2009 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

NOTE: The Tyler's Choice Television Awards for 2009 is still coming. There just needs to be a bit more finalization behind the scenes before he can make those public.

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

• "Day 'N' Nite" - Kid Cudi (Dot da Genius & Kid Cudi)
• "Fireflies" - Owl City (Adam Young & Matt Thiessen)
• "Love Lockdown" - Kanye West (Kanye West)
• "Make it Mine" - Jason Mraz (Martin Terefe)
• "This Time" - John Legend (Dave Tozer & Trevor Horn)
  (Honourable Mentions: "All About the Love Again" - Stevie Wonder, "Come On, Get Higher" - Matt Nathanson, "Heartless" - Kanye West, "Her Diamonds" - Rob Thomas, "Pretty Wings" - Maxwell)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

• "Hometown Glory" - Adele (Jim Abbiss)
• "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" - Whitney Houston (David Foster)
• "Poker Face" - Lady Gaga (RedOne)
• "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" - Beyoncé (Beyoncé Knowles, Tricky Stewart & The-Dream)
• "Sober" - P!nk (Danja Hills, Tony Kanal & Jimmy Harry)
• "You Belong with Me" - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift & Nathan Chapman)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Already Gone" - Kelly Clarkson, "Battlefield" - Jordin Sparks, "The Climb" - Miley Cyrus, "Halo" - Beyoncé)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

• "21 Guns" - Green Day (Butch Vig & Green Day)
• "Blame It" - Jamie Foxx, ft. T-Pain (Christopher "Deep" Henderson)
• "Boom Boom Pow" - Black Eyed Peas (Will.i.am)
• "I Gotta Feeling" - Black Eyed Peas (David Guetta & Frédéric Riesterer)
• "Lucky" - Jason Mraz, ft. Colbie Caillat (Martin Terefe)
• "Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon (Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Beautiful" - Akon, ft. Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall, "Down" - Jay Sean, ft. Lil' Wayne, "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" - The Offspring, "Run This Town" - Jay-Z, ft. Rihanna & Kanye West)

Best Album

• 808s and Heartbreak - Kanye West (Kanye West)
• The E.N.D. - Black Eyed Peas (Will.i.am, David Guetta, Frédéric Riesterer, Keith Harris & Printz Board)
• The Fame - Lady Gaga (RedOne, Space Cowboy & Rick Fusari)
• Fearless - Taylor Swift (Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift)
• I Am... Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé (Beyoncé Knowles, Ryan Tedder, Amanda Ghost, Tricky Stewart & Terius Nash)
• Ocean Eyes - Owl City (Adam Young)
  (Honourable Mentions: 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King - Dave Matthews Band, BLACKsummers'night - Maxwell, Lotus Flower - Prince)

Best Music Video

• "Boom Boom Pow" - Black Eyed Peas (Mark Kudsi & Mathew Cullen, directors; Javier Jimenez, Anna Joseph & Patrick Nugent, producers)
• "Fireflies" - Owl City (Steve Hoover, director)
• "Heartless" - Kanye West (Hype Williams, director)
• "Life in Technicolor II" - Coldplay (Dougal Wilson, director; Matthew Fone, producer)
• "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" - Beyoncé (Jake Nava, director)
  (Honourable Mentions: "From My Heart to Yours" - Laura Izibor, "Her Morning Elegance" - Oren Lavie, "Paparazzi" - Lady Gaga, "We Made You" - Eminem, "Wrong" - Depeche Mode)

Best Country Song

• "All I Ask for Anymore" - Trace Adkins (Frank Rogers)
• "High Cost of Living" - Jamey Johnson (Dave Cobb & The Kent Hardly Playboys)
• "I Run to You" - Lady Antebellum (Victoria Shaw & Paul Worley)
• "People Are Crazy" - Billy Currington (Carson Chamberlain & Billy Currington)
• "White Horse" - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift & Nathan Chapman)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Chicken Fried" - Zac Brown Band, "Dead Flowers" - Miranda Lambert, "Here Comes Goodbye" - Rascal Flatts, "Just a Dream" - Carrie Underwood, "Sweet Thing" - Keith Urban)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

