# 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.
The award was discontinued after the 2011 award season in a major overhaul of Grammy categories. 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.
U2 holds the record for most awards with a total of seven, followed by Aerosmith with a total of four.

## Recipients

| Year | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees |
| 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" |
| 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 |
| 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" |
| 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 |
| 1985 | Prince and the Revolution | "Purple Rain" | The Cars – Heartbeat City Genesis – Genesis Van Halen – "Jump" Yes – 90125 |
| 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" |
| 1987 | Eurythmics | "Missionary Man" | Artists United Against Apartheid – "Sun City" The Fabulous Thunderbirds – "Tuff Enuff" The Rolling Stones – "Harlem Shuffle" ZZ Top – Afterburner |
| 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 |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 1993 | U2 | Achtung Baby | En Vogue - "Free Your Mind" Little Village – Little Village Los Lobos – Kiko Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Under the Bridge" |
| 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" |
| 1995 | Aerosmith | "Crazy" | Counting Crows – "Round Here" Green Day – "Basket Case" Nirvana – "All Apologies" Pearl Jam – "Daughter" |
| 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" |
| 1997 | Dave Matthews Band | "So Much to Say" | Garbage – "Stupid Girl" Oasis – "Wonderwall" The Smashing Pumpkins – "1979" The Wallflowers – "6th Avenue Heartache" |
| 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" |
| 1999 | Aerosmith | "Pink" | Fastball – "The Way" Hole – "Celebrity Skin" The Verve – "Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Wallflowers – "Heroes" |
| 2000 | Santana featuring Everlast | "Put Your Lights On" | Garbage – "Special" Goo Goo Dolls – "Black Balloon" Hole – "Malibu" Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Scar Tissue" |
| 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" |
| 2002 | U2 | "Elevation" | Aerosmith – "Jaded" Coldplay – "Yellow" Dave Matthews Band – "The Space Between" Train – "Drops of Jupiter" |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 2008 | The White Stripes | "Icky Thump" | Daughtry – "It's Not Over" Green Day – "Working Class Hero" Nickelback – "If Everyone Cared" U2 – "Instant Karma!" |
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 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" |
* Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.