Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance

{{Short description|Music award}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox award | name = Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance | awarded_for = quality vocal or instrumental rock recordings | image = Yungblud - Taubertal-Festival 2025 - DSC5716.jpg | caption = "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 | presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences | country = United States | year = 2012 | holder = Yungblud featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman and II of Sleep Token — "Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning" (2026) | website = [https://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com] | image_size = 200 }}

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.<ref name=Grammy>{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center|title=Grammy Awards at a Glance|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 24, 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Categorymapper>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-mapper/new-category/124673/124753 |title=Category Mapper |access-date=November 25, 2011 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604022508/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-mapper/new-category/124673/124753 |archive-date=June 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

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".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/explanation-for-category-restructuring |title=Grammy Awards restructuring |access-date=April 7, 2011 |archive-date=December 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203215528/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/explanation-for-category-restructuring |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The award goes to the artist. The producer, engineer and songwriter can apply for a Winners Certificate.<ref>[https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/bluebook_awards_certs_and_grammy_tickets.pdf Grammy Blue Book]</ref>

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== [[Image:Dave Grohl - Concert for Valor in Washington, D.C. Nov. 11, 2014.jpg|right|upright|thumb|alt=A man holding a guitar, wearing a blue shirt and a dark vest|Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters were the inaugural winners of the award.]] [[Image:David Bowie Chile.jpg|right|upright|thumb|alt=A man holding a guitar, wearing a blue shirt and a dark vest|David Bowie was posthumously honoured in 2017.]] [[Image:Leonard Cohen 2 2013 (cropped).jpg|right|upright|thumb|alt=A man holding a guitar, wearing a blue shirt and a dark vest|Leonard Cohen posthumously won in 2018.]] [[File:Fiona Apple by Sachyn Mital (cropped).jpg|right|upright|thumb|2021 recipient Fiona Apple was the first solo female artist to win this category, in a line-up featuring only female performers for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/grammy-nominations-women-rock-phoebe-bridgers-b1761488.html|title=All Grammy nominees for Best Rock Performance are women for the first time in award's history|first=Annabel|last=Nuggent|work=The Independent|date=November 24, 2020|accessdate=March 21, 2021}}</ref> She had previously won the Best Female Rock Vocal Performance trophy with "Criminal" in 1998.]] ===2010s=== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="10%" | Year ! width="45%" | Artist ! width="45%" | Work |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2012 <ref name=Grammy2012>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2011&genre=31|title=2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Rock Field|publisher=The Recording Academy|date=November 30, 2011}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | Foo Fighters | "Walk" |- | Coldplay | "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" |- | The Decemberists | "Down by the Water" |- | Mumford & Sons | "The Cave" |- | Radiohead | "Lotus Flower" |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2013 <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2013-complete-list-of-nominees-and-winners-story.html|title=Grammys 2013: Complete list of nominees and winners|date=2013-02-10|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-04-06|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | The Black Keys | "Lonely Boy" |- | Alabama Shakes | "Hold On" |- | Coldplay | "Charlie Brown" |- | Mumford & Sons | "I Will Wait" |- | Bruce Springsteen | "We Take Care of Our Own" |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 2014 <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/files/press-release/pdf/56nomsfinalrelease_final_.pdf |title=2014 Nominees |access-date=December 8, 2013 |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216085917/http://www.grammy.org/files/press-release/pdf/56nomsfinalrelease_final_.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | Imagine Dragons | "Radioactive" |- | Alabama Shakes | "Always Alright" |- | David Bowie | "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" |- | Led Zeppelin | "Kashmir" (Live) |- | Queens of the Stone Age | "My God Is the Sun" |- | Jack White | "I'm Shakin'" |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2015 <ref name="Spin Grammys">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/12/grammys-2015-nominees-beyonce-sam-smith-iggy-azalea/ |title=Grammys 2015 Nominees: Sam Smith, HAIM, Iggy Azalea, and More |work=Spin |first=James |last=Grebey |date=December 5, 2014 |access-date=December 5, 2014}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | Jack White | "Lazaretto" |- | Ryan Adams | "Gimme Something Good" |- | Arctic Monkeys | "Do I Wanna Know?" |- | Beck | "Blue Moon" |- | The Black Keys | "Fever" |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2016 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=31|title = Awards Nominations & Winners|date = April 30, 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | Alabama Shakes | "Don't Wanna Fight" |- | Florence + The Machine | "What Kind of Man" |- | Foo Fighters | "Something from Nothing" |- | Elle King | "Ex's & Oh's" |- | Wolf Alice | "Moaning Lisa Smile" |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2017 <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/nominees|title=59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=2017-04-06|language=en}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |David Bowie |"Blackstar" |- | Alabama Shakes | "Joe" (Live from Austin City Limits) |- | Beyoncé featuring Jack White | "Don't Hurt Yourself" |- | Disturbed | "The Sound of Silence" |- | Twenty One Pilots | "Heathens" |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2018 <ref>{{cite web|title=60th Grammy Nominees|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/60th-annual-grammy-awards-2017|website=Grammy.com|access-date=28 November 2017}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |Leonard Cohen |"You Want It Darker" |- | Chris Cornell | "The Promise" |- | Foo Fighters | "Run" |- | Kaleo | "No Good" |- | Nothing More | "Go to War" |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2019 <ref>[https://www.grammy.com/awards/61st-annual-grammy-awards-2018 Grammy.com, 7 December 2018]</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | Chris Cornell | "When Bad Does Good" |- | Arctic Monkeys | "Four Out of Five" |- | The Fever 333 | "Made an America" |- | Greta Van Fleet | "Highway Tune" |- | Halestorm | "Uncomfortable" |- |}

