| Traditional Album | Contemporary Album |
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| Children's Album | Traditional Singer |
| |  Chaim Tannenbaum, Chaim Tannenbaum- Rowen Gallant, Auprès du poêle
- Shannon Quinn, If All the Young Ladies
- Yves Lambert, Laissez courir les chiens
- Sophie Lavoie (Fásta), Un Canadien errant
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| Contemporary Singer | Instrumental Solo Artist |
| | - Duane Andrews, Conception Bay
- Don Alder, Armed & Dangerous
- Daniel Koulack, Frailing to Succeed
- Arnie Naiman, My Lucky Stars
- Lotus Wight, Ode to the Banjo
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| Instrumental Group | English Songwriter |
- The Andrew Collins Trio, And It Was Good
- Tio Chorinho, Chora Brazil
- NUA, Flow
- Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus, Round Trip
- The East Pointers, Secret Victory
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| French Songwriter | Aboriginal Songwriter |
- Les soeurs Boulay, 4488 de l'Amour
- Richard Séguin, Les horizons nouveaux
- Safia Nolin, Limoilou
- Philippe Brach, Portraits de famine
- Mara Tremblay, Michel Rivard, Luc De Larochellière, Éric Goulet, Gilles Bélanger, Ariane Ouellet and Carl Prévost, Sept jours en mai
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| Vocal Group | Ensemble |
- Musique à bouches, Jusqu'aux oreilles
- Rosie and the Riveters, Good Clean Fun!
- Hillsburn, In the Battle Years
- Big Little Lions, Just Keep Moving
- Sweet Alibi, Walking in the Dark
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| Solo Artist | World Solo Artist |
| | - Willy Rios, Para ti
- Jocelyn Pettit, Caravan
- Kattam, De Tombouctou à Bombay
- Élage Diouf, Melokáane
- Karim Saada, Mon frère
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| World Group | New/Emerging Artist |
- Sultans of String, Subcontinental Drift
- Tio Chorinho, Chora Brazil
- Nomadica, Dance of the Infidels
- Lenka Lichtenberg & Fray, Live in America
- Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus, Round Trip
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| Producer | Pushing the Boundaries |
- David Gillis, Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams (Corin Raymond)
- Steve Dawson, I Was So Fond of You (Matt Patershuk)
- Matthew Barber and Jill Barber, The Family Album (Matthew Barber and Jill Barber)
- Andrew Collins and David Travers-Smith, And It Was Good (The Andrew Collins Trio)
- Royal Wood and Bill Leflr, Ghost Light (Royal Wood)
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| Young Performer | |
- Earle and Coffin, Live at the Citadel House
- Jake Vance, Eden
- Jessica Wedden, Fiddling Is My Passion
- Chanelle Albert, How Beautiful We Are
- Keltie Monaghan, Someone Tell Her
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