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===Grammys=== The [[Grammy Award]]s are awarded annually by the [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]. James received six Grammy Awards. Her first was in 1995, when she was awarded Best Jazz Vocal Performance for the album ''Mystery Lady'', which consisted of covers of [[Billie Holiday]] songs.<ref name=Awards>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pLgqFaYmgw8C&q=Blues+Hall+of+Fame+etta+james&pg=PA164|title=Icons of R&B and Soul|first=Bob|last=Gulla|page=164|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2008|isbn=9780313340444|access-date=May 21, 2011|archive-date=December 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218033946/https://books.google.com/books?id=pLgqFaYmgw8C&q=Blues+Hall+of+Fame+etta+james&pg=PA164|url-status=live}}</ref> Two other albums have also won awards, ''[[Let's Roll (album)|Let's Roll]]'' (Best Contemporary Blues Album) in 2003, and ''Blues to the Bone'' (Best Traditional Blues Album) in 2004. Two of her early songs have been given [[Grammy Hall of Fame Award]]s for "qualitative or historical significance": "At Last", in 1999,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#j |title=Grammy Hall of Fame Induction |publisher=Grammy.org |access-date=July 30, 2011 |archive-date=August 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829062454/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#j |url-status=live }}</ref> and "[[The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)]]" in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#w |title=Grammy Hall of Fame Induction |publisher=Grammy.org |access-date=July 30, 2011 |archive-date=August 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829062454/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#w |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2003, she was given the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPzr8f3lVW8C&q=etta+james+Grammy+Lifetime+Achievement+Award&pg=PT4|title=Music News|magazine=CMJ New Music Report|first=Greg|last=Winter|date=December 2002|access-date=May 22, 2011|archive-date=December 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218034040/https://books.google.com/books?id=tPzr8f3lVW8C&q=etta%20james%20Grammy%20Lifetime%20Achievement%20Award&pg=PT4|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/200080 |title=Recording Academy Honors Etta James, Simon & Garfunkel, Alan Lomax | News |website=Bmi.com |date=December 8, 2002 |access-date=July 30, 2011 |archive-date=November 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129212635/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/200080 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{awards table}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|1961}}|| ''All I Could Do Was Cry'' || [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Song|Best Rhythm & Blues Performance]] || {{nom}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|1962}}||''Fool That I Am'' || Best Rhythm & Blues Performance || {{nom}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|1968}}||''[[Tell Mama]]'' |rowspan="4" | [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Female]] || {{nom}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|1969}}||''Security'' || {{nom}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|1974}}||''Etta James'' || {{nom}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|1975}}||''St. Louis Blues'' || {{nom}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|1989}}||''[[Seven Year Itch (Etta James album)|Seven Year Itch]]'' |rowspan="3"| [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album|Best Contemporary Blues Recording]] || {{nom}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|1991}}||''Stickin' to My Guns'' || {{nom}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|1993}}|| ''The Right Time''|| {{nom}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|1995}}||''Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday'' || [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album|Best Jazz Vocal Performance]] || {{won}} |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{grammy|1999}}||''[[At Last]]''|| [[Grammy Hall of Fame Award]] ||{{included|Inducted}} |- | ''Life, Love & the Blues'' || Best Contemporary Blues Album || {{nom}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|2000}}||''[[Heart of a Woman (Etta James album)|Heart of a Woman]]'' || Best Jazz Vocal Performance || {{nom}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|2002}}||''Matriarch of the Blues'' ||Best Contemporary Blues Album || {{nom}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|2003}}||Etta James ||[[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] ||{{included|Inducted}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|2004}}||''[[Let's Roll (album)|Let's Roll]]'' || Best Contemporary Blues Album || {{won}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|2005}}||''[[Blues to the Bone]]'' || [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album|Best Traditional Blues Album]] || {{won}} |- | style="text-align:center;"| {{grammy|2008}}||''[[The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)|The Wallflower]]''|| Grammy Hall of Fame Award ||{{included|Inducted}} {{end}}
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