Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance

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Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Awarded forquality urban/alternative performances
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded2003
Last awarded2011
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality urban/alternative performances. Awards in several categories are distributed annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position."[2]

The award was first awarded to India.Arie at the 45th Grammy Awards (2003) for her song "Little Things". According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award was presented to artists that had made "newly recorded urban/alternative performances with vocals". The award was intended to recognize artists "who have been influenced by a cross section of urban music" and who create music that is out of the "mainstream trends".[3]

Two-time recipients include India.Arie, Cee Lo Green (once as part of the duo Gnarls Barkley), and Jill Scott. Erykah Badu, Big Boi (a member of OutKast) and will.i.am (a member of The Black Eyed Peas) share the record for the most nominations, with three each. Sérgio Mendes is the only performer to be nominated twice in one year. The category was dominated by Americans, yet individuals from Jamaica and Côte d'Ivoire also won the award. The award was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of the Grammys where the category was shifted to the Best R&B Performance category.[4]

Recipients[]

A woman wearing an orange dress while singing into a microphone.
India.Arie became the first recipient of the award in 2003.
A woman wearing a brown dress while smiling and snapping her fingers.
2005 and 2008 award winner Jill Scott performing in 2007
A man wearing a hat and brown shirt while opening his mouth.
2009 award recipient will.i.am
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2003 India.Arie "Little Things"
  • Erykah Badu and Common – "Love of My Life (Ode to Hip-Hop)"
  • Floetry – "Floetic"
  • CeeLo Green – "Getting Grown"
  • Raphael Saadiq and D'Angelo – "Be Here"
 [5]
2004 OutKast "Hey Ya!"
  • Erykah Badu – "Danger"
  • Kelis – "Milkshake"
  • Les Nubians – "J'veux D'la Musique"
  • Musiq – "Forthenight"
 [6]
2005 Jill Scott "Cross My Mind"
  • Mos Def – "Sex, Love & Money"
  • Musiq – "Are You Experienced?"
  • N.E.R.D – "She Wants to Move"
  • The Roots – "Star"
 [7]
2006 Damian Marley "Welcome to Jamrock"
  • Floetry – "SupaStar"
  • Gorillaz – "Dirty Harry"
  • Mos Def – "Ghetto Rock"
  • Van Hunt – "Dust"
 [8]
2007 Gnarls Barkley "Crazy"
[9]
2008 Lupe Fiasco and Jill Scott "Daydreamin'"
[10]
2009 Chrisette Michele and will.i.am "Be OK"
[11]
2010 India.Arie and Dobet Gnahoré "Pearls"
[12]
2011 CeeLo Green "Fuck You"
[13]

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

See also[]

  • List of Grammy Award categories
  • List of Urban contemporary artists

References[]

General
  • "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2017-04-30. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  • "Grammy Awards: Best Urban/Alternative Performance". Rock on the Net. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
Specific
  1. ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  2. ^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2017-03-24. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "52nd OEP Category Description Guide" (PDF). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  4. ^ "Awards Category Comparison Chart" (PDF). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. p. 1. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  5. ^ "Complete list of Grammy nominees; ceremony set for Feb. 23". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. January 8, 2003. p. 3. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  6. ^ "Grammy Award Winners". The New York Times. 2004. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
  7. ^ "Grammy Award nominees in top categories". USA Today. Gannett Company. February 7, 2005. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  8. ^ "The Complete List of Grammy Nominations". The New York Times. December 8, 2005. p. 2. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  9. ^ "49th Annual Grammy Grammy Nominees". CBS News. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  10. ^ "50th annual Grammy Awards nominations". Variety. Reed Business Information. December 6, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  11. ^ "Grammy 2009 Winners List". MTV. MTV Networks. February 8, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  12. ^ "Nominees And Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2017-04-30. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  13. ^ "53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 20, 2011.

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