Awards & Winners

Ella Fitzgerald

Date of Birth 25-April-1917
Place of Birth Newport News
(Virginia, Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, Hampton Roads, Area code 757)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Ella Fitzgerard, Ella Jane Fitzgerald, Queen of Jazz, Lady Ella, First Lady of Song, The First Lady of Jazz, The First Lady of Swing
Profession Singer, Actor
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American jazz vocalist with a vocal range spanning three octaves. Often referred to as the "First Lady of Song" and the "Queen of Jazz," she was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. Fitzgerald was a notable interpreter of the Great American Songbook. Over the course of her 59-year recording career, she sold 40 million copies of her 70-plus albums, won 13 Grammy Awards and was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Ronald Reagan and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush.

Awards by Ella Fitzgerald

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ella Fitzgerald.

2009


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Ella & Basie: On the Sunny Side of the Street

2001


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : How High the Moon

2000


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Porgy & Bess

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Music Film Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For

1999


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book

1998


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book

1990


Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
Honored for : All That Jazz
(Artist)

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female All That Jazz

1988


NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist

1985


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : A-Tisket A-Tasket / Liza
(For A-Tisket A-Tasket)

1983


Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
Honored for : The Best Is Yet to Come
(Artist)

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female The Best Is Yet to Come

1981


Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
Honored for : Digital III at Montreux
(Artist)

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female Digital III at Montreux

1980


Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
Honored for : A Perfect Match: Ella and Basie

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female A Perfect Match: Ella and Basie

1979


Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album
Honored for : Fine and Mellow: Ella Fitzgerald Jams
(Artist)
Kennedy Center Honors

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album \"Fine and Mellow\": Ella Fitzgerald Jams

1976


Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album
Honored for : Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
(Best Jazz Vocal Performance)

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album Fitzgerald and Pass... Again

1966


Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Ella at Duke's Place

1962


Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female
Honored for : Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson
(Artist)
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Honored for : Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Ella Swings Brightly With Nelson

1961


Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female Mr. Paganini

1960


Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Honored for : Mack the Knife
(Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track, Female)
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Honored for : Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
(Best Vocal Performance Album, Female)

Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Record of the Year Mack the Knife
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Mack the Knife
Best Vocal Performance Single Record Or Track, Female
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
Best Vocal Performance Album, Female

1959


Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female
Honored for : But Not for Me
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Honored for : Ella Swings Lightly

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female But Not for Me
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo Ella Swings Lightly

1958


Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Honored for : But Not for Me
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Honored for : Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
(Soloist)
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Honored for : Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
(Artist)

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Album of the Year Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Female Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance But Not for Me