nominees
   • Neon Bible – Arcade Fire
   • The Reminder – Feist
   • Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga – Spoon
   • Back to Black – Amy Winehouse

   nominees
   • "Heart it Races" – Architecture in Helsinki
   • "Hearts a Mess" – Gotye
   • "Makes Me Wonder" – Maroon 5
   • "Umbrella" – Rihanna

   nominees
   • "Love Song" – (Bareilles) Sara Bareilles
   • "{Explain}" – (Blasko) Sarah Blasko
   • "1234" – (Seltmann) Feist
   • "The Submarine" – (Whitley) Whitley

   nominees
   • Feist
   • Rihanna
   • Ingrid Michaelson
   • Amy Winehouse

   nominees
   • Jens Lekman
   • Josh Pyke
   • Mark Ronson
   • Timbaland

   nominees
   • Architecture in Helsinki
   • Midnight Juggernauts
   • Modest Mouse
   • Spoon

   nominees
   • Eran James
   • Midnight Juggernauts
   • Whitley
   • Amy Winehouse

   nominees
   • "Breakable" – Ingrid Michaelson
   • "Foundations" – Kate Nash
   • "Suddenly I See" – KT Tunstall
   • "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse

   nominees
   • "Imitosis" – Andrew Bird
   • "Touched By Love" – Eran James
   • "Love Today" – Mika
   • "What Goes Around Comes Around" – Justin Timberlake

   nominees
   • "Opinions Won’t Keep You Warm at Night" – Kisschasy
   • "Makes Me Wonder" – Maroon 5
   • "20 Good Reasons" – Thirsty Merc
   • "The Beast" – Angus & Julia Stone

   nominees
   • "The Kill" – 20 Seconds to Mars
   • "The Pretender" – Foo Fighters
   • "Just a Song About Ping Pong" – Operator Please
   • "Straight Lines" – Silverchair

   nominees
   • The Reminder – Feist
   • It Won’t Be Soon Before Long – Maroon 5
   • Girls and Boys – Ingrid Michaelson
   • Memories & Dust – Josh Pyke

   nominees
   • All of a Sudden, I Miss Everyone – Explosions in the Sky
   • Infinity on High – Fall Out Boy
   • Challengers – The New Pornographers
   • Young Modern – Silverchair

   nominees
   • "Atlas" – Battles
   • "Destination Calabria" – Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Watersb>
   • "Shadows" – Midnight Juggernauts
   • "New York New York" – Moby feat. Debbie Harry

   nominees
   • Mirrored – Battles
   • Cross – Justice
   • Sound of Silver – LCD Soundsystem
   • Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System

   nominees
   • "Earth Intruders" – Bjork
   • "Missed the Boat" – Modest Mouse
   • "Australia" – The Shins
   • "The Underdog" – Spoon

   nominees
   • Night Falls Over Kortedala – Jens Lekman
   • We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank – Modest Mouse
   • Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? – Of Montreal
   • Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga – Spoon

   nominees
   • "Irreplaceable" – Beyonce
   • "And I Am Telling You, I’m Not Going" – Jennifer Hudson
   • "Too Little, Too Late" – JoJo
   • "Beautiful Girls" – Sean Kingston

   nominees
   • Lost & Found – Ledisi
   • Kala – M.I.A.
   • The Evolution of – Robin Thicke
   • Graduation – Kanye West

   nominees
   • Tea & Sympathy – Michael Bublι
   • Travellin’ Light – Queen Latifah
   • Begin to Hope – Regina Spektor
   • The Submarine – Whitley

   nominees
   • "Beautiful Liar" – Beyonce feat. Shakira
   • "Stop Me" – Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather
   • "The Way I Are" – Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & DOE
   • "Apologize" – Timbaland feat. OneRepublic

   nominees
   • Dexter – Daniel Licht
   • Hairspray – Various Artists
   • Once – Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
   • Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino

   nominees
   • "Listen" (Krieger/Cutler/Preven) – Beyonce, Dreamgirls
   • "Love You I Do" (Krieger/Garrett) – Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
   • "Guaranteed" (Vedder) – Eddie Vedder, Into the Wild
   • "Society" (Hannan) – Eddie Vedder & Jerry Hannan, Into the Wild

   nominees
   • "Hold Music" – Architecture in Helsinki
   • "1234" – Feist
   • "D.A.N.C.E." – Justice
   • "New York New York" – Moby feat. Debbie Harry