Record of the Year

• Nothin' On You - B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars (Track from The Adventures of Bobby Ray)
• Love the Way You Lie - Eminem featuring Rihanna (Track from Recovery)
• F*** You - Cee Lo Green
• Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys (Track from The Blueprint 3)
• Need You Now - Lady Antebellum (Track from Need You Now)

Album of the Year

• The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
• Recovery - Eminem
• Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
• The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
• Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

Song of the Year

• Beg Steal or Borrow - Ray LaMontagne (Track from God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise)
• F*** You - Cee Lo Green
• The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert (Track from Revolution)
• Love the Way You Lie - Eminem featuring Rihanna (Track from Recovery)
• Need You Now - Lady Antebellum (Track from Need You Now)

Best New Artist

• Justin Bieber
• Drake
• Florence & the Machine
• Mumford & Sons
• Esperanza Spalding

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• King of Anything - Sara Bareilles (Track from Kaleidoscope Heart)
• Halo (Live) - Beyonce (Track from I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas)
• Chasing Pirates - Norah Jones (Track from The Fall)
• Bad Romance - Lady Gaga (Track from The Fame Monster)
• Teenage Dream - Katy Perry (Track from Teenage Dream)

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Buble (Track from Crazy Love)
• This Is It - Michael Jackson (Track from This Is It)
• Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert (Track from For Your Entertainment)
• Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
• Half of My Heart - John Mayer (Track from Battle Studies)

Best Pop Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals

• Don't Stop Believin' - Glee Cast (Track from Journey to Regionals)
• Misery - Maroon 5 (Track from Hands All Over)
• The Only Exception - Paramore (Track from Brand New Eyes)
• Babyfather - Sade (Track from Soldier of Love)
• Hey, Soul Sister - Train

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

• Airplanes, Part II - B.o.B., Eminem, Hayley Williams (Track from The Adventures of Bobby Ray)
• Imagine - Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck, Oumou Sangare (Track from The Imagine Project)
• If It Wasn't For Bad - Elton John, Leon Russell
• Telephone - Lady Gaga, Beyonce (Track from The Fame Monster)
• California Gurls - Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg (Track from Teenage Dream)

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• Flow - Laurie Anderson (Track from Homeland)
• Nessun Dorma - Jeff Beck (Track from Emotion & Commotion)
• No Mystery - Stanley Clarke (Track from The Stanley Clarke Band)
• Orchestral Intro - Gorillaz (Track from Plastic Beach)
• Sleepwalk - The Brian Setzer Orchestra (Track from Don't Mess With A Big Band)

Best Pop Instrumental Album

• Pushing the Envelope - Gerald Albright
• Take Your Pick - Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto
• Heart and Soul - Kenny G
• Singularity - Robby Krieger
• Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway - Kirk Whalum

Best Pop Vocal Album

• My World 2.0 - Justin Bieber
• I Dreamed A Dream - Susan Boyle
• The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
• Battle Studies - John Mayer
• Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

Best Dance Recording

• Rocket - Goldfrapp (Track from Head First)
• In for the Kill - La Roux (Track from La Roux)
• Dance in the Dark - Lady Gaga (Track from The Fame Monster)
• Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna
• Dancing On My Own - Robyn (Track from Body Talk Pt. 1)

Best Electronic/Dance Album

• These Hopeful Machines - BT
• Further - The Chemical Brothers
• Head First - Goldfrapp
• Black Light - Groove Armada
• La Roux - La Roux

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Crazy Love - Michael Buble
• The Greatest Love Songs Of All Time - Barry Manilow
• Let It Be Me: Mathis in Nashville - Johnny Mathis
• Fly Me To The Moon…The Great American Songbook: Vol. V - Rod Stewart
• Love Is The Answer - Barbra Streisand

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

• Run Back To Your Side - Eric Clapton (Track from Clapton)
• Crossroads - John Mayer (Track from Battle Studies)
• Helter Skelter - Paul McCartney (Track from Good Evening New York City)
• Silver Rider - Robert Plant (Track from Band Of Joy)
• Angry World - Neil Young (Track from Le Noise)

Best Rock Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals

• Ready to Start - Arcade Fire (Track from The Suburbs)
• I Put A Spell On You - Jeff Beck, Joss Stone (Track from Emotion & Commotion)
• Tighten Up - The Black Keys (Track from Brothers)
• Radioactive - Kings of Leon
• Resistance - Muse (Track from The Resistance)

Best Hard Rock Performance

• A Looking In View - Alice in Chains
• Let Me Hear You Scream - Ozzy Osbourne (Track from Scream)
• Black Rain - Soundgarden (Track from Telephantasm)
• Between the Lines - Stone Temple Pilots (Track from Stone Temple Pilots)
• New Fang - Them Crooked Vultures (Track from Them Crooked Vultures)

