| Award Categories | Predicted Winner(s) |
| Record Of The Year | Green Day - "American Idiot" |
| Album Of The Year | Ray Charles - "Genius Loves Company" |
| Song Of The Year | Alicia Keys - "If I Ain't Got You" |
| Best New Artist | Maroon5 |
| Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Norah Jones - "Sunrise" |
| Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | John Mayer - "Daughters" |
| Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal | Evanescence - "My Immortal" |
| Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals | Ray Charles & Norah Jones - "Here We Go Again" |
| Best Pop Vocal Album | Norah Jones - "Feels Like Home" |
| Best Dance Recording | Scissor Sisters - "Comfortably Numb" |
| Best Electronic/Dance Album | Basement Jaxx - "Kiss Kash" |
| Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal | U2 - "Vertigo" |
| Best Hard Rock Performance | Incubus - "Megalomaniac" |
| Best Rock Song | Green Day - "American Idiot" |
| Best Rock Album | Green Day - "American Idiot" |
| Best Alternative Music Album | Franz Ferdinand - "Franz Ferdinand" |
| Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | Alicia Keys - "If I Ain't Got You" |
| Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | Prince - "Call My Name" |
| Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals | Alicia Keys Featuring Tony! Toni! Tone! - "Diary" |
| Best R&B Song | Alicia Keys - "You Don't Know My Name" |
| Best R&B Album | Alicia Keys - "The Diary Of Alicia Keys" |
| Best Contemporary R&B Album | Usher - "Confessions" |
| Best Rap Solo Performance | Jay-Z - "99 Problems" |
| Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group | Beastie Boys - "Ch-Check It Out" |
| Best Rap/Sung Collaboration | Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris - "Yeah!" |
| Best Rap Song | Jay-Z - "99 Problems" |
| Best Rap Album | Kanye West - "The College Dropout" |