Best American Roots Performance

The Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance recognizes excellence in American roots music performance. The category encompasses all subgenres of the American roots field including bluegrass, blues, folk, and regional roots styles such as Cajun, Hawaiian, Indigenous/Native American, Second Line brass band, Polka, Zydeco, Go-go, Swamp Pop, and Conjunto.

68th Annual Grammy Awards • 2026

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2024 and Aug 30, 2025

Mavis Staples won the 2026 Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance with "Beautiful Strangers"

Winners & Nominees 2026

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Nominees

Previous Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Mavis Staples Beautiful Strangers All Nominees
2025 Sierra Ferrell Lighthouse All Nominees
2024 Allison Russell Eve Was Black All Nominees
2023 Aaron Neville, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Stompin' Ground All Nominees
2022 Jon Batiste Cry All Nominees
2021 John Prine I Remember Everything All Nominees
2020 Sara Bareilles Saint Honesty All Nominees
2019 Brandi Carlile The Joke All Nominees
2018 Alabama Shakes Killer Diller Blues All Nominees
2017 Sarah Jarosz House Of Mercy All Nominees
2016 Mavis Staples See That My Grave Is Kept Clean All Nominees
2015 Rosanne Cash A Feather's Not A Bird All Nominees
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