Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance
| Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance | |
|---|---|
 "Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning" by Yungblud featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman and II of Sleep Token is the most recent recipient | |
| Awarded for | quality vocal or instrumental rock recordings |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First award | 2012 |
| Currently held by | Yungblud featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman and II of Sleep Token — "Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning" (2026) |
| 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
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2010s
2020s
| Year | Artist | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Gary Clark Jr. | "This Land" | |
| Bones UK | "Pretty Waste" | |
| Brittany Howard | "History Repeats" | |
| Karen O and Danger Mouse | "Woman" | |
| Rival Sons | "Too Bad" | |
| 2021 [14] | ||
| Fiona Apple | "Shameika" | |
| Big Thief | "Not" | |
| Phoebe Bridgers | "Kyoto" | |
| Haim | "The Steps" | |
| Brittany Howard | "Stay High" | |
| Grace Potter | "Daylight" | |
| 2022 [15] | ||
| Foo Fighters | "Making a Fire" | |
| AC/DC | "Shot in the Dark" | |
| Black Pumas | "Know You Better" (Live from Capitol Studio A) | |
| Chris Cornell | "Nothing Compares 2 U" | |
| Deftones | "Ohms" | |
| 2023 [16] | ||
| Brandi Carlile | "Broken Horses" | |
| Bryan Adams | "So Happy It Hurts" | |
| Beck | "Old Man" | |
| The Black Keys | "Wild Child" | |
| IDLES | "Crawl!" | |
| Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck | "Patient Number 9" | |
| Turnstile | "Holiday" | |
| 2024 [17] | ||
| Boygenius | "Not Strong Enough" | |
| Arctic Monkeys | "Sculptures of Anything Goes" | |
| Black Pumas | "More Than a Love Song" | |
| Foo Fighters | "Rescued" | |
| Metallica | "Lux Æterna" | |
| 2025 [18] | ||
| The Beatles | "Now and Then" | |
| The Black Keys | "Beautiful People (Stay High)" | |
| Green Day | "The American Dream Is Killing Me" | |
| Idles | "Gift Horse" | |
| Pearl Jam | "Dark Matter" | |
| St. Vincent | "Broken Man" | |
| 2026 [19] | ||
| Yungblud featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman and II of Sleep Token | "Changes (Live from Villa Park) Back to the Beginning" | |
| Amyl and the Sniffers | "U Should Not Be Doing That" | |
| Linkin Park | "The Emptiness Machine" | |
| Turnstile | "Never Enough" | |
| Hayley Williams | "Mirtazapine" |
^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
Artists with multiple nominations
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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". Archived from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
- ^ 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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List". GRAMMYs. November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "2024 Grammy Nominations: See The Full Nominees List". The Recording Academy. November 10, 2023. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- ^ "2025 GRAMMYs: See The Full Winners & Nominees List". The Recording Academy. November 8, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ Faulkner, Clara (November 7, 2025). "2026 Grammys: See The Full Nominations List". The Recording Academy. Retrieved November 8, 2025.