| Adult Contemporary | Alexandre Désilets | | | Windigo |
| Adult Contemporary | Harriet | | | Harriet |
| Adult Contemporary | Jane Siberry | | | Angels Bend Closer |
| Adult Contemporary | Olivia Millerschin | | | Look Both Ways |
| Adult Contemporary | Reeve Carney | |  | Youth Is Wasted |
| Alt. Country | Fear for the Dust | | | Gone to the Ground |
| Alt. Country | India Ramey | | | Snake Handler |
| Alt. Country | Jake La Botz | | | Sunnyside |
| Alt. Country | Kim Beggs | | | Said Little Sparrow |
| Alt. Country | Modern Mal | | | The Misanthrope Family Album |
| Americana | Dan Mills | | | Something Good |
| Americana | Devin Jake | | | Days into Years |
| Americana | John McEuen | | | Made In Brooklyn |
| Americana | Rachel Baiman | | | Shame |
| Americana | Sad Daddy | | | Fresh Catch |
| Bluegrass | David Naiditch | | | Bluegrass that Swings |
| Bluegrass | Randy Steele | | | Songs from the Suck |
| Bluegrass | The Bankesters | | | Nightbird |
| Bluegrass | The Bucking Mules | | | Smoke Behind the Clouds |
| Bluegrass | Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike | | | Small Town Heroes |
| Blues | Altered Five Blues Band | | | Charmed & Dangerous |
| Blues | Cary Morin | | | Cradle to the Grave |
| Blues | Doug MacLeod | | | Break the Chain |
| Blues | Johnny Oskam | | | In My Shadow |
| Blues | Wes Mackey | | | Back to the Shack (Retro Collection) |
| Children's Music | Dan Zanes and Friends | | | Lead Belly, Baby! |
| Children's Music | Joanie Leeds and The Nightlights | | | Brooklyn Baby! |
| Children's Music | Mi Manzana | | | Aprendo Cantando, Vol. 2 |
| Children's Music | The Bazillions | | | Rock-n-Roll Yearbook |
| Children's Music | The Moonlights | | | The Moonlights |
| Compilation | Brian Tarquin & Company | | | Orlando in Heaven |
| Compilation | Various Artists | | | For the Record Vol. II |
| Compilation | Various Artists | | | A Century of Heritage Guitar Music |
| Compilation | Various Artists | | | The Crooked Road's Mountains of Music Homecoming 2016 Live Concert Recordings |
| Compilation | Various Artists | | | Classic English and Scottish Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways |
| Concept | Agency | | | Resist |
| Concept | Dear Criminals | | | Fatale |
| Concept | Ellie Dorman | | | Twelve |
| Concept | Sofía Rei | | | El Gavilán |
| Concept | Tyné | | | Bridges |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Andrea Joy | | | Inside Out |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Brandon Hixson | | | Here Is My Heart |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Dana Fields | | | A Personal Experience |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Delra Harris | | | H M A I |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Glenn Johnson & The Voices of Innerpeace | | | Greatness |
| Contemporary Classical | Danaë Xanthe Vlasse | | | Trilogies |
| Contemporary Classical | Douglas Knehans | | | Unfinished Earth |
| Contemporary Classical | Fabian Almazan & Rhizome | | | Alcanza |
| Contemporary Classical | Jared Robinson | | | The Strange and Tumultuous Life of Edgar Allan Poe (Original Score) |
| Contemporary Classical | Stephen Edwards (Composer) feat. The Continuo Arts Symphonic Chorus and The City of Prague Philharmonic | | | Requiem for My Mother: Themes and Variations |
| Country | Dani Strong | | | Time to Breathe |
| Country | Dean Young | | | Makin' a Life |
| Country | Nathan King | | | Heaven Tonight |
| Country | Richard Lynch | | | Mending Fences |
| Country | Susan Cattaneo | | | The Hammer & The Heart |
| Dance/Electronica | Dark Model | | | Saga |
| Dance/Electronica | Dugo | | | Lingua Franca |
| Dance/Electronica | Mic Most | | | A Tale of Grandeur |
| Dance/Electronica | Midnight Mystery Club | | | Reason or Rhyme |
