| Record of the Year |
"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", 5th Dimension |
| Album of the Year |
Blood, Sweat and Tears, Blood, Sweat and Tears (Columbia) |
| Song of the Year |
"Games People Play", Joe South, songwriter |
| Best New Artist of 1969 |
Crosby, Stills and Nash |
| Best Contemporary Song |
"Games People Play", Joe South, songwriter |
| Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male |
"Everybody's Talkin'", Harry Nilsson |
| Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female |
"Is That All There Is", Peggy Lee |
| Best Contemporary Vocal Performance By a Group |
"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", 5th Dimension |
| Best Contemporary Performance By a Chorus |
"Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet", Percy Faith Orchestra and Chorus |
| Best Contemporary Instrumental Performance |
"Variations on a Theme by Eric Satie", Blood, Sweat and Tears |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Song |
"Color Him Father", Richard Spencer, songwriter |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male |
"The Chokin' Kind", Joe Simon |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female |
"Share Your Love With Me", Aretha Franklin |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Group or Duo |
"It's Your Thing", Isley Brothers |
| Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance |
"Games People Play", King Curtis |
| Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist With Small Group |
Willow Weep for Me, Wes Montgomery |
| Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist With Large Group |
"Walking in Space", Quincy Jones |
| Best Country Song |
"A Boy Named Sue", Shel Silverstein, songwriter |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Male |
"A Boy Named Sue", Johnny Cash |
| Best Country Vocal Performance, Female |
Stand by Your Man, Tammy Wynette |
| Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group |
"MacArthur Park", Waylon Jennings and the Kimberlys |
| Best Country Instrumental Performance |
The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds, Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass |
| Best Gospel Performance |
"In Gospel Country", Porter Wagoner and the Blackwood Brothers |
| Best Soul Gospel Performance |
Oh Happy Day, Edwin Hawkins Singers |
| Best Sacred Performance |
"Ain't That Beautiful Singing", Jake Hess |
| Best Folk Performance |
Clouds, Joni Mitchell |
| Best Instrumental Arrangement |
"Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet", Henry Mancini, arranger |
| Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) |
"Spinning Wheel", Fred Lipsius, arranger |
| Best Instrumental Theme |
Midnight Cowboy, John Barry, composer |
| Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album |
Promises, Promises, Burt Bacharach and Hal Davis, composers (Liberty) |
| Best Original Score Written for Motion Picture or Television |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Burt Bacharach, composer |
| Album of the Year, Classical |
Switched-On Bach, Walter Carlos (Columbia) |
| Best Classical Performance, Orchestra |
Boulez Conducts Debussy, Vol. 2 "Images Pour Orchestre", Pierre Boulez conducting Cleveland Orchestra |
| Best Chamber Music Performance |
Gabrieli, Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli (Canzoni for Brass Choirs), the Philadelphia, Cleveland and Chicago Brass ensembles |
| Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With or Without Orchestra) |
Switched-On Bach, Walter Carlos |
| Best Opera Recording |
Wagner, Siegfried, Herbert von Karajan conducting Berlin Philharmonic; solos: Thomas, Stewart, Stolze, Dernesch, Keleman, Dominguez, Gayer and Ridderbusch (Deutsche Grammophon) |
| Best Choral Performance (Other Than Opera) |
Berio, Sinfonia, Swingle Singers; Ward Swingle, choral master; Luciano Berio conducting New York Philharmonic |
| Best Vocal Soloist Performance, Classical |
Barber, Two Scenes From "Antony and Cleopatra”; Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Leontyne Price; Thomas Schippers conducting New Philharmonia |
| Best Comedy Recording |
Bill Cosby, Bill Cosby (Uni) |
| Best Spoken Word Recording |
We Love You, Call Collect, Art Linkletter and Diane (Word/Capitol) |
| Best Recording for Children |
Peter, Paul and Mommy, Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Bros.) |
| Best Album Cover |
America the Beautiful, Evelyn J. Kelbish, painting; David Stahlberg, graphics (Skye) |
| Best Album Notes |
Nashville Skyline, Johnny Cash, annotator (Columbia) |
