Best R&B Album
F.A.M.E. - Chris Brown
[Jive Records]
Second Chance - El DeBarge
[Geffen]
Love Letter - R. Kelly
[Jive Records]
Pieces Of Me - Ledisi
[Verve Forecast]
Kelly - Kelly Price
[My Block/Sang Girl/Malaco]

Best Rap Performance
Look At Me Now - Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
Track from: F.A.M.E.
[Jive Records]
Otis - Jay-Z & Kanye West
Track from: Watch The Throne
[Roc-A-Fella Records/Def Jam]
The Show Goes On - Lupe Fiasco
Track from: Lasers
[1st & 15th/Atlantic]
Moment 4 Life - Nicki Minaj & Drake
Track from: Pink Friday
[Cash Money/Universal Motown]
Black And Yellow - Wiz Khalifa
Track from: Rolling Papers
[Rostrum/Atlantic]

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Party - Beyoncé & André 3000
Track from: 4
[Columbia Records]
I'm On One - DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne
Track from: We The Best Forever
[Cash Money/Universal Motown]
I Need A Doctor - Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey
[Aftermath]
What's My Name? - Rihanna & Drake
Track from: Loud
[Def Jam]
Motivation - Kelly Rowland & Lil Wayne
Track from: Here I am
[Universal Motown]
All Of The Lights - Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
[Def Jam]

Best Rap Song
All Of The Lights - Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
[Roc-A Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]
Black And Yellow - Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa)
Track from: Rolling Papers
[Rostrum/Atlantic; Publishers: PGH Sound/WB Music/EMI Music]
I Need A Doctor - Andre Young, Marshall Mathers III, Alexander Grant & Skylar Grey, songwriters (Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey)
[Aftermath]
Look At Me Now - Jean Baptiste, Chris Brown, Ryan Buendia, Trevor Smith, Dwayne Carter, Jr. & Wesley Pentz, songwriters (Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)
Track from: F.A.M.E.
[Jive Records; Publishers: Songs of Universal/Culture Beyond Ur Experience, I Like Turtles Music/Downtown Music, Cherry315 Publishing/The Bad Bad Guys, Meloist Music, Mack Music/Young Money Publishing/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, T'Ziah's Music]
Otis - Shawn Carter & Kanye West, songwriters (James Brown, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Roy Hammond, J. Roach, Kirk Robinson & Harry Woods, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
Track from: Watch The Throne
[Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam; Publishers: Hip Hop Since 1978, EMI Robbins, BMG Gold/Hot Buttermilk Music/BMG Platinum/First Priority/Swing Beat Songs, Universal Music, Dynatone Publishing]
The Show Goes On - Dustin William Brower, Jonathon Keith Brown, Daniel Johnson, Kane & Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, songwriters (Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci & Eric Judy, songwriters) (Lupe Fiasco)
Track from: Lasers
[1st & 15th/Atlantic; Publishers: Hey Lu Chill, Heavy As Heaven/Universal/Artist Pub. Group West, Dustin William Brown Pub. Designee, Jonathan K. Brown Pub. Designee, Sony/ATV, Best Dressed Chicken In Town, Tschudi Music, Ugly Casanova]

Best Rap Album
Watch The Throne - Jay-Z & Kanye West
[Def Jam]
Tha Carter IV - Lil Wayne
[Cash Money/Young Money/Universal Republic]
Lasers - Lupe Fiasco
[1st & 15th/Atlantic]
Pink Friday - Nicki Minaj
[Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown]
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
[Def Jam]

Best Country Solo Performance
Dirt Road Anthem - Jason Aldean
[Broken Bow Records]
I'm Gonna Love You Through It - Martina McBride
[Republic Nashville]
Honey Bee - Blake Shelton
Track from: Red River Blue
[Warner Bros. Records]
Mean - Taylor Swift
Track from: Speak Now
[Big Machine Records]
Mama's Song - Carrie Underwood
Track from: Play On
[Arista Nashville]

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean With Kelly Clarkson
[Broken Bow Records]
You And Tequila - Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter
[BNA Records]
Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
Track from: Barton Hollow
[Sensibility Music LLC]
Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not - Thompson Square
Track from: Thompson Square
[Stoney Creek Records]

Best Country Song
Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not - Jim Collins & David Lee Murphy, songwriters (Thompson Square)
Track from: Thompson Square
[Stoney Creek Records; Publishers: Sexy Tractor Music/Hope-N-Cal Music, Old Desperados/N2D Publishing]
God Gave Me You - Dave Barnes, songwriter (Blake Shelton)
[Warner Bros.; Publisher: No Gang Music]
Just Fishin' - Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell & Ed Hill, songwriters (Trace Adkins)
[Show Dog-Universal Music; Publishers: Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music/Six Ring Circus Songs; Sony/ATV Tree Publishing; Five Hills Music]
Mean - Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
Track from: Speak Now
[Big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music]
Threaten Me With Heaven - Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Will Owsley & Dillon O’Brian, songwriters (Vince Gill)
[MCA Nashville]
You And Tequila - Matraca Berg & Deana Carter, songwriters (Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter)
[BNA Records]

