| Adult Contemporary | Jean Rohe | |  | Sisterly |
| Adult Contemporary | Spottiswoode & His Enemies | | | Lost in the City |
| Adult Contemporary | UNA | | | Noise of the Wing: An Apology for Annoyance |
| Adult Contemporary | Vian Izak | | | Northern Anthems |
| Adult Contemporary | Victoria Vox | | | Colorful Heart |
| Alt. Country | Ever More Nest | | | The Place That You Call Home |
| Alt. Country | Katie Cash | | | Gift Horse |
| Alt. Country | Rich Webb | | | Le Rayon Vert |
| Alt. Country | The Blue | | | Carnation |
| Alt. Country | Western Centuries | | | Songs from the Deluge |
| Americana | Angela Soffe | | | Second Wind |
| Americana | Emily Scott Robinson | | | Traveling Mercies |
| Americana | Kristy Krüger | | | Fever of Unknown Origin |
| Americana | Mipso | | | Edges Run |
| Americana | Pharis and Jason Romero | | | Sweet Old Religion |
| Americana | Vivian Leva | | | Time Is Everything (feat. Riley Calcagno) |
| Bluegrass | Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard | | | Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969 |
| Bluegrass | Various Artists | | | The Crooked Road's Mountains of Music Homecoming: 2017 Live Concert Recordings |
| Blues | Benny Turner and Cash McCall | | | Going Back Home |
| Blues | Frank Bey | | | Back in Business |
| Blues | Johnny Tucker | | | Seven Day Blues |
| Blues | Maria Muldaur | | | Don't You Feel My Leg: The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker |
| Blues | Tom Hambridge | | | The NOLA Sessions |
| Children's Music | Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats | | | All the Sounds |
| Children's Music | Marta Gómez | | | Coloreando dos: Traditional Songs for Children in Spanish |
| Children's Music | Sara Lovell | | | Wild Is Everywhere |
| Children's Music | Stephanie Leavell | | | Move It, Move It! |
| Children's Music | The New England Jazz Ensemble | | | Peter and the Wolf |
| Compilation | Brian Tarquin & Heavy Friends Deux | | | Guitars for Veterans |
| Compilation | Various Artists | | | Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition |
| Compilation | Various Artists | | | For the Record Vol. III |
| Compilation | Various Artists | | | That Summer, Volume 1 |
| Compilation | Various Artists | | | The Crooked Road's Mountains of Music Homecoming: 2017 Live Concert Recordings |
| Concept | Elizabeth Joan Kelly | | | Music for the DMV |
| Concept | Head With Wings | | | From Worry to Shame |
| Concept | Masta Ace & Marco Polo | | | A Breukelen Story |
| Concept | Small Island Big Song | | | Small Island Big Song |
| Concept | Tunde Akin | | | Flourish (An Album for the Awakening Soul) |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | (the autumn) | | | Songs of Mercy and Grace |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Brandon Hixson | | | Seasons |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Denise Rosier | | | Heart of Praise, Vol. 1 |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Rick Stephenson | | | New Day |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | TrueNorth Worship | | | TrueNorth Worship (Live) |
| Contemporary Classical | David Chesky | | | Piano Concertos 2 & 3 |
| Contemporary Classical | Eric Klein | | | The Myth of Tomorrow |
| Contemporary Classical | Heidi Breyer | | | Moonlight in Empty Rooms |
| Contemporary Classical | Joshua McClain | | | Coming Home |
| Contemporary Classical | Pablo Cohen | | | La casa |
| Country | David Starr | | | South and West |
| Country | Grain Thief | | | Stardust Lodge |
| Country | JP Harris | | | Sometimes Dogs Bark at Nothing |
| Country | Sarah Parker | | | Strawberry Moon |
| Country | Steve Everett | | | Honest Graft |
| Dance/Electronica | ALYA | | | Ten Years of Solitude |
| Dance/Electronica | Mic Most | | | Red Shift |
| Dance/Electronica | Miss Tara | | | LOVE |
