95 Never Tear Us Apart ─ INXS
96 Valerie ─ Steve Windwood
97 Just Like Paradise ─ David Lee Roth
98 Nothin' but a Good Time ─ Poison
99 Wait ─ White Lion
100 Prove Your Love ─ Taylor Dayne 15

Hmm, I guess I didn't play as many as I thought. I'll definitely get around to it though.

Sat 27 Jun – Back To The 80's

T'Pau



I've never been a particular fan of T'Pau, outside of China in your hand, but Carol Decker has won me over. The energy of her performance was tremendous and her voice hasn't weakened at all with age and she's still pretty cute after all these years. She kicked off the gig with Sex Talk, wearing a fetching red hat (I totally want one) then moved on to Valentine, Heart and soul, then after teasing the audience with the threat of a Black Lace medly, China in your Hand which made the place explode.

Go West



I won't lie, if it were Go West alone, I still would have gone just to hear 'we close out eyes' live. I wasn't disappointed, they were terrific, Peter Cox has a wonderful voice and sounds as good live as he does in the studio.



They kicked off with 'Don't look down', then performed 'Faithful', 'Call me' and a wonderful live version of Smokey Robinson's 'Tracks of my tears' before a pounding version of 'We close our Eyes' and then finishing with the song that made them big in America, 'The king of wishful thinking' from the soundtrack to Pretty Woman. I loved every minute of their set, even the songs I'm not so keen on (Call me and Tracks of my tears) and 'We close out eyes' live was just amazing.

Belinda Carlisle



I must confess I missed the start of her set as I was off seeking refreshments, I has expected the people from KC FM to prattle on about the rugby for 10 minutes or so (seriously, who cares?), but what I caught was terrific.



She's barely changed since the 80's, looks and sound the same as always (which is a good thing, of course) and played a set which will have pleased her fans, 'Circle in the sand', 'Heaven is a place on earth' and more, though my inner geek would have loved to have heard at least one track by The Go-Go’s, even if it's not what 99% of the audience wanted to hear, but I'm a geek. ^_^

Bananarama



What can I say about Sarah and Kerren? They don't have terrific voices, but what they lack in singing ability, they made up for with energy and with the crowd interactions Everyone around me was getting into their performance, singing along, clapping, even trying to join in the dance to 'Venus' (40something males who look like bricklayers doing the hand motions to that song is pretty funny).



They kicked off with Cruel Summer then performed other classics like Robert De Niro's Waiting, a brilliant version of Nathan Jones and more, finally ending with Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye), which had everyone singing (nananana, Bananarama, hey hey hey, goodbye) waving their arms in the air... Fantastic. Goes to show that you don't always need to have a great set of pipes to get the audience jumping.



Human League



(Sadly, as the night drew on, it was increasingly difficult to get decent pictures)

It seemed like I had to wait an eternity for the crew to swap sets, instruments and test everything while new wave classics were piped in to fill the gap, early Depeche mode(from the period where they were still geeky and good) and such, but it was well worth the wait.



Phil Oakey looks increasingly like a supervillain, like he should be the arch nemesis of Superman or some other caped do-gooder, but sounds as brilliant as ever. Unexpectedly, the Human League's set included Empire State Human from their first album, which I thought was a real treat, it wasn't a song I'd heard before as I'm not that huge a fan. I like them and all, have quite a few albums, but I've not had much of a chance to check out their early work, but considering it was released years before I was born I think I have an excuse... But that performance has made me seriously want to check it out.



They played brilliant renditions of most of their classics, 'The sound of the crowd', a storming version of 'The Lebanon', among others, and of course 'Don't you want me' which delighted the audience. Unfortunately I had to leave before they finished their set, though by that point my hearing was shot from standing close to the speakers so it was for the best.



I had a fantastic time, all in all, well worth the admittance price, temporary hearing damage(My ears rung until about 12 the following day) and enduring people's fascination with my hair. (I have a lot of it) In hindsight, I should have brushed it all over to one side, like Phil Oakey in his heyday, but that thought only occurred to me afterwards.

