The Complete, Unabridged Grammy Nominees & Winners List

The complete and unabridged rundown of winners (and nominees) at the 53rd Grammy Awards.    

MusiCares Person of the Year

• Barbra Streisand

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

• Julie Andrews, Roy Haynes, Juilliard String Quartet, the Kingston Trio, Dolly Parton, Ramones, George Beverly Shea

Record of the Year

“Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum

• “Nothin’ on You” – B.o.B & Bruno Mars
• “Love the Way You Lie” – Eminem & Rihanna
• “F*** You” – Cee Lo Green
• “Empire State of Mind” – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
• “Young Guru” Keaton & Ann Mincieli, engineers/mixers

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

“Need You Now”

Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

• “Beg, Steal or Borrow”

Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs)

• “F*** You”

Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green)

• “The House That Built Me”

Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

• “Love the Way You Lie”

Alexander Grant, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem featuring Rihanna)

Best New Artist

Esperanza Spalding

• Justin Bieber
• Drake
• Florence & The Machine
• Mumford & Sons

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

“Bad Romance” – Lady Gaga

• “King of Anything” – Sara Bareilles
• “Halo” (Live) – Beyoncé
• “Chasing Pirates” – Norah Jones
• “Teenage Dream” – Katy Perry

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

“Just the Way You Are” – Bruno Mars

• “Haven’t Met You Yet” – Michael Bublé
• “This Is It” – Michael Jackson
• “Whataya Want from Me” – Adam Lambert
• “Half of My Heart” – John Mayer

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

“Hey, Soul Sister” (Live) – Train

• “Don’t Stop Believin'” (Regionals Version) – Glee Cast
• “Misery” – Maroon 5
• “The Only Exception” – Paramore
• “Babyfather” – Sade

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

“Imagine” – Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono Nº1, Jeff Beck, & Oumou Sangaré

• “Airplanes, Part II” – B.o.B, Eminem, & Hayley Williams
• “If It Wasn’t for Bad” – Elton John & Leon Russell
• “Telephone” – Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
• “California Gurls” – Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

“Nessun Dorma” – Jeff Beck

• “Flow” – Laurie Anderson
• “No Mystery” – Stanley Clarke
• “Orchestral Intro” – Gorillaz
• “Sleepwalk” – The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Best Pop Instrumental Album

Take Your Pick – Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto

• Pushing the Envelope – Gerald Albright
• Heart and Soul – Kenny G
• Singularity – Robby Krieger
• Everything Is Everything: The Music of Donny Hathaway – Kirk Whalum

Best Pop Vocal Album

The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga

• My World 2.0 – Justin Bieber
• I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle
• Battle Studies – John Mayer
• Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

Best Dance Recording

“Only Girl (In the World)” – Rihanna

Crystal Johnson, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm, producers: Stargate, Sandy Vee

• “Rocket” – Goldfrapp

Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory, producers; Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, mixer

• “In for the Kill” – La Roux

Elly Jackson & Ben Langmaid, producers; Serban Ghenea & John Hanes, mixers

• “Dance in the Dark” – Lady Gaga

Fernando Garibay & Lady Gaga, producers; Robert Orton, mixer

• “Dancing on My Own” – Robyn

Patrik Berger & Robyn, producers; Niklas Flyckt, mixer

Best Electronic/Dance Album

La Roux – La Roux

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

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Crazy Love – Michael Bublé

• 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 Volume V – Rod Stewart
• Love Is the Answer – Barbra Streisand

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

“Helter Skelter” – Paul McCartney

• “Run Back to Your Side” – Eric Clapton
• “Crossroads” – John Mayer
• “Silver Rider” – Robert Plant and the Band of Joy
• “Angry World” – Neil Young

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

“Tighten Up” – The Black Keys

• “Ready to Start” – Arcade Fire
• “I Put a Spell on You” – Jeff Beck & Joss Stone
• “Radioactive” – Kings of Leon
• “Resistance” – Muse

Best Hard Rock Performance

“New Fang” – Them Crooked Vultures

• “A Looking in View” – Alice in Chains
• “Let Me Hear You Scream” – Ozzy Osbourne
• “Black Rain” – Soundgarden
• “Between the Lines” – Stone Temple Pilots

Best Metal Performance

“El Dorado” – Iron Maiden

• “Let the Guilt Go” – Korn
• “In Your Words” – Lamb of God
• “Sudden Death” – Megadeth
• “World Painted Blood” – Slayer

