Grammy Awards 2010
The 52nd Grammy Awards · Held January 31, 2010 · 73 categories · everything in 2010
Album of the Year
- Winner Fearless · Taylor Swift
- Nominee Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
- Nominee I Am... Sasha Fierce · Beyoncé
- Nominee The E.N.D.
- Nominee The Fame · Lady Gaga
Record of the Year
- Winner Use Somebody · Caleb Followill
- Nominee Halo · Beyoncé
- Nominee I Gotta Feeling · The Black Eyed Peas
- Nominee Poker Face · Lady Gaga
- Nominee You Belong With Me · Taylor Swift
Song of the Year
- Winner Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) · Kuk Harrell, The-Dream, Christopher Stewart, Beyoncé
- Nominee Poker Face · Lady Gaga, RedOne
- Nominee Pretty Wings
- Nominee Use Somebody · Caleb Followill
- Nominee You Belong With Me · Liz Rose
Best New Artist
- Winner Zac Brown Band
- Nominee Keri Hilson
- Nominee MGMT
- Nominee Silversun Pickups
- Nominee The Ting Tings
Best Alternative Music Album
- Winner Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix · Phoenix
- Nominee Everything That Happens Will Happen Today · David Byrne, Brian Eno
- Nominee It's Blitz! · Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Nominee Sounds of the Universe · Depeche Mode
- Nominee The Open Door EP · Death Cab For Cutie
Best Americana Album
- Winner Electric Dirt · Levon Helm
- Nominee Little Honey · Lucinda Williams
- Nominee Together Through Life · Bob Dylan
- Nominee Wilco · Wilco
- Nominee Willie and the Wheel · Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel
Best Banda Album
- Winner Tu Esclavo y Amo · Lupillo Rivera
- Nominee Derecho de Antiguedad
- Nominee Mas Adelante
- Nominee Se Nos Murio el Amor · El Guero Y Su Banda Centenario
Best Bluegrass Album
- Winner The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo · Steve Martin
- Nominee Almost Live · Bryan Sutton
- Nominee Buckaroo Blue Grass · Michael Martin Murphey
- Nominee Could We Get Any Closer? · Jim Lauderdale
- Nominee Destination Life · Rhonda Vincent
Best Children's Music Album
- Winner Family Time · Ziggy Marley
- Nominee American Heroes #3 · Jonathan Sprout
- Nominee Banjo to Beatbox · Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Christylez Bacon
- Nominee Great Day
- Nominee Jumpin' & Jammin' · Greg & Steve
- Nominee Pete Seeger Tribute - Ageless Kids' Songs · Buck Howdy
Best Comedy Album
- Winner A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! · Stephen Colbert
- Nominee Back from the Dead · Spinal Tap
- Nominee Internet Leaks · Al Yankovic
- Nominee My Weakness Is Strong · Patton Oswalt
- Nominee Suckin' It for the Holidays · Kathy Griffin
- Nominee Tall, Dark & Chicano · George Lopez
Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Winner Already Free · The Derek Trucks Band
- Nominee Back to the River · Susan Tedeschi
- Nominee Live: Hope at the Hideout · Mavis Staples
- Nominee The Truth According to Ruthie Foster · Ruthie Foster
- Nominee This Time · Robert Cray Band
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- Winner Potato Hole · Booker T. Jones
- Nominee Down the Wire · Spyro Gyra
- Nominee In Boston · Chris Botti
- Nominee Legacy + · Hiroshima
- Nominee Modern Art · The Rippingtons, Russ Freeman
Best Contemporary R&B Album
- Winner I Am... Sasha Fierce · Beyoncé
- Nominee Intuition · Jamie Foxx
- Nominee Ready · Trey Songz
- Nominee The Introduction of Marcus Cooper · Pleasure P
- Nominee Thr33 Ringz · T-Pain
Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album
- Winner Audience Of One · Heather Headley
- Nominee Bold Right Life · Kierra Sheard
- Nominee Just James · J. Moss
- Nominee Renewed · Sheri Jones-Moffett
- Nominee Smokie Norful Live · Smokie Norful
Best Contemporary World Music Album
- Winner Throw Down Your Heart · Béla Fleck
- Nominee Across the Divide: A Tale of Rhythm & Ancestry · Omar Sosa
