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Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance

Music award

Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance
Summary

Music award

FieldValue
nameGrammy Award for Best Rock Performance
awarded_forquality vocal or instrumental rock recordings
caption"Now and Then" by The Beatles is the most recent recipient.
presenterNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
countryUnited States
holderYungblud featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman and II – "Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning" (2026)
websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo, duo/groups or collaborative (vocal or instrumental) rock recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only.

This award combines the previous categories for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Rock Instrumental Performance. The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards and to eliminate the distinctions between solo and duo/groups performances. The Academy argued that any distinction between these performances is difficult to make, as "four-fifths of rock acts are groups, and even solo rock acts tend to be backed by a band".

The award goes to the artist. The producer, engineer and songwriter can apply for a Winners Certificate.

From 2014, this category has also included hard rock performances that were previously screened in the Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance categories, which are now defunct.

Recipients

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[[Dave Grohl]] and the [[Foo Fighters]] were the inaugural winners of the award.
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[[David Bowie]] was posthumously honoured in 2017.
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[[Leonard Cohen]] posthumously won in 2018.
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YearPerforming artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Foo Fighters"Walk"{{smalldiv
The Black Keys"Lonely Boy"{{smalldiv
Imagine Dragons"Radioactive"{{smalldiv
Jack White"Lazaretto"{{smalldiv
Alabama Shakes"Don't Wanna Fight"{{smalldiv
David Bowie"Blackstar"{{smalldiv
Leonard Cohen"You Want It Darker"{{smalldiv
Chris Cornell"When Bad Does Good"{{smalldiv
Gary Clark Jr."This Land"{{smalldiv
Fiona Apple"Shameika"{{smalldiv
Foo Fighters"Making a Fire"{{smalldiv
Brandi Carlile"Broken Horses"{{smalldiv
Boygenius"Not Strong Enough"{{smalldiv
The Beatles"Now and Then"{{smalldiv
Yungblud featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman and II"Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning"{{smalldiv

Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Artists with multiple nominations

;6 nominations

  • Brittany Howard (4 with Alabama Shakes)

;5 nominations

  • Foo Fighters

;4 nominations

  • Alabama Shakes
  • The Black Keys

;3 nominations

  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Chris Cornell
  • Jack White

;2 nominations

  • Beck
  • Black Pumas
  • David Bowie
  • Coldplay
  • Idles
  • Mumford & Sons
  • Phoebe Bridgers (1 with Boygenius)
  • Turnstile

References

References

  1. "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times.
  2. "Category Mapper". [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].
  3. "Grammy Awards restructuring".
  4. [https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/bluebook_awards_certs_and_grammy_tickets.pdf Grammy Blue Book]
  5. Nuggent, Annabel. (November 24, 2020). "All Grammy nominees for Best Rock Performance are women for the first time in award's history". [[The Independent]].
  6. (November 30, 2011). "2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Rock Field". [[Recording Academy.
  7. (2013-02-10). "Grammys 2013: Complete list of nominees and winners". Los Angeles Times.
  8. "2014 Nominees".
  9. Grebey, James. (December 5, 2014). "Grammys 2015 Nominees: Sam Smith, HAIM, Iggy Azalea, and More". [[Spin (magazine).
  10. (April 30, 2017). "Awards Nominations & Winners".
  11. "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". GRAMMY.com.
  12. "60th Grammy Nominees".
  13. [https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards Grammy.com, 7 December 2018]
  14. [https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/63rdpresslist_nov_20_2020.pdf 2021 Nominations List]
  15. (2021-11-23). "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List".
  16. (2022-11-15). "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List".
  17. (10 November 2023). "2024 Grammy Nominations: See The Full Nominees List".
  18. (November 8, 2024). "2025 GRAMMYs: See The Full Winners & Nominees List".
  19. Faulkner, Clara. (November 7, 2025). "2026 Grammys: See The Full Nominations List".
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