Best Alternative Music Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance recognizes artistic excellence in an alternative performance that embraces attributes of progression and innovation in both the music and attitudes associated with it. Alternative music is often a less intense version of rock or a more intense version of pop, typically regarded as more original, eclectic, or musically challenging.
38th Annual Grammy Awards • 1996
Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1994 – September 30, 1995
Nirvana won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance with "MTV Unplugged In New York"
Winners & Nominees 1996
Winner
Nominees
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MTV Unplugged In New York
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Foo Fighters (Album)
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Post (Album)
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To Bring You My Love (Album)
P J Harvey
Previous Years
| Year | Winner | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cure | Alone | All Nominees |
| 2025 | St. Vincent | Flea | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Paramore | This Is Why | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Wet Leg | Chaise Longue | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Beck | Mutations | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Beastie Boys | Hello Nasty | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Radiohead | Ok Computer | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Beck | Odelay | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Nirvana | MTV Unplugged In New York | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Green Day | Dookie | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Sinéad O'Connor | I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got | All Nominees |