Best New Artist

• “King of Anything,” Sara Bareilles
• “Halo (Live),” Beyoncé
• “Chasing Pirates,” Norah Jones
• “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
• “Teenage Dream,” Katy Perry

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• “Haven’t Met You Yet,” Michael Bublé
• “This Is It,” Michael Jackson
• “Whataya Want From Me,” Adam Lambert
• “Just the Way You Are,” Bruno Mars
• “Half of My Heart,” John Mayer

• “Rocket,” Godfrapp
• “In for the Kill,” La Roux
• “Dance in the Dark,” Lady Gaga
• “Only Girl (In the World),” Rihanna
• “Dancing on My Own,” Robyn

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

• “Run Back to Your Side,” Eric Clapton
• “Crossroads,” John Mayer
• “Helter Skelter,” Paul McCartney
• “Silver Rider,” Robert Plant
• “Angry World,” Neil Young

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

• “Ready to Start,” Arcade Fire
• “I Put a Spell on You,” Jeff Beck and Joss Stone
• “Tighten Up,” The Black Keys
• “Radioactive,” Kings of Leon
• “Resistance,” Muse

Best Hard Rock Performance

• “A Looking in View,” Alice in Chains
• “Let Me Hear You Scream,” Ozzy Osbourne
• “Black Rain,” Soundgarden
• “Between the Lines,” Stone Temple Pilots
• “New Fans,” Them Crooked Vultures

Best Metal Performance

• “El Dorado,” Iron Maiden
• “Let the Guilt Go,” Korn
• “In your Words,” Lamb of God
• “Sudden Death,” Megadeath
• “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 and Tim Reynolds
• “The Deathless Horsie,” Dweezil Zappa

Best Rock Song

• “Angry World,” Neil Young
• “Little Lion Man,” Mumford & Sons
• “Radioactive,” Kings of Leon
• “Resistance,” Muse
• “Tighten Up,” The Black Keys

Best Rock Album

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

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

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• “Second Chance,” El DeBarge
• “Finding My Way Back,” Jaheim
• “Why Would You Stay,” Kem
• “We’re Still Friends,” Musiq Soulchild
• “There Goes My Baby,” Usher

• “Gone Already,” Faith Evans
• “Bittersweet,” Fantasia
• “Everything to Me,” Monica
• “Tired,” Kelly Price
• “Holding You Down (Going in Circles),” Jazmine Sullivan

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

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

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

• “When a Woman Loves,” R. Kelly
• “Hang on in There,” John Legend and The Roots
• “You’re So Amazing,” Calvin Richardson
• “In Between,” Ryan Shaw
• “Go” (Live), Betty Wright

Best Urban/Alternative R&B Performance

• “Little One,” Bilal
• “F–k You! (aka Forget You!),” Cee Lo Green
• “Orion,” Carolyn Malachi
• “Tightrope,” Janelle Monáe and Big Boi
• “Still,” Eric Roberson

Best R&B Song

• “Bittersweet,” Fantasia
• “Finding My Way Back,” Jaheim
• “Second Chance,” El DeBarge
• “Shine,” John Legend and The Roots
• “Why Would You Stay,” Kem

Best R&B Album
The Love & War Masterpiece, Raheem DeVaughn
Back to Me, Fantasia
Another Round, Jaheim
Wake Up!, John Legend and 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
• “Not Afraid,” Eminem
• “How Low,” Ludacris
• “I’m Back,” T.I.
• “Power,” Kanye West

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

• “Shutterbug,” Big Boi and Cutty
• “Fancy,” Drake, T.I. and Swizz Beatz
• “On to the Next One,” Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz
• “My Chick Bad,” Ludacris and Nicki Minaj
• “Lose My Mind,” Young Jeezy and Plies

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• “Nothin’ on You,” B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
• “Deuces,” Chris Brown featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall
• “Love the Way You Lie,” Eminem featuring Rihanna
• “Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
• “Wake Up! Everybody,” John Legend, the Roots, Melanie Fiona and Common

