Best Rock Album
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Album recognizes artistic excellence in albums across the spectrum of rock music. The Grammy is awarded to the artist, producer, and engineer/mixer of greater than 50 percent playing time on the album.
54th Annual Grammy Awards • 2012
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2010 and Aug 30, 2011
Foo Fighters won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album with "Wasting Light"
Winners & Nominees 2012
Winner
Nominees
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Wasting Light
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Rock 'N' Roll Party Honoring Les Paul
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Come Around Sundown
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I'm With You
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The Whole Love
Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Turnstile | NEVER ENOUGH | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Rolling Stones | Hackney Diamonds | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Paramore | This Is Why | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Ozzy Osbourne | Patient Number 9 | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Foo Fighters | Medicine At Midnight | All Nominees |
| 2021 | The Strokes | The New Abnormal | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Cage The Elephant | Social Cues | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Greta Van Fleet | From The Fires | All Nominees |
| 2018 | The War On Drugs | A Deeper Understanding | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Cage The Elephant | Tell Me I'm Pretty | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Muse | Drones | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Beck | Morning Phase | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Led Zeppelin | Celebration Day | All Nominees |
| 2013 | The Black Keys | El Camino | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Foo Fighters | Wasting Light | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Muse | The Resistance | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Coldplay | Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Foo Fighters | Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Stadium Arcadium | All Nominees |
| 2006 | U2 | How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Green Day | American Idiot | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Foo Fighters | One By One | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Bruce Springsteen | The Rising | All Nominees |
| 2002 | U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Foo Fighters | There Is Nothing Left To Lose | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Santana | Supernatural | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Sheryl Crow | The Globe Sessions | All Nominees |
| 1998 | John Fogerty | Blue Moon Swamp | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Sheryl Crow | Sheryl Crow | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Rolling Stones | Voodoo Lounge | All Nominees |
