Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance explained

Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance
Awarded For:quality vocal or instrumental rock recordings
Presenter:National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country:United States
Holder:Boygenius – "Not Strong Enough" (2024)
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

YearPerforming artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.
2012Foo Fighters"Walk"[5]
2013The Black Keys"Lonely Boy"[6]
2014Imagine Dragons"Radioactive"[7]
2015Jack White"Lazaretto"[8]
2016Alabama Shakes"Don't Wanna Fight"[9]
2017David Bowie"Blackstar"[10]
2018"You Want It Darker"[11]
2019Chris Cornell"When Bad Does Good"[12]
2020Gary Clark Jr."This Land"
2021Fiona Apple"Shameika"[13]
2022"Making a Fire"[14]
2023Brandi Carlile"Broken Horses" [15]
2024Boygenius"Not Strong Enough" [16]

Artists with multiple nominations

6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Grammy Awards at a Glance. Los Angeles Times. April 24, 2010.
  2. Web site: Category Mapper . November 25, 2011 . . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120604022508/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-mapper/new-category/124673/124753 . June 4, 2012 . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: Grammy Awards restructuring . April 7, 2011 . December 3, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111203215528/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/explanation-for-category-restructuring . dead .
  4. https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/bluebook_awards_certs_and_grammy_tickets.pdf Grammy Blue Book
  5. Web site: 2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Rock Field. The Recording Academy. November 30, 2011.
  6. News: Grammys 2013: Complete list of nominees and winners. 2013-02-10. Los Angeles Times. 2017-04-06. en-US. 0458-3035.
  7. Web site: 2014 Nominees . December 8, 2013 . December 16, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216085917/http://www.grammy.org/files/press-release/pdf/56nomsfinalrelease_final_.pdf . dead .
  8. Web site: Grammys 2015 Nominees: Sam Smith, HAIM, Iggy Azalea, and More . . James . Grebey . December 5, 2014 . December 5, 2014.
  9. Web site: Awards Nominations & Winners. April 30, 2017.
  10. News: 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees. GRAMMY.com. 2017-04-06. en.
  11. Web site: 60th Grammy Nominees. Grammy.com. 28 November 2017.
  12. https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards Grammy.com, 7 December 2018
  13. https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/63rdpresslist_nov_20_2020.pdf 2021 Nominations List
  14. Web site: 2021-11-23. 2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List. 2021-12-12. GRAMMY.com. en.
  15. Web site: 2022-11-15 . 2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List . 2022-11-15 . GRAMMYs.
  16. Web site: 10 November 2023 . 2024 Grammy Nominations: See The Full Nominees List . 10 November 2023 . . 10 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231110165703/https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list . live .