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Grammy Award for Best Rock Album
Never Enough by Turnstile is the most recent recipient
Awarded forQuality albums in the rock music genre
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Recording Academy
First award1995
Currently held byTurnstile – Never Enough (2026)
Websitewww.grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality albums in the rock music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by The Recording Academy of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

Foo Fighters (pictured in 2017) have won the award more than any other artist or group. They have been nominated for the award a record eight times and won the award a record five times.

The award for Best Rock Album was first presented to the band the Rolling Stones in 1995, and the name of the category has remained unchanged since then. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to "vocal or instrumental rock, hard rock or metal albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material".[3]

The award goes to the artist, producer and engineer/mixer, provided they were responsible for more than 50 percent of playing time on the album. The lead performing artist is the only one who receives an official nomination. Producers and/or engineers/mixers who are responsible for less than 50 percent, as well as the mastering engineer, can apply for a Winners Certificate.[4] Before 2001, only the performing artist received an award.

The band Foo Fighters currently holds the records for both wins and nominations in this award, with five wins and eight nominations overall. Foo Fighters are also the only three-time, four-time, and five-time winners of the award. In the 2000s, the group famously won the award twice in the span of four years, with their albums There is Nothing Left to Lose in 2001 and One by One in 2004.

Two-time winners include Sheryl Crow, Green Day, U2, Cage the Elephant, and Muse. Neil Young holds the record for most nominations without a win, with seven. To date, only three women, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, and Hayley Williams of Paramore have won the award. Paramore became the first female-fronted rock band to win the award, at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.[5]

Recipients

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Four performing on a stage.
Inagurual recipient the Rolling Stones.
A woman in a black vest singing and playing an electric guitar.
Alanis Morissette was the first woman to win the award.
A woman in a black vest and jeans holding a microphone on a stage.
Two-time award winner Sheryl Crow.
A man wearing a green shirt and hat, looking down and playing a guitar.
Carlos Santana of the 2000 award-winning band Santana.
Four men performing on a stage in front of a crowd; two are standing at the front of the stage holding guitars, one in the center is holding a microphone, and one is sitting behind a drum set.
Two-time award-winning band U2, performing during the Joshua Tree Tour 2017.
A man in dark clothing standing on a stage while holding a guitar in front of a crowd. Behind him is a man with his arm raised, holding a drum stick and sitting behind a drum set.
2003 award winner Bruce Springsteen, performing in 2008.
Four men performing on a stage.
2009 winners Coldplay.
Three men performing on a stage to a crowd of people.
Two-time award-winning band Muse.
Four men performing on a stage to a crowd of people.
Two-time award-winning band Cage the Elephant.
A woman and three men on a stage performing.
2024 winner Paramore, the first female-fronted band to win the award.

1990s

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Year Work Artist
1995
[6] 		Voodoo Lounge The Rolling Stones
Monster R.E.M.
Sleeps with Angels Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Superunknown Soundgarden
Vs. Pearl Jam
1996
[7] 		Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette
Forever Blue Chris Isaak
Mirror Ball Neil Young
Vitalogy Pearl Jam
Wildflowers Tom Petty
1997
[8] 		Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow
Broken Arrow Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Crash Dave Matthews Band
Road Tested Bonnie Raitt
Tragic Kingdom No Doubt
1998
[9] 		Blue Moon Swamp John Fogerty
Bridges to Babylon The Rolling Stones
The Colour and the Shape Foo Fighters
Nine Lives Aerosmith
Pop U2
1999
[10] 		The Globe Sessions Sheryl Crow
Before These Crowded Streets Dave Matthews Band
Celebrity Skin Hole
Premonition John Fogerty
Version 2.0 Garbage

2000s

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Year Work Artist
2000
[11] 		Supernatural Santana
Breakdown Melissa Etheridge
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers
Echo Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Significant Other Limp Bizkit
2001
[12] 		There Is Nothing Left to Lose Foo Fighters
The Battle of Los Angeles Rage Against the Machine
Crush Bon Jovi
Mad Season Matchbox Twenty
Return of Saturn No Doubt
2002
[13] 		All That You Can't Leave Behind U2
Gold Ryan Adams
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park
Just Push Play Aerosmith
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea PJ Harvey
2003
[14] 		The Rising Bruce Springsteen
C'mon, C'mon Sheryl Crow
Dreamland Robert Plant
Head on Straight Tonic
When I Was Cruel Elvis Costello
2004
[15] 		One by One Foo Fighters
Audioslave Audioslave
Fallen Evanescence
The Long Road Nickelback
More Than You Think You Are Matchbox Twenty
2005
[16] 		American Idiot Green Day
Contraband Velvet Revolver
The Delivery Man Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Hot Fuss The Killers
The Reason Hoobastank
2006
[17] 		How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb U2
A Bigger Bang The Rolling Stones
In Your Honor Foo Fighters
Prairie Wind Neil Young
X&Y Coldplay
2007
[18] 		Stadium Arcadium Red Hot Chili Peppers
Broken Boy Soldiers The Raconteurs
Highway Companion Tom Petty
Living with War Neil Young
Try! John Mayer Trio
2008
[19] 		Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Foo Fighters
Daughtry Daughtry
Magic Bruce Springsteen
Revival John Fogerty
Sky Blue Sky Wilco
2009
[20] 		Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Coldplay
Consolers of the Lonely The Raconteurs
Death Magnetic Metallica
Only by the Night Kings of Leon
Rock n Roll Jesus Kid Rock

