Best Female Country Vocal Performance: * Jewel Kilcher - "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 Pop Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals: * "Glee" cast - "Don't Stop Believin' " (Regionals Version) * Maroon 5 - "Misery" * Paramore - "The Only Exception" * Sade - "Babyfather" * Train - "Hey, Soul Sister" (Live)
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: * B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams - "Airplanes Part II" * Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare - "Imagine" * Elton John & Leon Russell - "If It Wasn't for Bad" * Lady GaGa & Beyonce Knowles - "Telephone" * Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg - "California Gurls"
Best Pop Vocal Album: * Justin Bieber - "My World 2.0" * Susan Boyle - "I Dreamed a Dream" * Lady GaGa - "The Fame Monster" * John Mayer - "Battle Studies" * Katy Perry - "Teenage Dream"
Best Country Song: * George Strait - "The Breath You Take" * Zac Brown Band - "Free" * Miranda Lambert - "The House That Built Me" * Gretchen Wilson - " I'd Love to be Your Last" * The Band Perry - " If I Die Young" * Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"
Best Country Album: * Dierks Bentley - "Up on the Ridge" * Zac Brown Band - "You Get What You Give" * Jamey Johnson - "The Guitar Song" * Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now" * Miranda Lambert - "Revolution"
Best Rock Song: * Neil Young - "Angry World" * Mumford & Sons - "Little Lion Man" * Kings of Leon - "Radioactive" * Muse - "Resistance" * The Black Keys - "Tighten Up"
Best Rock Album: * Jeff Beck - "Emotion & Commotion" * Muse - "The Resistance" * Pearl Jam - "Backspacer" * Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - "Mojo" * Neil Young - "Le Noise"
Best R&B Song: * Fantasia Barrino - "Bittersweet" * Jaheim - "Finding My Way Back" * El DeBarge - "Second Chance" * John Legend and The Roots - "Shine" * Kem - "Why Would You Stay"
Best R&B Album: * Raheem DeVaughn - "The Love & War Masterpeace" * Fantasia Barrino - "Back to Me" * Jaheim - "Another Round" * John Legend and The Roots - "Wake Up!" * Monica - "Still Standing"
Best Rap Song: * Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - " Empire State of Mind" * Eminem and Rihanna - "Love the Way You Lie" * Eminem - "Not Afraid" * B.o.B and Bruno Mars - "Nothin' on You" * Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz - "On to the Next One"
Best Rap Album: * B.o.B - "B.o.B Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray" * Drake - "Thank Me Later" * Eminem - "Recovery" * Jay-Z - "The Blueprint 3" * The Roots - "How I Got Over"