I found some of my old 90's mixtapes today :) I used to spend entire afternoons recording mixtapes with my favorite songs back when I was 12, 13 and 14. Then I started making mix MiniDisc's and then Mix CD's and now I make iTunes playlists, lol.

I've just had a few hours of nostalgic bliss listening to my old mixtapes, some even made me laugh at their incoherence and/or choice of songs, and I remembered some songs I used to love and had already forgotten, and I remembered the nights spent watching the then amazing and now defunct MTV SuperRock show :)

I found a 1996 Nirvana mixtape, where I only put Nirvana songs. Another 1996 mixtape with Metallica and Nirvana songs. A 1997 Hanson mixtape where I only put Hanson songs (lololol). A 1997 mixtape that only had KoЯn songs except for one Backstreet Boys song somewhere in the middle (wtf? lol). A 1998 mixtape that only had Morphine songs on one side, and VNV Nation songs on the other side (again...wtf? lol) And a bunch of mixtapes that had alot of bands.

So here are some of them:

1998 Mixtape:

A Side

Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Rammstein - Du Hast
Rammstein - Stripped
Green Day - Brain Stew
Rage Against the Machine - No Shelter
Foo Fighters - Walking After You
NOFX - We Threw Gasoline on the Fire and Now We Have Stumps for Arms and No Eyebrows
Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
The Sisters of Mercy - Walk Away
Pennywise - Greed
KoЯn - Kick The P.A.

B Side

Silverchair & Vitro - Spawn
Pearl Jam - Alive
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Placebo - Nancy Boy
Placebo - I Know
Placebo - Bruise Pristine
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Tool - Forty Six & 2
Coal Chamber - Loco
Sublime - Santeria
KoЯn - Daddy

1999 Mixtape:

A Side

The Cure - Just Like Heaven
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
Bush - Greedy Fly
Hole - Malibu
Portishead - All Mine
Incubus - Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)
Skunk Anansie - Secretly
Dead Can Dance - The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
Marilyn Manson - Great Big White World
Spineshank - Stovebolt
Pinhead Society - story game

B Side

Type O Negative - Love You to Death
Deftones - Mascara
Lit - Miserable
Anathema - Make It Right
Primitive Reason - Hipócrita
Piston - Grey Flap
System of a Down - Spiders
Ornatos Violeta - Tempo de Nascer
Garbage - You Look So Fine
Millencolin - Mr. Clean
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Fields of the Nephilim - Moonchild

It was also around 1998 that I discovered Microsoft Publisher and with it discovered my true passion alongside music (Graphic Design) and started making covers for all my Mixtapes, and MixCD's and covers for my MTV SuperRock VHS recordings, lololol (albeit very bad covers, but you can't expect much from a 13 year old + Microsoft Publisher :p)

I don't have most of the mixtape covers anymore, but I found this 1999 mixtape still with the cover:



with this tracklisting:

Side A

The Sisters of Mercy - Black Planet
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
The Cure - Burn
Bauhaus - Third Uncle
Bauhaus - Passion of Lovers
The Creatures - Don't Go to Sleep Without Me
Echo & The Bunnymen - Killing Moon
Dead Can Dance - Saltarello

Side B

Millennium - One Last Waltz
Meat Beat Manifesto - She's Unreal
Moonspell - Herr Spiegelmann
Rammstein - Stripped
Type O Negative - My Girlfriend's Girlfriend
Katatonia - Deadhouse
Tiamat - Brighter Than the Sun
Anathema - Deep
Dimmu Borgir - Mourning Palace
Lacuna Coil - Cold

And moving on from the subject of mixtapes but still on the subject of tapes, I also found some really beautiful cassete tapes by portuguese bands from around 1995/1996 that I used to buy from an independent d.i.y. mailorder label & distro. Here are some of them:



I also found my precious The Simpsons - Do the Bartman cassette single :D And I found an original 1993 "Now!" double cassete, lolol:



It has The Clash, Scritti Politti, Kim Appleby, MC Hammer, 2 in a Room, Vanilla Ice, Rick Astley, INXS, Queen, Belinda Carlisle, Seal, The Righteous Brothers, The Source, C+C Music Factory, Nomad Feat. MC Mikee Freedom, EMF, 808 State, Kylie Minogue, Praise, Oleta Adams, Robert Palmer, Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes, Banderas, Stevie B, Chris Rea, Chris Isaak, The Railway Children, Thunder, etc....

