Aaron Alter, Vival - Departures, composition

Ala Bahrami (Turkey), Raghse Fereshtegan, composition, and Hanooz Doostet Daram, instrumental, composition

Alessandro Zilli (Italy), Guitar Ballad, jazz fusion, instrumentalist

Andrew Huang (Taiwan), Troubadour, composer, concept

António Augusto (Portugal), Meditação, experimental

Arlen Roth, Jerry Jemmott, Super Soul Session!, blues

Ban Brothers, Love Makes My World, alternative pop-country LINK LINK

Bin Tan & Dr. Peng Wu & Dr. Yunyan Tian, March 3rd A Song Fly to the World, music video, traditional folk music

Bindi Mahesh (India), Solar System Songs, children's music LINK

Bjorn Suomivuori (Finland), Heaven, music video

Brendan Henry (Canada), Little Princess, music video

Brian Reitzell, Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter, original score/sound track

Bruce Babcock, Event Horizon, composition LINK

Bruce Leto, Jr., Campane Nuziali e Balli, extended play, listener impact

Bryan Benner & Václav Fuksa (Austria), Muntagna d'Angeli, album

Charles-Henri Avelange, One Wish, contemporary classical, listener impact

Chronatic Quartet (Germany), Karneval der Tiere, crossover, album

Chyna Nicole ft. Dean Fraser, Gratitude for Mama, reggae

Clement Reid, David Figuracion Choir, Lost in the Thought, contemporary classical

ConFunkShun (United States), Text Me Tomorrow, R&B

Debé Gunn, E.J. Ouellette, Mississippi Sarah, Americana, lyrics/songwriter

Dhay Al-Saedi (Germany), Nexfall, female vocalist, creativity/originality

Dr. Peng Wu & Dr. Yunyan Tian, One Heart of Guangxi & HongKong, music video, traditional folk music

Elena Dorozhkina, Elena Dorozhkina Plays Skriabin, Glinka/Balakirev, Mosolov, classical

Elisabete (Portugal), Dança Comigo, swing LINK

Fiona Ross (United Kingdom), Thoughts, Conversations and To Do Lists, jazz

Gabriel Lococo & Venezuela String Recording Ensemble (Argentina), Love Whisper, instrumental

Hudson Heights Project, Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel, protest music, group

Ignacio Salvatierra P. (Venezuela), Tu Fuiste Sin Decirme, flamenco

Iluminada Pérez Frutos (Spain), Il Suoni Deicorpis Celest, classical

Janie Price (United Kingdom), Wider Than The Sky, original score

Jeff Eisenberg, Castle Of The Golden Sun, original score

Jeffrey Heisler, Vent, contemporary classical

Jesse Passenier, ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Kari Ikonen, & Vincent Houdijk, Fight for Light, classical

J.M. Quintana Cámara, The Can, original score

João Carlos Victor Alves (Switzerland), I call to You, instrumentalist

Joe Hoster (Switzerland), Mio, music video

José Valentino, Eternal Power, Latin jazz, and Cuerdas de Corazón (Homenaje a Arturo Bermudez), instrumentalist

Josu Ortiz Delgado (Spain), The Himalayas Suite, classical, composition LINK

June Bisantz & Gordon Morrell, It's Been A Long, Long Time, Americana

Kacho Lopez (Colombia), Tha Missing Song, concept, music video

Karlton Jones, Lagos, world music

Kathryn Shipley, Keep Your Eyes on Me, Christian contemporary

Katrina Penman (Spain), Antequera, composition LINK

Kirsten Agresta-Copely, Aquamarine, new age LINK

Kobi Arad, Hyper Dimensional Bach, experimental jazz

Lannie Battistini, Upsilon, jazz, and Final Destination, jazz

Larry Taylor, The Taylor Family, The Soul Blues Healers, Generations of Blues: West Side Legacy, blues

Laura Ainsworth, You Asked For It, jazz

Lebeha Drummers, Biama, world music

Lil' Jimmy Reed, Ben Levin, Back to Baton Rouge, blues

Lisa Cullum (United Kingdom), From The Darkness, classical crossover

Lyia Meta (Malaysia), Always You, female vocalist, album

Maciej Gański (Poland), Philip Glass - The Complete Piano Etudes, instrumentalist, album

Matthew Younglove, Night Set, album

Medd & Shaw, After All That We've Been Through, duo

Michael Surratt, Bistro Beatz, instrumental, composer

Michail Travlos, Iwona Glinka, NeoQuartet (Greece), Patch Works, composer, quartet

Monica Cardenas (Germany), Chaos, contemporary classical, album LINK LINK

Monika Ryan, Playfully, vocal jazz, female vocalist LINK

Namewee (Malaysia), High Definition and Uncensored, pop, album, Someone Else's Wife, lyrics/songwriter, music video, and The 20th Floor, lyrics/songwriter, concept, music video

Nan Avant, Sirens of the Salish Sea - Soundness of the Sea, composition, new release

Natalia Walewska and Rafal Lewandowski (Poland), Perly Polskiej Kultury, duo, classical

Nick Maclean Quartet (Canada), Convergence, band, album

Noshir Mody, A Love Song, composer, band

Pekka Kuusisto, Joonas Ahonen, Symmetria Pario – Creation, classical, creativity/originality

Pigi Likoudi (Greece), Dipsa sto Mistra, composition LINK

Rich Huang (Taiwan), CHÁO, instrumentalist, composer

Roman Miroshnichenko (Russia), Roman Miroshnichenko plays Stas Namin, instrumentalist

Roman Miroshnichenko and Stas Namin (Russia), Roman Miroshnichenko plays Stas Namin, producer

Scandinavian Guitar Duo, All Classic, classical

Sherrie Davis, Children of Mother Earth, instrumentalist, and The Missing Ones, Native American music

Shujie Liang, Painted Traveler in Space and Time - Chinese New Year, game music

Silvia Blaser (Switzerland), Morning Haze, new age, new release

Sonam Kalra & The Sufi Gospel Project (India), Alfat, world fusion LINK

Sophia Agranovich and Rupam Sarmah, Peace and Joy (Mendelssohn/Mozart World), creativity/originality, experimental

Stephen Duros, The Manhattan Sessions, smooth jazz

Steven Newton (United Kingdom), Black Wolf, new age

Swapna Abraham (India), No Love Lost (feat. Devan Ekambaram), country, female vocalist

Texas Horns, La Drivers Union Por Por Group, Horn to Horn: The La Drivers Union Por Por Group meet The Texas Horns, world music

Thomas Green, In The Moonlight, new age, new release

Tiki Taane (New Zealand), Tiki Taane in session with CSO, listener impact: entertainment value, creativity/originality, concept LINK

Trio Casals (Canada), Bobby's Song, contemporary classical

Triplett Kelly, Center of Gravity, pop

Václav Fuksa (Austria), Prameny, world music, emerging artist

Vahagn Stepanyan, A New Chapter, instrumental, album

Won Cho, Kyoung Cho, Eun-Hee Park, Korean Tapestry, classical

Yerko Lorka, YK Band (Taiwan), OPUS: Echo of Starsong Arrangements - Forgotten Sounds, composer, game music, sound editing/mixing

Yixiang Hou (China), Carnival, instrumentalist