| Dance/Electronica | Miss Tara | | | Let's Live! |
| Debut | Carola Ortiz | | | SIRIN |
| Debut | Dani Strong | | | Time to Breathe |
| Debut | Lisa Kalil | | | VITRAIS |
| Debut | Luz Pinos | | | Mariposa Azul |
| Debut | Sai da Frente | | | Sai da Frente |
| Eclectic | Arian Saleh | | | Antoinette |
| Eclectic | Goat's Notes | | | Cosmic Circus |
| Eclectic | Guy Klucevsek | | | Teetering on the Verge of Normalcy |
| Eclectic | Jack of None | | | Who Shot Bukowski? |
| Eclectic | The Knells | | | Knells II |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Brady Toops | | | Tried & True |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Jael Bird Joseph | | | The Journal of Forgotten Memories |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Jonah Smith | | | Stay Close |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Sarah Thiele | | | Built Like the Sun |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Seth Glier | | | Birds |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Cliff Beach | | | The Gospel According to Cliff Beach |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Joan Torres's All Is Fused | | | Of the Musical |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Preston Smith | | | On the Surface |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Snaggle | | | The Long Slog |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Sr. Langosta | | | El Experimento Caribeño |
| Indie/Alt. Rock | Christine Owman | | | When on Fire |
| Indie/Alt. Rock | KALO | | | Wild Change |
| Indie/Alt. Rock | Manu Pozzi | | | Equinoccio |
| Indie/Alt. Rock | Raveen | | | Always |
| Indie/Alt. Rock | Soup | | | Remedies |
| Instrumental | Emilio Solla | | | Tributango |
| Instrumental | Jim Daneker | | | Ad Alta |
| Instrumental | Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge | | | Mount Royal |
| Instrumental | Likho Duo | | | Blues and the World Beyond |
| Instrumental | Roman Miroshnichenko | | | Ascension |
| Jazz Instrumental | Angiolo Tarocchi Jazz Orchestra | | | Unwired |
| Jazz Instrumental | Berta Moreno | | | Little Steps |
| Jazz Instrumental | David Whitman | | | Oh, Clara! |
| Jazz Instrumental | Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita | | | Transparent Water |
| Jazz Instrumental | Petros Klampanis | | | CHROMA |
| Jazz With Vocals | Ararur | | | Mielikki |
| Jazz With Vocals | Carola Ortiz | | | SIRIN |
| Jazz With Vocals | Peter Campbell | | | Loving You: Celebrating Shirley Horn |
| Jazz With Vocals | Quinn Bachand's Brishen | | | Blue Verdun |
| Jazz With Vocals | Rozina Pátkai | | | Paraíso na Terra |
| Latin | Edwin Perez | | | La Voz del Pueblo |
| Latin | Eliana Cuevas | | | Golpes y Flores |
| Latin | Emilio Solla | | | Tributango |
| Latin | Luz Pinos | | | Mariposa Azul |
| Latin | Sai da Frente | | | Sai da Frente |
| Live Performance | Little Freddie King | | | You Make My Night |
| Live Performance | Mike Mentz | | | Live in Thailand |
| Live Performance | Petros Klampanis | | | CHROMA |
| Live Performance | Various Artists | | | The Crooked Road's Mountains of Music Homecoming 2016 Live Concert Recordings |
| Metal/Hardcore | Bare Infinity | | | The Butterfly Raiser |
| Metal/Hardcore | Esprit D'Air | | | Constellations |
| Metal/Hardcore | Hope Remains | | | Visions and Memories |
| Metal/Hardcore | Next to None | | | Phases |
| Metal/Hardcore | Oblivion Myth | | | Inside the Mirror |
| New Age | Anaya Music | | | Eternity |
| New Age | Bill Wren | | | Road to Chiang Mai |
| New Age | Fiona Joy | | | Into the Mist |
| New Age | FLOW (feat. Will Ackerman, Fiona Joy, Lawrence Blatt & Jeff Oster) | | | FLOW |
| New Age | Tony Chen | | | The Mighty Heroes |
| Pop | Amy Gerhartz | | | FIRE |
| Pop | Brielle | | | Brielle |
| Pop | Ibby | | | Cross Your Heart |
