page_title: Grammy Award for Best Rock Album
section_title: Recipients
hierarchical_section_title: Grammy Award for Best Rock Album / Recipients
caption_attribution_description: English: U2 performing on the Joshua Tree Tour 2017 in Brussels, Belgium on August 1, 2017
context_page_description: 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 Recording Academy 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".
  The award goes to the artist, producer and engineer/mixer, provided they were responsible for more than 50% of playing time on the album. Producers and/or engineers/mixers who are responsible for less than 50%, as well as the mastering engineer, can apply for a Winners Certificate.
context_section_description: Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
caption: Two-time award-winning band U2, performing during the Joshua Tree Tour 2017
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