| Dance/Electronica | OE | | | New Classics, Vol. 2 |
| Debut | Birdland Avenue | | | Come Around |
| Debut | Ella Vos | | | Words I Never Said |
| Debut | Jacye | | | That Was Then |
| Debut | NakedEye Ensemble | | | Storylines Crossing |
| Debut | Nsimbi | | | Nsimbi |
| Eclectic | Bombay Rickey | | | Electric Bhairavi |
| Eclectic | Gabriel Urgell Reyes | | | Metaphor of Silence |
| Eclectic | Marike van Dijk | | | The Stereography Project (feat. Jeff Taylor and Katell Keineg) |
| Eclectic | Orchid Ensemble | | | From a Dream |
| Eclectic | Random Recipe | | | Distractions |
| Film / TV / Game Score | Ian Chen | | | This Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| Film / TV / Game Score | Kristoffer Lo | | | Trondheimsreisen |
| Film / TV / Game Score | Paul Terry | | | Sidney & Friends (Original Soundtrack) |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Big Little Lions | | | Alive and Well |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Courtney Hartman & Taylor Ashton | | | Been on Your Side |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Jean Rohe | | | Sisterly |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Lucy Wainwright Roche | | | Little Beast |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Pharis and Jason Romero | | | Sweet Old Religion |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | HiHeal | | | Under Me |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Karmic Juggernaut | | | The Dreams That Stuff Are Made Of |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Stone Mecca | | | Alienman |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Tony Koch and The AltNews Band | | | Funk Jazz From Planet Earth |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Árstíðir | | | Nivalis |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Cary Brothers | | | Bruises |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Ryan Curran | | | Beacon Hill |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | The Motels | | | Last Few Beautiful Days |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | The Stan Laurels | | | Maybe |
| Instrumental | Gypsy Jazz Club | | | Menestrel |
| Instrumental | Issam Rafea and Gao Hong | | | Life As Is: The Blending of Ancient Souls From Syria and China |
| Instrumental | Rogério Caetano and Gian Correa | | | 7 |
| Instrumental | Roman Smirnov | | | Reflections |
| Jazz Instrumental | Jeremy Ledbetter Trio | | | Got a Light? |
| Jazz Instrumental | Joaju Cuarteto | | | Ahoraite |
| Jazz Instrumental | Kobi Arad | | | Segments |
| Jazz Instrumental | Omar Sosa & NDR Bigband | | | es:sensual |
| Jazz Instrumental | Walter Gorra | | | In Due Time |
| Jazz with Vocals | Camille Thurman | | | Waiting for the Sunrise |
| Jazz with Vocals | François Moutin & Kavita Shah | | | Interplay |
| Jazz with Vocals | Marike van Dijk | | | The Stereography Project (feat. Jeff Taylor and Katell Keineg) |
| Jazz with Vocals | Siril Malmedal Hauge & Jacob Young | | | Last Things |
| Jazz with Vocals | Susana China | | | Trapézio |
| Latin | Barrio Latino Hungría | | | Está Como Va |
| Latin | Marta Gómez | | | la alegría y el canto |
| Latin | Mónica Giraldo | | | Al Oído: The Best of Mónica Giraldo |
| Latin | Orquesta Son de Cuba | | | Asunto Social |
| Latin | Pedro Luís | | | Vale Quanto Pesa - Pérolas de Luiz Melodia |
| Live Performance | Antonio Mazzei | | | Reveries |
| Live Performance | Foreigner | | | With The 21st Century Orchestra & Chorus |
| Live Performance | Rogério Caetano | | | convida ao vivo no Rio |
| Live Performance | Soup | | | Live Cuts |
| Metal/Hardcore | Beyond Creation | | | Algorythm |
| Metal/Hardcore | Chthonic | | | Battlefields of Asura |
| Metal/Hardcore | Flesh Juicer | | | Fairy Tales of Ocean Deep |
| Metal/Hardcore | KEN Mode | | | Loved |
| Metal/Hardcore | Terror Universal | | | Make Them Bleed |
