Best Female R&B Artist::
- Beyonce Knowles
- Mary J. Blige
- Melanie Fiona
- *Alicia Keys
- Rihanna
Best Male R&B Artist:
- Chris Brown
- Raheem DeVaughn
- Maxwell
- *Trey Songz
- Usher
Best New Artist:
- Justin Bieber
- Melanie Fiona
- *Nicki Minaj
- Wale
- Young Money
Best Group:
- Black Eyed Peas
- Clipse
- Diddy-Dirty Money
- New Boyz
- *Young Money
Best Collaboration:
- Beyonce Knowles (feat. Lady GaGa) - "Video Phone"
- B.o.B (feat. Bruno Mars) - "Nothin' on You"
- Drake & Trey Songz - "Successful"
- Drake (feat. Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem) - "Forever"
- *Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
- Trey Songz (feat. Fabolous) - "Say Aah"
Video of the Year:
- *Beyonce Knowles (feat. Lady GaGa) - "Video Phone"
- B.o.B (feat. Bruno Mars) - "Nothin' on You"
- Melanie Fiona - "It Kills Me"
- Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
- Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - "Run This Town"
Viewer's Choice:
- Beyonce Knowles - "Sweet Dreams"
- Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
- Monica - "Everything to Me"
- *Rihanna (feat. Young Jeezy) - "Hard"
- Trey Songz (feat. Fabolous) - "Say Aah"
- Young Money (feat. Lloyd) - "Bedrock"
Centric Award:
- Melanie Fiona
- Maxwell
- Chrisette Michele
- *Monica
- Sade
Best International Act:
- Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
- Chipmunk (U.K.)
- *Dizzee Rascal (U.K.)
- Estelle (U.K.)
- Hip Hop Pantsula (South Africa)
- K'naan (Somalia)
- M.I. (Nigeria)
- P-Square (Nigeria)
- Corinne Bailey Rae (U.K.)
- Sade (U.K.)