| Pop | Simon Lynge | | | The Map of Your Life |
| Pop | Taylor Grey | | | Space Case |
| R&B/Soul | Crack of Dawn | | | Spotlight |
| R&B/Soul | Katrina Marie | | | When There Is No Color |
| R&B/Soul | Stephen Emmer | | | Home Ground |
| R&B/Soul | Vintage#18 | | | Grit |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Bigg Brass | | | Chasin' Greatness |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | SplytSecond | | | PROJECT:Akuma |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | T.D.H. | | | Finally It's Real |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Wordsmith | | | Perspective Jukebox |
| Reissue | Various Artists | | | Classic English and Scottish Ballads from Smithsonian Folkways |
| Reissue | Various Artists | | | Indus Raag: Music Beyond Borders (Gold Edition) |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Arabella | | | I Heard the Brother Speak |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Death Valley High | | | CVLT [AS FVK] |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Lines in the Sky | | | Beacon |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Sleep Machine | | | Sleep Machine |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Syteria | | | Rant O Bot |
| Spoken Word | Jack of None | | | Who Shot Bukowski? |
| Spoken Word | Jenni Asher | | | Freedom |
| Spoken Word | Spirit-Lead | | | Relatively Speaking |
| Spoken Word | Various Artists | | | Action Moves People United |
| Tribute | Benny Turner | | | My Brother's Blues |
| Tribute | Carlos Cano & Hernán Milla | | | Por la Rivera de Paquito |
| Tribute | JAMBa feat. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie | | | Off White |
| Tribute | Pat Wictor | | | This Is Absolutely Real: Visions and Versions of Phil Ochs |
| Tribute | Sofía Rei | | | El Gavilán |
| World Beat | Karim Baggili | | | Apollo You Sixteen |
| World Beat | Louis Simão | | | A Luz |
| World Beat | Minor Empire | | | Uprooted |
| World Beat | Sina Bathaie | | | Ray of Hope |
| World Beat | Tri Nguyen | | | Beyond Borders |
| World Traditional | Cassie and Maggie | | | The Willow Collection |
| World Traditional | Lenka Lichtenberg | | | MASARYK - Národní písn?: Czech, Moravian and Slovak Folk Songs Reimagined |
| World Traditional | Magín Díaz | | | El Orisha de la Rosa |
| World Traditional | Sangpuy | | | Yaangad |
| World Traditional | Yungdrung Gyal & Wangmo | | | The Voice of Nature - Tshang Yang Gya Tsho |
| Song Categories | Nominee | | | Nominated Song |
| A Cappella | AlliCat | | | Good Times (A Cappella) [feat. Yung Gamillion] |
| A Cappella | Eh440 | | | Never Stop Lovin' You |
| A Cappella | Mere Machine | | | Cry on Us (feat. Susan Marshall) |
| A Cappella | Milli Janatková |  | | Mothers' Magic |
| A Cappella | Susan Cattaneo & The Lucy Stone Singers | | | Sisters of a Different Skin |
| Acoustic | Emmanuel Garduño | | | Cuanto Te Amo (feat. Kruz Alexander) |
| Acoustic | Hudson Mueller | | | Watermelon Queen (Live) [feat. Joy Hanson] |
| Acoustic | Reeve Carney | | | Think of You |
| Acoustic | Seth Glier | | | I'm Still Looking |
| Acoustic | Susan Cattaneo | | | Work Hard, Love Harder (feat. The Boxcar Lilies) |
| Adult Contemporary | Chris Ayer | | | Heavy |
| Adult Contemporary | Reeve Carney | | | Think of You |
| Adult Contemporary | The Singer and The Songwriter | | | Give Love |
| Adult Contemporary | UNA | | | Last Time I Saw You |
| Adult Contemporary | Vian Izak | | | Starlit Summer's Eve |
| Alt. Country | Ben Leece | | | Trace (feat. Tori Forsyth) |
| Alt. Country | Devin Jake | | | A Note on the Table |
| Alt. Country | Freudz Couch | | | Martha |
| Alt. Country | Jake La Botz | | | How I Wish She Was Mine |
| Alt. Country | Matthew Huff | | | All Over You |