| New Age | Erik Scott | | | A Trick of the Wind |
| New Age | Jeff Oster | | | REACH |
| New Age | Michael Kollwitz | | | Serenity II: More Peaceful Music on the Chapman Stick |
| New Age | Monica Williams | | | Journey of Tears |
| New Age | Valerie Romanoff | | | Healing Music Volume 2 |
| Pop | Between Giants | | | Jupiter |
| Pop | Cats on Trees | | | Neon |
| Pop | Chantelle Barry | | | Lovers Gonna Love |
| Pop | Chloë March | | | Blood-Red Spark |
| Pop | Random Recipe | | | Distractions |
| R&B/Soul | Agency | | | Philosophies |
| R&B/Soul | Chris Jasper | | | Dance With You |
| R&B/Soul | Nina Attal | | | JUMP |
| R&B/Soul | Sean Jones | | | Take Me |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Amiss O.mega | | | Immortal Glory |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Elohin | | | Boom Bap Soul (Mixtape) |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Kvng Shad | | | 18:18 Legends Never Die |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Masta Ace & Marco Polo | | | A Breukelen Story |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Perfecto | | | The Perf Penmanship, Volume 1 |
| Reggae/Ska/Dancehall | Mamita Peyote | | | Runfla Calavera |
| Rock / Hard Rock | BrokenRail | | | 'Til Death Do Us Part: The California Vault |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Bull Funk Zoo | | | Down & Dirty |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Firkin | | | We Are the Ones |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Montauk | | | Montauk |
| Rock / Hard Rock | The Warning | | | Queen of the Murder Scene |
| Spoken Word | Jeremy McEwen | | | Barnyard Dream Poems |
| Spoken Word | Symphonex Orchestra | | | Music That Tells a Story |
| Tribute | Gem | | | the2070s |
| Tribute | Hafdis Huld | | | Variations |
| Tribute | Juliana Hatfield | | | Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John |
| Tribute | Meiko | | | Playing Favorites |
| Tribute | Rogério Caetano and Gian Correa | | | 7 |
| World Beat | A-Play China | | | Chapter I ▪ Kung Fu Pop |
| World Beat | Issam Rafea and Gao Hong | | | Life As Is: The Blending of Ancient Souls From Syria and China |
| World Beat | Marcelo Woloski | | | Mundo Por Conocer |
| World Beat | Razia Said | | | The Road |
| World Beat | Ron Korb | | | World Café |
| World Traditional | Bellegarde | | | Anba Tonèl |
| World Traditional | Chung Yufeng | | | Pendulum |
| World Traditional | Sandra Correia | | | Aqui Existo |
| World Traditional | Sara Ajnnak | | | Gulldalit: Can You Hear Me |
| World Traditional | Wu Man & Son de San Diego | | | Fingertip Carnival |
| Song Categories | Nominee | | | Nominated Song |
| A Cappella | Avivavoz |  | | Ninguém Pode Calar Esse Amor |
| A Cappella | Grayhawk | | | Peace Prayer A 'Cappella |
| A Cappella | Low Lily | | | Hope Lingers On |
| A Cappella | Patrice Jégou | | | Lover Come Back to Me (feat. Mark Kibble & Alvin Chea) |
| Acoustic | Bobby Bookout | | | To Me |
| Acoustic | Casii Stephan | | | When Winter Comes - Live |
| Acoustic | Chris Ayer | | | Ringing in My Ears |
| Acoustic | Martin Zarzar | | | Song for a Tree |
| Acoustic | Spottiswoode & His Enemies | | | I Don't Regret |
| Adult Contemporary | Chris Ayer | | | Need Somebody |
| Adult Contemporary | FlecHaus | | | Beautiful Things |
| Adult Contemporary | LACES | | | someday is not tonight |
| Adult Contemporary | Rocking Horse Music Club | | | Everywhere Is Home |
| Adult Contemporary | Through Juniper Vale | | | Mirror Mirror |
| Alt. Country | Hadley McCall Thackston | | | Redbird |
| Alt. Country | Jean Rohe | | | Ashes to Ashes |
| Alt. Country | Rich Webb | | | Let It Rain |
| Alt. Country | The Krickets | | | Redbird |
| Alt. Country | Valerie Smith | | | Dry Town |
| Americana | Amelia White | | | Rhythm of the Rain |
| Americana | Edward David Anderson | | | Harmony |
