Grammy Award for Best Rock Album facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Grammy Award for Best Rock Album
Never Enough by Turnstile is the most recent recipient
Presented by	The Recording Academy
Country	United States
First awarded	1995
Currently held by	Turnstile – Never Enough (2026)

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Album is a special prize given out at the Grammy Awards. The Grammys are a big event that started in 1958. They celebrate amazing music artists for their great rock albums. Each year, The Recording Academy in the United States gives these awards. They want to honor the best music, not just the most popular songs. They look for excellent art, skill, and overall quality in music.

The band the Rolling Stones won this award for the very first time in 1995. The award's name has stayed the same ever since. To win, an album must be mostly new rock, hard rock, or metal music. At least 51% of the album's playing time needs to be new songs.

What is the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album?

The Grammy Awards are like the Oscars for music. They recognize the best recordings from different music styles. The Best Rock Album award specifically celebrates full music albums in the rock genre. This includes many types of rock, from classic rock to metal. The goal is to highlight albums that show great musical talent and production.

How Albums and Artists Win

The main artist, the producer, and the sound engineer can all receive this award. But they must have worked on more than half of the album's music. Only the main artist gets an official nomination. Producers and engineers who worked on less than half of the album can still get a special certificate. Before 2001, only the performing artist received the actual award. This means more people involved in making the music are now recognized.

Who Has Won the Most?

The band Foo Fighters has won this award more than any other artist. They have won five times and been nominated eight times! They are the only group to win three, four, and even five times. For example, they won twice in the early 2000s. Their albums There is Nothing Left to Lose (2001) and One by One (2004) both earned them the prize.

Other bands and artists have won the award more than once. These include Sheryl Crow, Green Day, U2, Cage the Elephant, and Muse. Neil Young has been nominated seven times, which is the most without a win. So far, three amazing women have won this award: Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, and Hayley Williams from Paramore. Paramore made history as the first rock band with a female lead singer to win, at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.

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.

Past Winners of the Best Rock Album Grammy

Here is a list of the talented artists and albums that have won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album over the years.

Inaugural recipient the Rolling Stones.

Alanis Morissette was the first woman to win the award.

Two-time award winner Sheryl Crow.

Carlos Santana of the 2000 award-winning band Santana.

Two-time award-winning band U2, performing during the Joshua Tree Tour 2017.

2003 award winner Bruce Springsteen, performing in 2008.

2009 winners Coldplay.

Two-time award-winning band Muse.

2015 winner Beck.

Two-time award-winning band Cage the Elephant.

2024 winner Paramore, the first female-fronted band to win the award.

Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Artists with Many Wins

Some artists have been lucky enough to win the Best Rock Album Grammy more than once! Here are the artists with multiple wins:

Artists with Many Nominations

Being nominated for a Grammy is a huge honor, even if you don't win. These artists have been nominated many times for the Best Rock Album award:

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Premio Grammy al mejor álbum rock para niños