{{Short description|Award presented by the Recording Academy}} {{Infobox award | name = Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance | awarded_for = Quality vocal or instrumental alternative recordings (tracks or singles only) | image = The Cure Live in Singapore 2-_1st_August 2007.jpg | caption = "Alone" by The Cure is the most recent recipient | presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences | country = | year = 2023 | holder = The Cure — "Alone" (2026) | website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com] }}
The '''Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance''' is an award presented by the Recording Academy to honor quality alternative music performances in any given year. The award was presented for the first time on February 5, 2023, at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. It is a companion category to the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album and the first new category in the alternative genre field since the field's creation in 1991.
The Academy stated that the award goes to "a track or single performance that recognizes the best recordings in an alternative performance by a solo artist, collaborating artists, established duo, or established group."<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Categories For The 2023 GRAMMYs Announced: Songwriter Of The Year, Best Video Game Soundtrack, Best Song For Social Change & More Changes |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammys-new-categories-songwriter-year-best-video-game-soundtrack-social-impact-special-merit-award-65th-grammy-awards |access-date=November 20, 2022 |website=Grammy}}</ref>
== Background == In 1991, and from 1994 to 1999, the award for Best Alternative Music Album was known as Best Alternative Music Performance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Popkin |first=Helen A.S. |date=January 24, 2006 |title=Alternative to what? |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/alternative-what-wbna10993760 |access-date=February 18, 2023 |website=TODAY |language=en}}</ref> In this time, it was won by Sinéad O'Connor, U2, Green Day, Nirvana, Beck, Radiohead and Beastie Boys.
The category was one of five new categories announced in June 2022 alongside Best Americana Performance, Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media, Best Spoken Word Poetry Album and Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical.
== Winners and nominees == [[File:WetLegKingston070422 (5 of 13).jpg|right|thumb|Inaugural winners Wet Leg]] {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="10%" | Year ! width="45%" | Artist ! width="45%" | Work |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2023<br><ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list |access-date=November 20, 2022 |website=Grammy}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | Wet Leg | "Chaise Longue" |- | Arctic Monkeys | "There'd Better Be a Mirrorball" |- | Big Thief | "Certainty" |- | Florence and the Machine | "King" |- | Yeah Yeah Yeahs featuring Perfume Genius | "Spitting Off the Edge of the World" |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2024<br><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2023 |title=2024 Grammy Nominations: See The Full Nominees List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=November 10, 2023 |website=The Recording Academy |archive-date=November 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110165703/https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |url-status=live }}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | Paramore | "This Is Why" |- | Alvvays | "Belinda Says" |- | Arctic Monkeys | "Body Paint" |- | Boygenius | "Cool About It" |- | Lana Del Rey | "A&W" |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2025<br><ref>{{cite web |title=2025 Grammys: See The Official Full Nominations List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |website=Grammy.com |access-date=November 10, 2024 |date=November 9, 2024}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | St. Vincent | "Flea" |- | Cage the Elephant | "Neon Pill" |- | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | "Song of the Lake" |- | Fontaines D.C. | "Starburster" |- | Kim Gordon | "Bye Bye" |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2026<br><ref>{{cite web |title=2026 Grammys: See The Full Winners & Nominees List (Updating Live) |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2026-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |publisher=The Recording Academy |access-date=February 1, 2026 |date=February 1, 2026}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Cure | "Alone" |- | Bon Iver | "Everything Is Peaceful Love" |- | Turnstile | "Seein' Stars" |- | Wet Leg | "Mangetout" |- | Hayley Williams | "Parachute" |-
|} <sup>{{note|1|[I]}}</sup> Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
==Artists with multiple nominations== ;2 nominations * Arctic Monkeys * Wet Leg
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance}} {{Grammy Award years}} {{Grammy Award categories}}
Category:Grammy Award categories Category:Alternative and independent music awards