| Americana | Jen Sygit | | | It's About Time (feat. Luther Dickinson) |
| Americana | Kristy Krüger | | | The Carpenter |
| Americana | Monica Pasqual | | | Feels Like Something |
| Bluegrass | Fred Engler, Jo Kelly Stephenson, Sam Thomas, Ken Stephenson | | | Heaven Ain't Heaven Without You |
| Bluegrass | Jo Kelly Stephenson | | | Don't Cage Your Love! |
| Bluegrass | Low Lily | | | 10,000 Days Like These |
| Bluegrass | Steel City Sue | | | I've Still Got Time for You |
| Blues | Aminah Hughes | | | Tell Me It's Over |
| Blues | Frank Bey | | | Back in Business |
| Blues | Jim Allchin | | | Two Bad Dreams (feat. Bobby Rush) |
| Blues | Johnny Tucker | | | Seven Day Blues |
| Blues | Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson | | | Blues in My Blood |
| Children's Music | Father Goose Music | | | Nice 2 Meet U (feat. Danni Ai) |
| Children's Music | Justin Seagrave | | | All the Creeping Things |
| Children's Music | Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats | | | I Know a Little Fellow |
| Children's Music | Sara Lovell | | | Get Up |
| Children's Music | The Swinging Belles | | | The Superstar Sibling Detective Agency |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Lori Williams | | | Where's That Smile (feat. Bob Baldwin, Will Downing, Maysa, Troy Sol Edler, Rayshun LaMarr) |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Rocking Horse Music Club | | | Everywhere Is Home |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | The Highway Q.C.'s | | | He Picked Me Up (feat. Spencer Taylor Jr.) |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Toks Nnamani | | | Joy |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | TrueNorth Worship | | | Running Back to Your Heart (Live) [feat. Olivia Cheshire] |
| Country | Adam Warner | | | Semper Fi (feat. Trace Adkins) |
| Country | Blane Howard | | | Promise to Love Her |
| Country | Christina Christian | | | Dolly Would You Pardon Me |
| Country | Dani Strong | | | Not Right Now |
| Country | Jodee Lewis | | | It Ain't Killed Me Yet |
| Cover | Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints | | | St. James Infirmary (orig. by Louis Armstrong) |
| Cover | François Moutin & Kavita Shah Duo | | | La Vie en rose (orig. by Édith Piaf) |
| Cover | Juliana Hatfield | | | A Little More Love (orig. by Olivia Newton-John) |
| Cover | Kristy Krüger | | | Folsom Prison Blues (orig. by Johnny Cash) |
| Cover | Meiko | | | Super Freak (orig. by Rick James) |
| Dance/Electronica | 32Stitches | | | Remember This |
| Dance/Electronica | Dion Todd | | | Remedy for Insanity |
| Dance/Electronica | Drew DeWitt | | | Final Drop |
| Dance/Electronica | Mosimann | | | Anymore (feat. Carla Katz) |
| Dance/Electronica | Sina Bathaie | | | Summerdaze |
| Eclectic | Cellogram | | | All About Anna (feat. Amy Lee and K'noup) |
| Eclectic | Jack of None | | | Michigan Ex Machina (She Wasn't Me) |
| Eclectic | Monica Pasqual | | | Sun in My Eye |
| Eclectic | Orchid Ensemble | | | Fire |
| Eclectic | The Chewers | | | Frankie's Downhill Calendar |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | dodie | | | If I'm Being Honest |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Jessi Mason | | | Night Owl |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Prateek Kuhad | | | cold/mess |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Rebecca Hurn | | | Waves |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | The Morning Sea | | | Listen Love |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Will Dailey | | | It Already Would Have Not Worked out by Now |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | CeCe Teneal & Soul Kamotion | | | Danger |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | David Laborier | | | Step Right Up! |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Jason Gill | | | Favorite Drug |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Plunky & Oneness | | | Thank Me Later |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | The Brooks | | | Priceless |
