Grammy Award for Best Rock Album (Grammy Awards)

Grammy Awards

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, to recording artists for quality albums in the rock music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences 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". 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". Since 1996, award recipients have often included the producers, engineers, and/or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists. The band Foo Fighters holds the record for the most wins in this category, with four. Two-time winners include Sheryl Crow, Green Day, and U2. Foo Fighters and Neil Young hold the record for the most nominations, with six. Young also holds the record for the most nominations without a win.

Check all the winners of Grammy Award for Best Rock Album presented under Grammy Awards since 1994 .

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Led Zeppelin

Honored for : Celebration Day

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Black Sabbath	13
David Bowie	The Next Day
Kings of Leon	Mechanical Bull
Led Zeppelin	Celebration Day
Queens of the Stone Age	...Like Clockwork
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	Psychedelic Pill

The Black Keys, Tchad Blake, Kennie Takahashi, Danger Mouse

Honored for : El Camino

(The Black Keys, artist. Tchad Blake & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers. The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers.)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
The Black Keys	El Camino The Black Keys, artist. Tchad Blake & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers. The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers.
Tchad Blake	El Camino The Black Keys, artist. Tchad Blake & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers. The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers.
Kennie Takahashi	El Camino The Black Keys, artist. Tchad Blake & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers. The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers.
Danger Mouse	El Camino The Black Keys, artist. Tchad Blake & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers. The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers.
Coldplay	Mylo Xyloto
Muse	The 2nd Law
Bruce Springsteen	Wrecking Ball
Jack White	Blunderbuss

Foo Fighters

Honored for : Wasting Light

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Foo Fighters	Wasting Light
Jeff Beck	Rock 'n' Roll Party (Honoring Les Paul)
Kings of Leon	Come Around Sundown
Red Hot Chili Peppers	I\u2019m With You
Wilco	The Whole Love

Muse, Mark Stent, Adrian Bushby

Honored for : The Resistance

(Producer, Artist, Engineers/mixers)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Muse	The Resistance 2011 Best Rock Album
Adrian Bushby	The Resistance 2011 Best Rock Album
Mark Stent	The Resistance 2011 Best Rock Album
Jeff Beck	Emotion & Commotion
Pearl Jam	Backspacer
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Mojo
Neil Young	Le Noise

Green Day, Chris Lord-Alge, Chris Dugan, Butch Vig

Honored for : 21st Century Breakdown

(Producers, Artist, Engineers/Mixers)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
AC/DC	Black Ice
Eric Clapton	Live from Madison Square Garden
Steve Winwood	Live from Madison Square Garden
Green Day	21st Century Breakdown
Dave Matthews Band	Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King
U2	No Line on the Horizon

Coldplay, Markus Dravs, Michael Brauer, Rik Simpson, Brian Eno

Honored for : Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

(Engineer/Producer, Engineer, Artist, Producers)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Coldplay	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Metallica	Death Magnetic
The Raconteurs	Consolers of the Lonely
Kid Rock	Rock n Roll Jesus
Kings of Leon	Only By the Night

Foo Fighters

Honored for : Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Wilco	Sky Blue Sky
Daughtry	Daughtry
John Fogerty	Revival
Bruce Springsteen	Magic
Foo Fighters	Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rick Rubin, Andrew Scheps, Ryan Hewitt, Mark Linett

Honored for : Stadium Arcadium

(Producer, Artist, Engineers/mixers)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tom Petty	Highway Companion
The Raconteurs	Broken Boy Soldiers
Neil Young	Living With War
John Mayer Trio	Try!
Andrew Scheps	Stadium Arcadium
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Stadium Arcadium
Mark Linett	Stadium Arcadium
Rick Rubin	Stadium Arcadium
Ryan Hewitt	Stadium Arcadium

Carl Glanville, Steve Lillywhite, U2

Honored for : How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

(Producer, Engineer, Artist)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Foo Fighters	In Your Honor
Coldplay	X&Y
Neil Young	Prairie Wind
The Rolling Stones	A Bigger Bang
Steve Lillywhite	How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
U2	How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Carl Glanville	How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

Green Day, Chris Lord-Alge, Rob Cavallo, Doug McKean

Honored for : American Idiot

(Producer, Artist, Engineers/Mixers)

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
The Imposters	The Delivery Man
Elvis Costello	The Delivery Man
The Killers	Hot Fuss
Velvet Revolver	Contraband
Hoobastank	The Reason
Green Day	American Idiot

Nick Raskulinecz, Foo Fighters, Jim Scott

Honored for : One by One

(Producer, Engineer/Mixer, Artist)

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Audioslave	Audioslave
Matchbox Twenty	More Than You Think You Are
Nickelback	The Long Road
Evanescence	Fallen
Foo Fighters	One by One

Bruce Springsteen, Brendan O'Brien, Nick DiDia

Honored for : The Rising

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Elvis Costello	When I Was Cruel
Sheryl Crow	C'mon, C'mon
Robert Plant	Dreamland
Tonic	Head on Straight
Brendan O'Brien	The Rising
Nick DiDia	The Rising
Bruce Springsteen	The Rising

U2, Daniel Lanois, Richard Rainey, Brian Eno

Honored for : All That You Can't Leave Behind

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Linkin Park	Hybrid Theory
Aerosmith	Just Push Play
PJ Harvey	Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
Ryan Adams	Gold
Daniel Lanois	All That You Can't Leave Behind
Brian Eno	All That You Can't Leave Behind
Richard Rainey	All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2	All That You Can't Leave Behind

Foo Fighters, Adam Kasper

Honored for : There Is Nothing Left to Lose

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Rage Against the Machine	The Battle of Los Angeles
No Doubt	Return of Saturn
Matchbox Twenty	Mad Season
Bon Jovi	Crush
Adam Kasper	There Is Nothing Left to Lose
Foo Fighters	There Is Nothing Left to Lose

Santana, Steve Fontano, Clive Davis

Honored for : Supernatural

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication
Limp Bizkit	Significant Other
Melissa Etheridge	Breakdown
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Echo
Steve Fontano	Supernatural
Clive Davis	Supernatural
Santana	Supernatural

Sheryl Crow, Tchad Blake, Trina Shoemaker

Honored for : The Globe Sessions

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Fogerty	Premonition
Dave Matthews Band	Before These Crowded Streets
Garbage	Version 2.0
Hole	Celebrity Skin
Sheryl Crow	The Globe Sessions
Trina Shoemaker	The Globe Sessions
Tchad Blake	The Globe Sessions

John Fogerty

Honored for : Blue Moon Swamp

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Aerosmith	Nine Lives
The Rolling Stones	Bridges to Babylon
U2	Pop
Foo Fighters	The Colour and the Shape
John Fogerty	Blue Moon Swamp

Sheryl Crow

Honored for : Sheryl Crow

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
No Doubt	Tragic Kingdom
Dave Matthews Band	Crash
Neil Young	Broken Arrow
Bonnie Raitt	Road Tested
Sheryl Crow	Sheryl Crow

Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard

Honored for : Jagged Little Pill

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Neil Young	Mirror Ball
Pearl Jam	Vitalogy
Chris Isaak	Forever Blue
Glen Ballard	Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill
Tom Petty	Wildflowers

The Rolling Stones

Honored for : Voodoo Lounge

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Neil Young	Sleeps With Angels
Soundgarden	Superunknown
R.E.M.	Monster
Pearl Jam	Vs.
The Rolling Stones	Voodoo Lounge

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