Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance

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Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Awarded for quality urban/alternative performances
Country United States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded 2003
Last awarded 2011
Official website grammy.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 will be discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of the Grammys where the category will be 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.
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2005 and 2008 award winner Jill Scott performing in 2007
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2009 award recipient will.i.am
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
2003 India.Arie "Little Things" [5]
2004 OutKast "Hey Ya!" [6]
2005 Jill Scott "Cross My Mind" [7]
2006 Damian Marley "Welcome to Jamrock" [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 Cee Lo Green "Fuck You" [13]

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

See also

References

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External links

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