Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance

Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance
Awarded for	quality performances in the American Roots subgenres (folk, bluegrass, regional roots music, etc.)
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	2015
Official website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance is a new award category at the annual Grammy Awards from 2015.

The award was first approved by the Board of Trustees of the Grammy Awards in June 2014.

According to NARAS, the new award will encompass all of the subgenres of the American Roots category field, which include Americana, bluegrass, blues, folk and other forms of regional roots music. The category will be open for solo artists, duos, groups and other collaborations and is for singles or tracks only.

The Grammy will be awarded to the performer(s) on the winning recording.

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