2012 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

• "The A Team" - Ed Sheeran (Jake Gosling)
• "Home" - Phillip Phillips (Drew Pearson)
• "I Won't Give Up" - Jason Mraz (Joe Chiccarelli)
• "Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye (Wally de Becker)
• "We Take Care of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen (Ron Aniello & Bruce Springsteen)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Adorn" - Miguel, "Better Than I Know Myself" - Adam Lambert, "Climax" - Usher, "It Will Rain" - Bruno Mars, "Thinkin Bout You" - Frank Ocean)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

• "Blown Away" - Carrie Underwood (Mark Bright)
• "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen (Josh Ramsay)
• "Domino" - Jessie J (Dr. Luke & Cirkut)
• "Set Fire to the Rain" - Adele (Fraser T Smith)
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson (Greg Kurstin)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" - P!nk, "Guardian" - Alanis Morissette, "Happy Pills" - Norah Jones, "Lights" - Ellie Goulding, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - Taylor Swift)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

• "I Will Wait" - Mumford and Sons (Markus Dravs)
• "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys (Danger Mouse & The Black Keys)
• "Payphone" - Maroon 5, ft. Wiz Khalifa (Shellback & Benny Blanco)
• "Some Nights" - fun. (Jeff Bhasker)
• "Take Care" - Drake, ft. Rihanna (Jamie xx & Noah Shebib)
• "We Are Young" - fun., ft. Janelle Monáe (Jeff Bhasker)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Brokenhearted" - Karmin, "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers, "Shake It Out" - Florence + The Machine, "What Makes You Beautiful" - One Direction)

Best Album

• Babel - Mumford and Sons (Markus Dravs)
• Blunderbuss - Jack White (Jack White)
• Channel Orange - Frank Ocean (Frank Ocean, Om'Mas Keith, Malay & Pharrell Williams)
• El Camino - The Black Keys (Danger Mouse & The Black Keys)
• Some Nights - fun. (Jeff Bhasker, Emile Haynie & Jake One)
  (Honourable Mentions: Ceremonials - Florence + The Machine, The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond - various artists, Making Mirrors - Gotye, Slipstream - Bonnie Raitt, The Truth About Love - P!nk)

Best Music Video

• "Bad Girls" - M.I.A. (Romain Gavras, director/producer)
• "Houdini" - Foster the People (Daniels & Foster the People, directors; Gaetano Crupi, Saul Levitz & Candice Ouaknine, producers)
• "Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye, ft. Kimbra (Natasha Pincus, director/producer)
• "We Are Young" - fun., ft. Janelle Monáe (Marc Klasfeld, director)
• "We Found Love" - Rihanna, ft. Calvin Harris (Melina Matsoukas, director; Juliette Larthe, Candice Ouaknine & Inga Veronique, producers)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Blown Away" - Carrie Underwood, "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen, "No Church in the Wild" - Jay-Z & Kanye West, ft. Frank Ocean & The-Dream, "Ride" - Lana Del Rey, "Run Boy Run" - Woodkid)

Best Country Song

• "Blown Away" - Carrie Underwood (Mark Bright)
• "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" - Eli Young Band (Frank Liddell & Mike Wrucke)
• "Home" - Dierks Bentley (Brett Beavers & Luke Wooten)
• "Safe & Sound" - Taylor Swift, ft. The Civil Wars (T-Bone Burnett)
• "Springsteen" - Eric Church (Jay Joyce)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Come Over" - Kenny Chesney, "Over" - Blake Shelton, "Over You" - Miranda Lambert, "Pontoon" - Little Big Town, "Wanted" - Hunter Hayes)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

• "Bangarang" - Skrillex & Sirah (Sonny Moore)
• "Don't You Worry, Child" - Swedish House Mafia, ft. John Martin (Swedish House Mafia)
• "Good Time" - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen (Adam Young, Max Martin & Emily Wright)
• "Let's Go" - Calvin Harris, ft. Ne-Yo (Calvin Harris)
• "Levels" - Avicii (Avicii)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Feels So Close" - Calvin Harris, "I Can't Live Without You" - Al Walser, "The Night Out" - Martin Solveig, "We Found Love" - Rihanna, ft. Calvin Harris, "Where Have You Been" - Rihanna)

