Album of the Year: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunnipingu – Gurrumul; Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Rattlin' Bones; Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus, Dig; The Living End – White Noise; The Presets – Apocalypso.
Best Adult Contemporary Album: Clare Bowditch – The Moon Looked On; Jimmy Barnes – Out In The Blue; Katie Noonan – Skin; Robert Forster – The Evangelist; The Panics – Cruel Guards.
Best Blues and Roots Album: Angus and Julia Stone – A Book Like This; Jeff Lang – Half Seas Over; Mia Dyson – Struck Down; The Audreys – When The Flood Comes; The Waifs – Sun, Dirt, Water.
Best Children's Album: Hi-5 – Planet Earth; Jay Laga`aia – Come Dance and Sing; Justine Clarke – Songs To Make You Smile; The Fairies – Fairy Fun Fun Fun; The Wiggles – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing.
Best Comedy Release: Akmal - Akmal Live and Uncensored; Matt Tilley - Gotcha Calls Three's a Crowd; Merrick & Rosso - Live and Totally Wrong!; Shaun Micallef -The Expurgated Micallef Tonight; The Umbilical Brothers - Don't Explain.
Best Country Album: Catherine Britt - Little WildFlower; Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Rattlin' Bones; Melinda Schneider - Be Yourself; Sara Storer - Silver Skies; The McClymonts - Chaos and Bright Lights.
Best Dance Album: Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours; Mobin Master – Show Me Love; PNAU – Pnau; The Potbelleez – Don't Hold Back; The Presets – Apocalypso
Best Female Artist: Clare Bowditch, Gabriella Cilmi, Holly Throsby, Kylie Minogue, Missy Higgins.
Best Group: Angus And Julia Stone, Silverchair, Faker, The Presets, The Living End.
Best Independent Release: Ben Lee – Ripe; British India – Thieves; Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunnipingu – Gurrumul; Lior – Corner Of An Endless Road; Midnight Juggernauts – Dystopia.
Best Male Artist: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunnipingu, Nick Cave, Paul Kelly, Pete Murray, Sam Sparro.
Best Music DVD: Hilltop Hoods – City of Light; Paul Kelly – Stolen Apples; Powderfinger/Silverchair – Across The Great Divide; John Butler Trio – Live at Federation Square; Wolfmother – Please Experience Wolfmother.
Best Pop Release: Gabriella Cilmi – Lessons To Be Learned; Kylie Minogue – X; Operator Please – Yes Yes Vindictive; Sam Sparro – Black and Gold; The Veronicas – Hook Me Up.
Best Rock Album: Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Primary Colours; Faker – Be The Twighlight; Gyroscope – Breed Obsession; Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus, Dig; The Living End – White Noise.
Best Urban Release: A-Love – Ace of Hearts; Bliss 'n' Eso – Flying Colours; Kayalyst – What's Happening?; Muph & Plutonic - ...and Then Tomorrow Came; Spit Syndicate – Towards The Light; The Herd – Summerland.
Breakthrough Artist – Album: Angus and Julia Stone – A Book Like This; Gabriella Cilmi – Lessons To Be Learned; Midnight Juggernauts – Dystopia; Operator Please – Yes Yes Vindictive; Sam Sparro – Sam Sparro.
Breakthrough Artist – Single: Angus and Julia Stone – The Beast; Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me; Sam Sparro – Black and Gold; The Panics – Don't Fight It; The Potbelleez – Don't Hold Back.
Single Of The Year: Faker – This Heart Attack; Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me; Sam Sparro – Black And Gold; The Living End – White Noise; The Presets – My People.
Highest Selling Single: Delta Goodrem – In This Life; Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me; The Potbelleez – Don't Hold Back; The Veronicas – Untouched; The Veronicas – Hook Me Up.
Highest Selling Album: David Campbell – The Swing Sessions 2; Delta Goodrem – Delta; Guy Sebastian – The Memphis Album; The Veronicas – Hook Me Up; Tina Arena – Songs of Love and Loss.
Best Classical Album: Brett Dean and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Brett Dean; Elena Kats-Chernin – Slow Food; Richard Tognetti, Neal Peres da Costa and Daniel Yeadon – Bach Sonatas For Violin and Keyboard; Roger Woodward – Jon Seb Bach Chromatic Fantasia Fugue, BVW 903; Slava Grigorian and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra – Baroque Guitar Concertos.
Best Jazz Album: Andrea Keller – Footprints; Deni Hines and James Morrison – The Other Woman; Grace Knight – Willow; Joe Chindamo – Duende, The Romantic Project; Mike Nock Project – Meeting of the Waters; Oehlers, Grabowsky, Beck – Lost and Found.
Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album: Night – Original Cast Recording; Summer Heights High – Chris Lilley; Pricilla The Musical – Original Cast Recording; The Square – OST; Various Artists – The Countdown Spectacular Live 2.
Best World Music Album: Archie Roach – Journey; David Jones – Colours of the Drum; Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunnipingu – Gurrumul; Joseph Tawadros – Angel; Watussi – Tequilla Sandre Fuego.