Il 51° Grammy Awards fu tenuto il 8 Febbraio 2009.
| Year | Category | Title | Winners | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Record Of The Year | Use Somebody | Kings Of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill), artist. Jacquire King, engineer/mixer. Angelo Petraglia & Jacquire King, producers. | 
| 2009 | Album Of The Year | Fearless | Taylor Swift, artist. Chad Carlson, Justin Niebank & Nathan Chapman, engineers/mixers. Colbie Caillat, featured artist. Hank Williams, mastering engineer. Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers. | 
| 2009 | Song Of The Year | Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) | Beyoncé Knowles, Chris 'Tricky' Stewart, Kuk Harrell & Terius "Dream" Nash, songwriters. | 
| 2009 | Best New Artist | Zac Brown Band (Coy Bowles, Zac Brown, Jimmy De Martini, Chris Fryar, John Hopkins), artist. | |
| 2009 | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Halo | Beyoncé Knowles, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Make It Mine | Jason Mraz, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals | I Gotta Feeling | Black Eyed Peas (Will Adams, Allen Pineda, Stacy Ferguson, Jaime Gomez), artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals | Lucky | Colbie Caillat & Jason Mraz, artists. | 
| 2009 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Throw Down Your Heart | Béla Fleck, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Pop Instrumental Album | Potato Hole | Booker T. Jones, artist. Doug Boehm & Rob Schnapf, engineers/mixers. Booker T. Jones & Rob Schnapf, producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Pop Vocal Album | The E.N.D. | Black Eyed Peas (Will Adams, Allen Pineda, Stacy Ferguson, Jaime Gomez), artist. Dylan Dresdow & Padraic Kerin, engineers/mixers. | 
| 2009 | Best Dance Recording | Poker Face | Lady Gaga, artist. Dave Russell, RedOne & Robert Orton, mixers. RedOne, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Electronic/Dance Album | The Fame | Lady Gaga, artist. Robert Orton, engineer/mixer. | 
| 2009 | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden | Michael Bublé, artist. Humberto Gatica, engineer/mixer. Humberto Gatica, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance | Working On A Dream | Bruce Springsteen, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals | Use Somebody | Kings Of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill), artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Hard Rock Performance | War Machine | ACDC (Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd, Cliff Williams, Angus Young, Malcolm Young), artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Metal Performance | Dissident Aggressor | Judas Priest (K.K. Downing, Rob Halford, Ian Hill, Glenn Tipton, Scott Travis), artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | A Day In The Life | Jeff Beck, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Rock Song | Use Somebody | Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters. | 
| 2009 | Best Rock Album | 21st Century Breakdown | Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool), artist. Chris Dugan & Chris Lord-Alge, engineers/mixers. Butch Vig & Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool), producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Alternative Music Album | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix | Phoenix (Laurent Brancowitz, Deck D'Arcy, Thomas Mars, Christian Mazzalai), artist. Philippe Zdar Cerboneschi, engineer/mixer. Philippe Zdar Cerboneschi & Phoenix (Laurent Brancowitz, Deck D'Arcy, Thomas Mars, Christian Mazzalai), producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) | Beyoncé Knowles, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | Pretty Wings | Maxwell, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals | Blame It | Jamie Foxx & T-Pain, artists. | 
| 2009 | Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance | At Last | Beyoncé Knowles, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Urban/Alternative Performance | Pearls | Dobet Gnahore & India.Arie, artists. | 
| 2009 | Best R&B Song | Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) | Beyoncé Knowles, Chris 'Tricky' Stewart, Kuk Harrell & Terius "Dream" Nash, songwriters. | 
| 2009 | Best R&B Album | Blacksummers' Night | Maxwell, artist. Glen Marchese, Hod David, Jesse Gladstone, Maxwell & Mike Pela, engineers/mixers. Hod David & Maxwell, producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Contemporary R&B Album | I Am... Sasha Fierce | Beyoncé Knowles, artist. Jim Caruana & Mark Stent, engineers/mixers. Beyoncé Knowles, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Rap Solo Performance | D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune) | Jay-Z, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group | Crack A Bottle | 50 Cent, Dr. Dre & Eminem, artists. | 
