Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance
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. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo, duo/groups or collaborative rock recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only.
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".
The award goes to the artist. The producer, engineer and songwriter can apply for a Winners Certificate.
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
| Year | Performing artist | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
| 2012 | Foo Fighters | "Walk" | | |
| 2013 | The Black Keys | "Lonely Boy" | | |
| 2014 | Imagine Dragons | "Radioactive" | | |
| 2015 | Jack White | "Lazaretto" | | |
| 2016 | Alabama Shakes | "Don't Wanna Fight" | | |
| 2017 | David Bowie | "Blackstar" | | |
| 2018 | Leonard Cohen | "You Want It Darker" | | |
| 2019 | Chris Cornell | "When Bad Does Good" | | |
| 2020 | Gary Clark Jr. | "This Land" | | |
Artists with multiple nominations
;5 nominations
;4 nominations
;3 nominations
;2 nominations
- Arctic Monkeys
- The Black Keys
- David Bowie
- Coldplay
- Chris Cornell
- Mumford & Sons
