Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental

Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental
Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental
Awarded for	Quality works in the hard rock/metal music genre
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	1989
Last awarded	1989
Website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental was an award presented at the 31st Grammy Awards in 1989 to honor quality hard rock/metal works (albums or songs). The Grammy Awards, an annual ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,^[1] are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position."^[2]

^ "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
^ "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2010.

[Grammy-1] "Grammy Awards at a Glance". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2010.

[Overview-2] "Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2010.

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