Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to female recording artists for works containing quality vocal performances in the rock music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony 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".
Inaugural award winner and three-time nominee Donna Summer
Four-time award winner and eight-time nominee Pat Benatar
Four-time award winner and seven-time nominee Tina Turner
Four-time award winner and six-time nominee Sheryl Crow
Donna Adrian Gaines, known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following.
Summer in a 1977 publicity photo for Once Upon a Time
Summer at Van Oekel's Discohoek, 1974
Cashbox advertisement, August 20, 1977
Summer in a recording studio in September 1977