Music award
TheGrammy Award for Best Rock Performance is an award presented at theGrammy Awards , a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[ 1] [ 2]
This award combines the previous categories forBest Solo Rock Vocal Performance ,Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal andBest 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]
The award goes to the artist. The producer, engineer and songwriter can apply for a Winners Certificate.[ 4]
From 2014, this category has also included hard rock performances that were previously screened in theBest Hard Rock Performance andBest Hard Rock/Metal Performance categories, which are now defunct.
Dave Grohl and theFoo Fighters were the inaugural winners of the award.David Bowie was posthumously honoured in 2017.Leonard Cohen posthumously won in 2018.2021 recipientFiona Apple was the first solo female artist to win this category, in a line-up featuring only female performers for the first time.[ 5] Best Female Rock Vocal Performance trophy with "Criminal " in 1998. ^[I]
Artists with multiple nominations [ edit ] 6 nominations 5 nominations 4 nominations 3 nominations 2 nominations
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