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

“Hammerhead” – Jeff Beck

• “Black Mud” – The Black Keys
• “Do the Murray” – Los Lobos
• “Kundalini Bonfire” – Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
• “The Deathless Horsie” – Dweezil Zappa

Best Rock Song

“Angry World”

Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young)

• “Little Lion Man”

Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)

• “Radioactive”

Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings of Leon)

• “Resistance”

Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)

• “Tighten Up”

Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)

Best Rock Album

The Resistance – Muse

• Emotion & Commotion – Jeff Beck
• Backspacer – Pearl Jam
• Mojo – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Le Noise – Neil Young

Best Alternative Music Album

Brothers – The Black Keys

• The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
• Infinite Arms – Band of Horses
• Broken Bells – Broken Bells
• Contra – Vampire Weekend

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

“Bittersweet” – Fantasia

• “Everything to Me” – Monica
• “Gone Already” – Faith Evans
• “Tired” – Kelly Price
• “Holding You Down” – Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

“There Goes My Baby” – Usher

• “Second Chance” – El DeBarge
• “Finding My Way Back” – Jaheim
• “Why Would You Stay” – Kem
• “We’re Still Friends” – (Kirk Whalum &) Musiq Soulchild

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

“Soldier of Love” – Sade

• “Love” – Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller
• “Take My Time” – Chris Brown & Tank
• “You’ve Got a Friend” – Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin
• “Shine” – John Legend & The Roots

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

“Hang On in There” – John Legend & The Roots

• “When a Woman Loves” – R. Kelly
• “You’re So Amazing” – Calvin Richardson
• “In Between” – Ryan Shaw
• “Go” (Live) – Betty Wright

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

“Fuck You!” – Cee Lo Green

• “Little One” – Bilal
• “Orion” – Carolyn Malachi
• “Tightrope” – Janelle Monáe & Big Boi
• “Still” – Eric Roberson

Best R&B Song

“Shine”

John Stephens, songwriter (John Legend & The Roots)

• “Bittersweet”

Charles Harmon & Claude Kelly, songwriters (Fantasia)

• “Finding My Way Back”

Ivan “Orthodox” Barias, Curt Chambers, Carvin “Ransum” Haggins, Jaheim Hoagland & Miquel Jontel, songwriters (Jaheim)

• “Second Chance”

1. Debarge & Mischke, songwriters (El DeBarge)

• “Why Would You Stay”

1. Owens, songwriter (Kem)

Best R&B Album

Wake Up! – John Legend & The Roots

• Still Standing – Monica
• Back to Me – Fantasia
• Another Round – Jaheim
• The Love & War Masterpeace – Raheem DeVaughn

Best Contemporary R&B Album

Raymond vs. Raymond – Usher

• Untitled – R. Kelly
• Graffiti – Chris Brown
• Transition – Ryan Leslie
• The ArchAndroid – Janelle Monáe

Best Rap Solo Performance

“Not Afraid” – Eminem

• “Over” – Drake
• “How Low” – Ludacris
• “I’m Back” – T.I.
• “Power” – Kanye West

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

“On to the Next One” – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

• “Shutterbugg” – Big Boi & Cutty
• “Fancy” – Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz
• “My Chick Bad” – Ludacris & Nicki Minaj
• “Lose My Mind” – Young Jeezy & Plies

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

“Empire State of Mind” – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

• “Nothin’ on You” – B.o.B & Bruno Mars
• “Deuces” – Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
• “Love the Way You Lie” – Eminem & Rihanna
• “Wake Up Everybody” – John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common

Best Rap Song

“Empire State of Mind”

Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Alicia Keys, Jane’t “Jnay” Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys)

• “Love the Way You Lie”

Alex da Kid, Holly Hafferman & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem & Rihanna)

• “Not Afraid”

1. Burnett, J. Evans, Marshall Mathers, L. Resto & M. Samuels, songwriters (Eminem)

• “Nothin’ on You”

Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Bobby Simmons Jr., songwriters (B.o.B & Bruno Mars)

• “On to the Next One”

Shawn Carter, J. Chaton & K. Dean, songwriters (G. Auge & X. De Rosnay, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz)

Best Rap Album

Recovery – Eminem

• The Adventures Of Bobby Ray – B.o.B
• Thank Me Later – Drake
• The Blueprint 3 – Jay-Z
• How I Got Over – The Roots

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

“The House That Built Me” – Miranda Lambert

• “Satisfied” – Jewel
• “Swingin'” – LeAnn Rimes
• “Temporary Home” – Carrie Underwood
• “I’d Love To Be Your Last” – Gretchen Wilson

