Best Album Winner: Trouble at the Henhouse,
The Tragically Hip Other Nominees: •
Amanda Marshall,
Amanda Marshall •
18 til I Die,
Bryan Adams •
Falling Into You,
Celine Dion •
Hi™ How Are You Today?,
Ashley MacIsaac Best Children's Album Winner: Songs from The Tree House,
Martha Johnson Other Nominees: • ''Jumpin' Jack'',
Jack Grunsky •
Like a Ripple on the Water, Kim Brodey and Jerry Brodey •
Maestro Orpheus and the World Clock,
R.H. Thomson •
Walking in the Sun, Jake Chenier
Best Classical Album (Solo or Chamber Ensemble) Winner: Scriabin: The Complete Piano Sonatas,
Marc-André Hamelin Other Nominees: •
Bach: French Suites,
Angela Hewitt •
Fialkowska Plays Szymanowski,
Janina Fialkowska • ''Music of Bach's Sons'', Les Violins du Roy •
Paganini: 24 Caprices,
James Ehnes Best Classical Album (Large Ensemble) Winner: Ginastera/Villa-Lobos/Evangelista,
I Musici de Montréal Other Nominees: •
Handel: Water Music,
Tafelmusik, musical director
Jeanne Lamon •
Kodaly: Hary Janos, Peacock Variations,
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Charles Dutoit •
Mussrogsky: Pictures of an Exhibition,
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Jukka-Pekka Saraste •
Ravel: The Piano Concertos,
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Charles Dutoit, soloist
Jean-Yves Thibaudet Best Classical Album (Vocal or Choral Performance) Winner: Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust,
Choeur et orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conductor
Charles Dutoit Other Nominees: •
Benjamin Britten: The Canticles, tenor Benjamin Butterfield, baritone
Brett Polegato, countertenor
Daniel Taylor •
Chi il Bel Sogno... What a Beautiful Dream, l'Orchestre symphonique de Laval, soprano Manon Feuble •
Purcell: Halcyon Days, soprano
Nancy Argenta •
Richard Margison Sings French and Italian Arias, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, tenor
Richard Margison Best Album Design Winner: John Rummen and Crystal Heald,
Decadence - Ten Years of Various Nettwerk Other Nominees: • Doug Aucoin,
Living River by
Rawlins Cross • Eve Hartling, Jeff Kleinsmith, and Jannie McInnes,
So Wound by
Jale • John Rummen,
Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff by
Sarah McLachlan • Paolo Venturi, Wayne Hoecherl,
Nest by
Odds Best Blues/Gospel Album Winner: Right to Sing the Blues,
Long John Baldry Other Nominees: •
Alive and Loose,
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne •
Fire, Tongues of Fire •
If My Daddy Could See Me Now, Johnny V •
Sixteen Shades of Blue, The Whiteley Brothers
Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic) Winner: Falling Into You,
Céline Dion Other Nominees: •
Daydream,
Mariah Carey •
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness,
The Smashing Pumpkins •
The Score,
Fugees • ''
(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'',
Oasis Best Mainstream Jazz Album Winner: Ancestors,
Renee Rosnes Other Nominees: •
Even Canadians Get the Blues,
Rob McConnell and
The Boss Brass •
Live at Bourbon St.,
Lenny Breau with
Dave Young •
Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore,
Oscar Peterson •
Two by Two, Piano Bass Duets Vol II,
Dave Young Best Contemporary Jazz Album Winner: Africville Suite,
Joe Sealy Other Nominees: •
FireWater,
NOJO •
Spirit in the Air,
Sonny Greenwich •
Time Zones,
James Gelfand •
Touché,
Paul Bley and
Kenny Wheeler Best Roots or Traditional Album - Group Winner: Matapédia,
Kate & Anna McGarrigle Other Nominees: •
En Spectacle,
La Bottine Souriante •
High or Hurtin',
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings •
Living River,
Rawlins Cross •
Victory Train,
Bill Bourne and Shannon Johnson
Best Roots or Traditional Album - Solo Winner: Drive-In Movie,
Fred Eaglesmith Other Nominees: •
Bal Canaille,
Danielle Martineau • ''Gulliver's Taxi'',
Murray McLauchlan •
Life on a String, Daniel Koulack •
No Boundaries,
Natalie MacMaster Best Alternative Album Winner: One Chord to Another,
Sloan Other Nominees: • ''
It's Sydney or the Bush'',
The Inbreds •
Limblifter,
Limblifter •
Purple Blue,
Eric's Trip •
Self=title,
Treble Charger Best Selling Francophone Album Winner: Live à Paris,
Celine Dion Other Nominees: •
Luce Dufault,
Luce Dufault •
Noir Silence, Noir Silence •
Pure,
Lara Fabian •
Quatre saisons dans le désordre,
Daniel Bélanger North Star Rock Album of the Year Winner: Trouble at the Henhouse,
The Tragically Hip Other Nominees: •
Brand New Day,
The Watchmen •
Hemi-Vision,
Big Sugar •
Scenery and Fish,
I Mother Earth •
Test for Echo,
Rush ==Nominated and winning releases==