1. Wayne Hancock: Tulsa
2. Rosanne Cash: Black Cadillac
   
3. Neko Case: Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
   
4. Bruce Springsteen: We Shall Overcome
   
5. Darrell Scott: The Invisible Man
   
6. Solomon Burke: Nashville
   
7. Chris Knight: Enough Rope
   
8. Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers: Honky Tonk Happy Hour
   
9. Paul Burch: East to West
   
10. I See Hawks in LA: California Country
    
11. Johnny Cash: American V: A Hundred Highways
    
12. Cornell Hurd Band: Texas By Night
    
13. Dave Insley: Here With You Tonight
    
14. Sam Baker: Mercy

DEBUT ALBUM

1. Carrie Rodriguez: Seven Angels On A Bicycle
   
2. Sam Baker: Mercy
   
3. Eilen Jewell: Boundary County
   
4. Jessie Lee Miller: Now You're Gonna Be Loved

TRIBUTE ALBUM

1. A Case for Case: A Tribute to the Songs of Peter Case
   
2. The Pilgrim: A Celebration Of Kris Kristofferson
   
3. Willie Nelson: You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker
   
4. Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman
   
5. Heartworn Highways

REISSUE/HISTORIC ALBUM

1. Blaze Foley & The Beaver Valley Boys: Cold, Cold World
   
2. James Talley: Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got A Lot Of Love
   
3. Johnny Cash At San Quentin
   
4. Johnny Cash: Personal File
   
5. Waylon Jennings: Nashville Rebel
   
6. Gram Parsons: The Complete Reprise Sessions

FEMALE ARTIST

1. Neko Case
   
2. Rosanne Cash
   
3. Miss Leslie
   
4. Carrie Rodriguez
   
5. Anna Fermin / Irma Thomas

MALE ARTIST

1. Alejandro Escovedo
   
2. Wayne Hancock
   
3. Dave Insley
   
4. Jon Dee Graham
   
5. Darrell Scott
   
6. Chip Taylor

SONGWRITER

1. Butch Hancock
   
2. Darrell Scott
   
3. Chip Taylor
   
4. Sam Baker
   
5. Tom Russell
   
6. Tom Waits

BEST IN THE INDUSTRY

1. Darrell Anderson (Hightone)
   
2. Joe Swank (Yep Roc)
   
3. Lynn Lancaster (Sugar Hill)
   
4. Chris Thomas (Palo Duro)
   
5. Vicki Lucero (Propaganda Group)

ALBUM

1. Anna Fermin’s Trigger Gospel: Go
   
2. Butch Hancock: War And Peace
   
3. Dayna Kurtz: Another Black Feather
   
4. David Rodriguez: Sign Of Live
   
5. Dave Insley: Here With You Tonight
   
6. Miss Leslie & Her Juke Jointers: Honky Tonk Happy Hour
   

1. Carrie Rodriguez: Seven Angels On A Bicycle
   
2. Sam Baker: Mercy
   
3. Jessie Lee Miller: Now You’re Gonna Be Loved

VARIOUS ARTISTS/TRIBUTE ALBUM

1. American Music: The Hightone Records Story
   
2. A Case For Case: A Tribute To The Songs Of Peter Case
   
3. Heartworn Highways
   

REISSUE/HISTORIC ALBUM

1. Don Walser: Texas Legend
   
2. Fern Jones: The Glory Road
   
3. Mary Cutrufello & The Havoline Supremes: Who To Love & When To Leave
   

FEMALE ARTIST

1. Dayna Kurtz
   
2. Carrie Rodriguez
   
3. Jessie Lee Miller
   

MALE ARTIST

1. Michael Weston King
   
2. Dave Insley
   
3. Bill Kirchen
   

SONGWRITER

1. Chip Taylor
   
2. Butch Hancock
   
3. Michael Weston King
   

BEST IN THE INDUSTRY

1. Darrell Anderson (Hightone)
   
2. Matt Eskey (Freedom/Texas Music Roundup)
   
3. Fred Boenig (Americana Media)