Grammyje so podelili v 105 kategorijah. Največ nominacij, kar po šest, so imeli pevka Beyonce Knowles, raper Jay-Z in skupina OutKast. Sledijo jim Eminem, Justin Timberlake in Missy Elliott, vsak s po petimi nominacijami za prestižno glasbeno nagrado.

Nominiranci za ploščo leta so:
Beyonce in Jay Z: CRAZY IN LOVE,
Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake: WHERE IS THE LOVE,
Coldplay: CLOCKS,
Eminem: LOSE YOURSELF,
OutKast: HEY YA!

Nominiranci za album leta so:
Missy Elliott: UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
Evanescence: FALLEN,
Outkast: SPEAKERBOXXX,
Justin Timberlake: JUSTIFIED,
The White Stripes: ELEPHANT.

Nominiranci za pesem leta so:
Christina Aguilera: BEAUTIFUL,
Luther Vandross: DANCE WITH MY FATHER
Avril Lavigne: I'M WITH YOU,
Warren Zevon: KEEP ME IN YOUR HEART,
Eminem: LOSE YOURSELF.

Nominiranci za najboljšega novega izvajalca so:
Evanescence,
50 Cent,
Fountains of Wayne,
Heather Headley,
Sean Paul.

Nominiranke za najboljšo pevko so:
Christina Aguilera: BEAUTIFUL,
Kelly Clarkson: MISS INDEPENDENT,
Dido: WHITE FLAG,
Avril Lavigne: I'M WITH YOU,
Sarah McLachlan: FALLEN.

Nominiranci za najboljšega pevca so:
George Harrison: ANY ROAD,
M. McDonald: AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH,
Sting: SEND YOUR LOVE,
Justin Timberlake: CRY ME A RIVER,
Warren Zevon: KEEP ME IN YOUR HEART.

Nominiranci za najboljši pop album so:
Christina Aguilera: STRIPPED,
George Harrison: BRAINWASHED,
Annie Lennox: BARE,
Michael McDonald: MOTOWN,
Justin Timberlake: JUSTIFIED.

Nominiranci za najboljši rok album so:
Audioslave: AUDIOSLAVE,
Evanescence: ALLEN,
Foo Fighters: ONE BY ONE,
Matchbox Twenty: MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE
Nickelback: THE LONG ROAD

Nominiranke za najboljšo r & b-pevko so:
Ashanti: RAIN ON ME,
Erykah Badu: BACK IN THE DAY,
Beyonce: DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE 2,
Mary J. Blige: OOH!
Heather Headley: I WISH I WASN'T.

Nominiranci za najboljšega r & b-pevca so:
R. Kelly: STEP IN THE NAME OF LOVE
Brian McKnight: SHOULDA, WOULDA, COULDA
Rubben Studdard: SUPERSTAR,
Tyrese: HOW YOU GONNA ACT LIKE THAT
Luther Vandross: DANCE WITH MY FATHER.

Nominiranci za najboljšo r & b-pesem so:
Anthony Hamilton: COMIN' FROM WHERE I'M FROM,
Beyonce, Jay Z: CRAZY IN LOVE,
Luther Vandross: DANCE WITH MY FATHER.
Erykah Badu: DANGER,
Ashanti: ROCK WITH YOU.

Nominiranci za najboljši r & b-album so:
Erykah Badu: WORLDWIDE UNDERGROUND
Blu Cantrell: BITTERSWEET,
Aretha Franklin: SO DAMM HAPPY,
The Isley Brothers: BODY KISS
Luther Vandross: DANCE WITH MY FATHER.

Nominiranci za najboljšo rap pesem so:
Snoop Dogg, Pharell, Charlie Wilson: BEAUTIFUL
Jay Z, Pharell Williams: EXCUSE ME MISS,
50 Cent: IN DA CLUB,
Eminem: LOSE YOURSELF,
Missy Eliott: WORK IT.

Nominiranci za najboljši rap album so:
Missy Eliott: UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
50 Cent: GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'
Jay Z: THE BLUEPRINT,
Outkast: SPEAKERBOXXX,
The Roots: PHRENOLOGY.

Grammyjeve posebne nagrade za življenjsko delo pa bodo prejeli:
Van Cliburn, The Funk Brothers, Ella Jenkins, Sonny Rollins, Artie Shaw in Doc Watson.

Na lanskoletni podelitvi grammyjev so med drugimi blesteli mlada Norah Jones (njen novi album pričakujemo prav v teh dneh), Missy Elliot, Cheryl Crow, zasedba No Doubt, legendarni BB King, Dixie Chicks, Ashanti, Celia Cruz. Nekateri od teh glasbenikov so v svojih kategorijah nominirani tudi letos.