1997 ACADIAN RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Denis Richard - C'est mieux comme ça
- Janine Boudreau - J'entends
- Josée Nadeau - J'entends la nuit
- Marie-Jo Thério - Comme de la musique
- Barachois - Barachois WINNER
1997 ALTERNATIVE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Sloan WINNER
- Big Picture
- Drive
- Eric's Trip
- Jale
1997 BLUEGRASS RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Spinney Brothers and Close Company
- Golden Raven
- Moe Brown
- Laurie Chavarie
- Exit 13 WINNER
1997 BLUES RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Cheryl Lescom
- Dutch Mason
- Hill Brothers
- Mark Green Blues Band
- Nova Scotia Mass Choir WINNER
1997 CHILDREN'S RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Kidd Brothers
- Kids at Heart
- Rik Barron
- Audrey and Alex WINNER
- Teresa Doyle WINNER
1997 CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Jeff Hennessy - Westray The Long Way Home
- Michel Cardin - S.L. Weiss - Le Manuscript de Londres
- Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir - Rock Within the Sea
- Patricia Creighton - Abraxas
- Puirt a Baroque - Bach Meets Cape Breton WINNER
1997 COUNTRY RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Brad Hewey
- Chris Cummings
- John Gracie
- Sonja Wood
- Terry Kelly WINNER
1997 ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
- Terry Kelly
- Rawlins Cross
- Ashley MacIsaac
- Damhnait Doyle
- Great Big Sea WINNER
1997 FACTOR RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Damhnait Doyle - Shadows Wake Me
- Kim Stockwood - Bonavista
- Puirt a Baroque - Bach Meets Cape Breton
- Ashley MacIsaac - Hi, How Are You Today? WINNER
- Rawlins Cross - Living River
1997 FEMALE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Anne Murray
- Damhnait Doyle
- Linda Brooks
- Pamela Morgan
- Natalie MacMaster WINNER
1997 GROUP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Barachois
- Barra MacNeils
- Nova Scotia Mass Choir
- Rawlins Cross
- Sloan WINNER
1997 INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Jeff Hennessy
- JP Cormier
- Puirt a Baroque
- Richard Wood
- Natalie MacMaster WINNER
1997 JAZZ RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Behghazi Saxophone Quartet
- Jazznsamba
- Patrick Hornsby
- Shan Arsenault
- Jeri Brown WINNER
1997 MALE RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Chris Cummings
- John Allan Cameron
- Richard Wood
- Ashley MacIssac WINNER
1997 POP/ROCK RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Big Picture
- Nicholson
- Rawlins Cross
- Sloan
- Ashley MacIsaac WINNER
1997 RAP / HIP-HOP SINGLE OF THE YEAR
- Wichdoc JoRun
- Hip Club Groove
- Karen Corbin
- Jamie Sparks
- Ashley MacIsaac WINNER
1997 ROOTS / TRADITIONAL RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- Barachois
- Jim Fiddler
- Jim Payne and Fergus O'Byrne
- Winnie Chafe and Legacy
- Natalie MacMaster WINNER
1997 SONG OF THE YEAR
- Damhnait Doyle - A List of Things
- Great Big Sea - Fast As I Can
- Kim Stockwood - Jerk
- Terry Kelly - Don't Take Me Home
- Ashley MacIsaac and Mary Jane Lamond - Sleepy Maggie WINNER
1997 SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
- Alan Doyle - Fast As I Can
- Cookie Rankin and John Michael Chaisson - The River
- Geoff Panting - When My Ship Comes In
- Bruce Guthro - Fiddle and Bow WINNER
- Kim Stockwood and Naoise Sheridan - Jerk
1997 VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- Ashley MacIsaac - Sleepy Maggie
- Damhnait Doyle - A List of Things
- Marie-Jo Therio - A Moncton
- Natalie MacMaster - Catharsis
- Great Big Sea - Run Runaway WINNER