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

“‘Til Summer Comes Around” – Keith Urban

• “Macon” – Jamey Johnson
• “Cryin’ for Me (Wayman’s Song)” – Toby Keith
• “Turning Home” – David Nail
• “Gettin’ You Home” – Chris Young

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

“Need You Now” – Lady Antebellum

• “Free” – Zac Brown Band
• “Elizabeth” – Dailey & Vincent
• “Little White Church” – Little Big Town
• “Where Rainbows Never Die” – The SteelDrivers

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

“As She’s Walking Away” – Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson

• “Bad Angel” – Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson
• “Pride (In the Name of Love)” – Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers
• “Hillbilly Bone” – Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins
• “I Run to You” – Marty Stuart & Connie Smith

Best Country Instrumental Performance

“Hummingbyrd” – Marty Stuart

• “Tattoo of a Smudge” – Cherryholmes
• “Magic #9” – The Infamous Stringdusters
• “New Chance Blues” – Punch Brothers
• “Willow Creek” – Darrell Scott

Best Country Song

“Need You Now”

Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)

• “The Breath You Take”

Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon & Jessie Jo Dillon, songwriters (George Strait)

• “Free”

Zac Brown, songwriter (Zac Brown Band)

• “The House That Built Me”

Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

• “I’d Love to Be Your Last”

Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)

• “If I Die Young”

Kimberly Perry, songwriter (The Band Perry)

Best Country Album

Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

• Up On The Ridge – Dierks Bentley
• You Get What You Give – Zac Brown Band
• The Guitar Song – Jamey Johnson
• Revolution – Miranda Lambert

Best New Age Album

Miho: Journey to the Mountain – Paul Winter Consort

• Ocean – Michael Brant DeMaria
• Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Volume 4 – Kitaro
• Dancing into Silence – R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton & Will Clipman
• Instrumental Oasis, Vol. 4 – Zamora

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

The Stanley Clarke Band – The Stanley Clarke Band

• Never Can Say Goodbye – Joey DeFrancesco
• Now Is the Time – Jeff Lorber Fusion
• To the One – John McLaughlin
• Backatown – Trombone Shorty

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee – Dee Dee Bridgewater

• Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B – Freddy Cole
• When Lights Are Low – Denise Donatelli
• Ages – Lorraine Feather
• Water – Gregory Porter

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

“A Change Is Gonna Come” – Herbie Hancock

• “Solar” – Alan Broadbent
• “Body and Soul” – Keith Jarrett
• “Lonely Woman” – Hank Jones
• “Van Gogh” – Wynton Marsalis

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

Moody 4B – James Moody

• Positootly! – John Beasley
• The New Song and Dance – Clayton Brothers
• Historicity – Vijay Iyer Trio
• Providencia – Danilo Pérez

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard – Mingus Big Band

• Infernal Machines – Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
• Autumn: In Moving Pictures Jazz – Chamber Music Vol. 2 – Billy Childs Ensemble featuring the Ying String Quartet
• Pathways – Dave Holland Octet
• 54 – Metropole Orkest, John Scofield & Vince Mendoza

Best Latin Jazz Album

Chucho’s Steps – Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers

• Tango Grill – Pablo Aslan
• Second Chance – Hector Martignon
• Psychedelic Blues – Poncho Sanchez
• ¡Bien Bien! – Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

Best Gospel Performance

“Grace” – BeBe & CeCe Winans

• “He Wants It All” – Forever Jones
• “You Hold My World” – Israel Houghton
• “Nobody Greater” – VaShawn Mitchell
• “He’s Been Just That Good – Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway

Best Gospel Song

“It’s What I Do”

Jerry Peters & Kirk Whalum, songwriters (Kirk Whalum & Lalah Hathaway)

• “Beautiful Things”

Lisa Gungor & Michael Gungor, songwriters (Gungor)

• “Better than a Hallelujah”

Sarah Hart & Chapin Hartford, songwriters (Amy Grant)

• “Our God”

Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves & Chris Tomlin, songwriters (Chris Tomlin)

• “Return to Sender”

Gordon Kennedy, songwriter (Ricky Skaggs)

Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album

Hello Hurricane – Switchfoot

• Church Music – David Crowder Band
• For Those Who Wait – Fireflight
• Beautiful Things – Gungor
• Rehab – Lecrae

