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.
39th Annual Grammy Awards • 1997
Honoring recordings released between October 1, 1995 – September 30, 1996
Beck won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance with "Odelay"
Winners & Nominees 1997
Winner
Nominees
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Odelay
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Boys For Pele (Album)
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Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Album)
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New Adventures In Hi-Fi (Album)
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The Burdens Of Being Upright (Album)
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 |