- Nominee Day By Day · Femi Kuti
- Nominee Seya · Oumou Sangare
- Nominee Welcome To Mali · Amadou & Mariam
Best Country Album
- Winner Fearless · Taylor Swift
- Nominee Call Me Crazy · Lee Ann Womack
- Nominee Defying Gravity · Keith Urban
- Nominee The Foundation · Zac Brown Band
- Nominee Twang · George Strait
Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Winner Producer's Medley · Steve Wariner
- Nominee Mansinneedof · Sarah Jarosz
- Nominee The Crystal Merchant · The Greencards
- Nominee Under The (Five) Wire · Alison Brown
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Winner I Run to You · Lady A
- Nominee Chicken Fried · Zac Brown Band
- Nominee Cowgirls Don't Cry · Brooks & Dunn
- Nominee Here Comes Goodbye · Rascal Flatts
- Nominee It Happens · Sugarland
Best Country Song
- Winner White Horse · Liz Rose, Taylor Swift
- Nominee All I Ask For Anymore · Casey Beathard, Tim James
- Nominee I Run to You · Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott
- Nominee People Are Crazy · Bobby Braddock
- Nominee That Lonesome Song · Jamey Johnson
Best Dance/Electronic Album
- Winner The Fame · Lady Gaga
- Nominee Divided By Night · The Crystal Method
- Nominee One Love · David Guetta
- Nominee Party Rock · LMFAO
- Nominee Yes · Pet Shop Boys
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
- Winner Poker Face · Lady Gaga
- Nominee Boom Boom Pow · The Black Eyed Peas
- Nominee Celebration · Madonna
- Nominee When Love Takes Over · David Guetta, Kelendria Rowland
- Nominee Womanizer · Britney Spears
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
- Winner White Horse · Taylor Swift
- Nominee Dead Flowers · Miranda Lambert
- Nominee I Just Call You Mine · Martina McBride
- Nominee Just a Dream · Carrie Underwood
- Nominee Solitary Thinkin' · Lee Ann Womack
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
- Winner Halo · Beyoncé
- Nominee Hometown Glory · Adele
- Nominee Hot n Cold · Katy Perry
- Nominee Sober · Pink
- Nominee You Belong With Me · Taylor Swift
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- Winner Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) · Beyoncé
- Nominee Goin' Thru Changes · Ledisi
- Nominee It Kills Me · Melanie Fiona
- Nominee Lions, Tigers & Bears · Jazmine Sullivan
- Nominee That Was Then · Lalah Hathaway
Best Folk Album
- Winner Townes · Steve Earle
- Nominee Live · Shawn Colvin
- Nominee Middle Cyclone · Neko Case
- Nominee Our Bright Future · Tracy Chapman
- Nominee Secret, Profane & Sugarcane · Elvis Costello
Best Hard Rock Performance
- Winner War Machine · AC/DC
- Nominee Burn It to the Ground · Nickelback
- Nominee Check My Brain · Alice in Chains
- Nominee The Unforgiven III · Metallica
- Nominee What I've Done [Live] · What I've Done, Linkin Park
Best Hawaiian Music Album
- Winner Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2
- Nominee Friends & Family Of Hawaiʻi
- Nominee He Nani · Tia Carrere, Daniel Ho
- Nominee Nani Mau Loa: Everlasting Beauty
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- Winner 75 · Joe Zawinul
- Nominee At World's Edge · Philippe Saisse
- Nominee Big Neighborhood · Mike Stern
- Nominee Sounding Point · Julian Lage
- Nominee Urbanus · Stefon Harris
Best Jazz Performance
- Winner Dancin' 4 Chicken · Terence Blanchard
- Nominee All Of You · Gerald Clayton
- Nominee Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey · Roy Hargrove
- Nominee On Green Dolphin Street · Martial Solal
- Nominee Villa Palmeras · Miguel Zenón
Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Winner Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman · Kurt Elling
- Nominee Desire · Tierney Sutton
- Nominee No Regrets · Randy Crawford, Joe Sample
- Nominee So in Love · Roberta Gambarini