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

Love God. Love People. – Israel Houghton

• Beauty Will Rise – Steven Curtis Chapman
• Pieces of a Real Heart – Sanctus Real
• Mosaic – Ricky Skaggs
• Tonight – TobyMac

Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album

The Reason – Diamond Rio

• Times Like These – Austins Bridge
• Expecting Good Things – Jeff & Sheri Easter
• Journey On – Ty Herndon
• Live at Oak Tree: Karen Peck & New River – Karen Peck & New River

Best Traditional Gospel Album

Downtown Church – Patty Griffin

• The Experience – Vanessa Bell Armstrong
• A City Called Heaven – Shirley Caesar
• Here I Am – Marvin Sapp
• All in One – Karen Clark Sheard

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

Still – BeBe & CeCe Winans

• Get Ready – Forever Jones
• Love Unstoppable – Fred Hammond
• Triumphant – VaShawn Mitchell
• Aaron Sledge – Aaron Sledge

Best Latin Pop Album

Paraíso Express – Alejandro Sanz

• Poquita Ropa – Ricardo Arjona
• Alex Cuba – Alex Cuba
• Boleto de Entrada – Kany García
• Otra Cosa – Julieta Venegas

Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album

El Existential – Grupo Fantasma

• Oro – ChocQuibTown
• Amor Vincit Omnia – Draco
• Bulevar 2000 – Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich+Fussible
• 1977 – Ana Tijoux

Best Tropical Latin Album

Viva la Tradición – Spanish Harlem Orchestra

• Sin Salsa No Hay Paraiso – El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
• Asondeguerra – Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
• Irrepetible – Gilberto Santa Rosa
• 100 Sones Cubanos – (Various Artists); Edesio Alejandro, Nelson Estevez & Juan Hidalgo, producers

Best Tejano Album

Recuerdos – Little Joe & la Familia

• Sabes Bien – Juan P. Moreno
• In the Pocket – Joe Posada
• Homenaje a Mi Padre – Sunny Sauceda y Todo Eso
• Cookin – Tortilla Factory

Best Norteño Album

Classic – Intocable

• Indispensable – Angel Fresnillo
• Ni Hoy Ni Mañana – Gerardo Ortiz
• Desde la Cantina Volumen 1 – Pesado
• Intensamente – Principez de la Musica Norteña

Best Banda Album

Enamórate de Mí – El Güero y Su Banda Centenario

• Ando Bien Pedo – Banda Los Recoditos
• Caricias Compradas… – Cuisillos
• Con la Fuerza del Corrido – El Chapo
• Todo Depende de Ti – La Arrolladora Banda El Limon

Best Americana Album

You Are Not Alone – Mavis Staples

• The List – Rosanne Cash
• Tin Can Trust – Los Lobos
• Country Music – Willie Nelson
• Band of Joy – Robert Plant

Best Bluegrass Album

Mountain Soul II – Patty Loveless

• Circles Around Me – Sam Bush
• Family Circle – The Del McCoury Band
• Legacy – Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
• Reckless – The SteelDrivers

Best Traditional Blues Album

Joined at the Hip – Pinetop Perkins & Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith

• Giant – James Cotton
• Memphis Blues – Cyndi Lauper
• The Well – Charlie Musselwhite
• Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites – Jimmie Vaughan

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Living Proof – Buddy Guy

• Nothing’s Impossible – Solomon Burke
• Tribal – Dr. John and the Lower 911
• Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook – Bettye LaVette
• Live! In Chicago – Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Bryan Lee, and Buddy Flett

Best Traditional Folk Album

Genuine Negro Jig – Carolina Chocolate Drops

• Onward and Upward – Luther Dickinson & The Sons Of Mudboy
• Memories of John – The John Hartford Stringband
• Maria Muldaur & Her Garden Of Joy – Maria Muldaur
• Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved – Ricky Skaggs

Best Contemporary Folk Album

God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise – Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs

• Love Is Strange – En Vivo con Tino – Jackson Browne & David Lindley
• The Age of Miracles – Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Somedays the Song Writes You – Guy Clark
• Dream Attic – Richard Thompson

Best Hawaiian Music Album

Huana Ke Aloha – Tia Carrere

• Amy Hanaiali’i and Slack Key Masters of Hawaii – Amy Hanaiali‘i And Slack Key Masters of Hawaii
• Polani – Daniel Ho
• The Legend – Ledward Kaapana
• Maui on My Mind – Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar – Jeff Peterson