| Holiday | Agency | | | Lonely This Christmas |
| Holiday | Heather Rankin | | | Wrap It Up |
| Holiday | Leslie McKee | | | Still, Still, Still |
| Holiday | Rachael Sage | | | Tchatchkes & Latkes |
| Holiday | Twin Kennedy | | | I'm a Child Again |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Brique a Braq | | | I Feel it Calling Me (feat. De Joie) |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Cavern Company | | | Enough? |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Figurehead | | | Ear to Lend |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Fitzsimon & Brogan | | | Girl in a Gilded Cage |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Shadow of Whales | | | Words |
| Instrumental | Cimarrón | | | Zumbajam |
| Instrumental | Los Importantes de la Noche | | | Nomen Nescio |
| Instrumental | Roberto Diana & Tri Nguyen | | | The Fourth Hour |
| Instrumental | Roberto Tola | | | Lullaby of Christmas (feat. Bill McGee) |
| Instrumental | Roman Miroshnichenko | | | Song for Godfather of Fusion |
| Jazz Instrumental | Ivan Diaz | | | Write or Wrong |
| Jazz Instrumental | Jeremy Ledbetter Trio | | | Got a Light? |
| Jazz Instrumental | Kobi Arad Band | | | Take the 'A' Train / It Ain't Mean a Thing |
| Jazz Instrumental | Syreeta Thompson Trumpetlady | | | Blow Yo Horn |
| Jazz Instrumental | The New England Jazz Ensemble | | | Power Serge |
| Jazz with Vocals | Camille Thurman | | | The Nearness of You |
| Jazz with Vocals | Claudia Acuña | | | Hey |
| Jazz with Vocals | Elliot Mason & Cre8tion | | | Before, Now & After (feat. Sofija Knezevic & Cyro Baptista) |
| Jazz with Vocals | Lindsay Kay | | | Lush Life |
| Jazz with Vocals | Omar Sosa & Yilian Cañizares | | | De La Habana y Otras Nostalgias |
| Latin | Ale Jiménez | | | Nuestra Casualidad |
| Latin | Juana Luna | | | Vienen Como |
| Latin | Marta Gómez | | | La Raíz (feat. Guafa Trío) |
| Latin | Omar Quezada & Manny Audico | | | La Cumbia Cínica |
| Latin | Orquesta Son de Cuba | | | Asunto Social |
| Love | Bleu | | | Love You So |
| Love | Hildur Höglind | | | Steal Her Away |
| Love | Prateek Kuhad | | | with you/for you |
| Love | Simon Lunche | | | Cherry Wine |
| Love | The Morning Sea | | | Listen Love |
| Metal/Hardcore | All Hail the Yeti | | | Highway Crosses |
| Metal/Hardcore | Ne Obliviscaris | | | Intra Venus |
| Metal/Hardcore | Terror Universal | | | Spines |
| Metal/Hardcore | Voice of Baceprot | | | School Revolution |
| Metal/Hardcore | Will Haven | | | Hewed With the Brand |
| New Age | FLOW | | | Last Light |
| New Age | Jeff Oster | | | Five Great Mountains |
| New Age | Juliet Lyons | | | Eternal Now (feat. Ron Korb) |
| New Age | Kelly Andrew | | | Final Farewell |
| New Age | Paradiso and Rasamayi | | | Agape's Call |
| Pop | Chris Ayer | | | Stranger |
| Pop | Ella Vos | | | White Noise |
| Pop | Mathew Edmondson | | | If I Wait |
| Pop | NEEDSHES | | | Anything You Want |
| Pop | Sophia Angeles | | | Interested |
| R&B/Soul | Aina Brei'Yon | | | Think About Me |
| R&B/Soul | A-natural | | | Thirst |
| R&B/Soul | Jessica Lá Rel | | | Here Comes the Sun |
| R&B/Soul | Nikki Hayes | | | Move |
| R&B/Soul | Sean Jones | | | Take Me |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Intellect | | | Then There Was Two |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Myles High | | | 3 Ways |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Sirreal | | | In the Nick of Time |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | T-Man Da Tyler | | | Hustle Love |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Young Rado | | | Make Sense |
| Reggae/Ska/Dancehall | Leilani Wolfgramm | | | Live Wire |