The early and mid-90's...Sir Mix-a-Lot liked big butts, John was the scatman, Jay Supreme was really vain, MC Hammer had to pray to make it through the day (but it were the Ace of Base who saw the Sign), Cypress Hill were insane in the brain, Aerosmith were crazy and cryin', the 4 Non Blondes were screaming "what's going on?" and meanwhile we kids put on our neon wayfarer sunglasses and our slap bracelets; ate popping candy, ring pops and push pops and played with our Game Boy's and Sticky Monsters...those were the days!

The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. The award goes to the artist. The awards have had quite a convoluted history, particularly during the early Grammy years, having seen several name changes:

• 1959-1960: Best Vocal Performance, Female
  
• 1961: Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female and Best Vocal Performance Album, Female
  
• 1962-1963: Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female
  
• 1964-1968: Best Vocal Performance, Female
  
• 1966: Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance - Female
  
• 1967: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female
  (the award went to Paul McCartney for Eleanor Rigby)
  
• 1968: Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance
  
• 1969: Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  
• 1970-1971: Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
  
• 1972-1994: Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
  
• 1995-present: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. Winners are in boldprint and head the list, followed by nominees.

grammy: best female pop vocal performance*
grammy: best female pop vocal performance nominee**

* Each year's winner has been additionally tagged with the year of award appended, eg Chasing Pavements (2008) by Adele has also been tagged grammy: best female pop vocal performance 2009.
** This tag includes all winners and nominees.

2010s
2010 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance) (tba Jan 31, 2010)
Hometown Glory performed by Adele
Halo performed by Beyoncé
Hot N Cold performed by Katy Perry
Sober performed by P!nk
You Belong With Me performed by Taylor Swift

2000s
2009 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
Chasing Pavements performed by Adele
Love Song performed by Sara Bareilles
Mercy performed by Duffy
Bleeding Love performed by Leona Lewis
I Kissed A Girl performed by Katy Perry
So What performed by P!nk

2008 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
Rehab performed by Amy Winehouse
Candyman performed by Christina Aguilera
1234 performed by Feist
Big Girls Don't Cry performed by Fergie
Say It Right performed by Nelly Furtado

2007 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
Ain't No Other Man performed by Christina Aguilera
Unwritten performed by Natasha Bedingfield
You Can Close Your Eyes performed by Sheryl Crow
Stupid Girls performed by P!nk
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree performed by KT Tunstall

2006 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
Since U Been Gone performed by Kelly Clarkson
It's Like That performed by Mariah Carey
Good Is Good performed by Sheryl Crow
I Will Not Be Broken performed by Bonnie Raitt
Hollaback Girl performed by Gwen Stefani

2005 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
Sunrise performed by Norah Jones
Oceania performed by Björk
The First Cut Is The Deepest performed by Sheryl Crow
What You Waiting For? performed by Gwen Stefani
You Had Me performed by Joss Stone

2004 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
Beautiful performed by Christina Aguilera
Miss Independent performed by Kelly Clarkson
White Flag performed by Dido
I'm With You performed by Avril Lavigne
Fallen performed by Sarah McLachlan

2003 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
Don't Know Why performed by Norah Jones
Soak Up The Sun performed by Sheryl Crow
Complicated performed by Avril Lavigne
Get The Party Started performed by P!nk
Overprotected performed by Britney Spears

2002 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
I'm Like A Bird performed by Nelly Furtado
There You'll Be performed by Faith Hill
Someone To Call My Lover performed by Janet Jackson
By Your Side performed by Sade
Essence performed by Lucinda Williams