Best Native American Music Album

2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit’s Dance – (Various Artists); Derek Mathews, Dr. Lita Mathews & Melonie Mathews, producers

• XI – Bear Creek
• Temptations: Cree Round Dance Songs – Northern Cree
• Woodnotes Wyld: Historic Flute Sounds from the Dr. Richard W. Payne Collection – Peter Phippen

Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album

Zydeco Junkie – Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band

• En Couleurs – Feufollet
• Happy Go Lucky – D.L. Menard
• Back Home – The Pine Leaf Boys
• Creole Moon: Live at the Blue Moon Saloon – Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole

Best Reggae Album

Before the Dawn – Buju Banton

• Isaacs Meets Isaac – Gregory Isaacs & King Isaac
• Revelation – Lee “Scratch” Perry
• Made in Jamaica – Bob Sinclar And Sly & Robbie
• One Pop Reggae + – Sly & Robbie and the Family Taxi
• Legacy An Acoustic Tribute to Peter Tosh – Andrew Tosh

Best Traditional World Music Album

Ali and Toumani – Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté

• Pure Sounds – Gyuto Monks of Tibet
• I Speak Fula – Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
• Grace – Soweto Gospel Choir
• Tango Universal – Vayo

Best Contemporary World Music Album

Throw Down Your Heart , Africa Sessions Part 2: Unreleased Tracks – Béla Fleck

• All in One – Bebel Gilberto
• ÕŸÖ – Angelique Kidjo
• Bom Tempo – Sérgio Mendes
• Om Namo Narayanaya: Soul Call – Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon

Best Musical Album for Children

Tomorrow’s Children – Pete Seeger with the Rivertown Kids and Friends

• Here Comes Science – They Might Be Giants
• Jungle Gym – Justin Roberts
• Sunny Days – Battersby Duo
• Weird Things Are Everywhere! – Judy Pancoast

Best Spoken Word Album For Children

Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs, And Lullabies – Julie Andrews & Emma Walton Hamilton

• Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition – Selma Blair
• The Best Candy in the Whole World – Bill Harley
• Healthy Food For Thought: Good Enough to Eat – (Various Artists); Jim Cravero, Paula Lizzi & Steve Pullara, producers
• Nanny McPhee Returns – Emma Thompson

Best Spoken Word Album

Earth – Jon Stewart (With Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver & Sigourney Weaver)

• American on Purpose – Craig Ferguson
• The Bedwetter – Sarah Silverman
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future… – Michael J. Fox
• This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection – Carol Burnett
• The Woody Allen Collection: Mere Anarchy, Side Effects, Without Feathers, Getting Even – Woody Allen

Best Comedy Album

Stark Raving Black – Lewis Black

• Cho Dependent – Margaret Cho
• I Told You I Was Freaky – Flight of the Conchords
• Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt – Kathy Griffin
• Weapons of Self Destruction – Robin Williams

Best Musical Show Album

American Idiot (featuring Green Day) – Billie Joe Armstrong, producer (Green Day, composers; Billie Joe Armstrong, lyricist)

• Fela! – Robert Sher, producer (Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, composer; Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, lyricist)
• A Little Night Music – Tommy Krasker, producer (Stephen Sondheim, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist)
• Promises, Promises – David Caddick & David Lai, producers (Burt Bacharach, composer; Hal David, lyricist)
• Sondheim on Sondheim – Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist)

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Crazy Heart

• Glee: The Music, Volume 1
• Tremé
• True Blood – Volume 2
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman

• Alice in Wonderland – Danny Elfman
• Avatar – James Horner
• Inception – Hans Zimmer
• Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer

Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

“The Weary Kind” (From Crazy Heart)

Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters (Ryan Bingham)

• “Down in New Orleans” (From The Princess and the Frog)

Randy Newman, songwriter (Dr. John)

• “I See You” (From Avatar)

Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell & James Horner, songwriters (Leona Lewis)

• “Kiss Like Your Kiss” (From True Blood)

Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams & Elvis Costello)

• “This City” (From Tremé)

Steve Earle, songwriter (Steve Earle)

Best Instrumental Composition

“The Path Among the Trees” – Billy Childs

• “Aurora” – Patrick Williams
• “Battle Circle” – Gerald Clayton
• “Box of Cannoli” – Tim Hagans
• “Fourth Stream…La Banda” – Bill Cunliffe

Best Instrumental Arrangement

“Carlos” – Vince Mendoza

• “Fanfare for a New Day” – Patrick Williams
• “Itsbynne Reel” – Gil Goldstein
• “Monet” – Ted Nash
• “Skip to My Lou” – Frank Macchia