Best Rap Song

• “Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
• “Love the Way You Lie,” Eminem featuring Rihanna
• “Not Afraid,” Eminem
• “Nothin’ on You,” B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
• “On toe the Next One,” Jay-Z featuring Swizz Beatz

Best Rap Album

• The Adventures of Bobby Ray, B.o.B
• Thank Me Later, Drake
• Recovery, Eminem
• The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z
• How I Got Over, The Roots

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

• Jewel, “Satisfied”
• Miranda Lambert, “The House That Built Me”
• LeAnn Rimes, “Swingin'”
• Carrie Underwood,”Temporary Home”
• Gretchen Wilson, “I’d Love to Be Your Last”

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

• “Macon,” Jamey Johnson
• “Cryin’ for Me (Wayman’s Song),” Toby Keith
• “Turning Home,” David Nail
• “‘Til Summer Comes Around,” Keith Urban
• “Gettin’ You Home,” Chris Young

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals

• “Free,” Zac Brown Band
• “Elizabeth,” Dailey & Vincent
• “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
• “Little White Church,” Little Big Town
• “Where Rainbows Never Die,” The SteelDrivers

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

• “Bad Angel,” Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert and Jamey Johnson
• “Pride (In the Name of Love),” Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury and the Punch Brothers
• “As She’s Walking Away,” Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson
• “Hillbilly Bone,” Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins
• “I Run to You,” Marty Stuart and Connie Smith

Best Country Instrumental Performance

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

Best Country Song

• “The Breath You Take,” George Strait
• “Free,” Zac Brown Band
• “The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert
• “I’d Love to Be Your Last,” Gretchen Wilson
• “If I Die Young,” The Band Perry
• “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum

Best Country Album

• Up on That Ridge, Dierks Bentley
• You Get What You Give, Zac Brown Band
• The Guitar Song, Jamey Johnson
• Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
• Revolution, Miranda Lambert

Best New Age Album

• Ocean, Michael Brant DeMaria
• Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Vol. 4, Kitaro
• Dancing Into Silence, R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton and Will Clipman
• Miho: Journey to the Mountain, Paul Winter Consort
• 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

• “Solar,” Alan Broadbent
• “A Change Is Gonna Come,” Herbie Hancock
• “Body and Soul,” Keith Jarrett
• “Lonely Woman,” Hank Jones
• “Van Gogh,” Wynton Marsalis

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• Positootly!, John Beasley
• The New Song and Dance, Clayton Brothers
• Historicity, Vijay Iyer Trio
• Moody 4B, James Moody
• Providencia, Danilo Perez

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• 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 Octect
• 54, Metropole Orkest, John Scofield and Vince Mendoza
• Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard, Mingus Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Tango Grill, Pablo Aslan
• Second Chance, Hector Martignon
• Psychedelic Blues, Poncho Sanchez
• Chucho’s Steps, Chucho Valdés and the Afro-Cuban Messengers
• ¡Bien Bien!, Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

Best Gospel Performance

• “He Wants It All,” Forever Jones
• “You Hold My World,” Israel Houghton
• “Nobody Greater,” VaShawn Mitchell
• “He’s Just Been That Good,” Kirk Whalum and Lalah Hathaway
• “Grace,” BeBe and CeCe Winans

Best Gospel Song

• “Beautiful Things,” Gungor
• “Better Than a Hallelujah,” Amy Grant
• “It’s What I Do,” Kirk Whalum and Lalah Hathaway
• “Our God,” Chris Tomlin
• “Return to Sender,” Ricky Skaggs

Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album

• Church Music, David Crowder Band
• For Those Who Wait, Fireflight
• Beautiful Things, Gungor
• Rehab, Lecrae
• Hello Hurricane, Switchfoot

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

• Beauty Will Rise, Steven Curtis Chapman
• Love God, Love People, Israel Houghton
• Pieces of a Real Heart, Sanctus Real
• Mosaic, Ricky Skaggs
• Tonight, TobyMac

Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Album

• Times Like These, Austins Bridge
• The Reason, Diamond Rio
• Expecting Good Things, Jeff and Sheri Easter
• Journey On, Ty Herndon
• Live at Oak Tree: Karen Peck and New River, Karen Peck and New River

Best Traditional Gospel Album

• The Experience, Vanessa Bell Armstrong
• A City Called Heaven, Shirley Caesar
• Downtown Church, Patty Griffin
• Here I Am, Marvin Sapp
• All in One, Karen Clark Sheard

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

• Get Ready, Forever Jones
• Love Unstoppable, Fred Hammond
• Triumphant, VaShawn Mitchell
• Aaron Sledge, Aaron Sledge
• Still, BeBe and CeCe Winans

• Poquita Ropa, Ricardo Arjona
• Alex Cuba, Alex Cuba
• Boleto De Entrada, Kany Garcia
• Paraiso Express, Alejandro Sanz
• Otra Cosa, Julieta Venegas

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Sin Salsa No Hay Paraiso, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
• Asondeguerra, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
• Irrepetible, Gilberto Santa Rosa
• Viva La Tradición, Spanish Harlem Orchestra
• 100 Sones Cubanos, Various artists

Best Tejano Album

• Recuerdos, Little Joe and 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

• Indispensable, Angel Fresnillo
• Classic, Intocable
• Ni Hoy Ni Mañana, Gerardo Ortiz
• Desde La Cantina Volumen 1, Pesado
• Intensamente, Principez De La Music Norteña

Best Banda Album

• Ando Bien Pedo, Banda Los Recoditos
• Caricias Compradas…, Cuisillos
• Con La Fuerza Del Corrido, El Chapo
• Enamórate De Mí, El Güero Y Su Banda Centenario
• Todo Depende De Ti, La Arrolladora Banda El Limon

Best Americana Album

• The List, Rosanne Cash
• Tin Can Trust, Los Lobos
• Country Music, Willie Nelson
• Band of Joy, Robert Plant
• You Are Not Alone, Mavis Staples

Best Bluegrass Album

• Circles Around Me, Sam Bush
• Mountain Soul II, Patty Loveless
• Family Circle, The Del McCoury Band
• Legacy, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
• Reckless, The SteelDrivers

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

• Love Is Strange—En Vivo Con Tino, Jackson Browne and David Lindley
• The Age of Miracles, Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Somedays the Song Writes You, Guy Clark
• God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise, Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
• Dream Attic, Richard Thompson

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Giant, James Cotton
• Memphis Blues, Cyndi Lauper
• The Well, Charlie Musselwhite
• Joined at the Hip, Pinetop Perkins & Willie Big Eyes Smith
• Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites: Jimmie Vaughn

Best Contemporary Blues Album

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

• 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

• XI, Bear Creek
• Temptations: Cree Round Dance Songs, Northern Cree
• Woodnotes Wyld: Historic Flute Sounds From the Dr. Richard W. Payne Collection, Peter Phippen
• 2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit’s Dance

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 Isaacs
• Revelation, Lee “Scratch” Perry
• Made in Jamaica, Bob Sinclair 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

• Pure Sounds, Gyuto Monks of Tibet
• I Speak Fula, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
• Grace, Soweto Gospel Choir
• Ali and Toumani, Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté
• 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, Sergio Mendes
• Om Namo Narayanaya: Soul Call, Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon

Best Musical Album for Children

• Here Comes Science, They Might Be Giants
• Jungle Gym, Justin Roberts
• Sunny Days, Battersby Duo
• Tomorrow’s Children, Pete Seeger With the Rivertown Kids and Friends
• Weird Things Are Everywhere!, Judy Pancoast

Best Spoken Word Album for Children

• 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
• Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies, Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton
• Nanny McPhee Returns, Emma Thompson

• American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson
• The Bedwetter, Sarah Silverman
• The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook), Jon Stewart with Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, John Oliver and Sigourney Weaver
• 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

• Cho Dependent, Margaret Cho
• I Told You I Was Freaky, Flight of the Conchords
• Kathy Griffin Does the Bible Belt, Kathy Griffin
• Stark Raving Black, Lewis Black
• Weapons of Self Destruction, Robin Williams