| Americana | Andrea Colburn & Mud Moseley | | | Bones |
| Americana | Big Little Lions | | | Against the Wall |
| Americana | Erisa Rei | | | Morning Glory |
| Americana | Jeremy Parsons | | | Why Is the Bluebird Blue |
| Americana | Sally & George | | | Tip My Heart |
| Bluegrass | Randy Steele | | | Mobile Soon |
| Bluegrass | Sad Daddy | | | Mountainside |
| Bluegrass | Steve Hussey & Jake Eddy | | | The Miller Girl |
| Bluegrass | Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike | | | Something About a Train |
| Bluegrass | Wesley Randolph Eader | | | Snowy Hills of Washington |
| Blues | Altered Five Blues Band | | | Cookin' in Your Kitchen |
| Blues | Blues Arcadia | | | Bad Boogaloo |
| Blues | Jim Allchin | | | Just Plain Sick |
| Blues | Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers | | | Pretty Good for a Girl (feat. Joe Bonamassa) |
| Blues | Reeve Carney | | | Father's House |
| Children's Music | Aztec Two-Step | | | In the Rain |
| Children's Music | Joanie Leeds and The Nightlights | | | Love Is Love |
| Children's Music | Juan Cristiani & Melissa B. | | | Dancing in the Rain |
| Children's Music | Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats | | | It's Snowing |
| Children's Music | Marla Lewis | | | Major Minor |
| Contemporary Christian/Gospel | (the autumn) | | | Mercy|Grace |
| Contemporary Christian/Gospel | Abigail Sloane | | | Reason & Rhyme |
| Contemporary Christian/Gospel | Denise Pass | | | You Are Worthy |
| Contemporary Christian/Gospel | Drew Greenway | | | Walk in the Light |
| Contemporary Christian/Gospel | Wordsmith | | | Fill the Space |
| Country | Aaron R. Smith | | | Live It in the Now |
| Country | Blind Joe | | | People Like Me |
| Country | Dani Strong | | | What You Need |
| Country | Holly Tucker | | | Knock Off |
| Country | Matthew Huff | | | I Can't Love You Anymore |
| Cover | Agency | | | Black Boys on Mopeds - (orig. by Sinéad O'Connor) |
| Cover | Seth Glier | | | For What It's Worth - (orig. by Buffalo Springfield) |
| Cover | Susan Cattaneo | | | Space Oddity (feat. Amy Fairchild and Todd Thibaud) - (orig. by David Bowie) |
| Cover | The Bankesters | | | Seven Nation Army - (orig. by The White Stripes) |
| Cover | The RodgarBand | | | I'm Your Baby Tonight (feat. Luna LaRae) - (orig. by Whitney Houston) |
| Dance/Electronica | Anish Sood | | | Starry Night (feat. Zach Sorgen & Kelechi) |
| Dance/Electronica | Danu5ik | | | Never Hold Me |
| Dance/Electronica | Jayson Miro | | | So Deep In Love (feat. Obediah & Ajay Raw) |
| Dance/Electronica | Midnight Mystery Club | | | Calling Me |
| Dance/Electronica | NoahStradamus & JANEX | | | Alone (SFE Edition) |
| Eclectic | Arian Saleh | | | Ways of Seeing |
| Eclectic | Jack of None | | | Polyamorous Serial Monogamist |
| Eclectic | Leftbank | | | I just want to know for sure |
| Eclectic | Stefan Kristinkov | | | On a Raising Value of Ice |
| Eclectic | Vodevil Vargas | | | Curro, 25 |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Chad Dohring | | | Hey Love (Demo) |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Emily Shirley | | | Build Me a Boat |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Jessi Mason | | | This One's on Me |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Lily Mae | | | Come Tomorrow Gently In |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Seth Glier | | | Like I Do |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Ben Adkins | | | Five in Time |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Eddie Moore & The Outer Circle | | | 007 |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Joan Torres's All Is Fused | | | Demiurge |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Los Banksters | | | Boleto Ganador |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Nik West | | | Purple Unicorn |
