14. Best Rock Album
Ryan Adams: Ryan Adams
Morning Phase: Beck
Turn Blue: The Black Keys
Hypnotic Eye: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Songs of Innocence: U2
15. Best Alternative Music Album
This Is All Yours: Alt-J
Reflektor: Arcade Fire
Melophobia: Cage The Elephant
St. Vincent: St. Vincent
Lazaretto: Jack White
16. Best R&B Performance
"Drunk in Love": Beyonce featuring Jay Z
"New Flame": Chris Brown featuring Usher & Rick Ross
"It's Your World": Jennifer Hudson featuring R. Kelly
"Like This": Ledisi
"Good Kisser": Usher
17. Best Traditional R&B Performance
"As": Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton
"I.R.S.": Angie Fisher
"Jesus Children": Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm-Jamal Warner
"Nobody": Kem
"Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo)": Antonique Smith
18. Best R&B Song
"Drunk in Love"
"Good Kisser"
"New Flame"
"Options (Wolfjames Version)"
"The Worst"
19. Best Urban Contemporary Album
Sail Out: Jhene Aiko
Beyonce: Beyonce
X: Chris Brown
Mali Is...: Mali Music
Girl: Pharrell Williams
20. Best R&B Album
Islander: Bernhoft
Lift Your Spirit: Aloe Blacc
Love, Marriage & Divorce: Toni Braxton & Babyface
Black Radio 2: Robert Glasper Experiment
Give The People What They Want: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
21. Best Music Film
"Beyonce & Jay Z: On the Run Tour"
"Ghost Stories": Coldplay
"20 Feet from Stardom": Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
"Metallica Through the Never": Metallica
"The Truth About Love Tour: Live from Melbourne": Pink.