Best A Cappella Artist/Group
Faux Paz

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 (Sponsored by OCTFME)
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 (Sponsored by Mars Arts D.C.) –  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