General

Record of the Year

• "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse
  • Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, Mark Ronson, Dom Morley, Vaughan Merrick & Gabriel Roth, engineers/mixers
• "Irreplaceable" – Beyoncé
  • Beyoncé Knowles, Ne-Yo & Stargate, producers; Jim Caruana, Jason Goldstein & Geoff Rice, engineers/mixers
• "The Pretender" – Foo Fighters
  • Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers
• "Umbrella" – Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
  • Kuk Harrell & C. "Tricky" Stewart, producers; Kuk Harrell & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers
• "What Goes Around... Comes Around" – Justin Timberlake
  • Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, engineers/mixers

Album of the Year

• River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock
  • Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & Tina Turner, featured artists; Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers; Helik Hadar, engineer/mixer; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer
• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace – Foo Fighters
  • Gil Norton, producer; Adrian Bushby & Rich Costey, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner, mastering engineer
• These Days – Vince Gill
  • John Anderson, Guy Clarke, Rodney Crowell, Diana Krall, Amy Grant & The Del McCoury Band, featured artists; Vince Gill, John Hobbs & Justin Niebank, producers; Neal Cappellino & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Adam Ayan, mastering engineer
• Graduation – Kanye West
  • Dwele, Lil Wayne, Mos Def & T-Pain, featured artists; Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell, Eric Hudson, Brian "Allday" Miller, Nottz, Patrick "Plain Pat" Reynolds, Gee Roberson, Toomp & Kanye West, producers; Bruce Beuchner, Andrew Dawson, Mike Dean, Anthony Kilhoffer, Greg Koller, Manny Marroquin, Nottz Raw, Tony Rey, Seiji Sekine, Paul Sheehy & D. Sloan, engineers/mixers; Vlado Meller, mastering engineer
• Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
  • Mark Ronson & Salaamremi, producers; Tom Elmhirst, Mark Ronson, Matt Paul, Dom Morley, Vaughan Merrick, Gabriel Roth, Derek Pacuk, Gary Noble & Franklin Socorro, engineers/mixers; Stuart Hawkes, mastering engineer

Song of the Year

• "Rehab"
  • Amy Winehouse, songwriter (Amy Winehouse)
• "Before He Cheats"
  • Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
• "Hey There Delilah"
  • Tom Higgenson, songwriter (Plain White T's)
• "Like a Star"
  • Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)
• "Umbrella"
  • Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius "Dream" Nash, & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna featuring Jay-Z)

Best New Artist

• Amy Winehouse
• Feist
• Ledisi
• Paramore
• Taylor Swift

Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

• Icky Thump – The White Stripes
• Alright, Still – Lily Allen
• Neon Bible – Arcade Fire
• Volta – Björk
• Wincing the Night Away – The Shins

Blues

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas – Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr. & David Honeyboy Edwards
• Pinetop Perkins on the 88's: Live in Chicago – Pinetop Perkins
• Live...and in Concert from San Francisco – Otis Rush
• 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads – Kenny Wayne Shepherd featuring Various Artists
• Old School – Koko Taylor

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• The Road to Escondido – J. J. Cale & Eric Clapton
• Into the Blues – Joan Armatrading
• Is It News – Doyle Bramhall
• Truth – Robben Ford
• The Scene of the Crime – Bettye LaVette

Children's

Best Children's Music Album

• A Green and Red Christmas – The Muppets
• Chickens – Buck Howdy with BB
• Experience...101 – Sweet Honey in the Rock
• I Wanna Play – Bill Harley
• My Green Kite – Peter Himmelman
• The Velveteen Rabbit: Love Can Make You Real – Various Artists

Best Children's Spoken Word Album

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Jim Dale
• Making the Heart Whole Again: Stories for a Wounded World – Milbre Burch
• The One and Only Shrek – Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci
• Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake? – Toni Morrison
• Wickety Whack: Brer Rabbit Is Back – Diane Ferlatte

Classical

Best Classical Album

• Cherubini: Missa Solemnis in E
  • Riccardo Muti, conductor; Wilhelm Meister, producer (Ildar Abdrazakov, Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak; Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
• Grechaninov: Passion Week
  • Charles Bruffy, conductor; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)
• Homage: The Age of the Diva
  • Renée Fleming; David Frost, producer (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)
• Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; Dirk Sobotka, producer (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• Tower: Made In America
  • Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Tim Handley, producer (Nashville Symphony)

Best Orchestra Performance

• "Beethoven: Symphony No. 9"
  • Osmo Vänskä, conductor (Minnesota Orchestra)
• "Shostakovich: The Golden Age"
  • José Serebrier, conductor (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
• "Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps"
  • Esa–Pekka Salonen, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
• "Tower: Made in America"
  • Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Nashville Symphony)
• "Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Serenade to Music"
  • Robert Spano, conductor (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