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

“Baba Yetu” – Christopher Tin, arranger (Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

• “Baby” – Roger Treece, arranger (Bobby McFerrin)
• “Based on a Thousand True Stories” – Vince Mendoza, arranger (Silje Nergaard & Metropole Orchestra Strings)
• “Don’t Explain” – Geoffrey Keezer, arranger (Denise Donatelli)
• “Imagine” – Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, arrangers (Herbie Hancock, Pink, Seal, Jeff Beck, India.Arie, Konono No 1 & Oumou Sangare)

Best Recording Package

Brothers – Michael Carney, art director (The Black Keys)

• Eggs – Malene Mathiasson, Malthe Fischer, Kristoffer Rom, Nis Svoldgård & Aske Zidore, art directors (Oh No Ono)
• Hadestown – Brian Grunert, art director (Anaïs Mitchell)
• What Will We Be – Devendra Banhart & Jon Beasley, art directors (Devendra Banhart)
• Yonkers NY – Andrew Taray, art director (Chip Taylor)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set) – Rob Jones & Jack White III, art directors (The White Stripes)

• Light: On the South Side – Tom Lunt, Rob Sevier & Ken Shipley, art directors (Various Artists)
• Minotaur (Deluxe Edition) – Jeff Anderson & Vaughan Oliver, art directors (The Pixies)
• A Sideman’s Journey (Limited Collector’s Super Deluxe Box Set) – Daniel Reiss & Klaus Voormann, art directors (Voormann & Friends)
• Story Island – Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (Various Artists)

Best Album Notes

Keep an Eye on the Sky – Robert Gordon, album notes writer (Big Star)

• Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936–1937 – Gage Averill, album notes writer (Various Artists)
• Side Steps – Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (John Coltrane)
• There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909–1916 – Doug Seroff, album notes writer (Fisk University Jubilee Quartet)
• True Love Cast Out All Evil – Will Sheff, album notes writer (Roky Erickson With Okkervil River)

Best Historical Album

The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)

• Jeff Jones, compilation producer; Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, Guy Massey, Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (The Beatles)
• Alan Lomax In Haiti: Recordings For The Library Of Congress, 1936–1937
• Jeffrey A. Greenberg, David Katznelson & Anna Lomax Wood, compilation producers; Steve Rosenthal & Warren Russell-Smith, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
• The Complete Mother’s Best Recordings…Plus!
• Colin Escott, Mike Jason & Jett Williams, compilation producers; Joseph M. Palmaccio, mastering engineer (Hank Williams)
• Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings And More
• Andy McKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (Buddy Holly)
• Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965–1968
• Alec Palao, Cheryl Pawelski & Andrew Sandoval, compilation producers; Dan Hersch & Andrew Sandoval, mastering engineers (Various Artists)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Battle Studies

Michael H. Brauer, Joe Ferla, Chad Franscoviak & Manny Marroquin, engineers (John Mayer)

• Dirty Side Down

John Keane, engineer (Widespread Panic)

• Emotion & Commotion

Steve Lipson, engineer (Jeff Beck)

• God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise

Ryan Freeland, engineer (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs)

• Pink Elephant

Seth Presant & Leon F. Sylvers III, engineers (N’dambi)

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Danger Mouse

• Rob Cavallo
• Dr. Luke
• RedOne
• The Smeezingtons (Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

Revolver (David Guetta’s One Love Club Remix)

David Guetta, remixer (Madonna)

• Fantasy (Morgan Page Remix)

Morgan Page, remixer (Nadia Ali)

• Funk Nasty (Wolfgang Gartner Remix Edit)

Wolfgang Gartner, remixer (Andy Caldwell Featuring Gram’ma Funk)

• Orpheus (Quiet Carnival) (Funk Generation Mix)

Mike Rizzo, remixer (Sérgio Mendes)

• Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix)

Axel Hedfors & Dragan Roganovic, remixers (The Temper Trap)

Best Surround Sound Album

Britten’s Orchestra

Keith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering engineer; David Frost, surround producer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)

• The Incident

Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Steven Wilson, surround producer (Porcupine Tree)

• Parallax Eden

David Miles Huber, surround mix engineer; David Miles Huber, surround mastering engineer; David Miles Huber, surround producer (David Miles Huber)

• Songs And Stories (Monster Music Version)

Don Murray, surround mix engineer; Sangwook Nam & Doug Sax, surround mastering engineers; John Burk, Noel Lee & Marcus Miller, surround producers (George Benson)

• Trondheimsolistene – In Folk Style

Morten Lindberg, surround mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround mastering engineer; Morten Lindberg, surround producer (TrondheimSolistene)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina

Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka, engineers (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony Orchestra)

• Have You Ever Been…?

