The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female was handed out from 1981 to 1991.The award was combined with the award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male and awarded as Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in 1985. It was reverted back to individual awards for men and women in 1986, until 1992 when it was changed once again to one award. The “First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald is the most honored artist in this category with four wins.

Winners: Grammys Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female

Year
Winner/s
Song
1991
Ella Fitzgerald
All That Jazz
1990
Ruth Brown
Blues on Broadway
1989
Betty Carter
Look What I Got!
1988
Diane Schuur
Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra
1987
Diane Schuur
Timeless
1986
Cleo Laine
Cleo at Carnegie - The 10th Anniversary Concert
1985
none
1984
Ella Fitzgerald
The Best Is Yet to Come
1983
Sarah Vaughan
Gershwin Live!
1982
Ella Fitzgerald
Digital III at Montreux
1981
Ella Fitzgerald
A Perfect Match