Best Opera Recording

• "Albéniz: Pepita Jiménez"
  • José De Eusebio, conductor; Enrique Baquerizo, Carlos Chausson, Plácido Domingo, Jane Henschel & Carol Vaness; Michael Haas, producer (Orquesta Y Coro De La Comunidad De Madrid)
• "Donizetti: Dom Sébastien, Roi De Portugal"
  • Mark Elder, conductor; Carmelo Corrado Caruso, Giuseppe Filianoti, Vesselina Kasarova, Simon Keenlyside & Alastair Miles; Patric Schmid, producer (The Royal Opera Chorus; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
• "Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel"
  • Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor; Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel & Jennifer Larmore; Brian Couzens, producer (Sarah Coppen, Diana Montague & Sarah Tynan; New London Children's Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra)
• "Lully: Thésée"
  • Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Howard Crook, Ellen Hargis, Laura Pudwell & Harry Van Der Kamp; Renate Wolter–Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chorus; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
• "Verdi: La Traviata"
  • Zubin Mehta, conductor; Piotr Beczala, Paolo Gavanelli & Anja Harteros; Andreas Caemmerer & Felix Gargerle, producers (Choir Of The Bavarian State Opera; Bavarian State Orchestra)

Best Choral Performance

• "Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem"
  • Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Thomas Quasthoff & Dorothea Röschmann; Rundfunkchor Berlin; Berliner Philharmoniker)
• "Cherubini: Missa Solemnis in E"
  • Riccardo Muti, conductor; Peter Dijkstra, chorus master (Ildar Abdrazakov, Herbert Lippert, Marianna Pizzolato & Ruth Ziesak; Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks)
• "Grechaninov: Passion Week"
  • Charles Bruffy, conductor (Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)
• "Penderecki: Symphony No. 7 'Seven Gates Of Jerusalem'"
  • Antoni Wit, conductor; Henryk Wojnarowski, chorus master (Boris Carmeli, Ewa Marciniec, Aga Mikolaj, Wieslaw Ochman, Olga Pasichnyk & Romuald Tesarowicz; Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir; Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra)
• "Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder
  • Michael Gielen, conductor; Howard Arman & Michael Gläser, choir directors (Melanie Diener, Ralf Lukas, Yvonne Naef, Andreas Schmidt, Gerhard Siegel & Robert Dean Smith; Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig; SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg)

Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra)

• "Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos"
  • Bramwell Tovey, conductor; James Ehnes (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
• "Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4"
  • Christoph Eschenbach, conductor; Lang Lang (Orchestre De Paris)
• "Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos"
  • Simon Rattle, conductor; Sabine Meyer & Emmanuel Pahud (Berliner Philharmoniker)
• "Rózsa: Violin Concerto, Op. 24"
  • Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor; Anastasia Khitruk (Russian Philharmonic Orchestra)
• "Tchaikovsky/Saint-Saëns/Ginastera"
  • Ari Rasilainen, conductor; Sol Gabetta (Münchner Rundfunkorchester)

Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra)

• "Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 3" – Garrick Ohlsson
• "Haydn: Piano Sonatas" – Marc-André Hamelin
• "Louisiana: A Pianist's Journey" – Kenneth Boulton
• "Solo Piazzolla" – Manuel Barrueco
• "20th Century Piano Sonatas" – Allison Brewster Franzetti

Best Chamber Music Performance

• "On the Threshold of Hope" – Artists Of The Royal Conservatory Ensemble (Richard Margison, Joaquin Valdepeñas & Diane Werner)
• "Saint-Saëns/Poulenc/Devienne/Milhaud" – Oleg Maisenberg & Sabine Meyer
• "Strange Imaginary Animals" – Eighth Blackbird
• "Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence" – Ying Quartet (James Dunham & Paul Katz)
• "30 Songs of the Russian People" – Joseph Banowetz & Alton Chung Ming Chan

Best Small Ensemble Performance

• "Bach: Brandenburg Concertos" – Swiss Baroque Soloists
• "Bridges: Eddie Daniels Plays the Music of Frank Proto" – Frank Proto, conductor; Eddie Daniels; Ensemble Sans Frontière
• "Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde" – Kenneth Slowik, conductor; The Smithsonian Chamber Players & Santa Fe Pro Musica
• "Music for Compline" – Stile Antico
• "Stravinsky: Apollo, Concerto in D; Prokofiev: 20 Visions Fugitives" – Yuri Bashmet, conductor; Moscow Soloists

Best Classical Vocal Performance

• "Gitano: Zarzuela Arias"
  • Rolando Villazón (Plácido Domingo; Orquesta De La Comunidad De Madrid)
• "Homage: The Age of the Diva"
  • Renée Fleming (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)
• "Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs"
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (James Levine; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• "Russian Album"
  • Anna Netrebko (Valery Gergiev; Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre)
• "Sea Pictures, Op. 37"
  • Sarah Connolly (Simon Wright; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Contemporary Composition

• "Amargós: Northern Concerto"
  • Joan Albert Amargós (Lan Shui, conductor; Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR)
• "Chesky: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra"
  • David Chesky (Rossen Gergov, conductor; Symphony Orchestra Of Norrlands Opera)
• "Higdon: Zaka"
  • Jennifer Higdon (Eighth Blackbird)
• "Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs"
  • Peter Lieberson (James Levine, conductor; Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• "Made in America"
  • Joan Tower (Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Nashville Symphony Orchestra)

Best Classical Crossover Album

• The Jazz Album: Watch What Happens – Thomas Quasthoff
• A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane – Turtle Island String Quartet
• Spirit of the Season – Craig Jessop & Mack Wilberg, conductors (Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Orchestra At Temple Square)
• Whirled Chamber Music – Quartet San Francisco
• Wolfgang's Big Night Out – Brian Setzer (The Brian Setzer Orchestra)

