# American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist

The American Music Award for Favorite Rock Artist has been awarded since 1995. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for works released in the previous year (until 2003 onward when awards were handed out on November of the same year). The all-time winner in this category is Linkin Park with 6 wins, they are also the most nominated act with 8 nominations.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Artist |
| 1995 (22nd) |
| 1995 (22nd) | Counting Crows |
| 1995 (22nd) | Green Day |
| 1995 (22nd) | Nine Inch Nails |
| 1996 (23rd) | |
| 1996 (23rd) | Pearl Jam |
| 1996 (23rd) | Green Day |
| 1996 (23rd) | Nine Inch Nails |
| 1997 (24th) | |
| 1997 (24th) | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 1997 (24th) | Bush |
| 1997 (24th) | Stone Temple Pilots |
| 1998 (25th) | |
| 1998 (25th) | Bush |
| 1998 (25th) | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones |
| 1998 (25th) | Sublime |
| 1999 (26th) | |
| 1999 (26th) | Pearl Jam |
| 1999 (26th) | Green Day |
| 1999 (26th) | Third Eye Blind |

### 2000s

| Year | Artist |
| 2000 (27th) |
| 2000 (27th) | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 2000 (27th) | Kid Rock |
| 2000 (27th) | Limp Bizkit |
| 2001 (28th) | |
| 2001 (28th) | Creed |
| 2001 (28th) | Limp Bizkit |
| 2001 (28th) | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 2002 (29th) | |
| 2002 (29th) | Limp Bizkit |
| 2002 (29th) | Linkin Park |
| 2002 (29th) | Staind |
| 2003 (30th) | |
| 2003 (30th) | Creed |
| 2003 (30th) | Linkin Park |
| 2003 (30th) | System of a Down |
| 2003 (31st) | |
| 2003 (31st) | Linkin Park |
| 2003 (31st) | Coldplay |
| 2003 (31st) | Metallica |
| 2004 (32nd) | |
| 2004 (32nd) | Linkin Park |
| 2004 (32nd) | Incubus |
| 2004 (32nd) | Jet |
| 2005 (33rd) | |
| 2005 (33rd) | Green Day |
| 2005 (33rd) | Coldplay |
| 2005 (33rd) | System of a Down |
| 2006 (34th) | |
| 2006 (34th) | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 2006 (34th) | Nickelback |
| 2006 (34th) | Pearl Jam |
| 2007 (35th) | |
| 2007 (35th) | Linkin Park |
| 2007 (35th) | My Chemical Romance |
| 2007 (35th) | The White Stripes |
| 2008 (36th) | |
| 2008 (36th) | Linkin Park |
| 2008 (36th) | Coldplay |
| 2008 (36th) | Foo Fighters |
| 2009 (37th) | |
| 2009 (37th) | Green Day |
| 2009 (37th) | Kings of Leon |
| 2009 (37th) | Shinedown |

### 2010s

| Year | Artist |
| 2010 (38th) |
| 2010 (38th) | Muse |
| 2010 (38th) | Phoenix |
| 2010 (38th) | Vampire Weekend |
| 2011 (39th) | |
| 2011 (39th) | Foo Fighters |
| 2011 (39th) | The Black Keys |
| 2011 (39th) | Mumford & Sons |
| 2012 (40th) | |
| 2012 (40th) | Linkin Park |
| 2012 (40th) | The Black Keys |
| 2012 (40th) | Gotye |
| 2013 (41st) | |
| 2013 (41st) | Imagine Dragons |
| 2013 (41st) | The Lumineers |
| 2013 (41st) | Mumford & Sons |
| 2014 (42nd) | |
| 2014 (42nd) | Imagine Dragons |
| 2014 (42nd) | Bastille |
| 2014 (42nd) | Lorde |
| 2015 (43rd) | |
| 2015 (43rd) | Fall Out Boy |
| 2015 (43rd) | Hozier |
| 2015 (43rd) | Walk the Moon |
| 2016 (44th) | |
| 2016 (44th) | Twenty One Pilots |
| 2016 (44th) | Coldplay |
| 2016 (44th) | X Ambassadors |
| 2017 (45th) | |
| 2017 (45th) | Linkin Park |
| 2017 (45th) | Imagine Dragons |
| 2017 (45th) | Twenty One Pilots |
| 2018 (46th) | |
| 2018 (46th) | Panic! at the Disco |
| 2018 (46th) | Imagine Dragons |
| 2018 (46th) | Portugal. The Man |
| 2019 (47th) | |
| 2019 (47th) | Billie Eilish |
| 2019 (47th) | Panic! at the Disco |
| 2019 (47th) | Imagine Dragons |

### 2020s

| Year | Artist |
| 2020 (48th) |
| 2020 (48th) | Twenty One Pilots |
| 2020 (48th) | Billie Eilish |
| 2020 (48th) | Tame Impala |
| 2021 (49th) |
| 2021 (49th) | Machine Gun Kelly |
| 2021 (49th) | AJR |
| 2021 (49th) | All Time Low |
| 2021 (49th) | Foo Fighters |
| 2021 (49th) | Glass Animals |
| 2022 (50th) |
| 2022 (50th) | Machine Gun Kelly |
| 2022 (50th) | Imagine Dragons |
| 2022 (50th) | The Lumineers |
| 2022 (50th) | Måneskin |
| 2022 (50th) | Red Hot Chili Peppers |