| Holiday | Deejay Young | | | Christmas Time Is Here |
| Holiday | Jubilant Bridge | | | A Bell A Bird A Star |
| Holiday | Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats | | | It's the Holidays! |
| Holiday | Professor Pump-Un-Shlump | | | What Came First? (Chicken/Egg) |
| Holiday | The Gothard Sisters | | | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen |
| Indie/Alt. Rock | Air Traffic Controller | | | After Party |
| Indie/Alt. Rock | Christine Owman | | | Denial |
| Indie/Alt. Rock | HALF SHY | | | Growing up to Grow Apart |
| Indie/Alt. Rock | Shadow of Whales | | | Animals |
| Indie/Alt. Rock | Waleheart | | | Water |
| Instrumental | Don Bodin | | | Eleven Point Seven Five |
| Instrumental | Gustavo Ballesteros | | | Tocata |
| Instrumental | Les Finnigan | | | Double Crush |
| Instrumental | Roman Smirnov | | | Ciento Viente |
| Instrumental | Tania Stavreva | | | Ritmico Y Distorsionado (feat. Will Calhoun) |
| Jazz Instrumental | Berta Moreno | | | Mind the Gap |
| Jazz Instrumental | Brian Eisenberg Jazz Orchestra | | (tie) | Life Changes |
| Jazz Instrumental | Frank Catalano, Jimmy Chamberlin and David Sanborn | | (tie) | Shakin' |
| Jazz Instrumental | Mamiko Watanabe | | | Waterfall |
| Jazz Instrumental | Roberto Tola | | | Funky Party (feat. Bob Mintzer & Bill Sharpe) |
| Jazz With Vocals | Ararur | | | Trevas Coração |
| Jazz With Vocals | Biscay | | | Good Odds, Odd Goods |
| Jazz With Vocals | Camille Thurman | | | Cherokee |
| Jazz With Vocals | Quinn Bachand's Brishen | | | Cheyenne (Quit Your Talkin') |
| Jazz With Vocals | Sundae + Mr. Goessl | | | Makes My Heart Sway |
| Latin | Delia Fischer | | | Mercado (feat. Antonio Fischer-Band & Matias Correa) |
| Latin | Edwin Perez | | | La Voz Del Pueblo |
| Latin | Eliana Cuevas | | | Despierta |
| Latin | Luz Pinos | | | Mozo (feat. Paquito D'rivera & Luisito Quintero) |
| Latin | Orchestra Fuego | | | Quimbara |
| Love | Big Little Lions | | | Better Than This |
| Love | Carolina Calvache | | | La Última Vez (feat. Camila Meza) |
| Love | Megan O'Neill | | | Why I Need You |
| Love | Olivia Frances | | | Moon to My Sun |
| Love | Sad Daddy | | | The Stars Are Aligned |
| Metal/Hardcore | A Sound of Thunder | | | Els Segadors (The Reapers) |
| Metal/Hardcore | Blood of Angels | | | Odin's Wrath |
| Metal/Hardcore | Once Upon | | | Morningstar |
| Metal/Hardcore | Raven Black | | | Twinkle Twinkle Little Scars |
| Metal/Hardcore | Six O'Clock News | | | Angry Place |
| New Age | Dyan Garris | | | Mystic Sea (feat. Scott Schaefer) |
| New Age | FLOW (feat. Will Ackerman, Fiona Joy, Lawrence Blatt & Jeff Oster) | | | FLOW |
| New Age | Kelly Andrew | | | Dare to Dream |
| New Age | Lenka Lichtenberg | | | Dobrú noc, má milá |
| New Age | Tony Chen | | | Dream Painter |
| Pop | Ezla | | | Outcasts |
| Pop | Lenny Harold | | | Stop Time |
| Pop | MADYX | | | Where the Wild Things Are |
| Pop | May Wells | | | One Night |
| Pop | Nick de la Hoyde | | | Love Takes Time |
| Pop | Taylor Grey | | | Miami (feat. Spencer Kane) |
| R&B/Soul | Beth | | | Free |
| R&B/Soul | Carolann Brevard | | | How Dare You |
| R&B/Soul | Celso Salim Band | | | Mama's Home Town |
| R&B/Soul | Mpho Ludidi & Unit | | | Ithemba |
| R&B/Soul | Whitney McClain | | | Cruise |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Amiss O.mega | | | Diva Look (feat. Snoop Dogg) |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Dom Gotti | | | Nobody Knows |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Marcaux | | | Namaste |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | K_Block | | | Rose Gold |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Talya La Lia | | | -Drowning- |
| Rock/Hard Rock | BrokenRail | | | Save Me |
