- When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish (WINNER)
- The Lion King: The Gift — Beyoncé
- Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande
- No. 6 Collaborations Project — Ed Sheeran
- Lover — Taylor Swift
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
- Mettavolution — Rodrigo y Gabriela (WINNER)
- Ancestral Recall — Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
- Star People Nation — Theo Croker
- Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! — Mark Guiliana
- Elevate — Lettuce
Best Rock Performance
- "This Land" — Gary Clark Jr. (WINNER)
- "Pretty Waste" — Bones UK
- "History Repeats" — Brittany Howard
- "Woman" — Karen O & Danger Mouse
- "Too Bad" — Rival Sons
Best Metal Performance
- "7empest" — Tool (WINNER)
- "Astorolus" - The Great Octopus — Candlemass Featuring Tony Iommi
- "Humanicide" — Death Angel
- "Bow Down" — I Prevail
- "Unleashed" — Killswitch Engage
Best Rock Song
- "This Land" — Gary Clark Jr., songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.) (WINNER)
- "Fear Inoculum" — Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones & Maynard James Keenan, songwriters (Tool)
- "Give Yourself A Try" — George Daniel, Adam Hann, Matthew Healy & Ross MacDonald, songwriters (The 1975)
- "Harmony Hall" — Ezra Koenig, songwriter (Vampire Weekend)
- "History Repeats" — Brittany Howard, songwriter (Brittany Howard)
Best Rock Album
- Social Cues — Cage The Elephant (WINNER)
- Amo — Bring Me The Horizon
- In The End — The Cranberries
- Trauma — I Prevail
- Feral Roots — Rival Sons
Best Alternative Music Album
- Father Of The Bride — Vampire Weekend (WINNER)
- U.F.O.F. — Big Thief
- Assume Form — James Blake
- I,I — Bon Iver
- Anima — Thom Yorke
Best R&B Performance
- "Come Home" — Anderson .Paak Featuring André 3000 (WINNER)
- "Love Again" — Daniel Caesar & Brandy
- "Could've Been" — H.E.R. Featuring Bryson Tiller
- "Exactly How I Feel" — Lizzo Featuring Gucci Mane
- "Roll Some Mo" — Lucky Daye
Best Traditional R&B Performance
- "Jerome" — Lizzo (WINNER)
- "Time Today" — BJ The Chicago Kid
- "Steady Love" — India.Arie
- "Real Games" — Lucky Daye
- "Built For Love" — PJ Morton Featuring Jazmine Sullivan
Best R&B Song
- "Say So" — PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton Featuring JoJo) (WINNER)
- "Could've Been" — Dernst Emile II, David “Swagg R’Celious” Harris, H.E.R. & Hue “Soundzfire” Strother, songwriters (H.E.R. Featuring Bryson Tiller)
- "Look At Me Now" — Emily King & Jeremy Most, songwriters (Emily King)
- "No Guidance" — Chris Brown, Tyler James Bryant, Nija Charles, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Michee Patrick Lebrun, Joshua Lewis, Noah Shebib & Teddy Walton, songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Drake)
- "Roll Some Mo" — David Brown, Dernst Emile II & Peter Lee Johnson, songwriters (Lucky Daye)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
- Cuz I Love You (Deluxe) — Lizzo (WINNER)
- Apollo XXI — Steve Lacy
- Overload — Georgia Anne Muldrow
- Saturn — NAO
- Being Human In Public — Jessie Reyez
Best R&B Album
- Ventura — Anderson .Paak (WINNER)
- 1123 — BJ The Chicago Kid
- Painted — Lucky Daye
- Ella Mai — Ella Mai
- Paul — PJ Morton
Best Rap Performance
- "Racks In The Middle" — Nipsey Hussle Featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy (WINNER)
- "Middle Child" — J. Cole
- "Suge" — DaBaby
- "Down Bad" — Dreamville Featuring J.I.D, Bas, J. Cole, EARTHGANG & Young Nudy
- "Clout" - Offset Featuring Cardi B
Best Rap/Sung Performance
- "Higher" — DJ Khaled Featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend (WINNER)
- "Drip Too Hard" — Lil Baby & Gunna
- "Panini" — Lil Nas X
- "Ballin" — Mustard Featuring Roddy Ricch
- "The London" — Young Thug Featuring J. Cole & Travis Scott
Best Rap Song
- "A Lot" — Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage Featuring J. Cole) (WINNER)
- "Bad Idea" — Chancelor Bennett, Cordae Dunston, Uforo Ebong & Daniel Hackett, songwriters (YBN Cordae Featuring Chance The Rapper)
- "Gold Roses" — Noel Cadastre, Aubrey Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes, William Leonard Roberts II, Joshua Quinton Scruggs, Leon Thomas III & Ozan Yildirim, songwriters (Rick Ross Featuring Drake)
- "Racks In The Middle" — Ermias Asghedom, Dustin James Corbett, Greg Allen Davis, Chauncey Hollis, Jr. & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Nipsey Hussle Featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy)
- "Suge" — DaBaby, Jetsonmade & Pooh Beatz, songwriters (DaBaby)
Best Rap Album