2001 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
I Try performed by Macy Gray
What A Girl Wants performed by Christina Aguilera
Music performed by Madonna
Save Me performed by Aimee Mann
Both Sides Now performed by Joni Mitchell
Oops!...I Did It Again performed by Britney Spears

2000 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
I Will Remember You performed by Sarah McLachlan
Genie In A Bottle performed by Christina Aguilera
Beautiful Stranger performed by Madonna
Thank U performed by Alanis Morissette
...Baby One More Time performed by Britney Spears

1990s
1999 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
My Heart Will Go On performed by Céline Dion
My Favorite Mistake performed by Sheryl Crow
Can't Take My Eyes Off You performed by Lauryn Hill
Torn performed by Natalie Imbruglia
Adia performed by Sarah McLachlan

1998 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
Butterfly performed by Mariah Carey
Building A Mystery performed by Sarah McLachlan
Where Have All the Cowboys Gone performed by Paula Cole
Sunny Came Home performed by Shawn Colvin
Foolish Games performed by Jewel

1997 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
Un-Break My Heart performed by Toni Braxton
Get Out of This House performed by Shawn Colvin
Because You Loved Me performed by Céline Dion
Reach performed by Gloria Estefan
Who Will Save Your Soul performed by Jewel

1996 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
No More "I Love You's" performed by Annie Lennox
Fantasy performed by Mariah Carey
I Know performed by Dionne Farris
One Of Us performed by Joan Osborne
You Got It performed by Bonnie Raitt
Colors Of The Wind performed by Vanessa Williams

1995 (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance)
All I Wanna Do performed by Sheryl Crow
Hero performed by Mariah Carey
The Power of Love performed by Céline Dion
Longing In Their Hearts performed by Bonnie Raitt
Ordinary Miracles performed by Barbra Streisand

1994 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
I Will Always Love You performed by Whitney Houston
Dreamlover performed by Mariah Carey
I Don't Know Why performed by Shawn Colvin
Miss Chatelaine performed by k.d. lang
I Don't Wanna Fight performed by Tina Turner

1993 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Constant Craving performed by k.d. lang
MTV Unplugged performed by Mariah Carey
Celine Dion performed by Céline Dion
Diva performed by Annie Lennox
Save The Best For Last performed by Vanessa Williams

1992 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Something To Talk About performed by Bonnie Raitt
Emotions performed by Mariah Carey
Get Here performed by Oleta Adams
Baby Baby performed by Amy Grant
All The Man That I Need performed by Whitney Houston

1991 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Vision of Love performed by Mariah Carey
I'm Your Baby Tonight performed by Whitney Houston
From a Distance performed by Bette Midler
Nothing Compares 2 U performed by Sinéad O'Connor
All Around The World performed by Lisa Stansfield

1990 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Nick Of Time performed by Bonnie Raitt
Straight Up performed by Paula Abdul
Don't Wanna Lose You performed by Gloria Estefan
Wind Beneath My Wings performed by Bette Midler
Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind performed by Linda Ronstadt

1980s
1989 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Fast Car performed by Tracy Chapman
Tell It To My Heart performed by Taylor Dayne
One Moment In Time performed by Whitney Houston
Chalk Mark In A Rainstorm performed by Joni Mitchell
Get Here performed by Brenda Russell

1988 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
I Wanna Dance With Somebody performed by Whitney Houston
Heaven Is A Place On Earth performed by Belinda Carlisle
Coming Around Again performed by Carly Simon
One Voice performed by Barbra Streisand
Luka performed by Suzanne Vega

1987 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
The Broadway Album performed by Barbra Streisand
True Colors performed by Cyndi Lauper
Papa Don't Preach performed by Madonna
Typical Male performed by Tina Turner
That's What Friends Are For performed by Dionne Warwick

1986 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Saving All My Love For You performed by Whitney Houston
We Belong performed by Pat Benatar
Crazy for You performed by Madonna
Lush Life performed by Linda Ronstadt
We Don't Need Another Hero performed by Tina Turner

1985 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
What's Love Got To Do With It performed by Tina Turner
The Glamorous Life performed by Sheila E.
Strut performed by Sheena Easton
Girls Just Want To Have Fun performed by Cyndi Lauper
Let's Hear It For The Boy performed by Deniece Williams