- Nominee Tide · Luciana Souza
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Winner Book One
- Nominee Eternal Interlude · John Hollenbeck
- Nominee Fun Time · Sammy Nestico
- Nominee Lab 2009 · University of North Texas, One O'Clock Lab Band
- Nominee Legendary · Bob Florence
Best Latin Jazz Album
- Winner Juntos Para Siempre · Bebo Valdes, Chucho Valdés
- Nominee Brazilliance X 4 · Claudio Roditi
- Nominee Esta Plena · Miguel Zenón
- Nominee Things I Wanted To Do
- Nominee Áurea · Geoffrey Keezer
Best Latin Pop Album
- Winner Sin Frenos · La Quinta Estación
- Nominee 5to Piso · Ricardo Arjona
- Nominee Gran City Pop · Paulina Rubio
- Nominee Hu Hu Hu · Natalia Lafourcade
- Nominee Te Acuerdas... · Francisco Céspedes
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
- Winner Los de Atras Vienen Conmigo · Calle 13
- Nominee La Luz del Ritmo · Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
- Nominee La Revolución · Wisin & Yandel
- Nominee Río · Aterciopelados
- Nominee Y. · Bebe
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
- Winner Sweet Thing · Keith Urban
- Nominee All I Ask For Anymore · Trace Adkins
- Nominee Living for the Night · George Strait
- Nominee People Are Crazy · Billy Currington
- Nominee That Lonesome Song · Jamey Johnson
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- Winner Make It Mine · Jason Mraz
- Nominee All About the Love Again · Stevie Wonder
- Nominee If You Don't Know Me By Now · Seal
- Nominee Love You · Maxwell
- Nominee This Time · John Legend
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
- Winner Pretty Wings · Maxwell
- Nominee SoBeautiful · Musiq Soulchild
- Nominee The Point Of It All · Anthony Hamilton
- Nominee There Goes My Baby · Charlie Wilson
- Nominee Under · Pleasure P
Best Melodic Rap Performance
- Winner Run This Town · Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West
- Nominee Dead and Gone · T.I., Justin Timberlake
- Nominee Ego · Beyoncé, Kanye West
- Nominee I'm on a Boat · The Lonely Island, T-Pain
- Nominee Knock You Down · Keri Hilson, Kanye West, Ne-Yo
Best Metal Performance
- Winner Dissident Aggressor (live) · Judas Priest
- Nominee Hate Worldwide · Slayer
- Nominee Head Crusher · Megadeth
- Nominee Set to Fail · Lamb of God
- Nominee Señor Peligro (live) · Ministry
Best Native American Music Album
- Winner Spirit Wind North · Bill Miller
- Nominee Riders of the Healing Road
- Nominee Siyotanka
- Nominee True Blue · Northern Cree
- Nominee Wind Songs - Native American Flute Solos
Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
- Winner Prayer for Compassion · David Darling
- Nominee Faith · Jim Brickman
- Nominee Impressions of the West Lake · Kitarō
- Nominee In A Dream · Peter Kater, Dominic Miller, Kenny Loggins, Jaques Morelenbaum
- Nominee Laserium for the Soul
Best Norteño Album
- Winner Tu Noche con... Los Tigres del Norte · Tigres del Norte
- Nominee Dejame Soñar
- Nominee El Niño de Oro
- Nominee Pese a Quien le Pese · Los Rieleros del Norte
- Nominee Soy Todo Tuyo · Los Tucanes de Tijuana
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- Winner Throw Down Your Heart · Béla Fleck
- Nominee Blast! · Marcus Miller
- Nominee Bésame Mucho · Herb Alpert
- Nominee Phoenix Rise · Maxwell
- Nominee The Fire · Imogen Heap
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
- Winner I Gotta Feeling · The Black Eyed Peas
- Nominee Kids · MGMT
- Nominee Never Say Never · The Fray
- Nominee Sara Smile · Daryl Hall, John Oates
- Nominee We Weren't Born to Follow · Bon Jovi
Best Pop Vocal Album
- Winner The E.N.D. · The Black Eyed Peas
- Nominee All I Ever Wanted · Kelly Clarkson
- Nominee Breakthrough · Colbie Caillat
- Nominee Funhouse · Pink
- Nominee The Fray · The Fray
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