Best Musical Show Album

• American Idiot (Featuring Green Day)
• Fela!
• A Little Night Music
• Promises, Promises
• Sondheim on Sondheim

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

• Crazy Heart
• Glee: The Music, Vol. 1
• Tremé
• True Blood, Vol. 2
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

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

• Alice in Wonderland
• Avatar
• Sherlock Holmes
• Toy Story 3
• Inception

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

• “Down in New Orleans,” Dr. John (The Princess and the Frog)
• “I See You,” Leona Lewis (Avatar)
• “Kiss Like Your Kiss,” Lucina Williams (True Blood)
• “This City,” Steve Earle (Tremé)
• “The Weary Kind,” Ryan Bingham (Crazy Heart)

Best Instrumental Composition

• “Aurora,” Patrick Williams
• “Battle Circle,” Gerald Clayton
• “Box of Cannoli,” Tim Hagans
• “Fourth Stream…La Banda,” Bill Cunliffe
• “The Path Among the Trees,” Billy Childs

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
• “Based on a Thousand True Stories,” Vince Mendoza
• “Don’t Explain,” Geoffrey Keezer
• “Imagine,” Herbie Hancock and Larry Klein

Best Recording Package

• Brothers, The Black Keys
• Eggs, Oh No Ono
• Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell
• What Will We Be, Devendra Banheart
• Yonkers NY, Chip Taylor

Best Boxed/Special Limited Edition Package

• Light: On the South Side, Various artists
• Minotaur (Deluxe Edition), The Pixies
• A Sideman’s Journey (Limited Collector’s Edition Super Deluxe Box Set), Voorman & Friends
• Story Island, Various artists
• Under Great White Northern Lights (Limited Edition Box Set), The White Stripes

Best Album Notes

• Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937, Various artists
• Keep an Eye on the Sky, Big Star
• Side Steps, John Coltrane
• There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916, Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
• True Love Cast Out All Evil, Roky Erickson with Okkervil River

Best Historial Album

• Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937, Various artists
• The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings), The Beatles
• The Complete Mothers’ Best Recordings…Plus!, Hank Williams
• Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings and More, Buddy Holly
• Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggest 1965-1968, Various artists

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

• Battles Studies, John Mayer
• Dirty Side Down, Widespread Panic
• Emotion & Commotion, Jeff Beck
• God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise, Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
• Pink Elephant, N’dambi

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical

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

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

• Fantasy (Morgan Page Remix), Nadia Ali
• Funk Nasty (Wolfgang Gartner Remix Edit), Andy Caldwell feat. Gram’ma Funk
• Orpheus (Quiet Carnival) (Funk Generation Mix), Sergio Mendes
• Revolver (David Guetta’s One Love Club Remix), Madonna 
• Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix), The Temper Trap

Best Surround Sound Album

• Britten’s Orchestra, Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony
• The Incident, Porcupine Tree
• Parallax Eden, David Miles Huber
• Songs and Stories (Monster Music Version), George Benson
• Trondheimsolistene, TrondheimSolistene

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony: Deus Ex Machina, Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• Have You Ever Been…?, Turtle Island Quartet, Stefon Harris & Mike Marshall
• Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse, Gil Rose, Rinde Eckert, Catch Electric Guitar Quartet, Synergy Vocals & Boston Modern Orchestra Project
• Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works, Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin Williams
• Vocabularies, Bobby McFerrin

Producer of the Year, Classical

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

Best Classical Album

• Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony: Deus Ex Machina, Terrence Wilson, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Synergy Vocals
• Sacrificium, Il Giardino Armonico
• Verdi: Requiem, Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus

Best Orchestra Performance

• “Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4,” Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• “Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony: Deus Ex Machina,” Terrence Wilson, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• “Mackey, Steven: Dreamhouse,” Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Synergy Vocals
• “Salieri: Overtures & Stage Music,” Mannheimer Mozartorchester
• “Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Symphony in Three Movements; Four Études,” Roxana Constantinescu, Kyle Ketelsen & Nicholas Phan; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Best Opera Recording