| 2009 | Best Rap/Sung Collaboration | Run This Town | Jay-Z, Kanye West & Rihanna, artists. | 
| 2009 | Best Rap Song | Run This Town | Ernest Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West, Robyn Fenty & Shawn Carter, songwriters. | 
| 2009 | Best Rap Album | Relapse | Eminem, artist. Andre Young, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri & Michael Strange, engineers/mixers. Andre Young, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Female Country Vocal Performance | White Horse | Taylor Swift, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Male Country Vocal Performance | Sweet Thing | Keith Urban, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals | I Run To You | Lady Antebellum (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott), artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Country Collaboration With Vocals | I Told You So | Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis, artists. | 
| 2009 | Best Country Instrumental Performance | Producer's Medley | Steve Wariner, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Country Song | White Horse | Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters. | 
| 2009 | Best Country Album | Fearless | Taylor Swift, artist. Chad Carlson & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers. Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers. | 
| 2009 | Best New Age Album | Prayer For Compassion | David Darling, artist. David Darling & Mickey Houlihan, engineers/mixers. David Darling & Mickey Houlihan, producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Contemporary Jazz Album | 75 | Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate (Jorge Bezerra, Alegre Correa, Sabine Kabongo, Linley Marthe, Aziz Sahmaoui, Paco Sery, Joe Zawinul), artist. Joachim Becker, Klaus Genuit & Wladi Turkewitsch, engineers/mixers. Joachim Becker, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Jazz Vocal Album | Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman | Kurt Elling, artist. Dave O'Donnell & Rob Macomber, engineers/mixers. Kurt Elling & Laurence Hobgood, producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Improvised Jazz Solo | Dancin' 4 Chicken | Terence Blanchard, soloist. | 
| 2009 | Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group | Five Peace Band - Live | Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band (Vinnie Colaiuta, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, John McLaughlin), artists. Bernie Kirsh, Brian Vibberts & Sven Hoffman, engineers/mixers. | 
| 2009 | Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album | Book One | New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (Irvin Mayfield), artist. Masanori Yura, engineer/mixer. | 
| 2009 | Best Latin Jazz Album | Juntos Para Siempre | "Chucho" Valdés & Bebo Valdés, artists. Javier Limón & José Loeches, engineers/mixers. Fernando Trueba & Nat Chediak, producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Gospel Performance | Wait On The Lord | Donnie McClurkin & Karen Clark-Sheard, artists. | 
| Year | Category | Title | Winners | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Best Gospel Song | God In Me | Erica Campbell, Trecina Campbell & Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell, songwriters. | 
| 2009 | Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album | Live Revelations | Third Day (Tai Anderson, David Carr, Mark Lee, Mac Powell), artist. Chris Biggs, David Jacques & Don McCollister, engineers/mixers. Third Day (Tai Anderson, David Carr, Mark Lee, Mac Powell), producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album | The Power Of One | Israel Houghton, artist. Danny Duncan & Tommy Sims, engineers/mixers. Aaron Lindsey, Israel Houghton & Tommy Sims, producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album | Jason Crabb | Jason Crabb, artist. Ben Fowler & Paul Corley, engineers/mixers. | 
| 2009 | Best Traditional Gospel Album | Oh Happy Day | Bill Hearn, Cedric Thompson, Jack Rovner, Ken Levitan & Ken Pennell, producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album | Audience Of One | Heather Headley, artist. Bill Whittington & Jonathan Crone, engineers/mixers. Keith Thomas, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Latin Pop Album | Sin Frenos | La Quinta Estación (Natalia Jimenez, Angel Reyero), artist. Armando Avila, Juan Carlos Moguel & Pepe Ortega, engineers/mixers. Armando Avila, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album | Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo | Calle 13 (Eduardo Cabra, René Pérez), artist. Carlos Velasquez, Edgardo Matta, Iván Gutiérrez & Ramon Martinez, engineers/mixers. Calle 13 (Eduardo Cabra, René Pérez) & Rafael