Comedy

Best Comedy Album

• The Distant Future – Flight of the Conchords
• America's Mexican – George Lopez
• Dirty Girl – Lisa Lampanelli
• I Still Have a Pony – Steven Wright
• Songs Pointed & Pointless – Harry Shearer

Country

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

• "Simple Love" – Alison Krauss
• "Famous in a Small Town" – Miranda Lambert
• "Nothin' Better to Do" – LeAnn Rimes
• "Before He Cheats" – Carrie Underwood
• "Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love" – Trisha Yearwood

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

• "Long Trip Alone" – Dierks Bentley
• "A Woman's Love" – Alan Jackson
• "If You're Reading This" – Tim McGraw
• "Give It Away" – George Strait
• "Stupid Boy" – Keith Urban

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

• "Proud of the House We Built" – Brooks & Dunn
• "How Long" – Eagles
• "Moments" – Emerson Drive
• "Lucky Man" – Montgomery Gentry
• "Sweet Memories" – The Time Jumpers

Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

• "Days Aren't Long Enough" – Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
• "Because of You" – Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson
• "I Need You" – Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
• "Lost Highway" – Willie Nelson & Ray Price
• "Oh Love" – Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood

Best Country Instrumental Performance

• "Little Monk" – Russ Barenberg
• "Mucky the Duck" – The Greencards
• "Throttleneck" – Brad Paisley
• "Rawhide!" – Andy Statman
• "Fidoodlin" – The Time Jumpers

Best Country Song

• "Before He Cheats"
  • Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
• "Give It Away"
  • Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon & Jamey Johnson, songwriters (George Strait)
• "I Need You"
  • Tony Lane & David Lee, songwriters (Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill)
• "If You're Reading This"
  • Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren, songwriters (Tim McGraw)
• "Long Trip Alone"
  • Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley)

Best Country Album

• Long Trip Alone – Dierks Bentley
• These Days – Vince Gill
• Let It Go – Tim McGraw
• 5th Gear – Brad Paisley
• It Just Comes Natural – George Strait

Dance

Best Dance Recording

• "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows Interlude" – Justin Timberlake
  • Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, mixers
• "Do It Again" – The Chemical Brothers
  • Tom Rowlands & Ed Simons, producers
• "D.A.N.C.E." – Justice
  • Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay, producers; Gaspard Auge & Xavier de Rosnay, mixers
• "Love Today" – Mika
  • Jodi Marr, John Merchant, Mika & Greg Wells, producers; Greg Wells, mixer
• "Don't Stop the Music" – Rihanna
  • StarGate, producer; Phil Tan, mixer

Best Electronic/Dance Album

• We Are the Night – The Chemical Brothers
• † – Justice
• Sound of Silver – LCD Soundsystem
• We Are Pilots – Shiny Toy Guns
• Elements of Life – Tiësto

Folk

Best Traditional Folk Album

• Dirt Farmer – Levon Helm
• Try Me One More Time – David Bromberg
• Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John – Peter Case
• Banjo Talkin – Cathy Fink
• Charlie Louvin – Charlie Louvin

Best Contemporary Folk Album

• Washington Square Serenade – Steve Earle
• The Calling – Mary Chapin Carpenter
• My Name Is Buddy – Ry Cooder
• Children Running Through – Patty Griffin
• Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards – Tom Waits

Best Bluegrass Album

• The Bluegrass Diaries – Jim Lauderdale
• Cherryholmes II: Black and White – Cherryholmes
• Lefty's Old Guitar – J. D. Crowe and The New South
• Scenechronized – The Seldom Scene
• Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular – Tony Trischka

Best Native American Music Album

• Totemic Flute Chants – Johnny Whitehorse
• Oklahoma Style – Walter Ahhaitty & Friends
• Watch This Dancer! – Black Lodge
• The Ballad of Old Times – Davis Mitchell
• Reconnections – R. Carlos Nakai, Cliff Sarde, William Eaton & Randy Wood

Best Hawaiian Music Album

• Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar – Various Artists
• Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming of the Snow) – Keola Beamer
• Hawaiiana – Tia Carrere
• He'eia – Cyril Pahinui
• Hawaiian Blossom – Raiatea Helm

Gospel

Best Gospel Performance

• "Blessed & Highly Favored" – The Clark Sisters (tie)
• "Never Gonna Break My Faith" – Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige (Featuring The Harlem Boys Choir) (tie)
• "East to West" – Casting Crowns
• "With Long Life" – Israel And New Breed Featuring T-Bone
• "He Set My Life to Music" – CeCe Winans

Best Gospel Song

• "Blessed & Highly Favored"
  • Karen Clark Sheard, songwriter (The Clark Sisters)
• "East to West"
  • Mark Hall & Bernie Herms, songwriters (Casting Crowns)
• "Encourage Yourself"
  • Donald Lawrence, songwriter (Donald Lawrence & The Tri–City Singers)
• "Made to Love"
  • Cary Barlowe, Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore & Aaron Rice, songwriters (TobyMac)
• "Praise on the Inside"
  • James L. Moss, songwriter (J. Moss)

Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album

• Before the Daylight's Shot – Ashley Cleveland
• HIStory: Our Place In His Story – The Cross Movement
• Open Book – Da' T.R.U.T.H.
• The Reckoning – Pillar
• Comatose – Skillet

Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album

• A Deeper Level – Israel and New Breed
• The Altar and the Door – Casting Crowns
• True Beauty – Mandisa
• Stand – Michael W. Smith
• Portable Sounds – TobyMac

Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Album

• Salt of the Earth – Ricky Skaggs & The Whites
• Amazing Grace – Bill & Gloria Gaither and the Homecoming Friends
• Journey of Joy – Karen Peck & New River
• Everybody's Brother – Billy Joe Shaver
• Tell Someone – Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
• I'll Fly Away: Country Hymns & Songs of Faith – Various Artists

Best Traditional Gospel Album

• Live: One Last Time – The Clark Sisters
• The Grand Finale': Encourage Yourself – Donald Lawrence & The Tri–City Singers
• Life Changing – Smokie Norful
• Thirsty – Marvin Sapp
• Cherch – Bebe Winans

Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album

• Free to Worship – Fred Hammond
• Grateful – Coko
• V2 ...– J. Moss
• T57 – Trin-i-tee 5:7
• Alone But Not Alone – Marvin Winans

Jazz

Best Contemporary Jazz Album

• River: The Joni Letters – Herbie Hancock
• Party Hats – Will Bernard
• Downright Upright – Brian Bromberg
• Re–imagination – Eldar
• He Had a Hat – Jeff Lorber

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• Avant Gershwin – Patti Austin
• Red Earth: A Malian Journey – Dee Dee Bridgewater
• Music Maestro Please – Freddy Cole
• Nightmoves – Kurt Elling
• On the Other Side – Tierney Sutton

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo Performance

• "Anagram" – Michael Brecker
• "Levees" – Terence Blanchard
• "Both Sides Now– Herbie Hancock
• "Lullaby" – Hank Jones
• "1000 Kilometers" – Paul McCandless

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group

• Pilgrimage – Michael Brecker
• Live at the Village Vanguard – The Bill Charlap Trio
• Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola – Joe Lovano and Hank Jones
• Line by Line – John Patitucci
• Back East – Joshua Redman

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) – Terence Blanchard
• Eternal Licks & Grooves: Limited Edition – Bob Florence
• Hommage – The Bill Holman Band
• Sky Blue – Maria Schneider Orchestra
• With Love – Charles Tolliver Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Funk Tango – Paquito D'Rivera Quintet
• The Magician – Sammy Figueroa and his Latin Jazz Explosion
• Borrowed Time – Steve Khan
• Refugee – Hector Martignon
• Big Band Urban Folktales – Bobby Sanabria Big Band

Latin

Best Latin Pop Album

• Papito – Miguel Bosé
• 12 Segundos de Oscuridad – Jorge Drexler
• Navidades – Luis Miguel
• Dicen Que el Tiempo – Jennifer Peña
• El Tren de los Momentos – Alejandro Sanz

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

• No Hay Espacio – Black Guayaba
• Adelantando – Jarabe De Palo
• Amantes Sunt Amentes – Panda
• Kamikaze – Los Rabanes
• Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea – Zoé

Best Latin Urban Album

• E.S.L. – Akwid
• El Abayarde Contraataca – Tego Calderón
• Residente O Visitante – Calle 13
• El Cartel: The Big Boss – Daddy Yankee
• Vacaneria! – Fulanito

Best Tropical Latin Album

• Greetings From Havana – Cubanismo
• En Primera Plana – Issac Delgado
• Arroz con Habichuela – El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
• La Llave de mi Corazón – Juan Luis Guerra
• United We Swing – Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Best Mexican/Mexican–American Album

• 100% Mexicano – Pepe Aguilar
• El Indomable – Cristian Castro
• Para Siempre – Vicente Fernández
• Puro Dolor – Paquita la del Barrio
• Esta Tierra Es Tuya (This Land Is Your Land) – Sones De México Ensemble

Best Tejano Album

• Ram Herrera and the Outlaw Band 2007 – Ram Herrera and the Outlaw Band
• Before the Next Teardrop Falls – Little Joe & La Familia
• Corazon de Oro – David Marez
• 35th Anniversary – Ruben Ramos
• Vagar Libremente – Sunny Sauceda

Best Banda Album

• Te Va a Gustar – El Chapo
• Los Mejores Corridos – El Potro De Sinaloa
• Lobo Domesticado – Valentin Elizalde
• Conquistando Corazones – K-PAZ De La Sierra
• Entre Copas y Botellas – Lupillo Rivera

Musical Show

Best Musical Show Album

• Spring Awakening
  • Duncan Sheik, producer; Duncan Sheik, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast with Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele & Others)
• A Chorus Line
  • David Caddick, producer (Marvin Hamlisch, composer; Edward Kleban, lyricist) (2006 New Cast Recording with Various Artists)
• Company
  • Tommy Krasker, producer (Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist) (2006 Cast Recording with Raúl Esparza & Others)
• Grey Gardens
  • Steven Epstein, producer (Scott Frankel, composer; Michael Korie, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast with Christine Ebersole, Mary Louise Wilson & Others)
• West Side Story
  • Nick Patrick,^[3] producer (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (Vittorio Grigolo, Hayley Westenra, Connie Fisher & Others)

