penghargaan untuk best rock album pertama kali diberikan kepada band the rolling stones pada tahun 1995, dan nama kategori tidak berubah sejak saat itu.
menurut panduan kategori deskripsi untuk ke-52 grammy awards, penghargaan ini disajikan untuk "vokal atau instrumental rock, hard rock atau metal album yang berisi waktu bermain paling sedikit 51% dari materi baru direkam".
sejak tahun 1996, penerima penghargaan juga menyertakan produser, engineers, dan / atau mixers yang terkait pada rekaman yang dinominasikan di samping nama artis .
band foo fighters memegang rekor untuk kemenangan terbanyak dalam kategori ini, dengan empat kali.
dan dua kali untuk sheryl crow, green day, dan u2. foo fighters dan neil young memegang rekor nominasi terbanyak, dengan enam kali.
neil young juga memegang rekor untuk nominasi terbanyak tanpa kemenangan.
the rolling stones
pearl jam  vs.
r.e.m.  monster
soundgarden  superunknown
neil young and crazy horse  sleeps with angels
alanisjagged little pill
chris isaak  forever blue
pearl jam  vitalogy
tom petty  wildflowers
neil young  mirror ball
dave matthews band  crash
no doubt  tragic kingdom
bonnie raitt  road tested
neil young and crazy horse  broken arrow
johnblue moon swamp
aerosmith  nine lives
foo fighters  the colour and the shape
the rolling stones  bridges to babylon
u2  pop
sherylthe globe sessions
dave matthews band  before these crowded streets
john fogerty  premonition
garbage  version 2.0
hole  celebrity skin
melissa etheridge  breakdown
limp bizkit  significant other
red hot chili peppers  californication
tom petty and the heartbreakers  echo
there is nothing left to lose
bon jovi  crush
matchbox twenty  mad season
no doubt  return of saturn
rage against the machine  the battle of los angeles
all that you can't leave behind
ryan adams  gold
aerosmith  just push play
pj harvey  stories from the city, stories from the sea
linkin park  hybrid theory
elvis costello  when i was cruel
sheryl crow  c'mon c'mon
robert plant  dreamland
tonic  head on straight
one by one
audioslave  audioslave
evanescence  fallen
matchbox twenty  more than you think you are
nickelback  the long road
elvis costello and the imposters  the delivery man
hoobastank  the reason
the killers  hot fuss
velvet revolver  contraband
how to dismantle an atomic bomb
coldplay  x&y
foo fighters  in your honor
the rolling stones  a bigger bang
neil young  prairie wind
red hot chili peppers
john mayer trio  try!
tom petty  highway companion
the raconteurs  broken boy soldiers
neil young  living with war
echoes, silence, patience &
daughtry  daughtry
john fogerty  revival
bruce springsteen  magic
wilco  sky blue sky
viva la vida or death and all his friends
kid rock  rock n roll jesus
kings of leon  only by the night
metallica  death magnetic
the raconteurs  consolers of the lonely
21st century breakdown
ac/dc  black ice
eric clapton and steve winwood  live from madison square garden
dave matthews band  big whiskey and the groogrux king
u2  no line on the horizon
jeff beck  emotion &
pearl jam  backspacer
tom petty and the heartbreakers  mojo
neil young  le noise
jeff beck  rock 'n' roll party (honoring les paul)
kings of leon  come around sundown
red hot chili peppers  i'm with you
wilco  the whole love
the black keys
coldplay  mylo xyloto
muse  the 2nd law
bruce springsteen  wrecking ball
jack white  blunderbuss
black sabbath  13
david bowie  the next day
kings of leon  mechanical bull
queens of the stone age  ...like clockwork
neil young with crazy horse  psychedelic pill
each year is linked to the article about the grammy awards held that year.
official site of the grammy awards