Nine Inch Nails won Best Rock Song at the 2026 Grammy Awards for “As Alive As You Need Me To Be.”

Quick Scoop: Who Won Best Rock Song Grammys 2026?

  • Winner: Nine Inch Nails – “As Alive As You Need Me To Be”
  • Category: Best Rock Song (68th Grammy Awards, 2026)
  • Songwriters credited: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
  • Other nominees:
    • Sleep Token – “Caramel”
* Hayley Williams – “Glum”

* Turnstile – “Never Enough”

* Yungblud – “Zombie”

Why this win matters

Multiple outlets note that this marks Nine Inch Nails’ third Grammy win as a band , with Trent Reznor earning his 19th nomination and fourth Grammy as a songwriter , underlining how firmly he’s still shaping modern rock in 2026. Commentary around the category frames the win as both a recognition of their enduring influence and a statement that industrial-influenced rock still sits at the center of the genre’s evolution.

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