Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded between 1980 and 2011.

Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Awarded for	quality rock song performances by a duo or group with vocals
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1980
Last awarded	2011
Website	grammy.com

The award was discontinued after the 2011 award season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories.^[1] Beginning in 2012, all solo or duo/group performances (including instrumental performance) in the rock category were shifted to the newly formed Best Rock Performance category.^[2]

U2 holds the record for most awards with a total of seven, followed by Aerosmith with a total of four.

Recipients

Year[I]	Performing artist(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1980	Eagles	"Heartache Tonight"	The Blues Brothers – Briefcase Full of Blues The Cars – Candy-O Dire Straits – "Sultans of Swing" The Knack – "My Sharona" Styx – Cornerstone
1981	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	Against the Wind	Blondie – "Call Me" Pink Floyd – The Wall The Pretenders – "Brass in Pocket" Queen – "Another One Bites the Dust"	[3]
1982	The Police	"Don't Stand So Close to Me"	Foreigner – 4 Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" REO Speedwagon – Hi Infidelity The Rolling Stones – Tattoo You	[4]
1983	Survivor	"Eye of the Tiger"	Asia – Asia The J. Geils Band – "Centerfold" Kenny Loggins featuring Steve Perry – "Don't Fight It" Frank Zappa and Moon Zappa – "Valley Girl"	[5]
1984	The Police	Synchronicity	Big Country – "In a Big Country" Huey Lewis and the News – "Heart and Soul" Talking Heads – "Burning Down the House" ZZ Top – Eliminator	[6]
1985	Prince and the Revolution	"Purple Rain"	The Cars – Heartbeat City Genesis – Genesis Van Halen – "Jump" Yes – 90125	[7]
1986	Dire Straits	"Money for Nothing"	Bryan Adams with Tina Turner – "It's Only Love" Eurythmics – "Would I Lie to You?" Heart – Heart Starship – "We Built This City"	[8]
1987	Eurythmics	"Missionary Man"	Artists United Against Apartheid – "Sun City" The Fabulous Thunderbirds – "Tuff Enuff" The Rolling Stones – "Harlem Shuffle" ZZ Top – Afterburner	[9]
1988	U2	The Joshua Tree	Georgia Satellites – "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" Heart – Bad Animals Los Lobos – By the Light of the Moon Yes – Big Generator	[10]
1989	U2	"Desire"	INXS – Kick Joan Jett and the Blackhearts – "I Hate Myself for Loving You" Little Feat – Let It Roll Midnight Oil – "Beds Are Burning"	[11]
1990	Traveling Wilburys	Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1	Living Colour – "Glamour Boys" The Rolling Stones – "Mixed Emotions" U2 – Rattle and Hum U2 with B. B. King – "When Love Comes to Town"	[12]
1991	Aerosmith	"Janie's Got a Gun"	INXS – "Suicide Blonde" Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mining Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Higher Ground" The Rolling Stones – "Almost Hear You Sigh"	[13]
1992	Bonnie Raitt with Delbert McClinton	"Good Man, Good Woman"	Jane's Addiction – "Been Caught Stealing" Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Into the Great Wide Open Queensrÿche – "Silent Lucidity" R.E.M. – "Radio Song"	[14]
1993	U2	Achtung Baby	En Vogue - "Free Your Mind" Little Village – Little Village Los Lobos – Kiko Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Under the Bridge"	[15]
1994	Aerosmith	"Livin' on the Edge"	Blind Melon – "No Rain" Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and George Harrison – "My Back Pages" Soul Asylum – "Runaway Train" Spin Doctors – "Two Princes"	[16]
1995	Aerosmith	"Crazy"	Counting Crows – "Round Here" Green Day – "Basket Case" Nirvana – "All Apologies" Pearl Jam – "Daughter"	[17]
1996	Blues Traveler	"Run-Around"	Eagles – "Hotel California" Dave Matthews Band – "What Would You Say" Page and Plant – "Kashmir" U2 – "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"	[18]
