- Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood "Life in Technicolor II" - Coldplay "21 Guns" - Green Day "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" - U2 Best Hard Rock Performance "War Machine" - AC/DC "What I've Done [Live]" - Linkin Park "Check My Brain" - Alice in Chains "The Unforgiven III" - Metallica "Burn It to the Ground" - Nickelback Best Metal Performance "Dissident Aggressor (live)" - Judas Priest "Set to Fail" - Lamb of God "Head Crusher" - Megadeth "Señor Peligro (live)" - Ministry "Hate Worldwide" - Slayer Best Rock Instrumental Performance "A Day in the Life" - Jeff Beck "Warped Sister" - Booker T. Jones "Playing With Fire" - Brad Paisley "Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin" - Brian Setzer Orchestra "Now We Run" - Steve Vai Best Rock Song "Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters "The Fixer" - Pearl Jam Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder, songwriters "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" - U2 Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen, Jr., songwriters "21 Guns" - Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool, songwriters "Working on a Dream" - Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen, songwriter Best Rock Album 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day Black Ice - AC/DC Live from Madison Square Garden - Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King - Dave Matthews Band No Line on the Horizon - U2 Alternative Best Alternative Music Album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix Everything That Happens Will Happen Today - David Byrne & Brian Eno The Open Door EP - Death Cab For Cutie Sounds of the Universe - Depeche Mode It's Blitz! - Yeah Yeah Yeahs R&B Best Female R&B Vocal Performance "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" - Beyoncé "It Kills Me" - Melanie Fiona "That Was Then" - Lalah Hathaway "Goin' Thru Changes" - Ledisi "Lions, Tigers & Bears" - Jazmine Sullivan Best Male R&B Vocal Performance "Pretty Wings" - Maxwell "The Point Of It All" - Anthony Hamilton "SoBeautiful" - Musiq Soulchild "Under" - Pleasure P "There Goes My Baby" - Charlie Wilson Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals "Blame It" - Jamie Foxx & T-Pain "Chocolate High" - India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild "IfULeave" - Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige "Higher Ground" - Robert