1984 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Flashdance... What a Feeling performed by Irene Cara
Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) performed by Sheena Easton
What's New performed by Linda Ronstadt
She Works Hard For The Money performed by Donna Summer
Total Eclipse of the Heart performed by Bonnie Tyler

1983 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
You Should Hear How She Talks About You performed by Melissa Manchester
Gloria performed by Laura Branigan
Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me performed by Juice Newton
Heart Attack performed by Olivia Newton-John
Get Closer performed by Linda Ronstadt

1982 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music performed by Lena Horne
Bette Davis Eyes performed by Kim Carnes
For Your Eyes Only performed by Sheena Easton
Angel Of The Morning performed by Juice Newton
Physical performed by Olivia Newton-John

1981 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
The Rose performed by Bette Midler
Fame performed by Irene Cara
Magic performed by Olivia Newton-John
Woman in Love performed by Barbra Streisand
On The Radio performed by Donna Summer

1980 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
I'll Never Love This Way Again performed by Dionne Warwick
I Will Survive performed by Gloria Gaynor
Chuck E.'s in Love performed by Rickie Lee Jones
Don't Cry Out Loud performed by Melissa Manchester
Bad Girls performed by Donna Summer

1970s
1979 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
You Needed Me performed by Anne Murray
Hopelessly Devoted To You performed by Olivia Newton-John
You Belong To Me performed by Carly Simon
You Don't Bring me Flowers performed by Barbra Streisand
MacArthur Park performed by Donna Summer

1978 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Love Theme From "A Star Is Born" (Evergreen) performed by Barbra Streisand
You Light Up My Life performed by Debby Boone
Here You Come Again performed by Dolly Parton
Blue Bayou performed by Linda Ronstadt
Nobody Does It Better performed by Carly Simon

1977 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Hasten Down the Wind performed by Linda Ronstadt
Natalie performed by Natalie Cole
Here, There and Everywhere performed by Emmylou Harris
The Hissing of Summer Lawns performed by Joni Mitchell
Turn The Beat Around performed by Vicki Sue Robinson

1976 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
At Seventeen performed by Janis Ian
Send in the Clowns performed by Judy Collins
Have You Never Been Mellow performed by Olivia Newton-John
Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady performed by Helen Reddy
Heart Like A Wheel performed by Linda Ronstadt

1975 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
I Honestly Love You performed by Olivia Newton-John
Feel Like Makin' Love performed by Roberta Flack
Jazzman performed by Carole King
Live At Carnegie Hall performed by Cleo Laine
Court and Spark performed by Joni Mitchell

1974 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Killing Me Softly With His Song performed by Roberta Flack
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy performed by Bette Midler
Danny's Song performed by Anne Murray
Touch Me In The Morning performed by Diana Ross
You're So Vain performed by Carly Simon

1973 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
I Am Woman performed by Helen Reddy
Quiet Fire performed by Roberta Flack
Day Dreaming performed by Aretha Franklin
Anticipation performed by Carly Simon
Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead performed by Barbra Streisand

1972 (Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Tapestry performed by Carole King
the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down performed by Joan Baez
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves performed by Cher
Me And Bobby McGee performed by Janis Joplin
That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be performed by Carly Simon

1971 (Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female)
I'll Never Fall in Love Again performed by Dionne Warwick
Fancy performed by Bobbie Gentry
Snowbird performed by Anne Murray
Long, Long Time performed by Linda Ronstadt
Ain't No Mountain High Enough performed by Diana Ross

1970 (Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female)
Is That All There Is? performed by Peggy Lee
With Pen In Hand performed by Vikki Carr
Put A Little Love In Your Heart performed by Jackie DeShannon
Johnny One Time performed by Brenda Lee
Son Of A Preacher Man performed by Dusty Springfield
This Girl's in Love With You performed by Dionne Warwick

