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| Album of the Year |
 | - Jim Ottaway (Self Released) |
 | - FLOW (LMB Music) |
 | - Gina Leneé (Self Released) |
 | - Masako (Self Released) |
 | - Peter Kater (Points of Light Records) |
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| Best Ambient Album |
 | - Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (Heart Dance Records) |
| - Jim Ottaway (Self Released) |
 | - Stephen Peppos (Sonic Bear Music) |
 | - Michelle Qureshi (Music as Metaphor) |
 | - Tom Eaton (Spotted Peccary Music) |
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| Best Chill/Groove Album |
 | - Scott August (Cedar Mesa Music) |
 | - Ken Elkinson (August Son Productions) |
 | - Gerhard Daum (Tone Works) |
 | - Ken Verheecke (Heart Dance Records) |
 | - David Wahler (Darius Productions) |
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| Best Contemporary Instrumental Album |
 | - Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy (Ark Records) |
 | - Todd Mosby (MMG Discs) |
| - FLOW (LMB Music) |
 | - Jill Haley (CorAnglais) |
 | - Monica Williams (Heart Dance Records) |
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| Best Electronic Album |
 | - Forrest Smithson (Self Released) |
_Essentialia.png) | - Michel Huygen (Neuronium) (Domo Records) |
 | - ELEON (Heart Dance Records) |
 | - Kevin Keller (Kevin Keller Productions) |
 | - Forrest Smithson (Self Released) |
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| Best Instrumental Album - Acoustic |
 | - Robert Linton (October Moon Records) |
 | - Perpetual Motion (Self Released) |
 | - Shambhu (Acoustic Shine) |
 | - Michael Kollwitz (Self Released) |
 | - Raphael Groten (Self Released) |
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| Best Neo-Classical Album |
 | - Piers Adams & Larry Lush (Red Priest Recordings) |
 | - Christopher Boscole (Self Released) |
 | - David Darling (Hearts of Space) |
 | - Sharon Fendrich (Self Released) |
 | - Jennifer Thomas (Self Released) |
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| Best New Artist |
 | - Michael Joseph (Michael Joseph Liberatore) |
 | - Mike Woodlark (Self Released) |
 | - Louis Anthony deLise (Bocage Records) |
 | - Kurt Reiman (Self Released) |
| - Sharon Fendrich (Self Released) |
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| Best Piano Album - Solo |
 | - Lynn Tredeau (Self Released) |
 | - Michael Whalen (Real Music) |
 | - Cathy Oakes (Sierra Keys Music) |
 | - David Nevue (Midnight Rain Productions) |
 | - Michele McLaughlin (Michele McLaughlin Music) |
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| Best Piano Album - w / Instrumentation |
 | - Ann Sweeten (Orange Band Records) |
| - Gina Leneé (Self Released) |
 | - Kathryn Kaye (Overland Mountain Music) |
 | - Reneé Michele (Self Released) |
| - Masako (Self Released) |
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| Best Relaxation/Meditation Album |
 | - Paradiso and Rasamayi (5th Element Music) |
 | - Paul Adams and Elizabeth Geyer w/ Various Artists (Lakefront) |
 | - Deuter (New Earth Records) |
 | - Crystalline Dream (Solovey Music) |
 | - Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (Heart Dance Records) |
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| Best Vocal Album |
 | - Mirabai Ceiba (Mirabai Ceiba) |
 | - Sangeeta Kaur (Sangeeta Kaur Music) |
 | - Voxfire (Orenda Records) |
 | - Juliet Lyons (Self Released) |
 | - Larisa Stow & Shakti Tribe (Prema Shakti Music) |
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| Best World Album |
 | - Ciro Hurtado (Inti Productions) |
 | - Suzanne Teng and Gilbert Levy (Autumn Light Productions) |
 | - Incendio (Incendio Music) |
 | - Sherry Finzer & Will Clipman (Heart Dance Records) |
 | - Grayhawk (Deep Space) |
