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Every Grammys Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance winner

7 ceremonies, 2005–2011. 4 different winners. The longest run was Bruce Springsteen, 2 years straight (2005–2006).

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance was first awarded in 2005, so it does not run the full 2000–2025 window.

It was awarded for the last time in 2011.

A solo rock vocal award had also been handed out in scattered years before 1995, under the name Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo.

From 2012 the Grammys awarded Best Rock Performance instead.

It took over from Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.

Bruce Springsteen ×4
Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by label; hover for details.
Bruce Springsteen'05–'06×2
Bob Dylan'07
Bruce Springsteen'08
John Mayer'09
Bruce Springsteen'10
Paul McCartney'11
Wins by label
  1. Sony686%
  2. Universal114%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2005–2011.

Most nominated, never won

  • Neil Young5 noms
  • Beck2 noms
  • Eric Clapton2 noms
  • Robert Plant2 noms

Most losses

  • Neil Young5L · 0W
  • Beck2L · 0W
  • Eric Clapton2L · 0W
  • John Mayer2L · 1W
  • Paul McCartney2L · 1W
  • Robert Plant2L · 0W

The full list

YearWinnerLabel
2011Paul McCartney (Helter Skelter)
beat 4 others
  • Eric Clapton (Run Back to Your Side)
  • John Mayer (Crossroads)
  • Robert Plant (Silver Rider)
  • Neil Young (Angry World)
Mercury
2010Bruce Springsteen (Working on a Dream)
beat 4 others
  • Bob Dylan (Beyond Here Lies Nothin')
  • John Fogerty (Change in the Weather)
  • Prince (Dreamer)
  • Neil Young (Fork in the Road)
Columbia
2009John Mayer (Gravity)
beat 4 others
  • Paul McCartney (I Saw Her Standing There)
  • Bruce Springsteen (Girls in Their Summer Clothes)
  • Eddie Vedder (Rise)
  • Neil Young (No Hidden Path)
Sony BMG/Aware/Columbia
2008Bruce Springsteen (Radio Nowhere)
beat 4 others
  • Beck (Timebomb)
  • Paul McCartney (Only Mama Knows)
  • John Mellencamp (Our Country)
  • Lucinda Williams (Come On)
Columbia
2007Bob Dylan (Someday Baby)
beat 4 others
  • Beck (Nausea)
  • John Mayer (Route 66)
  • Tom Petty (Saving Grace)
  • Neil Young (Lookin' for a Leader)
Columbia
2006Bruce Springsteen (Devils & Dust)repeat
beat 4 others
  • Eric Clapton (Revolution)
  • Robert Plant (Shine It All Around)
  • Rob Thomas (This Is How a Heart Breaks)
  • Neil Young (The Painter)
Columbia
2005Bruce Springsteen (Code of Silence)
beat 4 others
  • Ryan Adams (Wonderwall)
  • Steve Earle (The Revolution Starts Now)
  • Melissa Etheridge (Breathe)
  • Tom Waits (Metropolitan Glide)
Columbia

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