The Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance was a Grammy Award presented to male recording artists for works (songs or albums) containing quality vocal performances in the rock music genre. Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, the award was first presented to Bob Dylan in 1980. Beginning with the 1995 ceremony, the name of the award was changed to Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. However, in 1988, 1992, 1994, and since 2005, this category was combined with the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and presented in a genderless category known as Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo. The solo category was later renamed to Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance beginning in 2005. This fusion has been criticized, especially when females are not nominated under the solo category. The Academy has cited a lack of eligible recordings in the female rock category as the reason for the mergers. While the award has not been presented since the category merge in 2005, an official confirmation of its retirement has not been announced.

Lenny Kravitz holds the record for the most wins in this category, with a total of four consecutive wins from 1999 to 2002. Bruce Springsteen has been presented the award three times, and two-time winners include Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Don Henley, and Robert Palmer. Since its inception, American artists have been presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it has been presented to musicians from the United Kingdom four times, from Australia once, and from South Africa once.

Recipients

right|upright|thumb|alt=Black and white image of a man with curly hair playing an acoustic guitar and standing behind a microphone stand|Two-time award winner [[Bob Dylan]]

right|upright|thumb|alt=A man wearing dark sunglasses and a jacket covered in blue and yellow rhinestones, holding up his right hand which is covered in a white glove. Behind him stands a man in a black suit.|[[26th Grammy Awards|1984 award winner, Michael Jackson]]

right|upright|thumb|alt=Black and white image of a man holding a guitar, wearing a dark vest and a cross hanging from a necklace|Three-time award winner [[Bruce Springsteen]]

right|upright|thumb|alt=Headshot of a man wearing sunglasses, a gold necklace, a black suit, with four piercings in his ear and one in his nose|Four-time award winner [[Lenny Kravitz]]

right|upright|thumb|alt=A man at the front of a stage holding a guitar and standing behind a microphone stand. Behind him are two men, one wearing sunglasses and holding a violin and the other in a striped shirt playing keyboards. The stage is lit from behind by a blue light that casts the shadows of leaves and thin branches.|[[Dave Matthews, the most recent award recipient, performing with the Dave Matthews Band]]

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<sup></sup> Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.<br />

<sup></sup> Award was combined with the Best Female Rock Vocal Performance category and presented in a genderless category known as Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo.

Multiple wins

;4 wins

  • Lenny Kravitz

;3 wins

  • Bruce Springsteen

;2 wins

  • Bob Dylan
  • Eric Clapton
  • Don Henley
  • Robert Palmer

Multiple nominations

;9 nominations

  • Bruce Springsteen

;6 nominations

  • Bob Dylan
  • David Bowie
  • John Mellencamp
  • Lenny Kravitz

;5 nominations

  • Peter Gabriel
  • Eric Clapton

;4 nominations

  • Rod Stewart
  • Don Henley
  • John Fogerty
  • Neil Young

;3 nominations

  • Robert Palmer
  • Rick Springfield
  • Billy Idol
  • Bryan Adams
  • Joe Cocker

; 2 nominations

  • Bob Seger
  • Tom Petty
  • Beck
  • John Hiatt
  • Tom Waits

See also

  • American rock

References

;General

  • Note: User must select the "Rock" category as the genre under the search feature.

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  • Official site of the Grammy Awards