New Age

Best New Age Album

• Crestone – Paul Winter Consort
• Faces of the Sun – Peter Kater
• Sacred Journey of Ku–Kai, Volume 3 – Kitarō
• One Guitar – Ottmar Liebert
• Southwest – Eric Tingstad

Pop

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse
• "Candyman" – Christina Aguilera
• "1234" – Feist
• "Big Girls Don't Cry" – Fergie
• "Say It Right" – Nelly Furtado

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around" – Justin Timberlake
• "Everything" – Michael Bublé
• "Belief" – John Mayer
• "Dance Tonight" – Paul McCartney
• "Amazing" – Seal

Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals

• "Makes Me Wonder" – Maroon 5
• "(You Want to) Make a Memory" – Bon Jovi
• "Home" – Daughtry
• "Hey There Delilah" – Plain White T's
• "Window in the Skies" – U2

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals

• "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• "Steppin' Out" – Tony Bennett & Christina Aguilera
• "Beautiful Liar" – Beyoncé & Shakira
• "The Sweet Escape" – Gwen Stefani & Akon
• "Give It to Me" – Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake

Best Pop Instrumental Performance

• "One Week Last Summer" – Joni Mitchell
• "Off the Grid" – Beastie Boys
• "Paris Sunrise#7" – Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
• "Over the Rainbow" – Dave Koz
• "Simple Pleasures" – Spyro Gyra

Best Pop Instrumental Album

• The Mix-Up - Beastie Boys
• Italia – Chris Botti
• At the Movies – Dave Koz
• Good to Go-Go – Spyro Gyra
• Roundtrip – Kirk Whalum

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Bublé
• Cool Yule – Bette Midler
• Trav'lin' Light – Queen Latifah
• Live in Concert 2006 – Barbra Streisand
• James Taylor at Christmas – James Taylor

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
• Lost Highway – Bon Jovi
• The Reminder – Feist
• It Won't Be Soon Before Long – Maroon 5
• Memory Almost Full – Paul McCartney

R&B

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

• "No One" – Alicia Keys
• "Just Fine" – Mary J. Blige
• "When I See U" – Fantasia
• "If I Have My Way"– Chrisette Michele
• "Hate on Me"– Jill Scott

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

• "Future Baby Mama" – Prince
• "Woman" – Raheem DeVaughn
• "B.U.D.D.Y." – Musiq Soulchild
• "Because of You" – Ne-Yo
• "Please Don't Go" – Tank

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

• "Disrespectful" – Chaka Khan & Mary J. Blige
• "Same Girl" – R. Kelly & Usher
• "Hate That I Love You" – Rihanna & Ne-Yo
• "Baby"– Angie Stone & Betty Wright
• "Bartender" – T-Pain & Akon

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

• "In My Songs" – Gerald Levert
• "Walk a Mile In My Shoes" – Otis Clay
• "All Night Long" – Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
• "I Apologize" – Ann Nesby
• "I Am Your Man" – Ryan Shaw

Best Urban/Alternative Performance

• "Daydreamin'" – Lupe Fiasco & Jill Scott
• "Make a Baby" – Vikter Duplaix
• "That's the Way of the World" – Dwele
• "Fantasy" – Meshell Ndegeocello
• "Dream" – Alice Smith

Best R&B Song

• "No One"
  • songwriters; Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys)
• "Beautiful Flower"
  • songwriters; India.Arie & Joyce Simpson (India.Arie)
• "Hate That I Love You"
  • songwriters; M.S. Eriksen, T.E. Hermansen & Shaffer Smith (Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo)
• "Teachme"
  • songwriters; Ivan Barias, Adam W. Blackstone, Randall C. Bowland, Carvin Haggins, Johnnie Smith II & Corey Latif Williams (Musiq Soulchild)
• "When I See U"
  • songwriters; Louis Biancaniello, Waynne Nugent, Erika Nuri, Kevin Risto, Janet Sewel & Sam Watters (Fantasia)

Best R&B Album

• Funk This – Chaka Khan
• Lost & Found – Ledisi
• Luvanmusiq – Musiq Soulchild
• The Real Thing – Jill Scott
• Sex, Love & Pain – Tank

Best Contemporary R&B Album

• Because of You – Ne-Yo
• Konvicted – Akon
• Just Like You – Keyshia Cole
• Fantasia – Fantasia
• East Side Story – Emily King

Rap

Best Rap Solo Performance

• "Stronger" – Kanye West
• "The People" – Common
• "I Get Money" – 50 Cent
• "Show Me What You Got" – Jay-Z
• "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)" – T.I.

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

• "Southside" – Common featuring Kanye West
• "Make It Rain" – Fat Joe featuring Lil Wayne
• "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)" – UGK featuring OutKast
• "Party Like A Rockstar" – Shop Boyz
• "Better Than I've Ever Been" – Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

• "Umbrella" – Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
• "I Wanna Love You" – Akon featuring Snoop Dogg
• "Kiss Kiss" – Chris Brown & T-Pain
• "Let It Go" – Keyshia Cole featuring Missy Elliott & Lil' Kim
• "Good Life" – Kanye West featuring T-Pain

Best Rap Song

• "Good Life"
  • A. Davis, F. Najm & K. West, songwriters; (Kanye West & T-Pain)
• "Ayo Technology"
  • Nate (Danja) Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake, songwriters; (50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
• "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)"
  • Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.)
• "Can't Tell Me Nothing"
  • A. Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
• "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
  • Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell 'Em)

Best Rap Album

• Graduation – Kanye West
• Finding Forever – Common
• Kingdom Come – Jay-Z
• Hip Hop Is Dead – Nas
• T.I. vs. T.I.P. – T.I.

