Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance
Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance | |
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Awarded for | quality vocal or instrumental rock recordings |
Country | United States |
Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
Currently held by | Fiona Apple – "Shameika" (2021) |
Website | grammy.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.[1] 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.[2]
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".[3]
The award goes to the artist. The producer, engineer and songwriter can apply for a Winners Certificate.[4]
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[]
2010s[]
Year[I] | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
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2012 | Foo Fighters | "Walk" |
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2013 | The Black Keys | "Lonely Boy" |
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2014 | Imagine Dragons | "Radioactive" |
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[8] |
2015 | Jack White | "Lazaretto" |
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[9] |
2016 | Alabama Shakes | "Don't Wanna Fight" |
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[10] |
2017 | David Bowie | "Blackstar" |
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[11] |
2018 | Leonard Cohen | "You Want It Darker" |
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[12] |
2019 | Chris Cornell | "When Bad Does Good" |
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2020s[]
Year[I] | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
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2020 | Gary Clark Jr. | "This Land" |
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2021 | Fiona Apple | "Shameika" |
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2022 | TBA | TBA |
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Artists with multiple nominations[]
6 nominations
- Brittany Howard (4 with Alabama Shakes)
4 nominations
- Alabama Shakes
- Foo Fighters
3 nominations
- Jack White
- Chris Cornell
2 nominations
- Arctic Monkeys
- The Black Keys
- David Bowie
- Coldplay
- Mumford & Sons
See also[]
- Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
- Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
- Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
- Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
- Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance
- Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
References[]
- ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
- ^ "Category Mapper". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ^ Grammy Awards restructuring
- ^ Grammy Blue Book
- ^ Nuggent, Annabel (November 24, 2020). "All Grammy nominees for Best Rock Performance are women for the first time in award's history". The Independent. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ "2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Rock Field". The Recording Academy. November 30, 2011.
- ^ "Grammys 2013: Complete list of nominees and winners". Los Angeles Times. February 10, 2013. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ 2014 Nominees
- ^ Grebey, James (December 5, 2014). "Grammys 2015 Nominees: Sam Smith, HAIM, Iggy Azalea, and More". Spin. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ^ "Awards Nominations & Winners". April 30, 2017.
- ^ "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ "60th Grammy Nominees". Grammy.com. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ^ Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
- ^ 2021 Nominations List
- ^ "2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List". GRAMMY.com. November 23, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
External links[]
- Grammy Awards for rock music
- Grammy Award categories