| Rock/Hard Rock | Fit for Rivals | | | Novocain |
| Rock/Hard Rock | Reeve Carney | | | Resurrection |
| Rock/Hard Rock | Soliath Lake | | | Trust |
| Rock/Hard Rock | The Relationship | | | Break Me Open |
| Social Action | Edwin Perez | | | La Voz del Pueblo |
| Social Action | Eljuri | | | BangBang |
| Social Action | Matthew Huff | | | This Is Our Home |
| Social Action | Mouths of Babes | | | Any Other Day |
| Social Action | Raye Zaragoza | | | In the River |
| Spoken Word | Fold | | | Making America Great |
| Spoken Word | Jack of None | | | Dear Georges (Vous Petit Monstre) |
| Spoken Word | NoteSpeak | | | Every Generation's War |
| Spoken Word | Stephen Emmer | | | Soil (feat. Ursula Rucker) |
| Spoken Word | Xhris.Ny | | | StoryTeller (feat. Gabi) |
| Story | Cassie and Maggie | | | Nobleman's Wedding |
| Story | Jess Morgan | | | In Brooklyn |
| Story | Jonah Smith | | | Ocala |
| Story | Mike Field | | | The Ghost and the Paperboy |
| Story | The Relationship | | | Hate That I Love You |
| World Beat | Karim Baggili | | | Exitimuse |
| World Beat | Mariana Masetto | | | Agua del Cerro |
| World Beat | Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita | | | Fatiliku |
| World Beat | Princess Tiffalene | | | Havasi Kundiziva (They Don't Know What I Got) |
| World Beat | Sofía Rei | | | Arriba Quemando El Sol |
| World Traditional | Akshara Music Ensemble | | | Urban Kriti |
| World Traditional | Ganda Boys | | | Kagutema |
| World Traditional | Lenka Lichtenberg | | | Šly panenky silnicí |
| World Traditional | Magín Díaz | | | Me Amarás (feat. Monsieur Periné) |
| World Traditional | Vandana Vishwas | | | Fiqr E Manzil (Ghazal) |
| EP Categories | Nominee | | | Nominated EP |
| Dance/Electronica | åMBe | | | Enemy of the People |
| Dance/Electronica | AstroVoyager | | | Architect [Remixes] (feat. Taïga) - EP |
| Dance/Electronica | Dear Criminals | | | Another Picture |
| Dance/Electronica | Don Bodin | | | Obscura |
| Dance/Electronica | EDUKE | | | The Wished EP |
| Eclectic | Jack of None | | | The Tattle Tale Heart - EP |
| Eclectic | N-Side, the Healer | | | No Live Recording Will Be Wasted! |
| Instrumental | Bardic Form | | | Cambio |
| Instrumental | David Chesky, Maureen McKay & Orchestra of the 21st Century | | | The Spanish Poems |
| Instrumental | Kyle Preston | | | Geo |
| Instrumental | Maxim Cormier | | | Maxim Cormier Plays J.S. Bach |
| Instrumental | Tryptamines | | | Chemical Callum on Tryptamines: The Emotive Underground EP |
| Jazz | Biscay | | | Burnt Mementos |
| Jazz | David Binney & Manuel Engel | | | Zinc City |
| Jazz | Jade Kerber | | | Haptica |
| Jazz | Mike Field | | | The Ghost and the Paperboy EP |
| Jazz | Mohammed Rashid | | | Middle Eastern Gypsy Jazz, Vol. 1 |
| Live Performance | Dear Criminals | | | Live (avec Le Choeur JFP) |
| Live Performance | N-Side, the Healer | | | No Live Recording Will Be Wasted! |
| Live Performance | The Claudettes | | | Pull Closer to Me: Live in the Piano Room |
| Pop | Amy Guess | | | 10 Times out of 10 |
| Pop | DAHLIA | | | SHIFT |
| Pop | DANAE | | | Direction |
| Pop | Emma Ballantine | | | Somebody's Story |
| Pop | Nathalie Hazim | | | Te Cuento |
| Rock | Air Traffic Controller | | | Echo Papa |
| Rock | Blood of Angels | | | Rise of the Fallen Gods |
| Rock | Jackknife Stiletto | | | Chronicles of Jane, Vol. 1 |
| Rock | Shadow of Whales | | | What We Do |
| Rock | Sleep Machine | | | Animal High |
| Roots/Country | Liz and The Lovelies | | | Progress into Simplicity |
| Roots/Country | Mariana Bell | | | Uncanny Valley |
| Roots/Country | Robinson Treacher | | | Born |
| Roots/Country | The Lockets | | | The Getaway |
| Roots/Country | Tony Halchak | | | Harvest Songs |
| Urban | K Sloan | | | Blank Pages |
| Urban | Shameem | | | Time Does Not Reverse |
