Best Rap Albums

1. The Marshal Mathers LP
2. All Eyes On Me
3. Illmatic - Nas
4. The Eminem Show - Eminem
5. The Carter 3
6. The Chronic
7. Get Rich or Die Tryin
8. Life After Death
9. Straight Outta Compton
10. Ready To Die

Best Hip Hop Albums

1. All Eyez on Me - Tupac
2. Illmatic - Nas
3. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
4. Ready to Die - Notorious B.I.G.
5. The Eminem Show - Eminem
6. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
7. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
8. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
9. The Rising Tied - Fort Minor
10. Recovery - Eminem

Best Independent Albums of 2011

1. Devil's Rain - Misfits
2. The Whole Love - Wilco
3. My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
4. Megalithic Symphony - AWOLNATION
5. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
6. Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
7. Mayday Parade - Mayday Parade
8. Radiosurgery - New Found Glory
9. Chickenfoot III - Chickenfoot
10. Chickenfoot III - Chickenfoot

Best Hard Rock Albums of 2011

1. Staind - Staind
2. The Hunter - Mastodon
3. Wasting Light - Foo Fighters
4. The Truth Is... - Theory of a Deadman
5. Devil's Rain - Misfits
6. Chickenfoot III - Chickenfoot
7. Radiosurgery - New Found Glory
8. Awakening - blessthefall
9. A Dramatic Turn of Events - Dream Theater
10. Here and Now - Nickelback

Best Alternative Albums of 2011

1. Neighborhoods - Blink 182
2. I'm With You - Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. Torches - Foster the People
4. Night of Hunters - Tori Amos
5. Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
6. The Hunter - Mastodon
7. Awakening - blessthefall
8. Staind - Staind
9. The Whole Love - Wilco
10. Evanescence - Evanescence