雷鬼类：
最佳雷鬼专辑(Best Reggae Album)：
《Rasta Got Soul》Buju Banton
《Brand New Me》Gregory Isaacs
《Awake》Julian Marley
《Mind Control — Acoustic》Stephen Marley
《Imperial Blaze》Sean Paul
世界音乐类：
最佳传统世界音乐专辑(Best Traditional World Music Album):
《Ancient Sounds》Rahim Alhaj And Amjad Ali Khan
《Double Play》Liz Carroll &John Doyle
《Douga Mansa》Mamadou Diabate
《La Guerra No》John Santos Y El Coro Folklórico Kindembo
《Drum Music Land》Ten Drum Art Percussion Group
最佳当代世界音乐专辑(Best Contemporary World Music Album):
《Welcome To Mali》Amadou &Mariam
《Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 — Africa Sessions》Béla Fleck
《Day By Day》Femi Kuti
《Seya》Oumou Sangare
《Across The Divide: A Tale Of Rhythm &Ancestry》Omar Sosa
少儿类:
最佳少儿专辑(Best Musical Album For Children)：
《American Heroes #3》Jonathan Sprout
《Banjo To Beatbox》Cathy &Marcy With Special Guest Christylez Bacon
《Family Time》Ziggy Marley
《Great Day》Milkshake
《Jumpin' &Jammin'》Greg &Steve
《Pete Seeger Tribute — Ageless Kids' Songs》Buck Howdy
最佳少儿朗诵专辑(Best Spoken Word Album For Children)：
《Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories &Songs》Buck Howdy
《Captain Nobody》Dean Pitchford
《Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales》Sharon Gelman, Michele McGonigle &Alfre Woodard, producers
《The Phantom Tollbooth》David Hyde Pierce
《Scat》Ed Asner
《Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There》Harlan Ellison
朗诵类：
最佳朗诵专辑(Best Spoken Word Album)：
《Always Looking Up》Michael J. Fox
《Jonathan Winters — A Very Special Time》Jonathan Winters (Music By Verne Langdon &Skip Edwards)
《The Lincoln-Douglas Debates》Richard Dreyfuss &David Strathairn
《The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)》Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh, Edward Herrmann &Others
《We Can Have Peace In The Holy Land》Jimmy Carter
《Wishful Drinking》Carrie Fisher
喜剧类：
最佳喜剧专辑(Best Comedy Album)：
《Back From The Dead》Spinal Tap
《A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!》Stephen Colbert
《Internet Leaks》"Weird Al" Yankovic
《My Weakness Is Strong》Patton Oswalt
《Suckin’ It For The Holidays》Kathy Griffin
《Tall, Dark &Chicano》George Lopez
音乐剧类：
最佳音乐剧专辑(Best Musical Show Album)：
《Ain't Misbehavin'》Robert Sher, producer (Various, composer; Various, lyricist) (30th Anniversary Cast Recording With Ruben Studdard, Frenchie Davis &Others)
《Hair》Noah Cornman, Kurt Deutsch, Joel Moss &Steve Norman, producers (Galt MacDermot, composer; James Rado &Gerome Ragni, lyricists) (New Broadway Cast With Sasha Allen, Gavin Creel &Others)
《9 To 5 The Musical》Frank Filipetti, producer; Dolly Parton, composer; Dolly Parton, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block, Megan Hilty &Others)
《Shrek The Musical》Peter Hylenski &Jeanine Tesori, producers; Jeanine Tesori, composer; David Lindsay-Abaire, lyricist (Original Broadway Cast With Brian d'Arcy James, Sutton Foster &Others)
《West Side Story》David Caddick &David Lai, producers (Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist) (New Broadway Cast with Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione &Others)
电影/电视/视觉媒体类：
最佳编辑类原声专辑(Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media):
《Cadillac Records》
《Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds》
《Slumdog Millionaire》
《True Blood》
《Twilight》
最佳配乐类原声专辑(Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media):
《The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button》 (Disc 1) Alexandre Desplat, 作曲家
《Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince》Nicholas Hooper, 作曲家
《Milk》Danny Elfman, 作曲家
《Star Trek》Michael Giacchino,作曲家
《Up》Michael Giacchino,作曲家
最佳电影、电视或其他视觉媒体作曲(Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media):
《The Climb》 Jessi Alexander &Jon Mabe,作曲人(Miley Cyrus)
《Decode》 Josh Farro, Hayley Williams &Taylor York,作曲人(Paramore)
《Jai Ho》Gulzar, A.R. Rahman &Tanvi Shah,作曲人(A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer &Vijay Prakash)
《Once In A Lifetime》 Ian Dench, James Dring, Amanda Ghost, Beyoncé Knowles, Scott McFarnon &Jody Street, 作曲人(Beyoncé)
《The Wrestler》Bruce Springsteen, 作曲人(Bruce Springsteen)