Best Metal Performance

• El Dorado - Iron Maiden (Track from The Final Frontier)
• Let the Guilt Go - Korn (Track from Korn III: Remember Who You Are)
• In Your Words - Lamb of God (Track from Wrath)
• Sudden Death - Megadeath
• World Painted Blood - Slayer (Track from World Painted Blood)

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• Hammerhead - Jeff Beck (Track from Emotion & Commotion)
• Black Mud - The Black Keys (Track from Brothers)
• Do The Murray - Los Lobos (Track from Tin Can Trust)
• Kundalini Bonfire - Dave Matthews Band (Track from Live in Las Vegas)
• The Deathless Horsie - Dweezil Zappa (Track from The Return of the Son Of…)

Best Rock Song

• Angry World - Neil Young (Track from Le Noise)
• Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons (Track from Sigh No More)
• Radioactive - Kings of Leon
• Resistance - Muse (Track from The Resistance)
• Tighten Up - The Black Keys (Track from Brothers)

Best Rock Album

• Emotion & Commotion - Jeff Beck
• The Resistance - Muse
• Backspacer - Pearl Jam
• Mojo - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
• Le Noise - Neil Young

Best Alternative Music Album

• The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
• Infinite Arms - Band of Horses
• Brothers - The Black Keys
• Broken Bells - Broken Bells
• Contra - Vampire Weekend

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• Gone Already - Faith Evans
• Bittersweet - Fantasia (Track from Back to Me)
• Everything to Me - Monica (Track from Still Standing)
• Tired - Kelly Price
• Holding You Down (Going in Circles) - Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• Second Chance - El DeBarge
• Finding My Way Back - Jaheim (Track from Another Round)
• Why Would You Stay - Kem
• We're Still Friends - Kirk Whalum, Musiq Soulchild (Track from Everything Is Everything)
• There Goes My Baby - Usher (Track from Raymond V Raymond)

Best R&B Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals

• Love - Chuck Brown, Jill Scott, Marcus Miller (Track from We Got This)
• Take My Time - Chris Brown & Tank (Track from Graffiti)
• You've Got A Friend - Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
• Shine - John Legend & The Roots (Track from Wake Up!)
• Soldier of Love - Sade (Track from Soldier of Love)

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

• When A Woman Loves - R. Kelly
• Hang On In There - John Legend & The Roots (Track from Wake Up!)
• You're So Amazing - Calvin Richardson
• In Between - Ryan Shaw (Track from In Between)
• Go (Live) - Betty Wright

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

• Little One - Bilal (Track from Airtight's Revenge)
• F*** You - Cee Lo Green
• Orion - Carolyn Malachi
• Tightrope - Janelle Monae & Big Boi (Track from The ArchAndroid)
• Still - Eric Roberson

Best R&B Song

• Bittersweet - Fantasia (Track from Back to Me)
• Finding My Way Back - Jaheim (Track from Another Round)
• Second Chance - El DeBarge
• Shine - John Legend & The Roots (Track from Wake Up!)
• Why Would You Stay - Kem

Best R&B Album

• The Love and War Masterpeace - Raheem DeVaughn
• Back to Me - Fantasia
• Another Round - Jaheim
• Wake Up! - John Legend & The Roots
• Still Standing - Monica

Best Contemporary R&B Album

• Graffiti - Chris Brown
• Untitled - R. Kelly
• Transition - Ryan Leslie
• The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monae
• Raymond V Raymond - Usher

Best Rap Solo Performance

• Over - Drake (Track from Thank Me Later)
• Not Afraid - Eminem (Track from Recovery)
• How Low - Ludacris (Track from Battle of the Sexes)
• I'm Back - T.I.
• Power - Kanye West

Best Rap Performance By A Duo or Group

• Shutterbug - Big Boi, Bosko, Cutty & Mouche (Track from Sir Lucious Left Foot…The Son of Chico Dusty)
• Fancy - Drake, T.I., Swizz Beatz (Track from Thank Me Later)
• On To The Next One - Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz (Track from The Blueprint 3)
• My Chick Bad - Ludacris &Nicki Minaj (Track from Battle of the Sexes)
• Lose My Mind - Young Jeezy & Piles

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• Nothin' On You - B.o.B & Bruno Mars (Track from The Adventures of Bobby Ray)
• Deuces - Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
• Love The Way You Lie - Eminem and Rihanna (Track from Recovery)
• Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys (Track from The Blueprint 3)
• Wake Up Everybody - John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common