Вот список номинаций:

   Альбом года:
"Recovery" – Eminem
"Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum
"The Fame Monster" – Lady Gaga
"Teenage Dream" – Katy Perry
"The Suburbs" – Arcade Fire

   Запись года:
"Love the Way You Lie" – Eminem & Rihanna
"Nothin’ on You" – B.o.B & Bruno Mars
"Empire State of Mind" – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
"Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum
"F**k You" – Cee Lo Green

   Песня года:
"Love the Way You Lie” – Eminem & Rihanna
"F**k You"- Cee Lo Green
"The House That Built Me" – Miranda Lambert
"Beg, Steal, or Borrow" – Ray LaMontagne
"Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum

   Лучшая вокальная поп-совместка:
"Airplanes, Part II" — B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams
"Imagine" — Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare
"If It Wasn’t For Bad" — Elton John & Leon Russell
"Telephone" — Lady Gaga & Beyoncé
"California Gurls" — Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg

   Лучшее сольное рэп-выступление:
"Over" - Drake
"Not Afraid" - Eminem
"How Low" - Ludacris
"I'm Back" - T.I.
"Power" - Kanye West

   Лучшая рэп-совместка с припевом:
"Nothin’ on You" – B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
"Deuces" – Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall
"Love the Way You Lie" – Eminem & Rihanna
"Empire State of Mind" – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
"Wake Up! Everybody" – John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common

   Лучшая рэп песня:
"Empire State Of Mind" – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
"Love the Way You Lie" – Eminem & Rihanna
"Not Afraid" – Eminem
"Nothin’ on You" – B.o.B & Bruno Mars
"On to the Next One" — Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

   Лучший рэп альбом:
"The Adventures of Bobby Ray" – B.o.B
"Thank Me Later" – Drake
"Recovery" – Eminem
"The Blueprint 3" – Jay-Z
"How I Got Over" – The Roots

   Лучшее короткометражное музыкальное видео:
"Ain't No Grave / The Johnny Cash Project" - (Johnny Cash)
"Love The Way You Lie (Explicit Version)" - Eminem & Rihanna
"Stylo" - Gorillaz, Mos Def & Bobby Womack
"F*** You" - Cee Lo Green
"Bad Romance" - Lady Gaga