- Winner The Power Of One · Israel Houghton, Israel Breed, New Breed
- Nominee Freedom · Mandisa
- Nominee Love Is on the Move · Leeland
- Nominee Speaking Louder Than Before · Jeremy Camp
- Nominee The Long Fall Back to Earth · Jars of Clay
Best R&B Album
- Winner Love You · Maxwell
- Nominee Chocolate High · India.Arie
- Nominee The Point Of It All · Anthony Hamilton
- Nominee Turn Me Loose · Ledisi
- Nominee Uncle Charlie · Charlie Wilson
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
- Winner Blame It · Jamie Foxx, T-Pain
- Nominee Chocolate High · India.Arie, Musiq Soulchild
- Nominee Higher Ground · Robert Randolph, The Clark Sisters
- Nominee IfULeave · Musiq Soulchild, Mary J. Blige
- Nominee Love Has Finally Come at Last · Calvin Richardson, Ann Nesby
Best R&B Song
- Winner Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) · Kuk Harrell, Beyoncé, The-Dream, Christopher Stewart
- Nominee Blame It · Jamie Foxx, Christopher Henderson, T-Pain
- Nominee Lions, Tigers & Bears · Salaam Remi, Jazmine Sullivan
- Nominee Pretty Wings
- Nominee Under · Tank, Pleasure P
Best Rap Album
- Winner Relapse · Eminem
- Nominee R.O.O.T.S. · Flo Rida
- Nominee The Ecstatic · Mos Def
- Nominee The Renaissance · Q-Tip
- Nominee Universal Mind Control · Common
Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Winner Crack a Bottle · Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent
- Nominee Amazing · Kanye West, Young Jeezy
- Nominee Make Her Say · Scott Mescudi, Kanye West, Common
- Nominee Money Goes, Honey Stay · Fabolous, Jay-Z
- Nominee Too Many Rappers · Beastie Boys, Nas
Best Rap Solo Performance
- Winner D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune) · Jay-Z
- Nominee Beautiful · Eminem
- Nominee Best I Ever Had · Drake
- Nominee Casa Bey · Mos Def
- Nominee Day 'n' Nite · Scott Mescudi
Best Rap Song
- Winner Run This Town · Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West, E. Wilson
- Nominee Best I Ever Had · Drake, M. Samuels
- Nominee D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune) · Jay-Z, E. Wilson
- Nominee Day 'n' Nite · Scott Mescudi, O. Omishore
- Nominee Dead and Gone · T.I., R. Tadross, Justin Timberlake
Best Reggae Album
- Winner Mind Control · Stephen Marley
- Nominee Awake · Julian Marley
- Nominee Brand New Me · Gregory Isaacs
- Nominee Imperial Blaze · Sean Paul
- Nominee Rasta Got Soul · Buju Banton
Best Rock Album
- Winner 21st Century Breakdown · Green Day, Green Day
- Nominee Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King · Dave Matthews Band
- Nominee Black Ice · AC/DC
- Nominee Live from Madison Square Garden · Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood
- Nominee No Line on the Horizon · U2
Best Rock Gospel Album
- Winner Live Revelations · Third Day
- Nominee Crash · Decyfer Down
- Nominee Innocence & Instinct · Red
- Nominee The Big Picture · Da' T.R.U.T.H.
- Nominee The Dash
Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- Winner A Day in the Life · Jeff Beck
- Nominee Cluster Pluck · Brad Paisley
- Nominee Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin · Brian Setzer Orchestra
- Nominee Now We Run · Steve Vai
- Nominee Potato Hole · Booker T. Jones
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Winner Use Somebody · Caleb Followill
- Nominee 21 Guns · Green Day, Green Day
- Nominee Can't Find My Way Home · Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood
- Nominee I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight · U2
- Nominee Life in Technicolor II · Coldplay
Best Rock Song
- Winner Use Somebody · Caleb Followill
- Nominee 21 Guns · Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool
- Nominee I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight · Paul Hewson, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.