Reggae

Best Reggae Album

• Mind Control – Stephen Marley
• The Burning Spear Experience – Burning Spear
• The End of an American Dream – Lee "Scratch" Perry
• Anniversary – Sly & Robbie and the Taxi Gang
• Light Your Light – Toots & The Maytals

Rock

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

• "Radio Nowhere" – Bruce Springsteen
• "Timebomb" – Beck
• "Only Mama Knows" – Paul McCartney
• "Our Country" – John Mellencamp
• "Come On" – Lucinda Williams

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

• "Icky Thump" – The White Stripes
• "It's Not Over" – Daughtry
• "Working Class Hero" – Green Day
• "If Everyone Cared" – Nickelback
• "Instant Karma" – U2

Best Hard Rock Performance

• "The Pretender" – Foo Fighters
• "Sweet Sacrifice" – Evanescence
• "I Don't Wanna Stop" – Ozzy Osbourne
• "Sick, Sick, Sick" – Queens of the Stone Age
• "The Pot" – Tool

Best Metal Performance

• "Final Six" – Slayer
• "Nothing Left" – As I Lay Dying
• "Never Ending Hill" – King Diamond
• "Aesthetics of Hate" – Machine Head
• "Redemption" – Shadows Fall

Best Rock Instrumental Performance

• "Once Upon a Time in the West"– Bruce Springsteen
• "The Ecstasy of Gold" – Metallica
• "Malignant Narcissism" – Rush
• "Always with Me, Always with You" – Joe Satriani
• "The Attitude Song" – Steve Vai

Best Rock Song

• "Radio Nowhere"
  • songwriter; Bruce Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen)
• "Come On"
  • songwriter; Lucinda Williams (Lucinda Williams)
• "Icky Thump"
  • songwriter; Jack White (The White Stripes)
• "It's Not Over"
  • songwriters; Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett Young (Daughtry)
• "The Pretender"
  • songwriters; Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)

Best Rock Album

• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace – Foo Fighters
• Daughtry – Daughtry
• Revival – John Fogerty
• Magic – Bruce Springsteen
• Sky Blue Sky – Wilco

World Music

Best Traditional World Music Album

• African Spirit – Soweto Gospel Choir
• When the Soul Is Settled: Music of Iraq – Rahim Al Haj With Souhail Kaspa
• From Mali to America – Cheick Hamala Diabat & Bob Carlin
• Live at Couleur Café – Konono Nº1
• Singing for Life: Songs of Hope, Healing, and HIV/AIDS in Uganda – Various Artists

Best Contemporary World Music Album

• Djin Djin – Angelique Kidjo
• CéU – Céu
• Gil Luminoso – Gilberto Gil
• Momento – Bebel Gilberto
• An Ancient Muse – Loreena McKennitt

Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album

• Live! Worldwide – Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience
• Le Cowboy Creole – Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
• King Cake – Lisa Haley
• Live: Á La Blue Moon – Lost Bayou Ramblers
• Blues De Musicien – Pine Leaf Boys
• Racines – Racines
• The La Louisianne Sessions – Roddie Romero and the Hub City All–Stars

Best Polka Album

• Come Share the Wine – Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra
• Polka's Revenge – Brave Combo
• Bulletproof Polkas – John Gora & Gorale
• Polka Freak Out – Bubba Hernandez & Alex Meixner
• Dueling Polkas – Walter Ostanek and His Band & Brian Sklar and the Western Senators

Spoken Word

Best Spoken Word Album

• The Audacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream – Barack Obama
• Celebrations – Maya Angelou
• Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World – Bill Clinton
• Sunday Mornings in Plains: Bringing Peace to a Changing World – Jimmy Carter
• Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself – Alan Alda

Film, Television and Other Visual Media

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album

• Love – George Martin & Giles Martin (The Beatles)
• Across The Universe – Various Artists
• Dreamgirls – Various Artists
• Hairspray – Various Artists
• Once – Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

Best Score Soundtrack Album

• Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino
• Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla
• Blood Diamond – James Newton Howard
• The Departed – Howard Shore
• Happy Feet – John Powell
• Pan's Labyrinth – Javier Navarrete

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

• "Love You I Do" (from Dreamgirls)
  • Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
• "Falling Slowly" (from Once)
  • Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, songwriters (Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová)
• "Guaranteed" (from Into the Wild)
  • Eddie Vedder, songwriter (Eddie Vedder)
• "Song of the Heart" (From Happy Feet)
  • Prince Rogers Nelson, songwriter (Prince)
• "You Know My Name" (from Casino Royale)
  • David Arnold & Chris Cornell, songwriters (Chris Cornell)

Composing/Arranging

Best Instrumental Composition

• "Cerulean Skies"
  • Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider Orchestra)
• "Ash Wednesday"
  • Harry Connick Jr., composer (Harry Connick Jr.)
• "Deep Six"
  • Mark Walker, composer (Oregon)
• "I Knew Her"
  • Philip Glass, composer (Philip Glass)
• "Spectacle"
  • Béla Fleck, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck)