Arcante, producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Tropical Latin Album | Ciclos | Luis Enrique, artist. Carlos Alvarez, Juan Cristobal Losada & Juan Mario "Mayito" Aracil, engineers/mixers. Sergio George, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Regional Mexican Album | Necesito De Ti | Vicente Fernández, artist. Gustavo Borner, Manuel Salazar, Oscar Iglesias & Sabas Sánchez, engineers/mixers. Manuel Cázares, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Tejano Album | Borders Y Bailes | Los Texmaniacs (Max Baca, David Farias, Oscar Garcia, Lorenzo Martinez), artist. Joe Trevińo & Pete Reiniger, engineers/mixers. Daniel Sheehy, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Norteńo Album | Tu Noche Con...Los Tigres Del Norte | Los Tigres Del Norte (Eduardo Hernandez, Hernan Hernandez, Jorge Hernandez, Luis Hernandez, Oscar Lara Angulo), artist. Alfonso Rodenas & Joseph Pope, engineers/mixers. Los Tigres Del Norte (Eduardo Hernandez, Hernan Hernandez, Jorge Hernandez, Luis Hernandez, Oscar Lara Angulo), producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Banda Album | Tu Esclavo Y Amo | Lupillo Rivera, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Americana Album | Electric Dirt | Levon Helm, artist. Justin Guip, engineer/mixer. Larry Campbell, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Bluegrass Album | The Crow / New Songs For The Five-String Banjo | Steve Martin, artist. Dae Bennett & Nick Sevilla, engineers/mixers. John McEuen, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Traditional Blues Album | A Stranger Here | Ramblin' Jack Elliott, artist. Ryan Freeland, engineer/mixer. Joe Henry, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Contemporary Blues Album | Already Free | The Derek Trucks Band (Kofi Burbridge, Mike Mattison, Count M'Butu, Yonrico Scott, Todd Smallie, Derek Trucks), artist. Bobby Tis, Chris Shaw & Marty Wall, engineers/mixers. | 
| 2009 | Best Traditional Folk Album | High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project | Loudon Wainwright, artist. Alex Venguer & Scott Lehrer, engineers/mixers. Dick Connette, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Contemporary Folk Album | Townes | Steve Earle, artist. Ray Kennedy & Steve Christensen, engineers/mixers. Steve Earle, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Hawaiian Music Album | Masters Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Volume 2 | Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku Jr, Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers. Daniel Ho, Peter DeAquino & Sterling Seaton, engineers/mixers. | 
| 2009 | Best Native American Music Album | Spirit Wind North | Bill Miller, artist. Bill Miller & Michael Von Muchow, producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album | Lay Your Burden Down | Buckwheat Zydeco (Reginald Dural, Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural, Michael Melchione, Kevin Menard, Olivier Scoazec, Curtis Watson, Lee Allen Zeno), artist. David Farrell, engineer/mixer. Steven Maxwell Berlin, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Reggae Album | Mind Control - Acoustic | Stephen Marley, artist. | 
| 2009 | Best Traditional World Music Album | Douga Mansa | Mamadou Diabate, artist. Will Russell, engineer/mixer. Mamadou Diabate, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Contemporary World Music Album | Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions | Béla Fleck, artist. Dave Sinko, Robert Battaglia & Wellington Bowler, engineers/mixers. Béla Fleck, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Musical Album For Children | Family Time | Ziggy Marley, artist. Krish Sharma & Marc "Maka" Moreale, engineers/mixers. Don Was & Ziggy Marley, producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Spoken Word Album For Children | Aaaaah! Spooky, Scary Stories & Songs | Buck Howdy, artist. Steve Wetherbee, engineer/mixer. Buck Howdy, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling) | Always Looking Up | Michael J. Fox, artist. Lance Neal & Zane Birdwell, engineers/mixers. Paul Ruben, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Comedy Album | A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! | Stephen Colbert, artist. Geoff Sanoff & Todd Kilponen, engineers/mixers. Adam Schlesinger, David Javerbaum & Steven M. Gold, producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Musical Show Album | West Side Story | David Caddick & David Lai, producers. Todd Whitelock, engineer/mixer. | 
| 2009 | Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media | Slumdog Millionaire | A.R. Rahman, producer. H Sridhar, P A Deepak & Vivianne Chaix, engineers/mixers. | 
| 2009 | Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media | Up | Michael Giacchino, composer. Dan Wallin, engineer/mixer. | 
