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| Album of the Year |
 | - Erik Scott (Self-Released) |
 | - Kevin Wood (Real Music) |
 | - Meg Bowles (Kumatone Records) |
 | - David Wahler (Darius Productions) |
 | - Jeff Oster (Retso Records) |
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| Best Ambient Album |
 | - Jeff Greinke (Spotted Peccary Music) |
| - Meg Bowles (Kumatone Records) |
 | - Ken Elkinson (August Son Productions) |
 | - Jon Durant (Alchemy Records) |
 | - Michelle Qureshi (Heart Dance Records) |
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| Best Chill/Groove Album |
 | - Majestica (Heart Dance Records) |
 | - ELEON (Heart Dance Records) |
 | - James Asher & Arthur Hull (Starfield) |
 | - David Wright (AD Music) |
 | - Reaching Calm (Reaching Calm) |
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| Best Contemporary Instrumental Album |
| - Erik Scott (Self-Released) |
 | - Neil Tatar (Self Released) |
 | - Al Jewer w/ Andy Mitran (Laughing Cat Records) |
| - Jeff Oster (Retso Records) |
 | - Jill Haley (Self Released) |
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| Best Electronic Album |
 | - Stephanie Sante (Sante Music) |
 | - David Arkenstone (QDV Productions) |
 | - AeTopus (12Ton Productions) |
 | - Sensitive Chaos (Subsequent Records) |
 | - Jim Ottaway (Self-Released) |
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| Best Instrumental Album - Acoustic |
 | - Ryan Judd (Rhythm Tree) |
 | - Don Latarski (Heart Dance Records) |
 | - Michael Kollwitz (Self Released) |
 | - Michelle Qureshi (Music as Metaphor) |
 | - Jamie Bonk (Self Released) |
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| Best Neo-Classical Album |
 | - Peter Calandra (PCM) |
 | - Tom Caufield (Bohemian Embassy) |
 | - Vicente Avella (Pandora's Boombox Records) |
 | - Kerani (Kerani Music) |
 | - Barbara Hills (House in the Wood Productions) |
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| Best New Artist |
 | - Philip Shpartov (Heart Dance Records) |
 | - Richard Noll (Singing Heart Productions) |
 | - Caro Pampillo (Self-Released) |
 | - Alan Matthews (Self Released) |
 | - Marcia Watson Bendo (Marcia Watson Bendo / Heartnotes Music) |
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| Best Piano Album - Solo |
 | - Rachel LaFond (Self Released) |
 | - Lynn Tredeau (Self Released) |
 | - Robin Spielberg (playMountain Music) |
 | - Kathryn Kaye (Overland Mountain Music) |
 | - Fiona Joy (Blue Coast Records) |
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| Best Piano Album - w / Instrumentation |
 | - Anne Trenning and Friends (Shadetree Records) |
 | - Lisa Hilton (Ruby Slippers Productions) |
 | - Gary Schmidt (Heart Dance Records) |
 | - Michael Whalen (Michael Whalen Music) |
 | - Heidi Anne Breyer (Winterhall Records) |
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| Best Relaxation/Meditation Album |
 | - Trine Opsahl (Heart to Heart Records) |
 | - Michael Brant DeMaria (Ontos Music) |
 | - Paul Avgerinos (Round Sky Music) |
| - David Wahler (Darius Productions) |
 | - Ann Licater (Cul de Sac Mystic Productions) |
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| Best Vocal Album |
 | - 2002 (Galactic Playground Music) |
 | - Deva Premal (White Swan Records) |
 | - Loreena McKennitt (Quinlan Road Limited) |
 | - Sangeeta Kaur (Sangeeta Kaur Music) |
 | - White Sun (Be Why) |
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| Best World Album |
 | - Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning (Ark Records) |
| - Kevin Wood (Real Music) |
 | - Valerie Romanoff (Valrock Music) |
 | - Byron Metcalf (Heart Dance Records) |
 | - Terra Guitarra (Earthsign Records) |