| Reggae/Ska/Dancehall | Martin Zarzar | | | Dance Alone |
| Reggae/Ska/Dancehall | Natural vybz | | | Winner |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Eric Himan | | | Another |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Head With Wings | | | Goodbye Sky |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Itch | | | Prison Disco |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Jake Edwards | | | Devil |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Savannah Pope | | | Creature |
| Social Action | Dani Strong | | | Not Right Now |
| Social Action | Itch | | | Prison Disco |
| Social Action | Mark Erelli | | | By Degrees |
| Social Action | Rachael Kilgour | | | Holy Are We |
| Social Action | Rosie & the Riveters | | | I Believe You |
| Spoken Word | Diemm | | | Mythmaker |
| Spoken Word | J.ournal | | | Pride & Prejudice (feat. The Rogue Pianist) |
| Spoken Word | Jack of None | | | Michigan Ex Machina (She Wasn't Me) |
| Spoken Word | Jeremy McEwen | | | THE GREAT AUTOMATIC DREAM TRACTOR |
| Spoken Word | Nsimbi | | | Acholi Boy |
| Story | Adam Warner | | | Semper Fi (feat. Trace Adkins) |
| Story | Edward David Anderson | | | The Ballad of Lemuel Penn |
| Story | Emily Scott Robinson | | | Overalls |
| Story | Nina Lee | | | Golden Years |
| Story | Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson | | | Michael |
| Used in Ad Campaign | André Barros | | | Rising Melody |
| Used in Ad Campaign | Bleu | | | Love You So |
| Used in Ad Campaign | Justin Seagrave | | | Super Sleeper |
| Used in Ad Campaign | NEEDSHES | | | Time to See |
| Used in Film / TV / Game Score | André Barros | | | Leda |
| Used in Film / TV / Game Score | Kerri Brown & Martene Clayton | | | Crown |
| Used in Film / TV / Game Score | Peter Wiberg | | | Prolog (from Blanche) |
| Used in Film / TV / Game Score | Richard Andruska | | | Everything Is Possible Now |
| World Beat | A Root | | | Dance Party of Gods |
| World Beat | Graeme Drum | | | Sand Storm (feat. Ahmed Al-Badr) |
| World Beat | Nsimbi | | | Leo Ni Leo |
| World Beat | Ricky Kej | | | One With Earth Song |
| World Beat | Rini | | | Serene |
| World Traditional | Cimarrón | | | Zumbajam |
| World Traditional | Milli Janatková | | | Buoh |
| World Traditional | RUNA | | | An Buachaillín Bán |
| World Traditional | Suzanne Dean | | | Ngizohamba (Re-Recorded) |
| World Traditional | Toronto Tabla Ensemble | | | Faceoff |
| EP Categories | Nominee | | | Nominated EP |
| Dance/Electronica | DELAPORTE | | | UNO |
| Dance/Electronica | Dion Todd | | | Remedy for Insanity (Club Cure EP) |
| Eclectic | Andromeda Anarchia | | | Andromeda Anarchia's Darkmatters |
| Eclectic | Cellogram | | | Cellogram EP |
| Eclectic | Emily Pinkerton, Patrick Burke and NOW Ensemble | | | Rounder Songs |
| Instrumental | Bernadeta Urbonaite | | | Lost Infinity |
| Instrumental | Bill Wren & Frank Ralls | | | Hill of Tara |
| Instrumental | Devine Score | | | Pinnacle |
| Instrumental | Sanjeev T | | | St. |
| Jazz | Carmen Gloria | | | The Art of Love |
| Jazz | OKAN | | | Laberinto |
| Pop | Alicia Michilli | | | Letters From the Edge |
| Pop | Bellatrix | | | Bad Dancing |
| Pop | Ella Vos | | | Watch & Wait |
| Pop | Malynda Hale | | | The One |
| Pop | Prateek Kuhad | | | cold/mess |
| Rock | Bemore | | | Begin |
| Rock | GillaWatts | | | The Voices Are Gone |
| Rock | Inkblot Astronaut | | | Inkblot Astronaut |
| Rock | Jackknife Stiletto | | | Chronicles of Jane: Vol. 2 |
| Rock | QUOR | | | The Way We Are |
| Roots/Country | Black Horse Motel | | | And Then You Were Gone |
| Roots/Country | Jake Morley | | | Tell It to Me Straight |
| Roots/Country | Jessi Mason | | | Night Owl |
| Roots/Country | Rachael Kilgour | | | Game Changer |
| Roots/Country | the king heat ensemble | | | songs |
| Urban | A-natural | | | #COAOAFB2 |
| Urban | Jon Ososki & Vince B | | | Jon Ososki & Vince B. Experience |
