Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album

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Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
Awarded for quality albums in the alternative music genre
Country United States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded 1991
Last awarded 2015
Official website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums in the alternative rock genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[1] 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".[2]

While the definition of "alternative" has been debated,[3] the award was first presented in 1991 to recognize non-mainstream rock albums "heavily played on college radio stations".[4][5] According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award is presented to "vocal or instrumental alternative music albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded music", defining "alternative" as a "non-traditional" genre that exists "outside of the mainstream music consciousness".[6] In 1991, and from 1994 to 1999, the award was known as Best Alternative Music Performance.[3] Beginning in 2001, award recipients included the producers, engineers, and/or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists.[7]

As of 2012, Radiohead and The White Stripes share the record for the most wins in this category, having won three times each. Two female solo artists have won the award, Sinéad O'Connor and St. Vincent. With seven nominations to date, Björk and Radiohead hold the record for the most nominations in this category; Radiohead singer Thom Yorke was also nominated for the 2007 award for his solo album. Björk holds the record for the most nominations for a solo artist, as well as the record for the most nominations without a win. Beck and Coldplay have each received the award twice, the latter being the only group to win two years consecutively. American artists have been presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it has been presented to musicians or groups from the United Kingdom five times, from Ireland twice, and from France once.

Recipients

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Thom Yorke of the three-time award-winning band Radiohead
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1999 award winner, Beastie Boys
A man wearing a blue T-shirt and dark blue jacket holding a guitar and standing behind a microphone stand.
Chris Martin of the two-time award-winning band Coldplay
On the left, a man in red pants and a black T-shirt with black hair down to his chin holding a red guitar. On the right, a woman wearing a white shirt with black polka dots standing behind a red microphone stand.
Jack White and Meg White of the three-time award-winning band The White Stripes
In the forefront, a man wearing jeans and a jacket with a guitar strapped around him, holding onto a microphone on a stand. In the background, a man in a dress shirt holding a white guitar.
2005 award winner, Wilco
In the forefront, a man in a white dress shirt and tie holding a microphone on a stand. In the background, a man wearing a jacket, tie, and sunglasses playing keyboards.
Danger Mouse and Cee Lo Green of Gnarls Barkley
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2010 award winner, Phoenix
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1991 Sinéad O'Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got [5]
1992 R.E.M. Out of Time [8]
1993 Tom Waits Bone Machine [9]
1994 U2 Zooropa [10]
1995 Green Day Dookie [11]
1996 Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York [12]
1997 Beck Odelay [13]
1998 Radiohead OK Computer [14]
1999 Beastie Boys Hello Nasty [15]
2000 Beck Mutations [16]
2001 Radiohead Kid A [17]
2002 Coldplay Parachutes [18]
2003 Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head [19]
2004 The White Stripes Elephant [20]
2005 Wilco A Ghost Is Born [21]
2006 The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan [22]
2007 Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere [23]
2008 The White Stripes Icky Thump [24]
2009 Radiohead In Rainbows [25]
2010 Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix [26]
2011 The Black Keys Brothers [27]
2012 Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver [28]
2013 Gotye Making Mirrors [29]
2014 Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City [30]
2015 St. Vincent St. Vincent [31]
2016 [31]

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

See also

References

General
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  30. ↑ 2014 Nominees
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External links

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