Best Instrumental Arrangement

• "In a Silent Way"
  • Vince Mendoza, arranger (Joe Zawinul)
• "Ash Wednesday"
  • Harry Connick Jr., arranger (Harry Connick Jr.)
• "Besame Mucho"
  • Steve Wiest, arranger (Maynard Ferguson)
• "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair"
  • Frank Macchia, arranger (Frank Macchia & The Prague Orchestra)
• "Yo Tannenbaum (From Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas)"
  • Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)

• "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die"
  • John Clayton, arranger (Queen Latifah)
• "Cry Me a River"
  • Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Ella Fitzgerald & Jorge Calandrelli)
• "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning"
  • Jay Ashby, Darmon Meader & Kim Nazarian, arrangers (New York Voices)
• "Overture/Gershwin Medley"
  • Michael Abene, arranger (Patti Austin)
• "Smile"
  • Pete McGuinness, arranger (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)

Package

Best Recording Package

• Cassadaga
  • Zack Nipper, art director (Bright Eyes)
• The Dio Years
  • Masaki Koike, art director (Black Sabbath)
• Friend & Foe
  • Craig Thompson, art director (Menomena)
• Secrets Keep You Sick
  • Don Clark, art director (The Fold)
• White Horse
  • Qing-Yang Xiao, art director (GTS)

Best Boxed/Special Limited Edition

• What It Is!: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (1967–1977)
  • Masaki Koike, art director (Various Artists)
• The Black Parade
  • Special Edition- Matt Taylor, Ellen Wakayama & Gerard Way, art directors (My Chemical Romance)
• A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
  • Limited Edition Collectible Deluxe Box- Alex Kirzhner, art director (Panic! At The Disco)
• Icky Thump
  • Limited Edition USB Flash Drive- Stan Chow, art director (The White Stripes)
• Venus Doom
  • Matt Taylor & Ville Valo, art directors (HIM)

Album Notes

Best Album Notes

• John Work III: Recording Black Culture
  • Bruce Nemerov (Various Artists)
• Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s
  • Patrick Feaster and David Giovannoni (Various Artists)
• Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions
  • Loren Schoenberg (Leon "Chu" Berry)
• Off the Record: The Complete 1923 Jazz Band Recordings
  • David Sager ("King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band)
• Ricky Jay Plays Poker
  • Ricky Jay (Various Artists)

Historical

Best Historical Album

• The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949
  • Nora Guthrie & Jorge Arévalo Mateus, compilation producers; Jamie Howarth, Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith & Dr. Kevin Short, mastering engineers (Woody Guthrie)
• Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s
  • David Giovannoni, Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (Various Artists)
• Forever Changing: The Golden Age of Elektra Records 1963-1973 (Deluxe Edition)
  • Stuart Batsford, Mick Houghton & Phil Smee, compilation producers; Dan Hersch & Bill Inglot, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
• Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970
  • Alec Palao, compilation producer; Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot & Dave Schultz, mastering engineers (Various Artists)
• People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938
  • Christopher King & Henry "Hank" Sapoznik, compilation producers; Christopher King & Robert Vosgien, mastering engineers (Various Artists)

Production, Non Classical

Best Engineered Album, Non Classical

• Beauty & Crime
  • Tchad Blake, Cameron Craig, Emery Dobyns & Jimmy Hogarth, engineers (Suzanne Vega)
• Destination Moon
  • Dave O'Donnell & Elliot Scheiner, engineers (Deborah Cox)
• Don't Mess With the Dragon
  • Robert Carranza, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes & KC Porter, engineers (Ozomatli)
• Floratone
  • Tucker Martine, engineer (Floratone)
• II
  • Jason Lehning, engineer (Viktor Krauss)

Producer of the Year, Non Classical

• Mark Ronson
  • "Back to Black" (Amy Winehouse) (T)
  • "Littlest Things" (Lily Allen) (T)
  • "Rehab" (Amy Winehouse) (T)
  • Version (Mark Ronson) (A)
  • "You Know I'm No Good" (Amy Winehouse) (T)
• Howard Benson
  • Daughtry (Daughtry) (A)
  • Devils & Angels (Mêlée) (A)
  • Direction (The Starting Line) (A)
  • Five Score and Seven Years Ago (Relient K) (A)
  • Stay Inside (Sound the Alarm) (A)
• Joe Chiccarelli
  • Mercy (Burden Brothers) (A)
  • The Narcotic Story (Oxbow) (A)
  • Nightmoves (Kurt Elling) (A)
  • Wincing the Night Away (The Shins) (A)
• Mike Elizondo
  • It Won't Be Soon Before Long (Maroon 5) (A)
  • Under the Blacklight (Rilo Kiley) (A)
• Timbaland
  • Come Around (M.I.A. featuring Timbaland) (T)
  • "Give It to Me" (Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake) (T)
  • Make Me Better (Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo) (S)
  • Timbaland Presents: Shock Value (Timbaland) (A)
  • "The Way I Are (Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & D.O.E.) (S)

