Aivee Hsu (Taiwan), The Nearness of Yule!, female vocalist, extended play

Ala Bahrami (Iran), Negaham Kon, world music

Alessandro Orlandi (Italy), Pop Lies, pop rock

Ali Mir Marashi (Iran), Magical Dance, composer

AMARU (Netherlands), The Crime of Silence, reggae

Andrzej Ślązak (Poland), Polish Hollywood, instrumentalist, soundtrack film/television

Anna Segal (Israel), La Guitarra, album

Ārmanā Nysús, Fāding Dūne, world music

Benitez, Xoconostle, Latin electronic

Benjamin Till (United Kingdom), Psalms, original score/soundtrack

Bernhard Hofstötter (Belgium), Silvius Leopold Weiss: Fireworks for lute, instrumentalist, album

Breindy and Matt (South Africa), Take Me Back to Woody Cape, alternative, Al Tuster (feat. Mbuzeni), world music

Brittany Lasch, Dark Horse, instrumentalist

Carla Rose Kelly (Canada), Peaceful Lullabies, lullaby album

Christian de Mesones, You Only Live Twice, contemporary jazz, album

Chung-Ching Chen (Taiwan), The East is Not A Fantasy, crossover album

Ciara Brittany & Lannie Battistini, I Give My Life To You, Christian/gospel, Since You Came Into My Life, Christian/gospel

Cindy Horstman, Life Aquatic for Flute and Harp, instrumental LINK

Cliff Beach, She Only Loves Me When She’s Drunk, hip-hop

Colorificio Mario, Theatre of Identity, electronic, band, innovation in sound

David Bernard, Mahler Symphony No. 9, symphonic music, orchestra performance: conductor/orchestra

David Garrido Guil (Spain), Autoblues, album

Diego Caetano, Lana Kuscer, Nuances Françaises: 20th French Flute Sonatas, classical

Divya Verghese (India), Dhanyabaad Sahith, music video

Douglas Knehans, RIPPLE—Symphony No. 1, contemporary classical, composition

Duo Kontaxakis-Ivanovich (Portugal), Pictures: Music for Two Guitars, duo, producer

Eleanna Pitsikaki (Germany), Aroma, album

Elisabetta Gesuato (Italy), Joseph Haydn Hoboken XVII, World Premiere Recording of the Complete Set, classical piano, instrumentalist

Emily Johnson, Open Your Heart, female vocalist

Essential Voices USA, Judith Clurman, Listen to the World, choral music

Fabio Álvarez (Spain), Flowers Will Bloom, contemporary classical

Finn Elias Svit (Denmark), Finn Svit & Friends, album

FIU Fac-tet, Gary Campbell, FIU Fac-tet Plays the Music of Gary Campbell, jazz, composer

Francisco Jose Martinez Esteva (Spain), Kira's Journey to Alexandria, original score

Hsiao-Chien Chou (Taiwan), Cadence, classical crossover, production

Huang Shan (China), Touch《触》, world music, instrumentalist

I Musici Gemelli (Italy), The Art of the Duo, duo, classical compendium LINK

Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Sharon Prushansky, Franz Schubert: Winterreise, classical vocal

Joanna Filus-Olenkiewicz (Germany), Sound of Expression The Music of Karol Borsuk, classical

José Valentino, Sound, instrumental, album

Justin Gray (Canada), Immersed, instrumental performance in a group, creativity/originality, sound editing/mixing

Karen Salicath, A Moment of Peace, instrumentalist

Katrina Penman and Claudia Vior (Spain), Beyond, composer, instrumentalist

Kevin Wilt, Amernet Quartet, Tavern Music, composer, album

Kimberly K. Noller, Big, children's music LINK

Kirsten Agresta-Copely, Kuruvinda, new age

Kobi Arad, Shift, jazz

Lawrence Klein, clipping. - Run It, music video

Lisa Cullum (United Kingdom), Silence, neoclassical

Luis McDougal (Dominican Republic), Oh! Pino, composition

Marc Crofts Klezmer Ensemble (Switzerland), Urban Myths, world music

Marcel Chyrzyński (Poland), Marcel Chyrzyński: Clarinet Pieces, contemporary classical, composer

Maria Mendes (Netherlands), Dança do Amor (Live), Latin jazz, lyrics/songwriter

Mary Beth Orr, Mark Buchner, Mary Jo Cox, Susan Mora, Greg Scheer, The Singing Horn, folk

Matthias Krohn (Germany), Seeing, music video

Meilinbear (Taiwan), Carry On, female vocalist, concept

Michael Guinn (United Kingdom), Gilgamesh, contemporary classical, composer

Michael Kollwitz, Stick Around, creativity/originality

Mireille and Eddy Moust (Netherlands), Love Is a Painter, lyrics/songwriter, duo, composer

Monika Gurak (Canada), Sketches, album

Monika Kucharczyk (Poland), Beyond the Horizon, duo

Nargiz and Somatic Moon, Ants, alternative

Natalie Jean, What They Didn't See, adult contemporary

Nick Dukas, Everything Changed (feat. Theo Valentin), lyrics/songwriter, duo

Nolan Williams, Jr., Selma@60, listener impact: content/message delivery

Onorio Zaralli (Italy), Voyage, composer

Orlando Sanchez, Son Pitirre, De la Sultana a la Habana, composer, band, emerging artist, producer

Paul Dice, Gulls Circling a Bay, composition

Paula Maya, Rio de Janiero, Brazilian pop

Payam Yousefi, Songs of Hope, instrumentalist

Rafael Serrallet (Spain), Y el Canto de Todas, composer, audio engineer

Richard Dee Hall, Music for Screendance, innovation in sound

Rob Cunningham, How I Make It Through, folk

Robert Zielinski, Manuela Centanni (Australia), Donegal, music video

Ruben Yessayan Villalobos (Spain), G.I. Gurdjieff & T. De Hartmann: Return from a Journey, album, album art/graphics

Sira Hernandez (Spain), Hymns to the Hope, composer, instrumentalist, album

Sophia, Sierra Encantada, Latin folk

Suzanne Grzanna, Deck the Halls in a Minor Mood, arrangement

Talon Smith, Debut, emerging artist

The Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet (Canada), Impact, jazz, Second Voyage, jazz

Theodor Lyngstad, Copenhagen Phil., Eva Ollikainen, Cello Concertos by Schumann and Kabalevski, classical cello

ThreeStyle, Magdalena Chovancova, Robert Fertl, Damon Dae (Croatia), We have that Magic, smooth jazz

Titas Petrikis (Lithuania), Gardute, original score, Siaure, composition

Vladimir Torchinsky (Israel), Orion, concept

Walter Holland, The Sketchbook of Max Ernst, electronic

Wojciech Waleczek, Schubert meets Beethoven, classical, music video

Yhael May, Niebla, instrumentalist

Yuyu Wang (China), Love in Yanbian, music video

Zupe Zupe, Two Ships Passing, composition