Best Bluegrass Album
Wicked Sycamore – In More Ways Than One

Best Bluegrass Artist/Group
Wicked Sycamore

Best Blues Album
B.E. Farrow – Unsent Letters

Best Blues Artist/Group   
Carly Harvey

Best Children’s Music Artist/Group  
Rocknoceros

Best Choral Album
Lux – My Lord Has Come

Best Choral Group
Lux

Best Classical Album 
Deborah Sternberg – Birds of Love and Prey

Best Classical Artist/Group
The String Queens

Best Country/Americana Album   
Scott Kurt – Long Road Home

Best Country/Americana Artist/Group
Karen Jonas

Best Electronic/Techno Artist/Group
Nitemoves

Best Folk Album   
Stripmall Ballads – Distant

Best Folk Artist/Group          
The Sweater Set

Best Funk Album       
Summer Dennis – Somethings Gotta Change

Best Funk Artist/Group  
Summer Dennis

Best Funk Song  
Eric Scott – Something Good

Best Go-Go Album   
Still Familiar – Autumn

Best Go-Go Artist/Group   
Backyard Band

Best Go-Go Song
Rare Essence ft. Snoop Dogg – Hit The Floor

Best Gospel/Inspirational Album
Kimberly Williams – The Gift

Best Gospel/Inspirational Artist/Group
DRK 2 LGHT

Best Gospel/Inspirational Song   
Shacara Rogers – His Will

Best Hard Rock Album     
Cursor – Pharos

Best Hard Rock Artist/Group
Fellowcraft

Best Hard Rock Song
Elizabeth II – Bite My Neck

Best Hip Hop Album
Uptown XO – Culture Over Corporate

Best Hip Hop Artist/Group   
Dior Ashley Brown

Best Hip Hop Song
DuPont Brass – Let’s Go

Best Jazz Album      
Bobby Jasinski – Spectrum ft. The Hot Lanes

Best Jazz Artist/Group
Bobby Jasinski

Best Jazz Song
Marc Capponi – This Stupid Year

Best Latin Album   
Perro Sombra – Perro Sombra

Best Latin Artist/Group
Desanguashington

Best Pop Album    
Brandon Showell – Scripted

Best Pop Artist/Group
Eli Lev

Best Pop Song
Jarreau Williams – The Way I Feel (Symfonikz Remix)

Best Punk Album      
Light Beams – Self Help

Best Punk Artist/Group   
Time is Fire

Best Punk Song
Weatherworn – Head in Hands

Best R&B Album   
DuPont Brass – Music Education

Best R&B Artist/Group   
Kevin Ross

Best R&B Song
Jarreau Williams – The Way I Feel (Symfonikz Remix)

Best Rap Album     
Night Train 357 – The Nightlife

Best Rap Artist/Group
DuPont Brass

Best Rap Song
DuPont Brass – Round Midnight

Best Reggae Album 
The Archives – Carry Me Home: A Reggae Tribute To Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson

Best Reggae Artist/Group  
Shamans of Sound

Best Rock Album
Flowerbomb – pretty dark

Best Rock Artist/Group 
Elizabeth II

Best Rock Song    
Flowerbomb – II

Best Soul Album     
Cheakaity – Grown Man

Best Soul Artist/Group  
Jarreau Williams

Best Soul Song
Cecily – Spirit Tell Me

Best World Music Album
Hailu Mergia – Yene Mircha

Best World Music Artist/Group  
Black Masala

General Interest Categories

Advocacy Award  Aaron Myers

Do Good Award  DC MUSIC SUMMIT

Educator Award  Randi Levy

Music Media Award  DC Music Review

Best Music Studio Award  BIAS Studios

Best Music Venue Award  Pearl Street Warehouse