Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
Grammy Awards · 159 nominations across 35 ceremonies · 35 wins
68th Grammys · 2026
- Winner Songs of a Lost World · The Cure
- Nominee Moisturizer · Wet Leg
- Nominee Sable, Fable · Bon Iver
- Nominee Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party · Hayley Williams
- Nominee Don't Tap the Glass · Tyler Okonma
67th Grammys · 2025
- Winner Flea · St. Vincent
- Nominee Bye Bye · Kim Gordon
- Nominee What Now · Brittany Howard
- Nominee Charm · Clairo
- Nominee Song of the Lake · Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nick Cave, the Bad Seeds
66th Grammys · 2024
- Winner The Record · Boygenius
- Nominee Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd · Lana Del Rey
- Nominee The Car · Arctic Monkeys
- Nominee I Inside the Old Year Dying · PJ Harvey
- Nominee Cracker Island · Gorillaz
65th Grammys · 2023
- Winner Wet Leg · Wet Leg
- Nominee Fossora · Björk
- Nominee Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You · Big Thief
- Nominee We · Arcade Fire
- Nominee Cool It Down · Yeah Yeah Yeahs
64th Grammys · 2022
- Winner Daddy's Home · St. Vincent
- Nominee Shore · Fleet Foxes
- Nominee Collapsed in Sunbeams · Arlo Parks
- Nominee Jubilee · Japanese Breakfast, Japanese Breakfast
- Nominee If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power · Halsey
63rd Grammys · 2021
- Winner Fetch the Bolt Cutters · Fiona Apple
- Nominee Hyperspace · Beck
- Nominee History Repeats · Brittany Howard
- Nominee Punisher · Phoebe Bridgers
- Nominee The Slow Rush · Tame Impala
62nd Grammys · 2020
- Winner Father of the Bride · Vampire Weekend
- Nominee Assume Form · James Blake
- Nominee I, I · Bon Iver
- Nominee Anima · Thom Yorke
- Nominee U.F.O.F. · Big Thief
61st Grammys · 2019
- Winner Colors · Beck
- Nominee American Utopia · David Byrne
- Nominee Masseduction · St. Vincent
- Nominee Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino · Arctic Monkeys
- Nominee Utopia · Björk
60th Grammys · 2018
- Winner Sleep Well Beast · The National
- Nominee Humanz · Gorillaz
- Nominee Everything Now · Arcade Fire
- Nominee Pure Comedy · Father John Misty
- Nominee American Dream · LCD Soundsystem
59th Grammys · 2017
- Winner Blackstar · David Bowie
- Nominee Post Pop Depression · Iggy Pop
- Nominee A Moon Shaped Pool · Radiohead
- Nominee The Hope Six Demolition Project · PJ Harvey
- Nominee 22, A Million · Bon Iver
58th Grammys · 2016
- Winner Sound & Color · Alabama Shakes
- Nominee Star Wars · Wilco
- Nominee Currents · Tame Impala
- Nominee The Waterfall · My Morning Jacket
- Nominee Vulnicura · Björk
57th Grammys · 2015
- Winner St. Vincent · St. Vincent
- Nominee This Is All Yours · alt-J
- Nominee Melophobia · Cage the Elephant
- Nominee Reflektor · Arcade Fire
- Nominee Lazaretto · Jack White
56th Grammys · 2014
- Winner Modern Vampires of the City · Vampire Weekend
- Nominee The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You · Neko Case
- Nominee Hesitation Marks · Nine Inch Nails
- Nominee Lonerism · Tame Impala
- Nominee Trouble Will Find Me · The National
55th Grammys · 2013
- Winner Making Mirrors · Gotye
- Nominee Bad as Me · Tom Waits
- Nominee Hurry Up, We're Dreaming · M83
- Nominee Biophilia · Björk
- Nominee The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do · Fiona Apple
54th Grammys · 2012
- Winner Bon Iver · Bon Iver
- Nominee The King of Limbs · Radiohead
- Nominee Circuital · My Morning Jacket
- Nominee Codes and Keys · Death Cab For Cutie
- Nominee Torches · Foster the People
53rd Grammys · 2011
- Winner Black Mud · The Black Keys
- Nominee Contra · Vampire Weekend
- Nominee Infinite Arms · Band of Horses
- Nominee The Suburbs · Arcade Fire
