R&B Song: „Shine,” John Legend & The Roots
R&B Album: „Wake up!” John Legend & The Roots
Rap Solo Performance: „Not Afraid,” Eminem
Rap Song: „Empire State of Mind,” Jay-Z and Alicia Keys
Rap Album: „Recovery,” Eminem
Female Country Vocal Performance: „The House That Built Me,” Miranda Lambert
Male Country Vocal Performance: „’Til Summer Comes Around,” Keith Urban
Country Performance by a Duo or Group: „Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
Country Album: „Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
Latin Pop Album: „Paraiso Express,” Alejandro Sanz
Contemporary Jazz Album: „The Stanley Clarke Band,” The Stanley Clarke Band
Classical Album: „Verdi: Requiem,” Riccardo Muti, conductor
Traditional Gospel Album: „Downtown Church,” Patty Griffin
Dance Recording: „Only Girl (In The World),” Rihanna
Electronic Dance Album: „La Roux,” La Roux
Alternative Music Album: „Brothers,” The Black Keys
Spoken Word Album: „The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook),” Jon Stewart
Best Surround Sound Album
Britten’s Orchestra
Keith O. Johnson, surround mix engineer; Keith O. Johnson, surround mastering
engineer; David Frost, surround producer (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
[Reference Recordings]
Best Classical Album
Verdi: Requiem
Riccardo Muti, conductor; Duain Wolfe, chorus master; Christopher Alder,
producer; David Frost, Tom Lazarus & Christopher Willis, engineers/mixers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Ildar Abdrazakov, Olga Borodina, Barbara Frittoli & Mario Zeffiri; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus)
[CSO Resound]
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina
Mark Donahue, John Hill & Dirk Sobotka, engineers (Giancarlo Guerrero &
Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
[Naxos]
Best Orchestral Performance
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony; Deus Ex Machina
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Terrence Wilson; Nashville Symphony)
[Naxos]
Best Small Ensemble Performance
Dinastia Borja
Jordi Savall, conductor; Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial De Catalunya (Pascal
Bertin, Daniele Carnovich, Lior Elmalich, Montserrat Figueras, Driss El Maloumi, Marc Mauillon, Lluís Vilamajó & Furio Zanasi; Pascal Bertin, Daniele Carnovich, Josep Piera & Francisco Rojas)
[Alia Vox]
Best Classical Vocal Performance
Sacrificium
Cecilia Bartoli (Giovanni Antonini; Il Giardino Armonico)
[Decca]
Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Daugherty, Michael: Deus Ex Machina
Michael Daugherty (Giancarlo Guerrero)
Track from: Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony
[Naxos]