• "Boom Boom Pow" - Black Eyed Peas (Will.i.am)
• "Bulletproof" - La Roux (Ben Langmaid & Elly Jackson)
• "Fire Burning" - Sean Kingston (RedOne)
• "Poker Face" - Lady Gaga (RedOne)
• "When Love Takes Over" - David Guetta, ft. Kelly Rowland (David Guetta & Frédéric Riesterer)
• "Womanizer" - Britney Spears (The Outsyders)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Calle Ocho (I Know You Want Me)" - Pitbull, "Jai Ho" - A.R. Rahman, Sukwinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash, "My Delirium" - Ladyhawke, "TiK ToK" - Ke$ha)

Best Pop Song

• "Fireflies" - Owl City (Adam Young & Matthew Thiessen)
• "Gives You Hell" - The All-American Rejects (Eric Valentine)
• "Halo" - Beyoncé (Ryan Tedder & Beyoncé Knowles)
• "Hot n Cold" - Katy Perry (Dr. Luke & Benny Blanco)
• "I Gotta Feeling" - Black Eyed Peas (David Guetta & Frédéric Riesterer)
• "Never Say Never" - The Fray (Aaron Johnson & Mike Flynn)
• "You Belong with Me" - Taylor Swift (Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Lucky" - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat, "Party in the U.S.A." - Miley Cyrus, "Sober" - P!nk)

Best Rap Song

• "Beautiful" - Eminem (Eminem & Jeff Bass)
• "Best I Ever Had" - Drake (Boi-1da)
• "Day 'N' Nite" - Kid Cudi (Dot da Genius & Kid Cudi)
• "Dead and Gone" - T.I., ft. Justin Timberlake (Justin Timberlake & Rob Knox)
• "Right Round" - Flo Rida, ft. Ke$ha (Dr. Luke & Kool Kojak)
• "Run This Town" - Jay-Z, ft. Rihanna & Kanye West (Kanye West & No I.D.)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Casa Bey" - Mos Def, "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" - Jay-Z, "I'm on a Boat" - The Lonely Island, ft. T-Pain, "Tide is High (Numba 1)" - Kardinal Offishall, ft. Keri Hilson)

Best Rock Song

• "21 Guns" - Green Day (Butch Vig & Green Day)
• "Burn It to the Ground" - Nickelback (Nickelback, Mutt Lange & Joey Moi)
• "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" - The Offspring (Bob Rock)
• "Second Chance" - Shinedown (Rob Cavallo)
• "Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon (Angelo Petraglia & Jacquire King)
• "You Found Me" - The Fray (Mike Flynn & Aaron Johnson)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Light On" - David Cook, "New Divide" - Linkin Park, "No Surprise" - Daughtry, "Spaceman" - The Killers)

Best Songwriting

• "21 Guns" - Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong)
• "Fireflies" - Owl City (Adam Young)
• "Poker Face" - Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta & Nadir Khayat)
• "Pretty Wings" - Maxwell (Gerald Rivera & Hod David Marcus Hill)
• "Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill)
• "You Belong with Me" - Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift & Liz Rose)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Day 'n' Nite" - Kid Cudi, "From My Heart to Yours" - Laura Izibor, "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" - The Offspring, "Nothing But a Miracle" - Diana Birch)

Best Original Score

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Alexandre Desplat)
• Milk (Danny Elfman)
• Slumdog Millionaire (A.R. Rahman)
• Star Trek (Michael Giacchino)
• Up (Michael Giacchino)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Cadillac Records: Music from the Motion Picture (Steve Jordan)
• Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds: Motion Picture Soundtrack (Quentin Tarantino)
• Shrek: The Musical (Jeanine Tesori)
• Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture (A.R. Rahman)
• True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series (Alan Ball, Gary Calamar & Kevin Weaver)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• "Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire (A.R. Rahman & Gulzar)
• "New Divide" - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Linkin Park)
• "Once in a Lifetime" - Cadillac Records (Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon & Ian Dench)
• "Who I'd Be" - Shrek: The Musical (David Lindsay-Abaire)
• "The Wrestler" - The Wrestler (Bruce Springsteen)

Best New Artist

• David Cook
• Keri Hilson
• Owl City
• The Script
• Silversun Pickups