1997	Dave Matthews Band	"So Much to Say"	Garbage – "Stupid Girl" Oasis – "Wonderwall" The Smashing Pumpkins – "1979" The Wallflowers – "6th Avenue Heartache"	[19]
1998	The Wallflowers	"One Headlight"	Aerosmith – "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" Fleetwood Mac – "The Chain" Matchbox Twenty – "Push" Dave Matthews Band – "Crash into Me"	[20]
1999	Aerosmith	"Pink"	Fastball – "The Way" Hole – "Celebrity Skin" The Verve – "Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Wallflowers – "Heroes"	[21]
2000	Santana featuring Everlast	"Put Your Lights On"	Garbage – "Special" Goo Goo Dolls – "Black Balloon" Hole – "Malibu" Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Scar Tissue"	[22]
2001	U2	"Beautiful Day"	Bon Jovi – "It's My Life" Creed – "With Arms Wide Open" Foo Fighters – "Learn to Fly" Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Californication"	[23]
2002	U2	"Elevation"	Aerosmith – "Jaded" Coldplay – "Yellow" Dave Matthews Band – "The Space Between" Train – "Drops of Jupiter"	[24]
2003	Coldplay	"In My Place"	Aerosmith – "Girls of Summer" Creed – "My Sacrifice" Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott – "Hero" 3 Doors Down – "When I'm Gone" Tonic – "Take Me As I Am" U2 – "Walk On"	[25]
2004	Warren Zevon featuring Bruce Springsteen	"Disorder in the House"	Foo Fighters – "Times Like These" Radiohead – "There There" Train – "Calling All Angels" The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army"	[26]
2005	U2	"Vertigo"	Elvis Costello and The Imposters – "Monkey to Man" Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out" Green Day – "American Idiot" The Killers – "Somebody Told Me"	[27]
2006	U2	"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"	Coldplay – "Speed of Sound" Foo Fighters – "Best of You" Franz Ferdinand – "Do You Want To" The Killers – "All These Things That I've Done"	[28]
2007	Red Hot Chili Peppers	"Dani California"	Coldplay – "Talk" The Fray – "How to Save a Life" The Raconteurs – "Steady, As She Goes" U2 with Green Day – "The Saints Are Coming"	[29]
2008	The White Stripes	"Icky Thump"	Daughtry – "It's Not Over" Green Day – "Working Class Hero" Nickelback – "If Everyone Cared" U2 – "Instant Karma!"	[30]
2009	Kings of Leon	"Sex on Fire"	AC/DC – "Rock 'n' Roll Train" Coldplay – "Violet Hill" Eagles – "Long Road Out of Eden" Radiohead – "House of Cards"	[31]
2010	Kings of Leon	"Use Somebody"	Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood – "Can't Find My Way Home" Coldplay – "Life in Technicolor II" Green Day – "21 Guns" U2 – "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"	[32]
2011	The Black Keys	"Tighten Up"	Arcade Fire – "Ready to Start" Jeff Beck featuring Joss Stone – "I Put a Spell on You" Kings of Leon – "Radioactive" Muse – "Resistance"	[33]

• ^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Multiple wins

7 wins U2 4 wins Aerosmith

2 wins The Police Kings of Leon

Multiple nominations

14 nominations U2 7 nominations Aerosmith 6 nominations Coldplay 5 nominations Red Hot Chili Peppers Green Day 4 nominations The Rolling Stones Dave Matthews Band 3 nominations Eagles The Wallflowers Foo Fighters Kings of Leon

2 nominations The Cars Dire Straits The Police Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ZZ Top Yes Eurythmics Heart Los Lobos INXS Midnight Oil Eric Clapton Garbage Hole Creed Train Radiohead The White Stripes Franz Ferdinand The Killers

See also

• List of Grammy Award categories

References

• "Grammy Award Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2010. Note: User must select the "Rock" category as the genre under the search feature.

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External links

• Official site of the Grammy Awards