| 781 | | Best Country Instrumental Performance | Throttleneck | Brad Paisley, artist. |
| 782 | | Best Country Song | Before He Cheats | Chris Tompkins & Josh Kear, songwriters. |
| 783 | | Best Country Album | These Days | Vince Gill, artist. Justin Niebank, engineer. John N. Hobbs, Justin Niebank & Vince Gill, producers. |
| 784 | | Best Bluegrass Album | The Bluegrass Diaries | Jim Lauderdale, artist. Michael Latterell & Randy Kohrs, engineers. Randy Kohrs, producer. |
| 785 | | Best New Age Album | Crestone | Paul Winter Consort (Richard Cooke, Eugene Friesen, Don Grusin, Peter May, Paul McCandless, Koji Nakamura, John-Carlos Perea, Glen Velez, Paul Winter), artist. Dixon Van Winkle & Steve Van Zandt, engineers. |
| 786 | | Best Contemporary Jazz Album | River: The Joni Letters | Herbie Hancock, artist. Helik Hadar, engineer. Herbie Hancock & Larry Klein, producers. |
| 787 | | Best Jazz Vocal Album | Avant Gershwin | Patti Austin, artist. Christian Schmitt, Dirk Franken, Don Murray & Sebastian Roth, engineers. Lucas Schmid, Michael Abene & Patti Austin, producers. |
| 788 | | Best Jazz Instrumental Solo | Anagram | Michael Brecker, soloist. |
| 789 | | Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group | Pilgrimage | Michael Brecker, artist. Joe Ferla, engineer. Gil Goldstein, Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny & Steven Rodby, producers. |
| 790 | | Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album | A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina) | Terence Blanchard, artist. Frank Wolf, engineer. Terence Blanchard, producer. |
| 791 | | Best Latin Jazz Album | Funk Tango | Paquito D'Rivera Quintet (Paquito D'Rivera, Pernell Saturnino, Oscar Stagnaro, Diego Urcola, Mark Walker, Alon Yavnai), artist. Tom Swift, engineer. Brenda Feliciano, producer. |
| 792 | | Best Gospel Performance | Never Gonna Break My Faith | Aretha Franklin & Mary J. Blige, artists. (TIE) |
| 793 | | Best Gospel Performance | Blessed & Highly Favored | The Clark Sisters (Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Jacky Clark-Chisholm, Karen Clark-Sheard), artist. (TIE) |
| 794 | | Best Gospel Song | Blessed & Highly Favored | Karen Clark-Sheard, songwriter. |
| 795 | | Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album | Before The Daylight's Shot | Ashley Cleveland, artist. Mills Logan, engineer. Ashley Cleveland & Kenny Greenberg, producers. |
| 796 | | Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album | A Deeper Level | Israel & New Breed (Israel Houghton), artist. Danny Duncan & John Jaszcz, engineers. Aaron Lindsey, producer. |
| 797 | | Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album | Salt Of The Earth | Ricky Skaggs & The Whites (Buck White, Cheryl White, Sharon White-Skaggs), artists. Brent King, engineer. Buck White, Cheryl White, Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White-Skaggs, producers. |
| 798 | | Best Traditional Gospel Album | Live - One Last Time | The Clark Sisters (Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Jacky Clark-Chisholm, Karen Clark-Sheard), artist. Craig Bauer, David Habegger, Donald Lawrence, John Jaszcz, Joseph Logsdson, Nelson Robinson & Raymond Rogers, engineers. Darius Lawrence, |
| 799 | | Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album | Free To Worship | Fred Hammond, artist. Fred Hammond & Ray Hammond, engineers. Fred Hammond, producer. |
| 800 | | Best Latin Pop Album | El Tren De Los Momentos | Alejandro Sanz, artist. Alejandro Sanz, Carlos Alvarez, Lulo Perez, Pepo Sherman, Rafa Sardina & Thom Russo, engineers. Alejandro Sanz & Lulo Perez, producers. |
| 801 | | Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album | No Hay Espacio | Black Guayaba (Gabriel Calero, Carlos Colon, Gustavo Gonzalez Lugo, Javier A. Morales Negron, Carlos Ortiz), artist. Antonio Fornaris, Bob St. John, Paolo Capeles & Seth Atkins Horan, engineers. Carlos Colon, Carlos Ortiz, Gabriel Calero, Gustavo Gonzalez |
| 802 | | Best Latin Urban Album | Residente O Visitante | Calle 13 (Eduardo Cabra, René Pérez), artist. Carlos Velázquez, Edgardo Matta, Iván Gutiéttrz & Ramon Martinez, engineers. |
| 803 | | Best Tropical Latin Album | La Llave De Mi Corazón | Juan Luis Guerra, artist. Juan Luis Guerra, producer. |
| 804 | | Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album | 100% Mexicano | Pepe Aguilar, artist. Enrique Mendivil, Norberto Islas & Pepe Aguilar, engineers. Pepe Aguilar, producer. |
| 805 | | Best Tejano Album | Before The Next Teardrop Falls | Little Joe y La Familia (Gracie Acosta, Frank Cagigal, Thomas Cruz, Jesus Gaitan, Sam Jones, Joe Hernandez, Jesse López, John Ontiveros, David Trevino), artist. Gilbert Velasquez, engineer. |
| 806 | | Best Norteño Album | Detalles Y Emociones | Los Tigres Del Norte (Eduardo Hernandez, Hernan Hernandez, Jorge Hernandez, Luis Hernandez, Oscar Lara Angulo), artist. Jim Dean, Joseph Pope & Walter Romero, engineers. Eduardo Hernandez, Hernan Hernandez, Jorge Hernandez, Luis Hernandez & Oscar Lara Ang |
| 807 | | Best Banda Album | Te Va A Gustar | El Chapo, artist. Adolfo Valenzuela & Omar Valenzuela, engineers. El Chapo, producer. |
| 808 | | Best Traditional Blues Album | Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas | David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Henry James Townsend, Pinetop Perkins & Robert Lockwood Jr., artists. Paul Grupp & Scott Shuman, engineers. Jeffry Dyson, Michael Dyson & Scott Shuman, producers. |
| 809 | | Best Contemporary Blues Album | The Road To Escondido | Eric Clapton & JJ Cale, artists. Alan Douglas & Mick Guzauski, engineers. Eric Clapton, JJ Cale & Simon Climie, producers. |
| 810 | | Best Traditional Folk Album | Dirt Farmer | Levon Helm, artist. Justin Guip, engineer. Amy Helm & Larry Campbell, producers. |