Record of the Year
# “Use Somebody” – Kings of Leon
* Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia, producers; Jacquire King, engineer/mixer
Album of the Year
# Fearless – Taylor Swift
* Colbie Caillat, featured artist; Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Hank Williams, mastering engineer
Song of the Year
# “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” – Beyoncé
* Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters
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” – 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
# Potato Hole – Booker T. Jones
Best Pop Vocal Album
# The E.N.D. – Black Eyed Peas
Best Dance Recording
# “Poker Face” – Lady Gaga
* RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, RedOne & Dave Russell, mixers
Best Electronic/Dance Album
# The Fame – Lady Gaga
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
“Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden” – Michael Bublé
Best Rock Solo Vocal Performance
“Working On A Dream” – Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Performance By a Duo/Group w/ 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” – Kings of Leon
* Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters
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/Group W/ 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)” – Beyoncé
* Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart songwriters
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/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” – Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
* Shawn Carter, R. Fenty, M. Riddick, Kanye West & E. Wilson, songwriters
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/Group With Vocals
“I Run to You” – Lady Antebellum
Best Country Collaboration w/ Vocals
“I Told You So” – Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
Best Country Instrumental Performance
“Producer’s Medley” – Steve Wariner
Best Country Song
# “White Horse” – Taylor Swift
* Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters
Best Country Album
# Fearless – Taylor Swift
Best New Age Album
# Prayer For Compassion – David Darling
Best Contemporary Jazz Instrumental 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 Jazz Instrumental Solo Performance
“Dancin’ 4 Chicken” – Terence Blanchard soloist
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
# 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 & Karen Clark Sheard
Best Gospel Song
“God in Me” – Mary Mary Featuring Kierra 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 Album
# Jason Crabb – Jason Crabb
Best Traditional Gospel Album
# Oh Happy Day – (Various Artists)
* Bill Hearn, Ken Levitan, Ken Pennell, Jack Rovner & Cedric Thompson, producers
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 Norteno 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 5-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
* Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers
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 Children’s Music Album
# Family Time – Ziggy Marley
Best Children’s Spoken Word Album
* Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs – Buck Howdy
Best Spoken Word Album
# 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
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Score Soundtrack Album
Up – Michael Giacchino
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
# “Jai Ho” (From Slumdog Millionaire)
* A. R. Rahman, Sukhwinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash, songwriters (A. R. Rahman, Gulzar & Sukhwinder Singh)
Best Instrumental Composition
# “Married Life” (From Up)
* Michael Giacchino, composer (Michael Giacchino)
# “West Side Story Medley”
* Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Resonance Big Band)
Best Instrumental Arangment Accompanying Vocalist(s)
# “Quiet Nights”
* Claus Ogerman, arranger (Diana Krall)
Best Recording Package
* “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today”
o Stefan Sagmeister, art director (David Byrne & Brian Eno)
Best Boxed/Special Limited Edition
* “Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972)”
o Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Neil Young)
Best Album Notes
* The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)
o Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong)
Best Historical Album
* The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967)
o Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (Little Walter)
Best Engineered Album, Non Classical
* Ellipse
o 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 Surround Sound Album
* Transmigration
o 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 Ortiz)
* 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 Orchestra Performance
# “Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé”
* James Levine, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus)
Best Opera Recordimg
* “Britten: Billy Budd”
o 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 Performanc
# “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
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
Best Long Form Music Video
# “The Beatles Love — All Together Now” – Various Artists
* Adrian Wills, video director; Martin Bolduc & Jonathan Clyde, video producers