2010s

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Year Work Artist
2010
[21] 		21st Century Breakdown Green Day
Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King Dave Matthews Band
Black Ice AC/DC
Live from Madison Square Garden Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood
No Line on the Horizon U2
2011
[22] 		The Resistance Muse
Backspacer Pearl Jam
Emotion & Commotion Jeff Beck
Le Noise Neil Young
Mojo Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2012
[23] 		Wasting Light Foo Fighters
Come Around Sundown Kings of Leon
I'm with You Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rock 'n' Roll Party (Honoring Les Paul) Jeff Beck
The Whole Love Wilco
2013
[24] 		El Camino The Black Keys
The 2nd Law Muse
Blunderbuss Jack White
Mylo Xyloto Coldplay
Wrecking Ball Bruce Springsteen
2014
[25] 		Celebration Day Led Zeppelin
13 Black Sabbath
...Like Clockwork Queens of the Stone Age
Mechanical Bull Kings of Leon
The Next Day David Bowie
Psychedelic Pill Neil Young with Crazy Horse
2015
[26] 		Morning Phase Beck
Hypnotic Eye Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Ryan Adams Ryan Adams
Songs of Innocence U2
Turn Blue The Black Keys
2016
[27] 		Drones Muse
.5: The Gray Chapter Slipknot
Chaos and the Calm James Bay
Kintsugi Death Cab for Cutie
Mister Asylum Highly Suspect
2017
[28] 		Tell Me I'm Pretty Cage the Elephant
California Blink-182
Death of a Bachelor Panic! at the Disco
Magma Gojira
Weezer Weezer
2018
[29] 		A Deeper Understanding The War on Drugs
Emperor of Sand Mastodon
Hardwired... to Self-Destruct Metallica
The Stories We Tell Ourselves Nothing More
Villains Queens of the Stone Age
2019
[30] 		From the Fires Greta Van Fleet
Mania Fall Out Boy
Pacific Daydream Weezer
Prequelle Ghost
Rainier Fog Alice in Chains

2020s

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Year Work Artist
2020
[31] 		Social Cues Cage the Elephant
Amo Bring Me the Horizon
Feral Roots Rival Sons
In the End The Cranberries
Trauma I Prevail
2021
[32] 		The New Abnormal The Strokes
Daylight Grace Potter
A Hero's Death Fontaines D.C.
Kiwanuka Michael Kiwanuka
Sound & Fury Sturgill Simpson
2022
[33] 		Medicine at Midnight Foo Fighters
Capitol Cuts – Live from Studio A Black Pumas
McCartney III Paul McCartney
No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1 Chris Cornell
Power Up AC/DC
2023
[34] 		Patient Number 9 Ozzy Osbourne
The Boy Named If Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Crawler Idles
Dropout Boogie The Black Keys
Lucifer on the Sofa Spoon
Mainstream Sellout Machine Gun Kelly
2024
[35] 		This Is Why Paramore
72 Seasons Metallica
But Here We Are Foo Fighters
In Times New Roman... Queens of the Stone Age
Starcatcher Greta Van Fleet
2025
[36] 		Hackney Diamonds The Rolling Stones
Dark Matter Pearl Jam
Happiness Bastards The Black Crowes
No Name Jack White
Romance Fontaines D.C.
Saviors Green Day
Tangk Idles
2026
[37] 		Never Enough Turnstile
From Zero Linkin Park
I Quit Haim
Idols Yungblud
Private Music Deftones

Artists with multiple wins

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Artists with multiple nominations

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References

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General

  • "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2011. Note: User must select the "Rock" category as the genre under the search feature.
  • "Grammy Awards: Best Rock Album". Rock on the Net. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2010.

Specific

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  5. ^ "Paramore Become The First Female-Fronted Band To Win Best Rock Album Grammy". stereogum.com. February 4, 2024.
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  8. ^ Campbell, Mary (January 8, 1997). "Babyface is up for 12 Grammy awards". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. p. 8B. Retrieved July 12, 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ^ Campbell, Mary (January 7, 1998). "Rock veterans Dylan, McCartney face off for album of year". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Block Communications. Retrieved July 12, 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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  21. ^ "The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on June 18, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
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