Top Five List Moving On To Final Ballot
Top Five List Moving On To Final Ballot
Top Five List Moving On To Final Ballot
1
Song of the Year (Composer‘s Award)
No Waimea Ke Aloha by Natalie Ai Kamauu & Iolani Kamauu (Keko Records)
Old Kihei by Kala‘e Camarillo (Kala‘e Camarillo)
Sweet Life by Henry Kapono (Kapono Records)
These Islands by Kala‘e (Kala‘e)
Wrapped In A Bow by Kalani Pe‘a (Pe‘a Records & Entertainment)
2
Contemporary Acoustic Album of the Year
Don't Stop Believing by Frank Ka‘ano‘i (Frank Ka‘ano‘i Music)
Renaissance: Volume 2 by Sandy Essman (Tin Idol Productions)
Wish You Were Here by Richard Natto (RD Music/Firmbizness)
3
Rock Album of the Year
"3" The Darkness And The Light by Average Joes (Play That Disco Productions)
Eight Palms Ranch by Paul West (Basement Money Records)
Real Slick by Eyes Of Red (Tin Idol Productions)
Graphics
Chaz Kamauu for Natalie Noelani by Natalie Ai Kamauu (Keko Records)
Gerard K. Gonsalves for The Fortune Queen by Storm (Tin Idol Productions)
Kanai'a Nakamura & Kanaeokana for Mele Ho'opulapula, Vol. 2 by Various Artists (Kāhuli Leo Le'a)
Mele McPherson for Better Days by Jeremiah Kaholoaa (Miah Music Molokai)
Pualena Pakele & Cabot for Nēia 'Āina Aloha by KUmZ (Kauakoko Foundation)
Haku Mele
Hanohano Laʻiʻōpua - Holeka Goro Inaba & Makakoa Inaba, Composers from Hanohano Laʻiʻōpua by Holeka Goro Inaba & Makakoa Inaba (Kāhuli Leo Leʻa)
Kahalaoweke - Cody Pueo Pata, Composer from Ka Haku Mele by Kealiʻi Reichel, Kainani Kahaunaele, Cory Pueo Pata & Zachary Alakaʻi Lum (Kāhuli Leo Leʻa)
Kuʻu ʻĀina ʻo Papakōlea - Jonah Kahanuola Solatorio & Laʻamea Paleka, Composers from Kuʻu ʻĀina ʻo Papakōlea by Jonah Kahanuola Solatorio & Laʻamea Paleka (Kāhuli Leo Leʻa)
Nani Wale ʻO Piʻiholo - Kealiʻi Reichel, Composer from Ka Haku Mele by Kealiʻi Reichel, Kainani Kahaunaele, Cory Pueo Pata & Zachary Alakaʻi Lum (Kāhuli Leo Leʻa)
Ulupō Nui - Kīhei deSilva & Zachary Alakaʻi Lum, Composers from I Leʻa by Keauhou (Keauhou)
International Album
Heavenly Island by Kenta Ebara (Jangling Jamboree)
My Life by Yoshiko Matsushima (Hone Music)
Hawaiian Heritage - Ke Aloha 'Aina by Hiliu (Hili Music)
Ke'alaokekaimakahikina by Kaulana (Kaulana Entertainment)
Reach For Tomorrow by Ukulele Swing Trio (JB Music)
Liner Notes
Cody Pueo Pata for Hawaiian Falsetto Vol. 1 by Festivals Of Aloha (Haku Records)
Keauhou & U'ilani Tanigawa Lum for I Le'a by Keauhou (Keauhou)
Lihau Paik for Patrick Landeza & Sons by Patrick Landeza (Addison Street Records)
Lynell K. Bright for Nā Pono Hawaii by Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus (Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus)
Robert Pennybacker for Straight Ahead by The Honolulu Jazz Quartet (Honolulu Jazz Quartet)
Zachary Alaka'i Lum & Nā Haku Mele O Mele Ho'opulapula, Vol. 2 for Mele Ho'opulapula, Vol. 2 by Various Artists (Kāhuli Leo Le'a)
General Engineering
Dave Tucciarone & Kapena DeLima for Natalie Noelani by Natalie Ai Kamauu (Keko Records)
Imua Garza for Maranatha Live from Honolulu Album Vol 2 by Rachel Morley (Zeo Music)
Lock Lynch for One by Vishious Fishious (Nanoweber Records)
Malamaponomaikalani Patoc for Ready by Chante (Blessed Sounds)
Michael Casil for Purple Hawaiian Christmas by Kalani Pe'a (Pe'a Records & Entertainment)
Hawaiian Engineering
Joel Katz, Keola Donaghy, Kenneth Makuakāne & Tarvin Makia for A'ea'e by A'ea'e (Nani Kama'ole Music)
Michael Casil for Hawaiian Falsetto Vol. 1 by Festivals Of Aloha (Haku Records)
Michael Casil for I Le'a by Keauhou (Keauhou)
Michael Grande for Ka Haku Mele by Keali'i Reichel, Kainani Kahaunaele, Cory Pueo Pata & Zachary Alakaʻi Lum (Kāhuli Leo Le'a)
Michael Grande for Mele Ho'opulapula, Vol. 2 by Various Artists (Kāhuli Leo Le'a)