Best pop vocal album
- Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – WINNER
- Beyoncé – The Lion King: The Gift
- Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next
- Ed Sheeran – No. 6 Collaborations Project
- Taylor Swift – Lover
Best dance/electronic album
- The Chemical Brothers – No Geography — WINNER
- Apparat – LP5
- Flume – Hi This Is Flume (Mixtape)
- RÜFÜS DU SOL – Solace
- Tycho – Weather
Best rock performance
- Karen O & Danger Mouse – Woman
- Rival Sons – Too Bad
- Gary Clark Jr – This Land – WINNER
- Bones UK – Pretty Waste
- Brittany Howard – History Repeats
Best rock song
- Tool – Fear Inoculum
- Gary Clark Jr – This Land – WINNER
- The 1975 – Give Yourself A Try
- Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hall
- Brittany Howard – History Repeats
Best metal performance
- Tool – 7empest – WINNER
- The Great Octopus – Candlemass featuring Tony Iommi – Astorolus
- Death Angel – Astorolus
- I Prevail – Bow Down
- Killswitch Engage – Unleashed
Best rock album
- Cage The Elephant – Social Cues – WINNER
- Bring Me The Horizon – Amo
- The Cranberries – In The End
- I Prevail – Trauma
- Rival Sons – Feral Roots
Best alternative music album
- Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride – WINNER
- Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
- James Blake – Assume Form
- Bon Iver – I,I
- Thom Yorke – Anima
Best R&B performance
- Anderson .Paak featuring André 3000 – Come Home – WINNER
- Daniel Caesar & Brandy – Love Again
- H.E.R. featuring Bryson Tiller – Could’ve Been
- Lizzo featuring Gucci Mane – Exactly How I Feel
- Lucky Daye – Roll Some Mo
Best traditional R&B album
- Lizzo – Jerome – WINNER
- BJ The Chicago Kid – Time Today
- India.Arie – Steady Love
- Lucky Daye – Real Games
- PJ Morton featuring Jazmine Sullivan – Built for Love
Best urban contemporary album
- Lizzo – Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — WINNER
- Steve Lacy – Apollo XXI
- Georgia Anne Muldrow – Overload
- NAO – Saturn
- Jessie Reyez – Being Human In Public
Best R&B album
- Anderson .Paak – Ventura – WINNER
- BJ The Chicago Kid – 1123
- Lucky Daye – Painted
- Ella Mai – Ella Mai
- PJ Morton – Paul
Best rap performance
- Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy – Racks In The Middle – WINNER
- J. Cole – Middle Child
- DaBaby – Suge
- Dreamville featuring J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, EARTHGANG & Young Nudy – Down Bad
- Offset featuring Cardi B – Clout
Best rap song
- 21 Savage featuring J. Cole – A Lot – WINNER
- YBN Cordae featuring Chance The Rapper – Bad Idea
- Rick Ross featuring Drake – Gold Roses
- Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy – Racks In The Middle
- DaBaby – Suge
Best country solo performance
- Willie Nelson – Ride Me Back Home – WINNER
- Tyler Childers – All Your’n
- Ashley McBryde – Girl Goin’ Nowhere
- Blake Shelton – God’s Country
- Tanya Tucker – Bring My Flowers Now
Best country song
- Tanya Tucker – Bring My Flowers Now – WINNER
- Ashley McBryde – Girl Goin’ Nowhere
- Miranda Lambert – It All Comes Out In The Wash
- Eric Church – Some of It
- Dan + Shay – Speechless
Best country album
- Tanya Tucker – While I’m Livin’ – WINNER
- Eric Church – Desperate Man
- Reba McEntire – Stronger Than The Truth
- Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospel
- Thomas Rhett – Center Point Road
Best Latin pop album
- Alejandro Sanz – #Eldisco – WINNER
- Luis Fonsi – Vida
- Maluma – 11:11
- Ricardo Montaner – Montaner
- Sebastian Yatra – Fantasia
Best Latin rock, urban or alternative album
- Rosalía – El Mal Querer – WINNER
- Bad Bunny – X 100PRE
- J Balvin & Bad Bunny – Oasis
- Flor De Toloache – Indestructible
- iLe – Almadura
Best tropical Latin album
- Marc Anthony – Opus – WINNER (TIE)
- Aymée Nuviola – A Journey Through Cuban Music – WINNER (TIE)
- Luis Enrique + C4 Trio – Tiempo Al Tiempo
- Vicente García – Candela
- Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 – Literal
Producer of the year, non-classical
- Jack Antonoff
- Dan Auerbach
- John Hill
- Finneas – WINNER