Record Of The Year: Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
Song Of The Year: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyonce
Best New Artist: Zak Brown Band
Album Of The Year: Fearless – Taylor Swift
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Halo – Beyonce
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Make It Mine – Jason Mraz
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Lucky – Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Throw Down Your Heart – Bela Fleck
Best Pop Instrumental Album: Potato Hole – Booker T. Jones
Best Pop Vocal Album: The E.N.D. – The Black Eyed Peas
Best Dance Recording: Poker Face – Lady Gaga
Best Electronic/Dance Album: The Fame – Lady Gaga
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden – Michael Buble
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: Working On A Dream – Bruce Springsteen
Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
Best Hard Rock Performance: War MAChine – AC DC
Best Metal Performance: Dissident Aggressor – Judas Priest
Best Rock Instrumental Performance: A Day In The Life – Jeff Beck
Best Rock Song: Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
Best Rock Album: 21st Century Breakdown – Green Day
Best Alternative Music Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – Phoenix
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyonce
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Pretty Wings – Maxwell
Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: Blame It – Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: At Last – Beyonce
Best Urban/Alternative Performance: Pearls – India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore
Best R&B Song: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) – Beyonce
Best R&B Album: Blacksummers’ Night – Maxwell
Best Contemporary R&B Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce – Beyonce
Best Rap Solo Performance: D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune) – Jay-Z
Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: Crack A Bottle – Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
Best Rap Song: Run This Town – Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
Best Rap Album: Relapse – Eminem
Best Female Country Vocal Performance: White Horse – Taylor Swift
Best Male Country Vocal Performance: Sweet Thing – Keith Urban
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: I Run To You – Lady Antebellum
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: I Told You So – Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
Best Country Instrumental Performance: Producer’s Medley – Steve Wariner
Best Country Song: White Horse – Taylor Swift
Best Country Album: Fearless – Taylor Swift
Best New Age Album: Prayer For Compassion – David Darling
Best Contemporary Jazz Album: 75 – Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman – Kurt Elling
Best Improvised Jazz Solo: Dancin’ 4 Chicken – Terence Blanchard
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group: Five Peace Band Live – Chick Corea & John MCLaughlin Five Peace Band
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Book One – New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin Jazz Album: Juntos Para Siempre – Bebo Valdes And Chucho Valdes
Best Gospel Performance: Wait On The Lord – Donnie MCClurkin Featuring Karen Clark Sheard
Best Gospel Song: God In Me – Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell & Warryn Campbell, songwriters (Mary Mary Featuring Kierra ‘KiKi’ Sheard)
Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album: Live Revelations – Third Day
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: The Power Of One – Israel Houghton
Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album: Jason Crabb – Jason Crabb
Best Traditional Gospel Album: Oh Happy Day – Various
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: Audience Of One – Heather Headley
Best Latin Pop Album: Sin Frenos – La Quinta Estacion
Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album: Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo – Calle 13
Best Tropical Latin Album: Ciclos – Luis Enrique
Best Regional Mexican Album: Necesito De Ti – Vicente Fernandez
Best Tejano Album: Borders Y Bailes – Los Texmaniacs
Best Norteno Album: Tu Noche Con… Los Tigres Del Norte – Los Tigres Del Norte
Best Banda Album: Tu Esclavo Y Amo – Lupillo Rivera
Best Americana Album: Electric Dirt – Levon Helm
Best Bluegrass Album: The Crow / New Songs For The Five-String Banjo – Steve Martin
Best Traditional Blues Album: A Stranger Here – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Already Free – The Derek Trucks Band
Best Traditional Folk Album: High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project – Loudon Wainwright III
Best Contemporary Folk Album: Townes – Steve Earle
Best Native American Music Album: Spirit Wind North – Bill Miller
Best Hawaiian Music Album: Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2 – Various
Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album: Lay Your Burden Down – Buckwheat Zydeco
Best Reggae Album: Mind Control: Acoustic – Stephen Marley
Best Traditional World Music Album: Douga Mansa – Mamadou Diabate
Best Contemporary World Music Album: Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 Africa Sessions – Bela Fleck
