Album of the year – Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
Record of the year – Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
Song of the year – Need You Now (Lady Antebellum, performers)
Best new artist – Esperanza Spalding
Best female pop vocal performance – Lady Gaga, Bad Romance
Best male pop vocal performance – Bruno Mars, Just the Way You Are
Best pop vocal album – Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster
Best traditional pop vocal album – Michael Buble, Crazy Love
Best electronic/dance album – La Roux, La Roux
Best solo rock vocal performance – Paul McCartney, Helter Skelter
Best hard rock performance – Them Crooked Vultures, New Fang
Best metal performance – Iron Maiden, El Dorado
Best rock song – Angry World (Neil Young)
Best rock album – Muse, The Resistance
Best alternative music album – The Black Keys, Brothers
Best female R&B vocal performance – Fantasia, Bittersweet
Best male R&B vocal performance – Usher, There Goes My Baby
Best urban/alternative performance – Cee Lo Green, F*** You
Best R&B song – Shine (John Legend and the Roots)
Best contemporary R&B album – Usher, Raymond v Raymond
Best rap solo performance – Eminem, Not Afraid
Best rap song – Empire State of Mind (Jay–Z and Alicia Keys, performers)
Best rap album– Eminem, Recovery
Best female country vocal performance – Miranda Lambert, The House That Built Me
Best male country vocal performance – Keith Urban, Til Summer Comes Around
Best country song – Need You Now (Lady Antebellum, performers)
Best country album– Lady Antebellum, Need You Now
Best contemporary jazz album – The Stanley Clarke Band, The Stanley Clarke Band
Best Americana album – Mavis Staples, You Are Not Alone
Best contemporary blues album – Buddy Guy, Living Proof
Best contemporary folk album – Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise
Best classical album: Verdi: Requiem (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)
