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A visual history · Grammys

The winners who defined Alt Performance.

3 ceremonies, 2023–2025. 3 different winners.

Who won most recently?
St. Vincent in 2025 for Flea.
  1. FleaSt. Vincent
  2. This Is WhyParamore
  3. Chaise LongueWet Leg
Years explored
2023–2025
Different winners
3
Category leader
No leader
About this record

Best Alternative Music Performance was first awarded in 2023, so it does not run the full 1959–2025 window.

It runs alongside Best Alternative Music Album rather than replacing it.

2023–2025

3 ceremonies

20232025

01 / The reigns

3 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2023–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.
Wet Leg'23
Paramore'24
St. Vincent'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Independent leads the recorded label credits with 1 win, 2023–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Independent1 win
Total Pleasure1 win
Warner1 win
Wins by label
  1. Independent133%
  2. Total Pleasure133%
  3. Warner133%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2023–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Arctic Monkeys
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Arctic Monkeys
    2L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2023–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerLabel
2025St. Vincent (Flea)
beat 4 others
  • Cage the Elephant (Neon Pill)
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Song of the Lake)
  • Fontaines D.C. (Starburster)
  • Kim Gordon (Bye Bye)
Total Pleasure/Virgin
2024Paramore (This Is Why)
beat 4 others
  • Alvvays (Belinda Says)
  • Arctic Monkeys (Body Paint)
  • Boygenius (Cool About It)
  • Lana Del Rey (A&W)
Atlantic
2023Wet Leg (Chaise Longue)
beat 4 others
  • Arctic Monkeys (There'd Better Be a Mirrorball)
  • Big Thief (Certainty)
  • Florence and the Machine (King)
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs featuring Perfume Genius (Spitting Off the Edge of the World)
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