Jabarkan "Free" dari Penghargaan Grammy ke-53

Zac Brown, songwriter (Zac Brown Band)

"The House That Built Me"

Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)

"I'd Love to Be Your Last"

Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)

Kimberly Perry, songwriter (The Band Perry)

Best Country AlbumNeed You Now – Lady Antebellum Up On The Ridge – Dierks Bentley

You Get What You Give – Zac Brown Band

The Guitar Song – Jamey Johnson

Best New Age AlbumMiho: Journey to the Mountain – Paul Winter Consort Ocean – Michael DeMaria

Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Volume 4 – Kitaro

Dancing into Silence – R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton & Will Clipman

Instrumental Oasis, Vol. 4 – Zamora

Best Contemporary Jazz AlbumThe Stanley Clarke Band – The Stanley Clarke Band Never Can Say Goodbye – Joey DeFrancesco

Now Is the Time – Jeff Lorber Fusion

To the One – John McLaughlin

Best Jazz Vocal AlbumEleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater – Dee Dee Bridgewater Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B – Freddy Cole

When Lights Are Low – Denise Donatelli