- Nominee Broken Bells · Broken Bells
52nd Grammys · 2010
- Winner Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix · Phoenix
- Nominee Everything That Happens Will Happen Today · David Byrne, Brian Eno
- Nominee The Open Door EP · Death Cab For Cutie
- Nominee Sounds of the Universe · Depeche Mode
- Nominee It's Blitz! · Yeah Yeah Yeahs
51st Grammys · 2009
- Winner In Rainbows · Radiohead
- Nominee Evil Urges · My Morning Jacket
- Nominee Narrow Stairs · Death Cab For Cutie
- Nominee Modern Guilt · Beck
- Nominee The Odd Couple · Gnarls Barkley
50th Grammys · 2008
- Winner Icky Thump · The White Stripes
- Nominee Alright, Still · Lily Allen
- Nominee Volta · Björk
- Nominee Neon Bible · Arcade Fire
- Nominee Wincing the Night Away · The Shins
49th Grammys · 2007
- Winner St. Elsewhere · Gnarls Barkley
- Nominee Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not · Arctic Monkeys
- Nominee At War with the Mystics · The Flaming Lips
- Nominee The Eraser · Thom Yorke
- Nominee Show Your Bones · Yeah Yeah Yeahs
48th Grammys · 2006
- Winner Get Behind Me Satan · The White Stripes
- Nominee Plans · Death Cab For Cutie
- Nominee You Could Have It So Much Better · Franz Ferdinand
- Nominee Guero · Beck
- Nominee Funeral · Arcade Fire
47th Grammys · 2005
- Winner A Ghost Is Born · Wilco
- Nominee Medúlla · Björk
- Nominee Franz Ferdinand · Franz Ferdinand
- Nominee Uh Huh Her · PJ Harvey
- Nominee Good News for People Who Love Bad News · Modest Mouse
46th Grammys · 2004
- Winner Elephant · The White Stripes
- Nominee Fever to Tell · Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Nominee Hail to the Thief · Radiohead
- Nominee Fight Test · The Flaming Lips
- Nominee Untitled · Sigur Rós
45th Grammys · 2003
- Winner A Rush of Blood to the Head · Coldplay
- Nominee Sea Change · Beck
- Nominee Walking with Thee · Clinic
- Nominee Cruel Smile · Elvis Costello
- Nominee Behind the Music · The Soundtrack of Our Lives
44th Grammys · 2002
- Winner Parachutes · Coldplay
- Nominee Vespertine · Björk
- Nominee Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars · Fatboy Slim
- Nominee Amnesiac · Radiohead
- Nominee Strange Little Girls · Tori Amos
43rd Grammys · 2001
- Winner Kid A · Radiohead
- Nominee Bloodflowers · The Cure
- Nominee When the Pawn · Fiona Apple
- Nominee Liverpool Sound Collage · Paul McCartney
- Nominee Midnite Vultures · Beck
42nd Grammys · 2000
- Winner Mutations · Beck
- Nominee You've Come a Long Way, Baby · Fatboy Slim
- Nominee To Venus and Back · Tori Amos
- Nominee Play · Moby
- Nominee The Fragile · Nine Inch Nails
41st Grammys · 1999
- Winner Hello Nasty · Beastie Boys
- Nominee Airbag / How Am I Driving? · Radiohead
- Nominee Is This Desire? · PJ Harvey
- Nominee From the Choirgirl Hotel · Tori Amos
- Nominee Adore · The Smashing Pumpkins
40th Grammys · 1998
- Winner OK Computer · Radiohead
- Nominee Dig Your Own Hole · The Chemical Brothers
- Nominee The Fat of the Land · Prodigy
- Nominee Earthling · David Bowie
- Nominee Homogenic · Björk
39th Grammys · 1997
- Winner Odelay · Beck
- Nominee New Adventures in Hi-Fi · R.E.M
- Nominee The Burdens of Being Upright · Tracy Bonham
- Nominee Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness · The Smashing Pumpkins
- Nominee Boys for Pele · Tori Amos
38th Grammys · 1996
- Winner MTV Unplugged in New York · Nirvana
37th Grammys · 1995
35th Grammys · 1993
- Winner Bone Machine · Tom Waits
34th Grammys · 1992
- Winner Out of Time · R.E.M.
33rd Grammys · 1991
- Winner I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got · Sinéad O'Connor
- Nominee All Shook Down · The Replacements
- Nominee The Sensual World · Kate Bush
- Nominee Goodbye Jumbo · World Party
- Nominee Strange Angels · Laurie Anderson