- Nominee The Fixer · Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder
- Nominee Working on a Dream · Bruce Springsteen
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
- Winner Working on a Dream · Bruce Springsteen
- Nominee Beyond Here Lies Nothin' · Bob Dylan
- Nominee Change in the Weather · John Fogerty
- Nominee Dreamer · Prince
- Nominee Fork in the Road · Neil Young
Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
- Winner Jason Crabb · Jason Crabb
- Nominee Dream On
- Nominee Everyday · Triumphant Quartet
- Nominee In God's Time
- Nominee The Rock · Tracy Lawrence
Best Spoken Word Album
- Winner Always Looking Up · Michael J. Fox
- Nominee Jonathan Winters - A Very Special Time · Jonathan Winters
- Nominee The Lincoln-Douglas Debates · Richard Dreyfuss, David Strathairn
- Nominee The Maltese Falcon · Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh, Edward Herrmann
- Nominee We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land · Jimmy Carter
- Nominee Wishful Drinking · Carrie Fisher
Best Spoken Word Album for Children
- Winner Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs · Buck Howdy
- Nominee Captain Nobody · Dean Pitchford
- Nominee Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales · Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Helen Mirren, Forest Whitaker
- Nominee Scat · Ed Asner
- Nominee The Phantom Tollbooth · David Hyde Pierce
- Nominee Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There · Harlan Ellison
Best Tejano Album
- Winner Borders y Bailes · Los Texmaniacs
- Nominee All the Way Live · Jay Perez
- Nominee Divina
- Nominee Point of View
- Nominee Radiación Musical
Best Traditional Blues Album
- Winner A Stranger Here · Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- Nominee Blue Again · Rick Vito
- Nominee Chicago Blues: A Living History
- Nominee Rough & Tough · John Hammond
- Nominee Stomp! The Blues Tonight · Duke Robillard
Best Traditional Folk Album
Best Traditional Gospel Album
- Winner Oh Happy Day
- Nominee God Don't Never Change · Ashley Cleveland
- Nominee How I Got Over · Vickie Winans
- Nominee The Journey Continues · The Williams Brothers
- Nominee The Law Of Confession, Part I · Donald Lawrence
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- Winner Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden · Michael Bublé
- Nominee A Swingin' Christmas · Tony Bennett
- Nominee American Classic · Willie Nelson
- Nominee Liza's at The Palace.... · Liza Minnelli
- Nominee Your Songs · Harry Connick Jr.
Best Traditional R&B Performance
- Winner At Last · Beyoncé
- Nominee Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight · Boney James
- Nominee Soul Music · Anthony Hamilton
- Nominee Sow Love · Ann Nesby
- Nominee Woman Gotta Have It · Calvin Richardson
Best Traditional World Music Album
- Winner Douga Mansa · Mamadou Diabate
- Nominee Ancient Sounds · Rahim Al Haj, Amjad Ali Khan
- Nominee Double Play · Liz Carroll
- Nominee Drum Music Land
- Nominee La Guerra No · John Santos
Best Tropical Latin Album
- Winner Ciclos · Luis Enrique
- Nominee Asi Soy · Isaac Delgado
- Nominee Bach in Havana
- Nominee Gracias · Omara Portuondo
- Nominee Guasábara
Best Urban/Alternative Performance
- Winner Pearls · India.Arie, Dobet Gnahore
- Nominee A Tale Of Two · Eric Roberson
- Nominee All Matter · Robert Glasper, Bilal
- Nominee Blend · Tonex
- Nominee Daykeeper · The Foreign Exchange
Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album
- Winner Lay Your Burden Down · Buckwheat Zydeco
- Nominee Alligator Purse
- Nominee L'Ésprit Créole · Cedric Watson
- Nominee Live at 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival · Pine Leaf Boys
- Nominee Stripped Down