Record Of The Year - Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
Album Of The Year - Fearless
Taylor Swift
Song Of The Year - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best New Artist - Zac Brown Band
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Halo
Beyoncé
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance - Make It Mine
Jason Mraz
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals - I Gotta Feeling
The Black Eyed Peas
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals - Lucky
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Throw Down Your Heart
Béla Fleck
Best Pop Instrumental Album - The E.N.D.
The Black Eyed Peas
Best Dance Recording - Poker Face
Lady Gaga
Best Electronic/Dance Album - The Fame
Lady Gaga
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden
Michael Bublé
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance - Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals - Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
Best Hard Rock Performance - War Machine
AC/DC
Best Metal Performance - Dissident Aggressor
Judas Priest
Best Rock Instrumental Performance - A Day In The Life
Jeff Beck
Best Rock Song - Use Somebody
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
Best Rock Album - 21st Century Breakdown
Green Day
Best Alternative Music Album - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Phoenix
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Beyoncé
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance - Pretty Wings
Maxwell
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals - Blame It
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance - At Last
Beyoncé
Best Urban/Alternative Performance - Pearls
India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore
Best R&B Song - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Best R&B Album - Blacksummers' Night
Maxwell
Best Contemporary R&B Album - I Am... Sasha Fierce
Beyoncé
Best Rap Solo Performance - D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)
Jay-Z
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group - Crack A Bottle
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - Run This Town
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
Best Rap Song - Run This Town
Jeff Bhasker, Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Kanye West & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Athanasios Alatas, songwriter) (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)
Best Rap Album - Relapse
Eminem
Best Female Country Vocal Performance - White Horse
Taylor Swift
Best Male Country Vocal Performance - Sweet Thing
Keith Urban
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals - I Run To You
Lady Antebellum
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals - I Told You So
Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
Best Country Instrumental Performance - Producer's Medley
Steve Wariner
Best Country Song - White Horse
Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Best Country Album - Fearless
Taylor Swift
Best New Age Album - Prayer For Compassion
David Darling
Best Contemporary Jazz Album - 75
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
Best Jazz Vocal Album - Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman
Kurt Elling
Best Improvised Jazz Solo - Dancin' 4 Chicken
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group - Five Peace Band - Live
Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - Book One
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album - Juntos Para Siempre
Bebo Valdés And Chucho Valdés
Best Gospel Performance - Wait On The Lord
Donnie McClurkin Featuring Karen Clark Sheard
Best Gospel Song - God In Me
Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary Featuring Kierra "KiKi" Sheard)
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album - Live Revelations
Third Day
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album - The Power Of One
Israel Houghton
Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album - Jason Crabb
Jason Crabb
Best Traditional Gospel Album - Oh Happy Day
(Various Artists)
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album - Audience Of One
Heather Headley
Best Latin Pop Album - Sin Frenos
La Quinta Estación
Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album - Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo
Calle 13
Best Tropical Latin Album - Ciclos
Luis Enrique
Best Regional Mexican Album - Necesito De Ti
Vicente Fernández
Best Tejano Album - Borders Y Bailes
Los Texmaniacs
Best Norteño Album - Tu Noche Con...Los Tigres Del Norte
Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Banda Album - Tu Esclavo Y Amo
Lupillo Rivera
Best Americana Album - Electric Dirt
Levon Helm
Best Bluegrass Album - The Crow / New Songs For The Five-String Banjo
Steve Martin
Best Traditional Blues Album - A Stranger Here
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Best Contemporary Blues Album - Already Free
The Derek Trucks Band
Best Traditional Folk Album - High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
Loudon Wainwright III
Best Contemporary Folk Album - Townes
Steve Earle
Best Hawaiian Music Album - Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2
(Various Artists)
Best Native American Music Album - Spirit Wind North
Bill Miller
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album - Lay Your Burden Down
Buckwheat Zydeco
Best Reggae Album - Mind Control - Acoustic
Stephen Marley
Best Traditional World Music Album - Douga Mansa
Mamadou Diabate
Best Contemporary World Music Album - Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions
Béla Fleck
Best Musical Album For Children - Family Time
Ziggy Marley
Best Spoken Word Album For Children - Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs
Buck Howdy
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling) - Always Looking Up
Michael J. Fox
Best Comedy Album - A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!
