Aaron Alter, Together We Create and Sing, composition/composer

Adam Taylor, Rumspringawakening, original score/soundtrack film and television

Ahmed Ibrahim (Egypt), Angham … Hala Khasa Gedan, production/producer

Alan Williams, The Doctors, original score/soundtrack film and television

Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn, Fireworks, classical and composition/composer

Alfonso Moreno, Paying the Ferryman, music video

Amy McAllister, My Angel, lyrics/songwriter, album and female vocalist

Anand Gersappe - Ignite the Lite, No Time to Lose, song and music video

Art Phillips - 101 Music Pty Ltd (Australia), Just You and I, romantic chill-out music, album, composition/composer and producer

Arthur Winer, The Minor Key, lyrics/songwriter and song

Carlos Franzetti and Allison Brewster Franzetti - Amapola Records, Buenos Aires Noir, album

Cedar Breaks Band, Myst, rock

Christopher OHara, Now, O Now, album

Christos Tambouratzis (Greece), The Other Side of My Soul, album

Chyna Nicole - Nico Star Music, Queens in the Arena - Kemet Riddim, album, production/producer (Tania Nicole Sutherland) and reggae

Clement Reid, Sonnet 17 (William Shakespeare) for SATB Chorus A Cappella, a capella choral

Cynthia Haring and Katia Valdeos - World Nation Records, School of Fish, children's album and lyrics/songwriting

Dallas Hodge, Don't Forget About the Music We Made, album and male vocalist

David Di Vonte (Nigeria), African Girl, R&B soul and lyrics/songwriter

David Heymann, Reminiscences, album and composition/composer

Debé Gunn, Lasso the Moon, lyrics/songwriter

Debora Galan, Through the Eyes of a Child, ballad, lyrics/songwriter and female vocalist

Deborah Henriksson (Sweden), Because, song and female vocalist

Dimitri Romano (Italy), Sufi, composition/composer

Domingo Pagliuca, Eternal Gratitude, album and instrumental/instrumentalist

Elizabeth Usher (Australia), Mother and Child, lyrics/songwriting, listener impact : content/message delivery and protest/liberation music ; and Born to Die, lyrics/songwriting, listener impact: content/message delivery and protest/liberation music

Eva Ausin and Aida Galarreta (Spain), That's Just One More Day, female vocalist (Eva Ausin: compose - Aida Galarreta: vocalist)

Ezequiel Martinez, El Camino, music video

Francis Anderson - Ellorenz Records, Blessed Kiribati by Steel & Nina Sol featuring Ricky Kej, protest music

Gene Murden, Only God Knows, lyrics/songwriting and male vocalist

Ginés Martinez Vera (Spain), Sueño de un Trompeta, bolero and composition/composer

Graeme Drum (Canada), Sand Storm, song

Hakan Ali Toker – Navona (Turkey), Toker Messing Around, crossover album LINK

J.D. Hawkins & Doc Holiday, What Cha Gonna Do, old school R&B

Jeremy and Christine Stork (Australia), Get through To You, adult contemporary pop

John Fluker, All About That Time, new age

Joseph T. Spaniola, Escapade: Music for Large and Small Ensembles, album

Judah Earl, King, creativity/originality

Julia Pajot (France), Chutes d'eau Sous une Nuit Illuminée, composition/composer and concept

Kathryn Shipley and Chuck Thomas, Signs, modern country music (Kathryn Shipley: singer; Chuck Thomas: songwriter)

Katie Hardyman and Mick Evans (Australia), Always by Your Side, listener impact and female vocalist (Anna Weatherup)

Kyle Meagher (Canada), Beats in a Bagel Shop, album, music videos and listener impact: entertainment value LINK

Kevin Lucas, Land of Confusion, instrumental/instrumentalist

Kobi Arad, We're All Standing With the Forgotten People, protest music

Lannie Battistini, Moving On, album and composer/arranger

Lisa Busler & Doc Holiday, Baltimore Wind, folk

Luana Geromegnace, Luana- Chasse Au Trésor, female vocalist, lyrics/songwriter and song

Maiya Kenick, Mantra of Circle 2: The Journey Continues, new age and solo instrumental guitar

Making Movies, Making Movies, band and Latin rock

Manoj George (India), Saraswati, Indian raga and instrumental/instrumentalist (violin)

Mark Cameron, On a Roll, blues

Martin Zalba (Spain), A Small Christmas Story, symphonic score and composition/composer

Masoud Rezaei, Until, world music and album Link

Matthew Nelson and Jason Hardink, Northern Fantasies: Selected Works for Clarinet and Piano 1850–1890, album and instrumentals/instrumentalists (Matthew Nelson : clarinet and Jason Hardink: piano)

Michael Kollwitz, Santa Plays the Stick, instrumental/instrumentalist

Michail Travlos (Greece), Night Visions, album, contemporary classical and composition/composer

Miguel Bareilles (Germany), Canto por el Agua, classical contemporary and composition/composer

Monika Ryan, Lullabies, children's music and lyrics/songwriter

Nicki Kris, Heartbeat, album LINK

Otherworld, The Realm, jazz and album

QRTR Creative, Shot Down featuring Liddy Clark, music video

Raphael Groten, Star Lullaby, album and new age

Robert Fender, Magdalena Kling-Fender & Elzbieta Mrozek-Loska - Dux Recordings (Poland), Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg Variations BWV 988, instrumentals/instrumentalists

Robert McCormick - Parma Recordings, Soli for Tuba, Zheng, Horn with Percussion, album, new classical music and composition/composers (Tyler Kline, Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, Michael Standard, Matthew Kennedy)

Rosa Maria Rodriguez Hernández (Spain), Tiamat, For Wind Quintet, contemporary classical and composition/composer

Ryan Richko, Underdog, soundtrack film and television

Sandrine Rudaz, Papillon, album and composition/composer

SD Green - TMG Film Group, Pray 4 Me (Out of Bounds: independent feature film),  original score/soundtrack film and television, (written by Eric  Johnson, performed by E-Gotti, produced by Denali, film scoring by  Helluva)

Seay - Tuscan Sun Music Label, Winter Blessing the Gift, album and female vocalist (Seay)

Skyline Jazz Band (Taiwan), City Explorations, album, band and jazz fusion

Songwriting Shane, Children of the Air, alternative rock

Steve Eulberg, Between the Tracks, instrumental solo (fingerstyle guitar) and composition/composer

Steven Sepulveda, Nah Mean, rap, lyrics/songwriter, male vocalist and emerging artist

The Fever Breakers, Word Kill, rap/pop and lyrics/songwriter

TranSwaras (India), Anyayamu Seyukkara, world fusion and male vocalist (Dr. P. V. Bose)

Tyler White, Symphony No. 3, composition/composer

Wolfratshauser Children's Choir - Atlantic Crossing Records (Germany), For the Children, choral LINK

Zhihua Hu, From China, Asia to the West, classical avant-garde, album and composition/composer