| 2009 | Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media | Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire) | A.R. Rahman, Gulzar & Tanvi Shah, songwriters. | 
| 2009 | Best Instrumental Composition | Married Life (From Up) | Michael Giacchino, composer. | 
| 2009 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | West Side Story Medley | Bill Cunliffe, arranger. | 
| 2009 | Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) | Quiet Nights | Claus Ogerman, arranger. | 
| 2009 | Best Recording Package | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | Stefan Sagmeister, art director. | 
| 2009 | Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package | Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972) | Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors. | 
| 2009 | Best Album Notes | The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) | Dan Morgenstern, album notes writer. | 
| 2009 | Best Historical Album | The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) | Andy McKaie, compilation producer. Erick Labson, mastering engineer. | 
| 2009 | Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | Ellipse | Imogen Heap, engineer. | 
| 2009 | Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical | Brendan O'Brien, producer. | |
| 2009 | Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical | When Love Takes Over (Electro Extended Remix) | David Guetta, remixer. | 
| 2009 | Best Surround Sound Album | Transmigration | Michael J. Bishop, surround mix engineer. Michael J. Bishop, surround mastering engineer. Elaine L. Martone, surround producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Engineered Album, Classical | Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 | Peter Laenger, engineer. | 
| 2009 | Producer Of The Year, Classical | Steven Epstein, producer. | |
| 2009 | Best Classical Album | Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 | Kevin Fox, Ragnar Bohlin & Susan McMane, choir directors. Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor. Peter Laenger, engineer/mixer. Andreas Neubronner, mastering engineer. Andreas Neubronner, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Orchestral Performance | Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé | James Levine, conductor. Dirk Sobotka, Jesse Lewis & John Newton, engineers/mixers. Elizabeth Ostrow, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Opera Recording | Britten: Billy Budd | Daniel Harding, conductor. John Fraser, producer. Gidon Saks, Ian Bostridge, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose, Nathan Gunn & Neal Davies, soloists. Jonathan Stokes & Neil Hutchinson, engineers/mixers. | 
| 2009 | Best Choral Performance | Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 | Kevin Fox, Ragnar Bohlin & Susan McMane, choir directors. Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor. Andreas Neubronner & Peter Laenger, engineers/mixers. | 
| Year | Category | Title | Winners | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) | Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 | Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor. Evgeny Kissin, soloist. Arne Akselberg, Jonathan Stokes, Neil Hutchinson & Tim Martyn, engineers/mixers. Jay David Saks, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) | Journey To The New World | Sharon Isbin, soloist. Tim Martyn & Tom Lazarus, engineers/mixers. David Frost, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Chamber Music Performance | Intimate Letters | Emerson String Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer), ensemble. Da-Hong Seetoo, engineer/mixer. Da-Hong Seetoo, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Small Ensemble Performance | Lang, David: The Little Match Girl Passion | Paul Hillier, conductor. Ars Nova Copenhagen (Thomas Kiorbye) & Theatre Of Voices, ensembles. Brad Michel, engineer/mixer. Robina G. Young, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Classical Vocal Performance | Verismo Arias | Renée Fleming, soloist. Mike Hatch & Richard King, engineers/mixers. David Frost, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Classical Contemporary Composition | Higdon, Jennifer: Percussion Concerto | Jennifer Higdon, composer. | 
| 2009 | Best Classical Crossover Album | Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs Of Joy And Peace | Yo-Yo Ma, artist. Richard King, engineer/mixer. Steven Epstein, producer. | 
| 2009 | Best Short Form Music Video | Boom Boom Pow | Black Eyed Peas (Will Adams, Allen Pineda, Stacy Ferguson, Jaime Gomez), artist. Mark Kudsi & Mathew Cullen, video directors. Anna Joseph, Javier Jimenez & Patrick Nugent, video producers. | 
| 2009 | Best Long Form Music Video | The Beatles Love - All Together Now | Adrian Wills, video director. Jonathan Clyde & Martin Bolduc, video producers. |