Robert Friedrich, engineer (Turtle Island Quartet, Stefon Harris & Mike Marshall)

• Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse

David Frost, Tom Lazarus, Steven Mackey & Dirk Sobotka, engineers (Gil Rose, Rinde Eckert, Catch Electric Guitar Quartet, Synergy Vocals & Boston Modern Orchestra Project)

• Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works

Leslie Ann Jones, Kory Kruckenberg & David Sabee, engineers (Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams)

• Vocabularies

Steve Miller, Allen Sides & Roger Treece, engineers (Bobby McFerrin)

Producer Of The Year, Classical

David Frost

• Blanton Alspaugh
• Tim Handley
• Marina A. Ledin, Victor Ledin
• James Mallinson

Best Classical Album

Verdi: Requiem – Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Christopher Alder, producer; David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers/mixers (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)

• Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 – Mariss Jansons, conductor; Everett Porter, producer; Everett Porter, mastering engineer (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)

• Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer; Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka, engineers/mixers (Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)

• Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse – Gil Rose, conductor; Rinde Eckert; Catch Electric Guitar Quartet; David Frost, producer; David Frost, Tom Lazarus, Steven Mackey & Dirk Sobotka, engineers/mixers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Synergy Vocals)

• Sacrificium – Giovanni Antonini, conductor; Cecilia Bartoli; Arend Prohmann, producer; Philip Siney, engineer/mixer (Il Giardino Armonico)

Best Orchestral Performance

Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; “Deus Ex Machina” – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony)

• Bruckner: “Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4” – Mariss Jansons, conductor (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)

• Mackey, Steven: “Dreamhouse” – Gil Rose, conductor; Rinde Eckert (Catch Electric Guitar Quartet; Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Synergy Vocals)

• Salieri: “Overtures & Stage Music” – Thomas Fey, conductor (Mannheimer Mozartorchester)

• Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Symphony in Three Movements; “Four Études” – Pierre Boulez, conductor (Roxana Constantinescu, Kyle Ketelsen & Nicholas Phan; Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording

Saariaho: “L’Amour de Loin”

Kent Nagano, conductor; Daniel Belcher, Ekaterina Lekhina & Marie-Ange Todorovitch; Martin Sauer, producer (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin)

• Berg: “Lulu”

Antonio Pappano, conductor; Agneta Eichenholz, Jennifer Larmore, Klaus Florian Vogt & Michael Volle; David Groves, producer (Orchestra of The Royal Opera House)

• Hasse: “Marc’ Antonio E Cleopatra”

Matthew Dirst, conductor; Jamie Barton & Ava Pine; Keith Weber, producer (Ars Lyrica Houston)

• Shchedrin: “The Enchanted Wanderer”

Valery Gergiev, conductor; Evgeny Akimov, Sergei Aleksashkin & Kristina Kapustinskaya; James Mallinson, producer (Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre; Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre)

• Sullivan: “Ivanhoe”

David Lloyd-Jones, conductor; Neal Davies, Geraldine McGreevy, James Rutherford, Toby Spence & Janice Watson; Brian Pidgeon, producer (BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Adrian Partington Singers)

Best Choral Performance

Verdi: “Requiem” – Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)

• Bach: “Cantatas” – Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor; Erwin Ortner, chorus master (Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, Christian Gerhaher, Werner Güra, Julia Kleiter, Christine Schäfer, Anton Scharinger & Kurt Streit; Concentus Musicau Wien; Arnold Schoenberg Chor)

• “Baltic Runes” – Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)

• Haydn: “The Creation” – René Jacobs, conductor; Hans-Christoph Rademann, choir director (Julia Kleiter, Maximilian Schmitt & Johannes Weisser; Freiburger Barockorchester; RIAS Kammerchor)

• Martin: “Golgotha” – Daniel Reuss, conductor (Judith Gauthier, Marianne Beate Kielland, Adrian Thompson, Mattijs Van De Woerd & Konstantin Wolff; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Cappella Amsterdam & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

Mozart: “Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24” – Mitsuko Uchida (TheCleveland Orchestra)

• Daugherty: “Deus Ex Machina” – Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Terrence Wilson (Nashville Symphony)