| Urban | The Brooks | | | Freewheelin' Walking |
| World | David Freyre | | | Calle y Corazón |
| World | Ludmila Mercerón & Guitarras y Trovadores | | | La Pastelera del Tivolí |
| World | OKAN | | | Laberinto |
| World | Piyush Bhisekar | | | Hai Bharosa |
| World | Sanjeev T | | | St. |
| Music Producer Categories | Nominee | | | Nominated Work |
| Dance/Electronica | Gem McCormack, Rod McCormack, Adrian Hannan, Martin Estrada | | | Gem - the2070s |
| Dance/Electronica | Leo Salom | | | Leo Salom - Sugar on Demand |
| Eclectic | Gabriel Urgell Reyes, Océane Urgell-Drobnik | | | Gabriel Urgell Reyes - Metaphor of Silence |
| Eclectic | Jeremy McEwen | | | Jeremy McEwen - BARNYARD DREAM POEMS |
| Eclectic | Riley McMahon | | | Spottiswoode & His Enemies - Lost in the City |
| Instrumental | Erik Scott | | | Erik Scott - A Trick of the Wind |
| Instrumental | Jay O'Keeffe, Lan Tung, Jonathan Bernard | | | Orchid Ensemble - From a Dream |
| Instrumental | Jean-François Charles | | | Jean-François Charles - Electroclarinet |
| Instrumental | Joseph Lee Young, Lenise Redding | | | Joseph L Young - Every Moment |
| Jazz | David Loborier, Gast Waltzing | | | David Laborier - NE:X:T |
| Jazz | Earl MacDonald | | | Earl MacDonald - Open Borders |
| Jazz | Juancho Herrera | | | Claudia Acuña - Turning Pages |
| Jazz | Mike Field, Dominic Mancuso | | | Mike Field - True Stories |
| Jazz | Steven Bulmer | | | The New England Jazz Ensemble - Peter and the Wolf |
| Pop | Patrick Joseph | | | Katie Rose Ferrara - Break Free |
| Pop | Rachael Sage, John Shyloski | | | Rachael Sage - Myopia |
| Rock | Kevin Billingslea, Andrey Borzykin, Adam Soucy | | | Major Moment - one small stEP |
| Roots/Country | Chad Darou (Producer), "Midnite" Mike Pokalsky (Executive Producer) | | | Chad Darou - Raising the Bar |
| Roots/Country | Iuliano | | | Iuliano - Hidden Roots |
| Roots/Country | Sheldon Gomberg | | | Tobias the Owl - A Safe Harbor for Wayward Echoes |
| Roots/Country | Ted Olson | | | Various Artists - Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition |
| Roots/Country | Tyler Neil Johnson | | | Austin Basham - You and Me for Now |
| Urban | Joseph Vitterito | | | Agency - Exponents |
| World | Camilo Rodriguez | | | Ale Jiménez - Canciones Chiquitas |
| World | Dewell Narvaez | | | Orquesta Son de Cuba - Asunto Social |
| World | Ronald Mente Miyares, Richi Martinez | | | Ludmila Mercerón & Guitarras y Trovadores - La Pastelera del Tivolí |
| World | Shy-Anne Hovorka, Julia Mazzaferro | | | Graeme Drum - Eclectic |
| World | Victor Romero, Marcus Hernandez | | | Orchestra Fuego - Quemando La Pista |
| Design Categories | Nominee | | | Nominated Work |
| Album Art / Photography | Bruce Kaplan | | | Claudia Russell and Bruce Kaplan - Lovers Tree |
| Album Art / Photography | Cody Blocker | | | Katie Cash - Gift Horse |
| Album Art / Photography | Elza (artwork concept and design), Industrial Pixel VFX (3D body scan), Pavel Vilensky (3D modeling), Olesya Maiorov (layout) | | | Elza - Nothing's Wrong |
| Album Art / Photography | Mariana Seiça | | | Susana China - Trapézio |
| Album Art / Photography | Ryan Obermeyer | | | Patrick Boothe - You Have to Believe We Are Tragic |
| Album Packaging | Dave McEathron, Laura Brittain, Bill Cassidy | | | Dave McEathron - Abandoned Companions and The Abandoned Companions Companion Piece |
| Album Packaging | Keystone Design Co. | | | Various Artists - Wind Music Thirtieth Anniversary |
| Album Packaging | Qing-Yang Xiao | | | The Chairman - The Offering |
| Album Packaging | Rachael Sage, Chris Kornmann | | | Rachael Sage - Myopia |
| Album Packaging | Yi-Hsiang Chao, Jheng-Han Li | | | Flesh Juicer - Fairy Tales of Ocean Deep |
| Artist Concert Photo | Doug Seymour Photography | | | "Tony Bennett – Celebrating 92 Years" |
