| Adult Contemporary | Jean Rohe | Sisterly |
| Alt. Country | Rich Webb | Le Rayon Vert |
| Americana | Pharis and Jason Romero | Sweet Old Religion |
| Bluegrass | Various Artists | The Crooked Road's Mountains of Music Homecoming: 2017 Live Concert Recordings |
| Blues | Tom Hambridge | The NOLA Sessions |
| Children's Music | Sara Lovell | Wild Is Everywhere |
| Compilation | Various Artists | Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition |
| Concept | Elizabeth Joan Kelly | Music for the DMV |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | TrueNorth Worship | TrueNorth Worship (Live) |
| Contemporary Classical | Eric Klein | The Myth of Tomorrow |
| Country | JP Harris | Sometimes Dogs Bark at Nothing |
| Dance/Electronica | Miss Tara | LOVE |
| Debut | Birdland Avenue | Come Around |
| Eclectic | Bombay Rickey | Electric Bhairavi |
| Film / TV / Game Score | Kristoffer Lo | Trondheimsreisen |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Lucy Wainwright Roche | Little Beast |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Karmic Juggernaut | The Dreams That Stuff Are Made Of |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Árstíðir | Nivalis |
| Instrumental | Gypsy Jazz Club | Menestrel |
| Jazz Instrumental | Kobi Arad | Segments |
| Jazz with Vocals | Camille Thurman | Waiting for the Sunrise |
| Latin | Pedro Luís | Vale Quanto Pesa - Pérolas de Luiz Melodia |
| Live Performance | Rogério Caetano | convida ao vivo no Rio |
| Metal/Hardcore | Beyond Creation | Algorythm |
| New Age | Jeff Oster | REACH |
| Pop | Between Giants | Jupiter |
| R&B/Soul | Nina Attal | JUMP |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Masta Ace & Marco Polo | A Breukelen Story |
| Reggae/Ska/Dancehall | Mamita Peyote | Runfla Calavera |
| Rock / Hard Rock | BrokenRail | 'Til Death Do Us Part: The California Vault |
| Spoken Word | Jeremy McEwen | Barnyard Dream Poems |
| Tribute | Juliana Hatfield | Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John |
| World Beat | Ron Korb | World Café |
| World Traditional | Sara Ajnnak | Gulldalit: Can You Hear Me |
| Song Categories | Winner | Winning Song |
| A Cappella | Patrice Jégou | Lover Come Back to Me (feat. Mark Kibble & Alvin Chea) |
| A Cappella | Avivavoz (Vox Pop Winner) | Ninguém Pode Calar Esse Amor |
| Acoustic | Chris Ayer | Ringing in My Ears |
| Acoustic | Bobby Bookout (Vox Pop Winner) | To Me |
| Adult Contemporary | LACES | someday is not tonight |
| Adult Contemporary | FlecHaus (Vox Pop Winner) | Beautiful Things |
| Alt. Country | Rich Webb | Let It Rain |
| Alt. Country | The Krickets (Vox Pop Winner) | Redbird |
| Americana | Jen Sygit | It's About Time (feat. Luther Dickinson) |
| Americana | Monica Pasqual (Vox Pop Winner) | Feels Like Something |
| Bluegrass | Low Lily | 10,000 Days Like These |
| Bluegrass | Low Lily (Vox Pop Winner) | 10,000 Days Like These |
| Blues | Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson | Blues in My Blood |
| Blues | Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson (Vox Pop Winner) | Blues in My Blood |
| Children's Music | Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats | I Know a Little Fellow |
| Children's Music | Sara Lovell (Vox Pop Winner) | Get Up |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Rocking Horse Music Club | Everywhere Is Home |
| Contemporary Christian / Gospel | Rocking Horse Music Club (Vox Pop Winner) | Everywhere Is Home |
| Country | Blane Howard | Promise to Love Her |
| Country | Adam Warner (Vox Pop Winner) | Semper Fi (feat. Trace Adkins) |
| Cover | Kristy Krüger | Folsom Prison Blues (orig. by Johnny Cash) |
| Cover | Kristy Krüger (Vox Pop Winner) | Folsom Prison Blues (orig. by Johnny Cash) |
| Dance/Electronica | Mosimann | Anymore (feat. Carla Katz) |
| Dance/Electronica | Drew DeWitt (Vox Pop Winner) | Final Drop |
| Eclectic | Monica Pasqual | Sun in My Eye |
| Eclectic | Monica Pasqual (Vox Pop Winner) | Sun in My Eye |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | Rebecca Hurn | Waves |
| Folk/Singer-Songwriter | The Morning Sea (Vox Pop Winner) | Listen Love |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | CeCe Teneal & Soul Kamotion | Danger |
| Funk/Fusion/Jam | Jason Gill (Vox Pop Winner) | Favorite Drug |
| Holiday | Twin Kennedy | I'm a Child Again |
| Holiday | Leslie McKee (Vox Pop Winner) | Still, Still, Still |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Shadow of Whales | Words |
| Indie / Alt. Rock | Shadow of Whales (Vox Pop Winner) | Words |
| Instrumental | Cimarrón | Zumbajam |
| Instrumental | Roberto Tola (Vox Pop Winner) | Lullaby of Christmas (feat. Bill McGee) |
| Jazz Instrumental | Ivan Diaz | Write or Wrong |