• Dorman, Avner: “Mandolin Concerto” – Andrew Cyr, conductor; Avi Avital (Metropolis Ensemble)

• Kletzki: “Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 22” – Thomas Sanderling, conductor; Joseph Banowetz (Russian Philharmonic Orchestra)

• Porter, Quincy: “Concerto for Viola & Orchestra” – John McLaughlin Williams, conductor; Eliesha Nelson (Northwest Sinfonia)

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

Messiaen: “Livre du Saint-Sacrement” – Paul Jacobs

• Chopin: “The Nocturnes” – Nelson Freire
• Hamelin: “Études” – Marc-André Hamelin
• Paganini: “24 Caprices” – Julia Fischer
• “20th Century Harp Sonatas” – Sarah Schuster Ericsson

Best Chamber Music Performance

Ligeti: “String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2” – Parker Quartet

• Beethoven: “Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano” – Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov

• Gnattali: “Solo & Chamber Works for Guitar – Marc Regnier” (Tacy Edwards, Natalia Khoma & Marco Sartor)

• Porter, Quincy: “Complete Viola Works” – Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams (Douglas Rioth; Northwest Sinfonia)

• Schoenberg: “String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4” – Fred Sherry String Quartet (Christopher Oldfather & Rolf Schulte)

Best Small Ensemble Performance

“Dinastia Borja” – Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya (Pascal Bertin, Daniele Carnovich, Lior Elmalich, Montserrat Figueras, Driss El Maloumi, Marc Mauillon, Lluís Vilamajó & Furio Zanasi; Pascal Bertin, Daniele Carnovich, Josep Piera & Francisco Rojas)

• “Ceremony and Devotion – Music for the Tudors” – Harry Christophers, conductor; The Sixteen

• “Trondheimsolistene – In Folk Style” – Øyvind Gimse & Geir Inge Lotsberg, conductors (Emilia Amper & Gjermund Larsen; TrondheimSolistene)

• “Victoria: Lamentations Of Jeremiah” – Peter Phillips, conductor; The Tallis Scholars

• Whitacre, Eric: “Choral Music” – Noel Edison, conductor; Elora Festival Singers (Carol Bauman & Leslie De’Ath)

Best Classical Vocal Performance

“Sacrificium” – Cecilia Bartoli (Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)

• “Ombre de Mon Amant – French Baroque Arias” – Anne Sofie Von Otter (William Christie; Les Arts Florissants)

• Turina: “Canto A Sevilla” – Lucia Duchonová (Celso Antunes; NDR Radiophilharmonie)

• Vivaldi: “Opera Arias – Pyrotechnics” – Vivica Genaux (Fabio Biondi; Europa Galante)

• Wagner: “Wesendonck-Lieder” – Measha Brueggergosman (Franz Welser-Möst; The Cleveland Orchestra)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

“Deus Ex Machina” – Michael Daugherty (Giancarlo Serrano)

• “Appassionatamente Plus” – Hans Werner Henze (Stefan Soltesz)
• “Graffiti” – Magnus Lindberg (Sakari Oramo)
• “Symphony No. 4” – Arvo Pärt (Esa-Pekka Salonen)
• “The Enchanted Wanderer” – Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (Valery Gergiev)

Best Classical Crossover Album

Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns – Lucas Richman, conductor (Sussan Deyhim, Lia, Kaori Omura, Dulce Pontes, Jia Ruhan, Aoi Tada & Frederica von Stade; Anonymous 4 & Soweto Gospel Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

• Meeting of the Spirits – Matt Haimovitz (Amaryllis Jarczyk, Jan Jarczyk, John McLaughlin, Dominic Painchaud, Leanna Rutt & Matt Wilson)

• Off the Map – The Silk Road Ensemble

• Roots – My Life, My Song – Jessye Norman (Ira Coleman, Steve Johns, Mike Lovatt, Mark Markham & Martin Williams)

• Vocabularies – Bobby McFerrin

Best Short Form Music Video

“Bad Romance” – Lady Gaga

• “Ain’t No Grave” – (Johnny Cash)
• “Love The Way You Lie” – Eminem & Rihanna
• “Stylo” – Gorillaz, Mos Def & Bobby Womack
• “Fuck You!” – Cee Lo Green

Best Long Form Music Video

When You’re Strange – The Doors

• No Distance Left to Run – Blur
• The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story – Arif Mardin
• Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage – Rush
• Under Great White Northern Lights – The White Stripes