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Drumeo nominated and you voted – here are the winners of this year’s Drumeo Awards show, what a fantastic awards show.
Drummer Of The Year: Chad Smith
On top of two new studio albums, a Grammy nomination and touring with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chad worked on sessions for Ozzy Osbourne, Iggy Pop and more.
Drum Performance Of The Year: Shane Hawkins
The winner of this award put on a legendary, must-watch performance during the year, either with a full band at an event or in a solo studio video.
Drum Recording Of The Year: Jay Weinberg
The winner of this award will have played on a single track or a full album that has made an outstanding contribution to their style (or music in general) via the drums.
Rock Drummer Of The Year: Travis Barker
Travis never slows down. In 2022, he worked on the new Avril Lavigne, Machine Gun Kelly and Ho99o9 albums, drummed on tracks with K. Flay and Iann Dior, and racked up a ton of producing credits.
Metal Drummer Of The Year: Eloy Casagrande
Eloy has had a busy year touring with Sepultura, teaching, and contributing his insane skills to prog project Casagrande & Hanysz and rock band Scalene.
Progressive Drummer Of The Year: Danny Carey
From big tours with Tool to club gigs on the side, Danny Carey is still at the top of his game.
Jazz Drummer Of The Year: Terri Lyne Carrington
Terri Lyne released several albums this year as well as a new lead sheet compilation project with Hudson Music, appeared at some prominent gigs, and is ending 2022 with two Grammy nominations.
Contemporary Drummer Of The Year: Anika Nilles
Anika is back on the scene with a new EP, tours with Jeff Beck, teaching and more.
Country Drummer Of The Year: Fred Eltringham
Fred drummed on multiple Grammy-nominated albums this year including Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert and Ashley McBryde. Gigs with Sheryl Crow, a Seth Meyers sit-in, an appearance on a Billy Joe Shaver tribute album, and a single for The One Eighties are just a few of his other 2022 highlights.
Pop Drummer Of The Year: Sarah Jones
Sarah’s year consisted of tours with Harry Styles (including ‘residencies’ at legendary venues like Madison Square Garden), percussion credits on Harry Styles’ new Grammy-nominated album, recordings with Kurt Vile, and recording her debut album with project Technology and Teamwork.
R&B/Hip-Hop Drummer Of The Year: Giulliana Merello
Giulliana’s 2022 included huge tours with Karol G, a Modern Drummer cover, a sit-in with Seth Meyers’ 8G band and more.
Soul/Funk Drummer Of The Year: Nate Smith
Drumming with Fearless Flyers, Kinfolk, Cory Wong, a tribute album to Leonard Cohen, appearances at jazz fests…Nate Smith had a busy 2022.
YouTube Drummer Of The Year: Samus Paulicelli
This award goes to a drummer who has built their profile independently, has created a strong online community on YouTube, and is constantly inspiring or entertaining people with their drum videos, playing, and/or personality.
TikTok Drummer Of The Year: El Estepario Siberiano
This award goes to a drummer who’s a standout on TikTok and who has used the platform to entertain or inspire the next generation of drummers.
Instagram Drummer Of The Year: Kristina Rybalchenko
This award goes to a drummer who’s built a strong online community on Instagram, has created a strong brand for themselves, and constantly inspires, educates, or entertains.
The Buddy Rich Award: Phil Collins
We chose this year’s award winner based on his incredible legacy and ability to deeply reach people, even those outside of the drumming world. He composed some of the most recognizable drum parts of the 20th century, inspiring drummers with technically adept rhythms that always suited the song and innovating with electronic sounds and percussion during a time when most kits were acoustic. With his health waning, this drummer officially announced his retirement in 2022.
The Jim Chapin Award: Dom Famularo
When we started the Drumeo Awards program in 2021, we asked drumming’s global ambassador, Dom Famularo, to choose the winner of this category. This year, we’d like to present the ‘Educator of the Year’ award to Dom Famularo himself – a man who has been through the absolute ringer, undergoing cancer treatments and navigating uncertain waters while continuing to inspire drummers around the world. As a former student of Jim Chapin, we felt it fitting to recognize Dom’s incredible tenacity and constant effort to pass these teachings to the next generation and beyond.
The Louie Bellson Award: Chris Turner
The 2022 Louie Bellson award winner has so much control and precision on his feet, people have questioned how it’s even possible. But this drummer has proven time and time again that putting in the work gets results. He’s been building his profile as an independent drummer, releasing an instrumental album this year and taking the tracks on the road.
The Viola Smith Award: Yoni Madar
This year’s winner is a master independence technician who pushes what’s physically possible on the instrument. His incredible control and drive has inspired an entire segment of the drumming community, yet he often still flies humbly and devastatingly under the radar. He’s a seasoned educator who literally marches to the beat of his own drum.
The Tony Williams Award: Greyson Nekrutman
This year’s winner is barely out of his teens but has already proven to be a dynamo. Between performing at his first big drum festival, going on tour, playing on albums and releasing a drumming course, he killed it in 2022. Did we mention he even drummed with the Beach Boys alongside John Stamos? On top of being a busy, skilled drummer, he’s a social media powerhouse, regularly sharing clips, filming covers, and engaging with the drumming community.
