Record of the Year:

"Halo" (Beyoncé)
"I Gotta Feeling" (the Black Eyed Peas)
"Use Somebody" (Kings Of Leon)  winner
"Poker Face" (Lady Gaga)
"You Belong With Me" (Taylor Swift)
 
 

Album of the Year:

"I Am…Sasha Fierce" (Beyoncé)
"The E.N.D." (the Black Eyed Peas)
"The Fame" (Lady Gaga)
"Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King" (Dave Matthews Band)
"Fearless" (Taylor Swift)  winner
 
 

Song of the Year:

"Poker Face," Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
"Pretty Wings," Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart,  songwriters (Beyoncé)  winner
"Use Somebody, "Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of  Leon)
"You Belong With Me," Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
 
 

New Artist:

Zac Brown Band  winner
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
 
 

Female Pop Vocal Performance:

Adele - “Hometown Glory”
Beyonce Knowles - “Halo”  winner
Katy Perry - “Hot N Cold”
Pink - “Sober”
Taylor Swift - “You Belong With Me”
 
 

Male Pop Vocal Performance:

John Legend - “This Time”
Maxwell - “Love You”
Jason Mraz - “Make It Mine”  winner
Seal - “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”
Stevie Wonder - “All About the Love Again”
 
 

Pop Performance by a Duo or Group:

Black Eyed Peas - “I Gotta Feeling"  winner
Bon Jovi's - "We Weren't Born to Follow"
the Fray's - “Never Say Never"
Hall and Oates - “Sara Smile"
MGMT's - “Kids"
 
 

Pop Collaboration:

Rosanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen - “Sea of Heartbreak”
Ciara & Justin Timberlake - “Love Sex Magic”
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat "Lucky"  winner
Willie Nelson & Norah Jones - “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat - “Breathe”
 
 

Pop Vocal Album:

"The E.N.D." (The Black Eyed Peas)  winner
"Breakthrough" (Colbie Calilat)
"All I Ever Wanted" (Kelly Clarkson)
"The Fray" (The Fray)
"Funhouse" (Pink)
 
 

Solo Rock Vocal Performance:

"Beyond Here Lies Nothin" - Bob Dylan
"Change in the Weather" - John Fogerty
"Dreamer" - Prince
"Working on a Dream" - Bruce Springsteen  winner
"Fork in the Road" - Neil Young
 
 

Rock Performance by a Duo or Group:

"Can't Find My Way Home" - Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
"Life In Technicolor II" - Coldplay
"21 Guns" - Green Day
"Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon  winner
"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" - U2
 
 

Rock Song:

"The Fixer" - Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" - Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr., songwriters (U2)
"21 Guns" - Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
"Use Somebody" - Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)  winner
"Working on a Dream" - Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
 
 

Rock Album:

"Black Ice (AC/DC)
"Live From Madison Square Garden" (Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood)
"21st Century Breakdown" (Green Day)  winner
"Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King" (Dave Matthews Band)
"No Line On The Horizon" (U2)
 
 

Female R&B Vocal Performance:

Beyonce Knowles - “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”  winner
Melanie Fiona - “It Kills Me”
Lalah Hathaway - “That Was Then”
Ledisi - “Goin’ Thru Changes”
Jazmine Sullivan - “Lions, Tigers & Bears”

 

Male R&B Vocal Performance:

Anthony Hamilton - “The Point of It All”
Maxwell - “Pretty Wings”  winner
Musiq Soulchild - “Sobeautiful”
Pleasure P - “Under”
Charlie Wilson - “There Goes My Baby”
 
 

R&B Performance by a Duo or Group:

Jamie Foxx & T-Pain - “Blame It”  winner
India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild - “Chocolate High”
Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige - “Ifuleave”
Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters - “Higher Ground”
Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby - “Love Has Finally Come at Last”
 
 

R&B Song:

Jamie Foxx & T-Pain - “Blame It”
Jazmine Sullivan - “Lions, Tigers & Bears”
Maxwell - “Pretty Wings”
Beyonce Knowles - “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”  winner
Pleasure P - “Under”
 

R&B Album:

"The Point Of It All" (Anthony Hamilton)
"Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics" (India.Arie)
"Turn Me Loose" (Ledisi)
"Blacksummers’ Night" (Maxwell)  winner
"Uncle Charlie" (Charlie Wilson)

Contemporary R&B Album:

Beyonce Knowles - “I Am…Sasha Fierce”  winner
Jamie Foxx - “Intuition”
Pleasure P - “The Introduction of Marcus Cooper”
Trey Songz - “Ready”
T-Pain - “Thr33 Ringz”

Rap Solo Performance:

"Best I Ever Had" - Drake
"Beautiful" - Eminem
"D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)" - Jay-Z  winner
"Day 'N' Nite" - Kid Cudi
"Casa Bey" - Mos Def

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:

"Too Many Rappers" - Beastie Boys & Nas
"Crack A Bottle" - Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent winner
"Money Goes, Honey Stay" - Fabolous & Jay-Z
"Make Her Say" - Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common
"Amazing" - Kanye West & Young Jeezy

Rap Collaboration:

Beyonce Knowles & Kanye West - “Ego”
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo - “Knock You Down” winner
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West - “Run This Town”
The Lonely Island & T-Pain - “I’m On A Boat”
T.I. & Justin Timberlake - “Dead And Gone”
 
 

Rap Album:

"Universal Mind Control" (Common)
"Relapse" (Eminem)  winner
"R.O.O.T.S." (Flo Rida)
"The Ecstatic" (Mos Def)
"The Renaissance" (Q-Tip)

Rap Song:

"Best I Ever Had” - Drake
“Day ‘N’ Nite” - Kid Cudi
“Dead And Gone” - T.I. & Justin Timberlake
“D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” - Jay-Z
“Run This Town” - Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West  winner
 
 

Female Country Vocal Performance:

"Dead Flowers" - Miranda Lambert
"I Just Call You Mine" - Martina McBride
"White Horse" - Taylor Swift  winner
"Just A Dream" - Carrie Underwood
"Solitary Thinkin'" - Lee Ann Womack
 
 

Male Country Vocal Performance:

"All I Ask For Anymore" - Trace Adkins
"People Are Crazy" - Billy Currington
"High Cost Of Living" - Jamey Johnson
"Living For The Night" - George Strait
"Sweet Thing" - Keith Urban  winner
 
 

Country Performance By A Duo Or Group:

"Cowgirls Don't Cry" - Brooks & Dunn
"Chicken Fried" - Zac Brown Band
"I Run To You" - Lady Antebellum  winner
"Here Comes Goodbye" - Rascal Flatts
"It Happens" - Sugarland

Country Collaboration:

"Beautiful World" - Dierks Bentley & Patty Griffin
'"The Road" - Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally
"Start A Band" - Brad Paisley & Keith Urban
"I Told You So" - Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis  winner
"Everything But Quits" - Lee Ann Womack & George Strait
 
 

Country Song:

“All I Ask For Anymore” (Trace Adkins)
“High Cost of Living” (Jamey Johnson)
“I Run To You” (Lady Antebellum)
“People Are Crazy” (Billy Currington)
"White Horse" (Taylor Swift)  winner
 
 

Country Album:

"The Foundation" (Zac Brown Band)
"Twang" (George Strait)
"Fearless" (Taylor Swift)  winner
"Defying Gravity" (Keith Urban)
"Call Me Crazy" (Lee Ann Womack)