| Urban | SilvaBlack | | | Harder*Darker*Faster |
| Urban | Somethin' Like That | | | Speech Rich (Vol.1) |
| Urban | SUM | | | Whatever Doesn't Kill Me Better Keep Running |
| World | Artel Rosa | | | Lyapota |
| World | Gabriella Grisi | | | Cravo e Canela |
| World | Juana Luna | | | Juana Luna |
| World | Nathalie Hazim | | | Te Cuento |
| Music Producer Categories | Nominee | | | Nominated Work |
| Dance/Electronica | EDUKE, The Basilica, Mr E, Foreign Movies | | | EDUKE - The Wished EP |
| Dance/Electronica | Joe Tag & Tristan Leral | | | The Never Content - The Third Album |
| Dance/Electronica | Kayla Jay & Maggie Glassman | | | Matt Miller - Relationships |
| Dance/Electronica | Michael Gray & David Paul Newell | | | Midnight Mystery Club - Reason or Rhyme |
| Eclectic | A.G. Syjuco | | | Jack of None - Who Shot Bukowski? |
| Eclectic | Andrew Maxfield, Brady R. Allred, Matthew D. Nielsen, Ben Fales | | | Salt Lake Vocal Artists - Celebrating Wendell Berry in Music |
| Eclectic | Morphamish | | | Tryptamines - The Way Which Can Be Named Is Not the Nameless Way |
| Instrumental | Adam Michalak, Helen Nightengale, Randy Kerber | | | Randy Kerber - Cello (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| Instrumental | Adam Werner & Adam Howe | | | Adam Werner - Deep |
| Instrumental | Douglas Knehans | | | Douglas Knehans - Unfinished Earth |
| Instrumental | Erik Scott | | | Erik Scott - In the Company of Clouds |
| Instrumental | Tony Chen | | | Tony Chen - The Mighty Heroes |
| Jazz | Aimua Eghobamien & Ben Zwerin | | | Aimua Eghobamien - Brazen. Simple. |
| Jazz | David Whitman & Chris Montgomery | | | David Whitman - Oh, Clara! |
| Jazz | Joan Torres | | | Joan Torres's All Is Fused - Of the Musical |
| Jazz | Mike Field & Dominic Mancuso | | | Mike Field - The Ghost and the Paperboy EP |
| Jazz | Rachel Therrien & Kim Neundorf | | | Rachel Therrien Quintet - Why Don't You Try (WDYT) |
| Pop | Alysha Brilla | | | Alysha Brilla - Rooted |
| Pop | François Richard, Alexandre Désilets, Rob Heaney | | | Alexandre Désilets - Windigo |
| Pop | Jane Siberry, Dellamarie Parrilli, Michael Verdick, David Travers-Smith, Peter Kiesewalter | | | Jane Siberry - Angels Bend Closer |
| Pop | Reeve Carney | | | Reeve Carney - Youth Is Wasted |
| Pop | Steve Lunt & Seth Glier | | | Seth Glier - Birds |
| Rock | Bleu | | | Air Traffic Controller - Echo Papa |
| Rock | Christine Owman | | | Christine Owman - When on Fire |
| Rock | Dan Kalisher | | | Sleep Machine - Animal High |
| Rock | Marty Hailey & Joe Accaria | | | Jacqui L - PLANET PARALLEL 5 |
| Roots/Country | Jimmy Sutton | | | Jake La Botz - Sunnyside |
| Roots/Country | Johnny Oskam & Michael Oskam | | | Johnny Oskam - In My Shadow |
| Roots/Country | Jon Neufeld, Joe Seamons, Bill Murlin | | | Woody Guthrie - Roll Columbia: Woody Guthrie's 26 Northwest Songs |
| Roots/Country | Matt Patrick | | | Vicky Emerson - Wake Me When the Wind Dies Down |
| Roots/Country | Susan Cattaneo ("Back Door Slam," produced by Susan Cattaneo & Stu Kimball) | | | Susan Cattaneo - The Hammer & The Heart |
| World | Elise Lebec & Dave Way | | | Elise Lebec - Origin: One World Turning Project: Volume 1 |
| World | Jeremy Ledbetter | | | Eliana Cuevas - Golpes y Flores |
| World | Kiko Cibrian | | | Nathalie Hazim - Te Cuento |
| World | Manuel Garcia-Orozco & Christian Castagno | | | Magín Díaz - El Orisha de la Rosa |
| World | Ozan Boz | | | Minor Empire - Uprooted |
| Design Categories | Nominee | | | Nominated Work |
| Album Art / Photography | Lasse Hoile (Cover Photos) & Håvard Gjelseth (Layout) | | | Soup - Remedies |
| Album Art / Photography | Laura Horrocks-Denis | | | Matt Stern - Magic |
| Album Art / Photography | Maren Ingeborg Gråblomst | | | Gråblomst - Madame Clamour |