| Artist Concert Photo | Isabelle Nuzzo | | | "Elevate" |
| Artist Concert Photo | Sergi Paramès / Furalabfoto | | | "Imagine a Concert" |
| Artist Concert Photo | Sergi Paramès / Furalabfoto | | | "Pray or Jump: Life in a Concert" |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Alya Michelson, Irina Logra | | | "ALYA" |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Chung-Yu Tung, Fong-Yau Ye, Chun-Cheng Chao | | | Flesh Juicer - 'Fairy Tales of Ocean Deep' |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Doug Seymour Photography | | | Lalah Hathaway - 'Honestly' |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Pretika Menon (photograph & editing), Ram Kumar (editing) | | | Nuka - 'Mute' |
| Music Promo Poster | Alya Michelson, Jessica Kourtis | | | ALYA Logo |
| Music Promo Poster | Rachael Sage | | | Rachael Sage - 'Myopia' |
| Music Website | BaoBao Chen | | | Small Island Big Song Website - www.smallislandbigsong.com |
| Music Website | Ben Kyle | | | Ben Kyle Website - www.benkyle.com |
| Music Website | Christian Langballe, Bo Fløjborg, Martin Kæstel | | | Marc Facchini - Himmelmekanik Website - www.himmelmekanik.dk |
| Music Website | Diana Mak | | | Diana Mak Website - www.dianamak.art |
| Music Website | Tom Jestus Jr. | | | Casii Stephan Website - www.casiistephan.com |
| Swag | Alya Michelson, Venessa Arizaga | | | ALYA Bracelet |
| Swag | Amazing Show, Chen Hsin Hao | | | Amazing Show's King of Light Homemade Musical Instrument |
| Swag | Claire Deninzon, Max Deninzon | | | Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius - Guilty of Innocence T-Shirt |
| Swag | Kara Serritelli | | | Pleasantries - Moloko Good Doggo Shirt |
| Short Form Video Categories | Nominee | | | Nominated Video |
| Animated/Stop-Motion | Fanfara Tirana meets Transglobal Underground | | | We Come to Tear Your Wall Down |
| Animated/Stop-Motion | JPRiZM | | | Rise |
| Animated/Stop-Motion | Marsh Dondurma | | | Jambo |
| Animated/Stop-Motion | Matt Jaffe | | | Wicked World |
| Animated/Stop-Motion | Ori Dagan | | | Sting of the Cactus |
| Animated/Stop-Motion | Tobias the Owl | | | Deep River City (feat. Laura Veirs) |
| Concept/Experimental | Iuliano | | | Who Knows |
| Concept/Experimental | Mélisande [électrotrad] | | | Sur la ritintin |
| Concept/Experimental | Nuka | | | Don't Be Afraid |
| Concept/Experimental | Savannah Pope | | | Creature |
| Director | Abby Ahmad | | | Abby Ahmad - Because |
| Director | Michael McCallum | | | Jen Sygit - Love Is Wild |
| Director | Navzar Eranee | | | Nuka - Don't Be Afraid |
| Director | Odeya Rush | | | Harry Nathan - Rooftops |
| Lyric | Bleu | | | Love You So |
| Lyric | Chris Youlden and The Slammers | | | I Wanna Stay Alive |
| Lyric | Kutch | | | Bottleneck |
| Lyric | Major Moment | | | What It's Like |
| Lyric | Rich Aveo | | | Weightless |
| Narrative | A Root | | | Dance Party of Gods |
| Narrative | Josh David & The Funeral Puppets | | | James Island Blues |
| Narrative | Laura Clauzel | | | Golden Boy |
| Narrative | Nsimbi | | | Dunia Ni Matembezi |
| Narrative | Prateek Kuhad | | | cold/mess |
| Narrative | Rich Webb | | | Stoner |
| Performance | Bad Wolf | | | Through the Cracks |
| Performance | Bon Débarras | | | En panne de silence |
| Performance | John Gaar | | | Roll Like That |
| Performance | Shon Weathers | | | Feng Shui |
| Performance | Silibrina | | | Frevo Maligno |
| Performance | Toronto Tabla Ensemble | | | Faceoff |
| Social Action | Carolyn Downie | | | Hailstorm |
| Social Action | J. Harris | | | Bleed Like You |
| Social Action | Ludmila Mercerón | | | No hay perdón |
| Social Action | Stone Mecca | | | Boogeyman |
| Social Action | Willie Nile | | | Earth Blues |
| Long Form Video | Nominee | | | Nominated Video |
| Best Overall | Elio Pace | | | The Billy Joel Songbook Live |
| Best Overall | Elizabeth Joan Kelly | | | Music for the DMV |
