Jelaskan Cookin – Tortilla Factory dari Penghargaan Grammy ke-53

Best Norteño AlbumClassic – Intocable Indispensable – Angel Fresnillo

Ni Hoy Ni Mañana – Gerardo Ortiz

Desde la Cantina Volumen 1 – Pesado

Intensamente – Principez de la Musica Norteña

Best Banda AlbumEnamórate de Mí – El Güero y Su Banda Centenario Ando Bien Pedo – Banda Los Recoditos

Con la Fuerza del Corrido – El Chapo

Todo Depende de Ti – La Arrolladora Banda El Limon

Best Americana AlbumYou Are Not Alone – Mavis Staples The List – Rosanne Cash

Tin Can Trust – Los Lobos

Country Music – Willie Nelson

Band of Joy – Robert Plant

Best Bluegrass AlbumMountain Soul II – Patty Loveless Circles Around Me – Sam Bush

Family Circle – The Del McCoury Band

Legacy – Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band

Best Traditional Blues AlbumJoined at the Hip – Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith Giant – James Cotton

Memphis Blues – Cyndi Lauper

The Well – Charlie Musselwhite

Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites – Jimmie Vaughan

Best Contemporary Blues AlbumLiving Proof – Buddy Guy Nothing's Impossible – Solomon Burke

Tribal – Dr. John and the Lower 911

Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook – Bettye LaVette

Live! In Chicago – Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee, and Buddy Flett

Best Traditional Folk AlbumGenuine Negro Jig – Carolina Chocolate Drops Onward and Upward – Luther Dickinson & The Sons Of Mudboy

Memories of John – The John Hartford Stringband

Maria Muldaur & Her Garden Of Joy – Maria Muldaur

Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved – Ricky Skaggs

Best Contemporary Folk AlbumGod Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise – Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs Love Is Strange – En Vivo con Tino – Jackson Browne & David Lindley

The Age of Miracles – Mary Chapin Carpenter

Somedays the Song Writes You – Guy Clark

Dream Attic – Richard Thompson

Best Hawaiian Music AlbumHuana Ke Aloha – Tia Carrere Amy Hanaiali'i and Slack Key Masters of Hawaii – Amy Hanaiali‘i And Slack Key Masters of Hawaii