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