Best Musical Album For Children: Family Time – Ziggy Marley
Best Spoken Word Album For Children: Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs – Buck Howdy
Best Spoken Word Album: Always Looking Up – Michael J. Fox
Best Comedy Album: A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! – Stephen Colbert
Best Musical Show Album: West Side Story – David Caddick & David Lai, producers (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast with Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione & Others)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Slumdog Millionaire – Various Artists
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Up – Michael Giacchino
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire) – Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters
Best Instrumental Composition: Married Life (From Up) – Michael Giacchino
Best Instrumental Arrangement: West Side Story Medley – Bill Cunliffe, arranger (Resonance Big Band)
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): Quiet Nights – Claus Ogerman, arranger (Diana Krall)
Best Recording Package: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today – Stefan Sagmeister, art director (David Byrne & Brian Eno)
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package: Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972) – Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Neil Young)
Best Album Notes: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) – Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer (Louis Armstrong)
Best Historical Album: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) – Andy MCKaie, compilation producer; Erick Labson, mastering engineer (Little Walter)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Ellipse – Imogen Heap, engineer (Imogen Heap)
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical: Brendan O’Brien
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: When Love Takes Over (Electro Extended Remix) – David Guetta, remixer (David Guetta Featuring Kelly Rowland)
Best Surround Sound Album: Transmigration – Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Elaine Martone, surround producer (Robert Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 – Peter Laenger, engineer (Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony)
Producer Of The Year, Classical: Steven Epstein
Best Classical Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan MCMane, choir directors; Andreas Neubronner, producer; Peter Laenger, engineer/mixer; Andreas Neubronner, mastering engineer (Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Katarina Karneus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef, Elza van den Heever & Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Girls Chorus & San Francisco Symphony Chorus)
Best Orchestral Performance: Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe – James Levine, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus)
Best Opera Recording: Britten: Billy Budd – Daniel Harding, conductor; Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Nathan Gunn, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose & Gidon Saks; John Fraser, producer (London Symphony Orchestra; Gentlemen Of The London Symphony Chorus)
Best Choral Performance: Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan MCMane, choir directors (Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Elza van den Heever, Katarina Karneus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef & Erin Wall; San Francisco Symphony; Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Symphony Chorus & San Francisco Girls Chorus)
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra): Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Evgeny Kissin (Philharmonia Orchestra)
Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra): Journey To The New World – Sharon Isbin (Joan Baez & Mark O’Connor)
Best Chamber Music Performance: Intimate Letters – Emerson String Quartet
Best Small Ensemble Performance: Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion – Paul Hillier, conductor; Ars Nova Copenhagen & Theatre Of Voices
Best Classical Vocal Performance: Verismo Arias – Renee Fleming (Marco Armiliato; Jonas Kaufmann; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppi Verdi; Coro Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppi Verdi)
Best Classical Contemporary Composition: Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto – Jennifer Higdon
Best Classical Crossover Album: Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace -Yo-Yo Ma
Best Short Form Music Video: Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas
Best Long Form Music Video: The Beatles Love: All Together Now – Various
Lifetime Achievement Award: Leonard Cohen
Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Jackson
Lifetime Achievement Award: Loretta Lynn
Lifetime Achievement Award: Bobby Darin
Lifetime Achievement Award: Clark Terry
Lifetime Achievement Award: David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards
Lifetime Achievement Award: Andre Previn
Trustees Award: Walter C. Miller
Trustees Award: Florence Greenberg
Trustees Award: Harold Bradley
Presidents Merit Award: Doug Morris
Presidents Merit Award: Placido Domingo
Presidents Merit Award: Ken Ehrlich
MusiCares Person of the Year: Neil Young

























