Who Won Alternative Music Album Grammys?

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Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album

Starting with Sinead O'Connor's "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" in 1991 the Grammy Awards have awarded their Alternative Music Album Performance Award throughout the years. Multiple winners of the Alternative Music Grammy have included Beck, Radiohead, Coldplay, and the White Stripes.

2024 (66th)
BoygeniusThe Record
The Record
Other Nominees: Arctic Monkeys (The Car); Lana Del Rey (Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd); Gorillaz (Cracker Island); PJ Harvey (I Inside The Old Year Dying)
2023 (65th)
Wet LegWet Leg
Wet Leg
Other Nominees: Arcade Fire (We); Big Thief (Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You); Bjork (Fossora); Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Cool It Down)
2022 (64th)
St. VincentDaddy's Home
Daddy's Home
Other Nominees: Fleet Foxes (Shore); Halsey (If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power); Japanese Breakfast (Jubilee); Arlo Parks (Collapsed in Sunbeams)
2021 (63rd)
Fiona AppleFetch The Bolt Cutters
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Other Nominees: Beck (Hyperspace); Phoebe Bridgers (Punisher); Brittany Howard (Jaime); Tame Impala (The Slow Rush)
2020 (62nd)
Vampire WeekendFather Of The Bride
Father Of The Bride
Other Nominees: Big Thief (U.F.O.F.); James Blake (Assume Form); Bon Iver (I, I); Thom Yorke (Anima)
2019 (61st)
BeckColors
Colors
Other Nominees: Arctic Monkeys (Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino); Bjork (Utopia); David Byrne (American Utopia); St. Vincent (Masseduction)
2018 (60th)
The NationalSleep Well Beast
Sleep Well Beast
Other Nominees: Arcade Fire (Everything Now); Gorillaz (Humanz); LCD Soundsystem (American Dream); Father John Misty (Pure Comedy)
2017 David Bowie (Blackstar) Blackstar
2016 Alabama Shakes (Sound & Color) "Sound & Color" by Alabama Shakes
2015 St. Vincent   "St Vincent" album
2014 Vampire Weekend (Modern Vampires Of The City) "Modern Vampires Of The City" album
2013 Gotye (Making Mirrors) "Making Mirrors" album
2012 Bon Iver   "Bon Iver" album
2011 The Black Keys (Brothers) "Brothers" album by The Black Keys
2010 Phoenix (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix) "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" by Phoenix
2009 Radiohead (In Rainbows) "In Rainbows" by Radiohead
2008 The White Stripes (Icky Thump) "Icky Thump" by The White Stripes
2007 Gnarls Barkley (St. Elsewhere) "St Elsewhere" by Gnarls Barkley
2006 The White Stripes (Get Behind Me Satan) "Get Behind Me Satan" by White Stripes
2005 Wilco (A Ghost Is Born) "A Ghost Is Born" by Wilco
2004 The White Stripes (Elephant) "Elephant" by White Stripes
2003 Coldplay (A Rush Of Blood To The Head) "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" by Coldplay
2002 Coldplay (Parachutes) "Parachutes" by Coldplay
2001 Radiohead Kid A  
2000 Beck Mutations  
1999 Beastie Boys Hello Nasty  
1998 Radiohead OK Computer  
1997 Beck Odelay  
1996 Nirvana MTV Unplugged In New York  
1995 Green Day Dookie  
1994 U2 Zooropa  
1993 Tom Waits Bone Machine  
1992 R.E.M. Out Of Time  
1991 Sinead O'Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got