Stephen Colbert
Best Musical Show Album - West Side Story
David Caddick & David Lai, producers (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast with Matt
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media - Slumdog Millionaire
(Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media - Up
Michael Giacchino, composer
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media - Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire)
Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)
Best Instrumental Composition - Married Life (From Up)
Michael Giacchino, composer (Michael Giacchino)
Best Instrumental Arrangement - West Side Story Medley
Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Resonance Big Band)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) - Quiet Nights
Claus Ogerman, arranger (Diana Krall)
Best Recording Package - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Stefan Sagmeister, art director (David Byrne & Brian Eno)
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package - Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972)
Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Neil Young)
Best Album Notes - The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)
Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong)
Best Historical Album - The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967)
Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (Little Walter)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - Ellipse
Imogen Heap, engineer (Imogen Heap)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical - Brendan O'Brien
* Black Ice (AC/DC) (A)
* Crack The Skye (Mastodon) (A)
* The Fixer (Pearl Jam) (S)
* Killswitch Engage (Killswitch Engage) (A)
* Working On A Dream (Bruce Springsteen) (A
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical - When Love Takes Over (Electro Extended Remix)
David Guetta, remixer (David Guetta Featuring Kelly Rowland)
Best Surround Sound Album - Transmigration
Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer (Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses)
Best Engineered Album, Classical - Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
Peter Laenger, engineer (Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony)
Producer Of The Year, Classical -
Steven Epstein
* Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony (David Robertson & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra)
* Bernstein: Mass (Marin Alsop, Jubilant Sykes, Asher Edward Wulfman, Morgan State University Choir, Peabody Children's Chorus & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)
* Corigliano: A Dylan Thomas Trilogy (Leonard Slatkin, George Mabry, Sir Thomas Allen, Nashville Symphony Chorus & Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
* Fauré: Piano Quintets (Fine Arts Quartet & Cristina Oritz)
* Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace (Yo-Yo Ma & Various Artists)
Best Classical Album - Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan McMane, choir directors; Andreas Neubronner, producer;
Peter Laenger, engineer/mixer; Andreas Neubronner, mastering engineer (Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef, Elza van den Heever & Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & San Francisco Symphony Chorus)
Best Orchestral Performance -
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé
James Levine, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus)
[BSO Classics]
Best Opera Recording - Britten: Billy Budd
Daniel Harding, conductor; Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Nathan Gunn, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose & Gidon Saks; John Fraser, producer (London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen Of The London Symphony Chorus)
Best Choral Performance - Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan McMane, choir directors
(Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef & Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & San Francisco Girls Chorus)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra) - Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Evgeny Kissin (Philharmonia Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra) - Journey To The New World
Sharon Isbin (Joan Baez & Mark O'Connor)
Best Chamber Music Performance - Intimate Letters
Emerson String Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance - Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion
Paul Hillier, conductor; Ars Nova Copenhagen & Theatre Of Voices
Best Classical Vocal Performance - Verismo Arias
Renée Fleming (Marco Armiliato; Jonas Kaufmann; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppi Verdi; Coro Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppi Verdi)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition - Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto
Jennifer Higdon (Marin Alsop)
Best Classical Crossover Album - Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace
Yo-Yo Ma
(Odair Assad, Sergio Assad, Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Matt Brubeck, John Clayton, Paquito d'Rivera, Renée Fleming, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, Natalie McMaster, Edgar Meyer, Cristina Pato, Joshua Redman, Jake Shimabukuro, Silk Road Ensemble, James Taylor, Chris Thile, Wu Tong, Alon Yavnai & Amelia Zirin-Brown)
Best Short Form Music Video - Boom Boom Pow
The Black Eyed Peas
Mathew Cullen & Mark Kudsi, video directors; Javier Jimenez, Anna Joseph & Patrick Nugent, video producers
Best Long Form Music Video - The Beatles Love - All Together Now
(Various Artists)