1960s
1969 (Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Female)
Do You Know The Way To San Jose performed by Dionne Warwick
I Say A Little Prayer performed by Aretha Franklin
Those Were The Days performed by Mary Hopkins
Angel Of The Morning performed by Merrilee Rush
Funny Girl performed by Barbra Streisand

1968 (Best Vocal Performance, Female)
Ode To Billie Joe performed by Bobbie Gentry
It Must Be Him performed by Vikki Carr
Don't Sleep In The Subway performed by Petula Clark
Respect performed by Aretha Franklin
Alfie performed by Dionne Warwick

1968 (Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance)
Ode To Billie Joe performed by Bobbie Gentry
It Must Be Him performed by Vikki Carr
Don't Sleep In The Subway performed by Petula Clark
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman performed by Aretha Franklin
I Say a Little Prayer performed by Dionne Warwick

1967 (Best Vocal Performance, Female)
If He Walked Into My Life performed by Eydie Gorme
Ella at Duke's Place performed by Ella Fitzgerald
Born A Woman performed by Sandy Posey
These Boots Are Made for Walkin' performed by Nancy Sinatra
Color Me Barbra performed by Barbra Streisand

1966 (Best Vocal Performance, Female)
My Name Is Barbra performed by Barbra Streisand
Downtown performed by Petula Clark
What The World Needs Now Is Love performed by Jackie DeShannon
The Astrud Gilberto Album performed by Astrud Gilberto
Gentle Is My Love performed by Nancy Wilson

1966 (Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance - Female)
I Know A Place performed by Petula Clark
Rescue Me performed by Fontella Bass
What The World Needs Now Is Love performed by Jackie DeShannon
Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows performed by Lesley Gore
Baby, I'm Yours performed by Barbara Lewis

1965 (Best Vocal Performance, Female)
People performed by Barbra Streisand
Downtown performed by Petula Clark
We'll Sing In The Sunshine performed by Gale Garnett
The Girl From Ipanema performed by Astrud Gilberto
How Glad I Am performed by Nancy Wilson

1964 (Best Vocal Performance, Female)
The Barbra Streisand Album performed by Barbra Streisand
Blame It on the Bossa Nova performed by Eydie Gorme
I'm A Woman performed by Peggy Lee
The World of Miriam Makeba performed by Miriam Makeba
Dominique performed by The Singing Nun (Jeanine Deckers)

1963 (Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female)
Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson performed by Ella Fitzgerald
No Strings performed by Diahann Carroll
Lovely and Alive performed by Lena Horne
I'm A Woman performed by Peggy Lee
Love Letters performed by Ketty Lester
My Coloring Book performed by Sandy Stewart
Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune) performed by Pat Thomas

1962 (Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female)
Judy At Carnegie Hall performed by Judy Garland
Mr. Paganini performed by Ella Fitzgerald
The Essential Billie Holiday performed by Billie Holiday
Lena At The Sands performed by Lena Horne
Basin Street East performed by Peggy Lee

1961 (Best Vocal Performance Album, Female)
Mack the Knife: The Complete Ella in Berlin performed by Ella Fitzgerald
Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie! performed by Rosemary Clooney
Latin A La Lee performed by Peggy Lee
Miriam Makeba performed by Miriam Makeba
Della performed by Della Reese

1961 (Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Female)
Mack The Knife performed by Ella Fitzgerald
The Sound of Music performed by Doris Day
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues performed by Eileen Farrell
I'm Sorry performed by Brenda Lee
I'm Gonna Go Fishin' performed by Peggy Lee

1960 (Best Vocal Performance, Female)
But Not For Me performed by Ella Fitzgerald
Porgy And Bess performed by Lena Horne
Alright, Okay, You Win performed by Peggy Lee
Broadway '59 performed by Pat Suzuki
La strada del' amore performed by Caterina Valente

1950s
1959 (Best Vocal Performance, Female)
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook performed by Ella Fitzgerald
Everybody Loves A Lover performed by Doris Day
Eydie in Love performed by Eydie Gorme
Fever performed by Peggy Lee
I Wish You Love performed by Keely Smith



source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Female_Pop_Vocal_Performance