Best Remixed Recording

• "Bring the Noise" (Benny Benassi Pump-Kin Remix)
  • Benny Benassi, remixer (Public Enemy)
• "Angelicus" (Andy Moor Full Length Mix)
  • Andy Moor, remixer (Delerium featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian)
• "Like a Child" (Carl Craig Remix)
  • Carl Craig, remixer (Junior Boys)
• "Proper Education" (Club Mix - Radio Edit)
  • Eric Prydz, remixer (Eric Prydz vs. Pink Floyd)
• "Sorry" (Dirty South Mix)
  • Dirty South, remixer (Kaskade)

Production, Surround Sound

Best Surround Sound Album

• Love
  • Paul Hicks, surround mix engineer; Tim Young, surround mastering engineer; George Martin & Giles Martin, surround producers (The Beatles)
• At War With the Mystics 5.1
  • The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround mix engineers; The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround mastering engineers; The Flaming Lips & Dave Fridmann, surround producers (The Flaming Lips)
• Fear of a Blank Planet
  • Steven Wilson, surround mix engineer; Darcy Proper, surround mastering engineer; Porcupine Tree, surround producers (Porcupine Tree)
• Grechaninov: Passion Week
  • John Newton, surround mix engineer; Jonathan Cooper, surround mastering engineer; Blanton Alspaugh, surround producer (Charles Bruffy, Kansas City Chorale & Phoenix Bach Choir)
• Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Serenade to Music
  • Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer (Robert Spano & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus)

Production, Classical

Best Engineered Album, Classical

• Garden of Dreams
  • Keith O. Johnson, engineer (Jerry Junkin & Dallas Wind Symphony)
• Grechaninov: Passion Week
  • John Newton, engineer (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)
• Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos
  • Arne Akselberg & Tobias Lehmann, engineers (Sabine Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud & Simon Rattle)
• Spirit of the Season
  • Bruce Leek, Fred Vogler & Trent Walker, engineers (Craig Jessop, Mack Wilberg & Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
• Strauss: Don Juan, Death and Transfiguration
  • Lawrence Rock, engineer (Lorin Maazel & New York Philharmonic)

Producer of the Year, Classical

• Blanton Alspaugh
  • Eternal Rest: Mäntyjärvi, Ticheli, Martin, Clausen (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)
  • Grechaninov: Passion Week (Charles Bruffy, Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale)
  • The Harrington String Quartet: Daniel McCarthy (The Harrington String Quartet)
  • Hartke: The Greater Good (Stewart Robertson & Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra)
  • Rider On The Plains: Cello Concertos By Virgil Thomson And Charles Fussell (Emmanuel Feldman)
• John Fraser
  • Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, Scherzos (Simon Trpceski)
  • Great Handel (Ian Bostridge)
  • Kate Royal (Kate Royal)
  • Krommer/Spohr: Clarinet Concertos (Julian Bliss, Sabine Meyer & Kenneth Sillito)
  • Schubert: Piano Sonata D958, Lieder, Fragments (Leif Ove Andsnes & Ian Bostridge)
• Marina A. Ledin
  • Balakirev And Russian Folksong (Joseph Banowetz)
  • Louisiana - A Pianist's Journey (Kenneth Boulton)
  • Piano Impromptus (Jungran Kim Khwarg)
  • 20th Century Piano Sonatas (Allison Brewster Franzetti)
• Judith Sherman
  • American Virtuosa: Tribute To Maud Powell (Rachel Barton Pine & Matthew Hagle)
  • From Barrelhouse To Broadway: The Musical Odyssey Of Joe Jordan (Rick Benjamin & The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra)
  • Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 '...Songs Are Sung' (Kronos Quartet)
  • Strange Imaginary Animals (Eighth Blackbird)
  • Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets, Souvenir De Florence (Ying Quartet)
• Robina G. Young
  • As Steals The Morn...Handel Arias & Scenes For Tenor (Mark Padmore, Andrew Manze & The English Concert)
  • Bach, CPE: Symphonies 1–4, Cello Concerto (Andrew Manze & The English Concert)
  • Brahms: Variations (Olga Kern)
  • Music For Compline (Stile Antico)
  • Stockhausen: Stimmung (Paul Hillier & Theatre Of Voices)

Music Video

Best Short Form Music Video

• "God's Gonna Cut You Down" – Johnny Cash
  • Tony Kaye, video director; Rachel Curl, video producer
• "1234" – Feist
  • Patrick Daughters, video director; Geoff McLean, video producer
• "Gone Daddy Gone" – Gnarls Barkley
  • Chris Milk, video director; Barbara Benson, video producer
• "D.A.N.C.E." – Justice
  • Jonas & François and So-Me, video directors and producers
• "Typical" – Mutemath
  • Israel Anthem, video director; Brandon Arolfo, video producer

Best Long Form Music Video

• The Confessions Tour – Madonna
  • Jonas Akerlund, video director; Sara Martin and David May, video producers
• Live and Loud at the Fillmore – Dierks Bentley
  • Russell Thomas, video director; James Whetherly, video producer
• Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22 – R. Kelly
  • R. Kelly, Jim Swaffield and Victor Mignatti, video directors; Ann Carli, video producer
• 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads – Kenny Wayne Shepherd and various artists
  • Noble Jones, video director; Kenny Wayne Shepherd, video producer
• Liberacion: Songs of the Cuban Underground – Various artists
  • Reuben Field, video director; Dean Bates, video producer