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Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance
Descriptionquality vocal or instrumental rock recordings
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Websitegrammy.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]

From 2014, this category has also included hard rock performances which were previously screened in the Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance categories; those categories are now defunct.

Recipients

Year Performing artist Work Nominees Ref.
2012 Foo Fighters "Walk" [4]
2013 The Black Keys "Lonely Boy"
2014 Imagine Dragons "Radioactive" [5]
2015 Jack White "Lazaretto" [6]
2016

See also

References

  1. ^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
  2. ^ "Category Mapper". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  3. ^ Grammy Awards restructuring
  4. ^ "2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Rock Field". The Recording Academy. November 30, 2011.
  5. ^ 2014 Nominees
  6. ^ Grebey, James (December 5, 2014). "Grammys 2015 Nominees: Sam Smith, HAIM, Iggy Azalea, and More". Spin. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
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