Chris Willman Music WriterWho says women’s names never come up in the Grammys’ rock categories? Just look at the 2019 contest for rock album, when Greta Van Fleet prevailed over Alice in Chains.But if you mean actual females?
Then yes, their near-complete absence has been staggering. In the 16-year time frame from 2005 through 2020, there was exactly one nomination for a woman or female-fronted band out of 80 for rock album: the Cranberries (and it might’ve taken Dolores O’Riordan’s 2018 death to get it).
The inequity hasn’t been quite as extreme in the rock performance category, where women have accounted for 10 out of 45 nominations since the division went unisex (with six of those 10 going to Alabama Shakes).
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