| Jazz Instrumental | Syreeta Thompson Trumpetlady (Vox Pop Winner) | Blow Yo Horn |
| Jazz with Vocals | Lindsay Kay | Lush Life |
| Jazz with Vocals | Camille Thurman (Vox Pop Winner) | The Nearness of You |
| Latin | Juana Luna | Vienen Como |
| Latin | Omar Quezada & Manny Audico (Vox Pop Winner) | La Cumbia Cínica |
| Love | Bleu | Love You So |
| Love | The Morning Sea (Vox Pop Winner) | Listen Love |
| Metal/Hardcore | Ne Obliviscaris | Intra Venus |
| Metal/Hardcore | Ne Obliviscaris (Vox Pop Winner) | Intra Venus |
| New Age | Jeff Oster | Five Great Mountains |
| New Age | Paradiso and Rasamayi (Vox Pop Winner) | Agape's Call |
| Pop | Ella Vos | White Noise |
| Pop | Mathew Edmondson (Vox Pop Winner) | If I Wait |
| R&B/Soul | Jessica Lá Rel | Here Comes the Sun |
| R&B/Soul | A-natural (Vox Pop Winner) | Thirst |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Young Rado | Make Sense |
| Rap/Hip-Hop | Young Rado (Vox Pop Winner) | Make Sense |
| Reggae/Ska/Dancehall | Leilani Wolfgramm | Live Wire |
| Reggae/Ska/Dancehall | Martin Zarzar (Vox Pop Winner) | Dance Alone |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Head With Wings | Goodbye Sky |
| Rock / Hard Rock | Savannah Pope (Vox Pop Winner) | Creature |
| Social Action | Mark Erelli | By Degrees |
| Social Action | Rosie & the Riveters (Vox Pop Winner) | I Believe You |
| Spoken Word | J.ournal | Pride & Prejudice (feat. The Rogue Pianist) |
| Spoken Word | Diemm (Vox Pop Winner) | Mythmaker |
| Story | Emily Scott Robinson | Overalls |
| Story | Adam Warner (Vox Pop Winner) | Semper Fi (feat. Trace Adkins) |
| Used in Ad Campaign | Bleu | Love You So |
| Used in Ad Campaign | Bleu (Vox Pop Winner) | Love You So |
| Used in Film / TV / Game Score | André Barros | Leda |
| Used in Film / TV / Game Score | Kerri Brown & Martene Clayton (Vox Pop Winner) | Crown |
| World Beat | Nsimbi | Leo Ni Leo |
| World Beat | Graeme Drum (Vox Pop Winner) | Sand Storm (feat. Ahmed Al-Badr) |
| World Traditional | Toronto Tabla Ensemble | Faceoff |
| World Traditional | Milli Janatková (Vox Pop Winner) | Buoh |
| EP Categories | Winner | Winning EP |
| Dance/Electronica | DELAPORTE | UNO |
| Eclectic | Emily Pinkerton, Patrick Burke and NOW Ensemble | Rounder Songs |
| Instrumental | Devine Score | Pinnacle |
| Jazz | OKAN | Laberinto |
| Pop | Prateek Kuhad | cold/mess |
| Rock | QUOR | The Way We Are |
| Roots/Country | Jessi Mason | Night Owl |
| Urban | A-natural | #COAOAFB2 |
| World | OKAN | Laberinto |
| Music Producer Categories | Winner | Winning Work |
| Dance/Electronica | Leo Salom | Leo Salom - Sugar on Demand |
| Eclectic | Riley McMahon | Spottiswoode & His Enemies - Lost in the City |
| Instrumental | Erik Scott | Erik Scott - A Trick of the Wind |
| Jazz | Earl MacDonald | Earl MacDonald - Open Borders |
| Pop | Rachael Sage, John Shyloski | Rachael Sage - Myopia |
| Rock | Kevin Billingslea, Andrey Borzykin, Adam Soucy | Major Moment - one small stEP |
| Roots/Country | Iuliano | Iuliano - Hidden Roots |
| Urban | Joseph Vitterito | Agency - Exponents |
| World | Ronald Mente Miyares, Richi Martinez | Ludmila Mercerón & Guitarras y Trovadores - La Pastelera del Tivolí |
| Design Categories | Winner | Winning Work |
| Album Art / Photography | Cody Blocker | Katie Cash - Gift Horse |
| Album Packaging | Yi-Hsiang Chao, Jheng-Han Li | Flesh Juicer - Fairy Tales of Ocean Deep |
| Artist Concert Photo | Sergi Paramès / Furalabfoto | "Imagine a Concert" |
| Artist Publicity Photo | Alya Michelson, Irina Logra | "ALYA" |
| Music Promo Poster | Rachael Sage | Rachael Sage - 'Myopia' |
| Music Website | Tom Jestus Jr. | Casii Stephan Website - www.casiistephan.com |
| Swag | Amazing Show, Chen Hsin Hao | Amazing Show's King of Light Homemade Musical Instrument |
| Short Form Video Categories | Winner | Winning Video |
| Animated/Stop-Motion | Marsh Dondurma | Jambo |
| Animated/Stop-Motion | Ori Dagan (Vox Pop Winner) | Sting of the Cactus |
| Concept/Experimental | Nuka | Don't Be Afraid |
| Concept/Experimental | Mélisande [électrotrad] (Vox Pop Winner) | Sur la ritintin |
| Director | Navzar Eranee | Nuka - Don't Be Afraid |
| Director | Michael McCallum (Vox Pop Winner) | Jen Sygit - Love Is Wild |
| Lyric | Kutch | Bottleneck |
| Lyric | Rich Aveo (Vox Pop Winner) | Weightless |
| Narrative | Laura Clauzel | Golden Boy |
| Narrative | Josh David & The Funeral Puppets (Vox Pop Winner) | James Island Blues |
| Performance | Bon Débarras | En panne de silence |
| Performance | John Gaar (Vox Pop Winner) | Roll Like That |
| Social Action | J. Harris | Bleed Like You |
| Social Action | Ludmila Mercerón (Vox Pop Winner) | No hay perdón |
| Long Form Video Categories | Winner | Winning Video |
| Long Form Music Video | Elio Pace | The Billy Joel Songbook Live |