Best Country Album
My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
[Broken Bow Records]
Chief - Eric Church
[EMI Records Nashville]
Own The Night - Lady Antebellum
[Capitol Records Nashville]
Red River Blue - Blake Shelton
[Warner Bros. Records]
Here For A Good Time - George Strait
[MCA Nashville]
Speak Now - Taylor Swift
[Big Machine Records]

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1 - (Various Artists)
[Elektra]
Burlesque - Christina Aguilera
[RCA Records]
Glee: The Music, Volume 4 - (Glee Cast)
[Columbia Records]
Tangled - (Various Artists)
[Walt Disney Records]
True Blood: Volume 3 - (Various Artists)
[WaterTower Music]

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Black Swan - Clint Mansell, composer
[Sony Classical/Fox Music]
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Alexandre Desplat, composer
[WaterTower Music]
The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat, composer
[Decca]
The Shrine - Ryan Shore, composer
[Screamworks]
Tron Legacy - Daft Punk, composers
[Walt Disney Records]

Best Song Written For Visual Media
Born To Be Somebody (From Never Say Never) - Diane Warren, songwriter (Justin Bieber)
Track from: Never Say Never The Remixes
[Island/Raymond Braun/School Boy]
Christmastime Is Killing Us (From Family Guy) - Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith, songwriters (Danny Smith, Ron Jones & Seth MacFarlane)
[Fox Music]
I See The Light (From Tangled) - Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi)
Track from: Tangled
[Walt Disney Records; Publishers: Wonderland Music/Walt Disney Music]
So Long (From Winnie The Pooh) - Zooey Deschanel, songwriter (Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward)
Track from: Winnie The Pooh
[Walt Disney Records; Publisher: Walt Disney Music]
Where The River Goes (From Footloose) - Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Drew Pearson & Anne Preven, songwriters (Zac Brown)
Track from: Footloose
[Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville; Publishers: Weimerhound Publishing,Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, CYP Two Publishing, Lil Dub Music/Angelika Music]
You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me (From Burlesque) - Diane Warren, songwriter (Cher)
Track from: Burlesque

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Danger Mouse
- Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi Present Rome (Gilda Buttá, Luciano Ciccaglioni, Gegé Munari, Dario Rosciglione, Antonello Vannucchi et al) (A)
- Meyrin Fields EP (Broken Bells) (S)
Paul Epworth
- Call It What You Want (Foster The People) (T)
- I Would Do Anything For You (Foster The People) (T)
- I'll Be Waiting (Adele) (T)
- Life On The Nickel (Foster The People) (T)
- No One's Gonna Love You (Cee-Lo Green) (S)
- Rolling In The Deep (Adele) (T)
The Smeezingtons
- Doo-Wops & Hooligans (Bruno Mars) (A)
- If I Was You (OMG) (Far East Movement Featuring Snoop Dogg) (T)
- Lighters (Bad Meets Evil Featuring Bruno Mars) (T)
- Mirror (Lil Wayne Featuring Bruno Mars) (T)
- Rocketeer (Far East Movement Featuring Ryan Tedder of One Republic) (T)
Ryan Tedder
- Brighter Than The Sun (Colbie Caillat) (T)
- Favorite Song (Colbie Caillat Featuring Common) (T)
- I Remember Me (Jennifer Hudson) (T)
- I Was Here (Beyoncé) (T)
- Not Over You (Gavin DeGraw) (S)
- #1Nite (One Night) (Cobra Starship) (S)
- Rumour Has It (Adele) (T)
- Sweeter (Gavin DeGraw) (T)
- Who's That Boy (Demi Lovato Featuring Dev) (T)
Butch Vig
- Wasting Light (Foo Fighters) (A)

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Cinema (Skrillex Remix) - Sonny Moore, remixer (Benny Benassi)
Track from: Electroman
[Ultra Records]
Collide (Afrojack Remix) - Afrojack, remixer (Leona Lewis)
[RCA/Syco Music]
End Of Line (Photek Remix) - Photek, remixer (Daft Punk)
Track from: Tron: Legacy Reconfigured
[Walt Disney Records]
Only Girl (In The World) (Rosabel Club Mix) - Abel Aguilera & Ralphi Rosario, remixers (Rihanna)
[Island Def Jam]
Rope (Deadmau5 Mix) - Deadmau5, remixer (Foo Fighters)
Track from: Wasting Light: Delux