Best Pop Song

• "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen (Josh Ramsay)
• "Home" - Phillip Phillips (Drew Pearson)
• "Shake It Out" - Florence + The Machine (Paul Epworth)
• "Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye, ft. Kimbra (Wally de Becker)
• "We Are Young" - fun., ft. Janelle Monae (Jeff Bhasker)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Die Young" - Ke$ha, "I Won't Give Up" - Jason Mraz, "One More Night" - Maroon 5, "Part of Me" - Katy Perry, "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson)

Best Rap Song

• "Daughters" - Nas (No I.D.)
• "Ni**as in Paris" - Jay-Z & Kanye West (Kanye West, Hit-Boy & Mike Dean)
• "Take Care" - Drake, ft. Rihanna (Jamie xx & Noah Shebib)
• "Wild Ones" - Flo Rida, ft. Sia (soFLY & Nius and Axwell)
• "Young, Wild & Free" - Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg, ft. Bruno Mars (The Smeezingtons)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Cherry Wine" - Nas & Amy Winehouse, "Lotus Flower Bomb" - Wale & Miguel, "Mercy" - Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz, "The Motto" - Drake, ft. Lil' Wayne, "No Church in the Wild" - Jay-Z & Kanye West, ft. Frank Ocean & The-Dream)

Best Rock Song

• "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers (Julius Gatuma)
• "I Will Wait" - Mumford and Sons (Markus Dravs)
• "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys (Danger Mouse & The Black Keys)
• "Oh Love" - Green Day (Rob Cavallo & Green Day)
• "We Take Care of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen (Ron Aniello & Bruce Springsteen)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Charlie Brown" - Coldplay, "Freedom at 21" - Jack White, "Hold On" - Alabama Shakes, "Little Talks" - Of Monsters and Men, "Lost in the Echo" - Linkin Park)

Best Songwriting

• "The A Team" - Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran)
• "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen (Carly Rae Jepsen, Josh Ramsay & Tavish Crowe)
• "Home" - Phillip Phillips (Greg Holden & Drew Pearson)
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" - Kelly Clarkson (Jörgen Elofsson, Greg Kurstin, David Gamson & Ali Tamposi)
• "We Are Young" - fun., ft. Janelle Monáe (Nate Reuss, Jack Antonoff, Andrew Dost & Jeffrey Bhasker)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Adorn" - Miguel, "Blown Away" - Carrie Underwood, "Shake It Out" - Florence + The Machine, "Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye, ft. Kimbra, "We Found Love" - Rihanna, ft. Calvin Harris)

Best Original Score

• The Artist (Ludovic Bource)
• The Dark Knight Rises (Hans Zimmer)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
• Hugo (Howard Shore)
• Journey (Austin Wintory)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams, Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin, Brave - Patrick Doyle, The Hunger Games - James Newton Howard, Moonrise Kingdom - Alexandre Desplat)

Best Compilation Soundtrack

• The Descendants (Music from the Motion Picture) (Dondi Bastone & Alexander Payne)
• The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond (T-Bone Burnett)
• Marley (Chris Blackwell & Barry Cole)
• The Muppets: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (Kaylin Frank & Mitchell Leib)
• Rock of Ages (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Adam Anders, Peer Åström & Adam Shankman)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• "Breath of Life" - Snow White and the Huntsman (Florence Welch & Isabelle Summers)
• "Learn Me Right" - Brave (Mumford and Sons)
• "Let Me Be Your Star" - Smash (Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman)
• "Man or Muppet" - The Muppets (Bret McKenzie)
• "Safe and Sound" - The Hunger Games (Taylor Swift, T-Bone Burnett, John Paul White & Joy Williams)

Best New Artist

• Carly Rae Jepsen
• Emeli Sandé
• Frank Ocean
• fun.
• Gotye
• Phillip Phillips
  (Honourable Mentions: Christina Perri, Ed Sheeran, The Lumineers, One Direction)