===2020s=== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#bebebe" ! width="10%" | Year ! width="45%" | Artist ! width="45%" | Work |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2020 |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | Gary Clark Jr. | "This Land" |- | Bones UK | "Pretty Waste" |- | Brittany Howard | "History Repeats" |- | Karen O and Danger Mouse | "Woman" |- | Rival Sons | "Too Bad" |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 2021 <ref>[https://www.grammy.com/sites/com/files/63rdpresslist_nov_20_2020.pdf 2021 Nominations List]</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | Fiona Apple | "Shameika" |- | Big Thief | "Not" |- | Phoebe Bridgers | "Kyoto" |- | Haim | "The Steps" |- | Brittany Howard | "Stay High" |- | Grace Potter | "Daylight" |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2022 <ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-23|title=2022 GRAMMYs Awards: Complete Nominations List|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list|access-date=2021-12-12|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | 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" |- | rowspan="8" style="text-align: center;" | 2023 <ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-15 |title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=GRAMMYs}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | 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" |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2024 <ref>{{Cite web |date=10 November 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=10 November 2023 |website=The Recording Academy |archive-date=10 November 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;" | Boygenius | "Not Strong Enough" |- | Arctic Monkeys | "Sculptures of Anything Goes" |- | Black Pumas | "More Than a Love Song" |- | Foo Fighters | "Rescued" |- | Metallica | "Lux Æterna" |- | rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;" | 2025 <ref>{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2024 |title=2025 GRAMMYs: See The Full Winners & Nominees List|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=The Recording Academy}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" | 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" |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | 2026 <ref>{{cite web |last=Faulkner |first=Clara |title=2026 Grammys: See The Full Nominations List |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2026-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |website=The Recording Academy |access-date=November 8, 2025 |date=November 7, 2025}}</ref> |- style="background:#FAEB86;" |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" |- |}

{{note|1|[I]}} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

==Artists with multiple nominations== {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} ;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 {{col-break}}

;2 nominations * Beck * Black Pumas * David Bowie * Coldplay * Idles * Mumford & Sons * Phoebe Bridgers (1 with Boygenius) * Turnstile{{col-end}}

==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

== External links == * [http://www.grammy.com Official site of the Grammy Awards]

Category:Grammy Awards for rock music Rock Performance