| Album Art / Photography | Maxine Syjuco | | | Jack of None - The Tattle Tale Heart - EP |
| Album Art / Photography | Simply Marvellous Creative | | | Findlay Napier - Glasgow |
| Album Art / Photography | Tony Fitzpatrick | | | Frank Catalano, Jimmy Chamberlin & David Sanborn - Bye Bye Blackbird |
| Album Packaging | Cactus Taller (Carlos Dussan, Juliana Jaramillo, Juan Martinez) & Claudio Roncoli | | | Magín Díaz - El Orisha de la Rosa |
| Album Packaging | Greg Carr & Chris Daniels | | | Chris Daniels & The Kings with Freddi Gowdy - Blues With Horns, Vol. 1 |
| Album Packaging | Lucidity Cultural Creative Design | | | Bliss and Wisdom Sangha & Dream Lotus Choir and Orchestra - The Legend of the Sun King |
| Album Packaging | Ming Liu | | | FANN (芳怡) - We Are Who We Are (自我意識) |
| Album Packaging | p38 & Katja Svejkovsky | | | hiroshimabend - ODP 048 - Rednow Gnir |
| Artist Concert Photo | Doug Seymour Photography | | | Rodriguez in Concert |
| Artist Concert Photo | ImageWorks Photography | | | Septimius The Great - IMCA Live |
| Artist Concert Photo | Isabelle Nuzzo | | | Until Next Time: Twenty One Pilots; Little Rock Arkansas |
| Artist Concert Photo | Jaime Massieu | | | Da' Groove Machine - Live @ Sala Sol |
| Artist Concert Photo | Sergi Paramès / Furalabfoto | | | Blaumut - A Night on a Greek Theater |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Andrew Foord | | | Adam Davenport - My Return Address Is You |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Christine Owman, Rickard Daun, Jenny Baumgartner | | | Christine Owman |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Militia Vox -
Disappointed Family Photos | | | Militia Vox - Bait |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Doug Seymour Photography | | | Jessica Lea Mayfield |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Victor S. (Photo) & Huan Long (Post-Production) | | | Hou-Yi |
| Music Promo Poster | Adam De Lucia | | | Perpetual Motion |
| Music Promo Poster | Jonathan Guillen (Design) & Marc Cartwright (Photo) | | | Jesse Sarvinski - Higher Album |
| Music Promo Poster | Kevin Dolan | | | Four in the Morning Half Asleep EP Launch |
| Music Promo Poster | Pierce Marratto | | | West End Blend: Spring Tour 2017 |
| Music Promo Poster | Tony Halchak | | | Aaron Fink Live at the Jazz Café |
| Music Website | Akira | | | www.akiraakmusic.com |
| Music Website | Aleta Eubanks | | | www.duaneeubanks.com |
| Music Website | Alicia Beale | | | www.aliciabealemusic.com |
| Music Website | Lauren Chu | | | www.danbaileytribe.com |
| Music Website | Pin Up | | | www.pinupband.com |
| Swag | Cayla Brooke | | | The Lyrics & Stories Behind...Plush Red Chair |
| Swag | Christian Brown | | | Flyyy by iRoc Omega |
| Swag | Dani Alvarez | | | Caitlin Mahoney - Listening Ladies T-Shirt |
| Video Categories | Nominee | | | Nominated Video |
| Long Form | Dalton Cyr | | | Breathe |
| Long Form | Jeff Mix & The Songhearts | | | Lost Vegas Hiway |
| Long Form | Jô Nunes | | | Meu Canto Brasileiro Ao Vivo |
| Long Form | Jon Mullane | | | Shine On |
| Long Form | The Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho | | | Between the Sky & Prairie |
| Lyric | Goggy | | | Bunnies and Unicorns |
| Lyric | Jack of None | | | The Brainwashers |
| Lyric | Kat McDowell | | | Language of My Heart |
| Lyric | Rick Barry | | | Where Do the Seasons Get Their Names |
| Lyric | Ryanhood | | | Is This the Time of Our Lives? |
| Short Form | Dwight & Nicole | | | Wait |
| Short Form | King Dylan | | | Untouchable |
| Short Form | Manu Pozzi | | | Let Me Hold You (feat. Dolores Cobach & Dani Ferreti) |
| Short Form | Run Pussy Run | | | Roaches |
| Short Form | SeepeopleS | | | New American Dream |
| Short Form | Talya La Lia | | | -Drowning- |