• “Berg: Lulu,” Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
• “Hasse: Marc’ Antonio E Cleopatra,” Ars Lyrica Houston
• “Shchedrin: The Enchanted Wanderer,” Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre; Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre
• “Sullivan: Ivanhoe,” BBC National Orchestra of Wales: Adrian Partington Singers
• “Saariaho: L’Amour De Loin,” Deutsches Symphonic-Orchester Berlin; Rundfunkchor Berlin)

• “Bach: Cantatas,” Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
• “Baltic Runes,” Paul Hillier, conductor
• “Haydn: The Creation,” René Jacobs, conductor
• “Martin: Golgotha,” Daniel Reuss, conductor
• “Verdi: Requiem,” Riccardo Muti, conductor

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra)

• “Daugherty: Deus Ex Machina,” Terrence Wilson
• “Dorman, Avner: Mandolin Concerto,” Avi Avital
• “Kletzki: Piano Concerto in D Minor, Op. 22,” Joseph Banowetz
• “Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24,” Mitsuko Uchida
• “Porter, Quincy: Concerto for Viola & Orchestra,” Eliesha Nelson

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra)

• “Chopin: The Nocturnes,” Nelson Freire
• “Hamelin: Études,” Marc-André Hamelin
• “Messiaen: Livre Du Saint-Sacrement,” Paul Jacobs
• “Paganini: 24 Caprices,” Julia Fischer
• “20th Century Harp Sonata,” Sarah Schuster Ericsson

Best Chamber Music Performance

• “Beethoven: Complete Sonata for Violin & Piano,” Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov
• “Gnattali: solo & Chamber Works for Guitar,” Marc Regnier
• “Ligeti: String of Quartets Nos. 1 & 2,” Parker Quartet
• “Porter, Quincy: Complete Viola Works,” Eliesha Nelson & John McLaughlin
• “Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4,” Fred Sherry String Quartet

Best Small Ensemble Performance

• “Ceremony and Devotion: Music for the Tudors,” Harry Christophers
• “Dinastia Borja,” Jordi Savall
• Trondheimsolistene—in Folk Style,” Øyvind Gimse & Geir Inge Lotsberg
• “Victoria: Lamentations of Jeremiah.” Peter Phillips
• “Whitacre, Eric: Choral Music,” Noel Edison

Best Classical Vocal Solo Performance

• “Ombre De Mon Amant—French Baroque Arias,” Anne Sofie Von Otter
• “Sacrificium,” Cecilia Bartoli
• “Turina: Canto A Sevilla,” Lucia Duchonová
• “Vivaldi: Opera Aria—Pyrotechnics,” Vivica Genaux
• “Wagner: Wesendonck—Lieder,” Measha Brueggergosman

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

• “Daughtery, MIchael: Deus Ex Machina,” Michael Daughtery
• “Henze, Hans Werner: Appassionatamente Plus,” Hans Werner Henze
• “Lindberg, Magnus: Graffiti,” Magnus Lindberg
• “Pärt, Arvo: Symphony No. 4,” Arvo Pärt
• “Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich: The Enchanted Wanderer,” Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin

Best Classical Crossover Album

• Meeting of the Spirits, Matt Haimovitz
• Off the Map, The Silk Road Ensemble
• Roots—My Life, My Song, Jessye Norman
• Tin, Christopher: Calling All Dawns, Lucas Richamn
• Vocabularies, Bobby McFerrin

Best Short Form Music Video

• “F–k You!,” Cee Lo Green
• “Bad Romance,” Lady Gaga
• “Ain’t No Grave/The Johnny Cash Project,” Johnny Cash
• “Love the Way You Lie (Explicit Version,” Eminem and Rihanna
• “Stylo,” Gorillaz, Mos Def and Bobby Womack

Best Long Form Music Video

• “No Distance Left to Run,” Blur
• “When You’re Strange,” The Doors
• “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