Comedy/Novelty
A Thong Gone Wrong George Nowak (Barefoot Man) – Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Doppleganger Brian Daly – Newcastle, NSW, Australia
If I Had the Copyright Carla Ulbrich – Somerset, NJ, USA
I've Done It Brent Lillie, Paul Harris – Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Red, White & MILF David Beame, Martin Bejerano, Alex Lacamoire (Figghole) – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Spotless Chris Wolf – Mooresville, IN, USA
The Nun Song Kate Micucci Nazareth, PA, USA

Country
7 Ruben Estevez and Brad Ramsey - Houston, TX and Atlanta, GA, USA
102 (Songs About You) Lynn Carey Saylor – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Beatles Without John Dave Tough, J.D. Dohnal – Nashville, TN, USA
Cowboy's Dream Dave Gunning, George Canyon – Pictou, NS, Canada
Ford Fairlane Ryan Martinez – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ghosts Of Glen Rose Blu Sanders, Kelly Archer – El Paso, TX, USA and Nashville, TN, USA
I Found Faith Rob Arey, Ryan Nicholson – Nashville, TN, USA
Middle Child Kort McCumber, Kevin Deforrest – Boulder, CO, USA
Not In This Life Mark Phillips(Nik Phillips) – Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Teardrop Tattoo Greg Johnson, Kelly Lynn, Nathan Christopher – Nashville, TN, USA
What Do We Do? Laura Critchley, David Whitmey – London, England

Dance/Electronica
Alikitop Niko Westelinck (Niko) – Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, Belgium
Another World Serge Novikov, Marina Cherniavskaja (Neoclubber) – Moscow, Russia
Evolution Adrian Martinez (Bulleto) – Queretaro, Mexico
Make Like Mine Brett Crockett, Heather Pierce, Paul Johnson (Karmacoda) – San Francisco, CA, USA
Open Your Eyes Tom Watson (Transparent) – Adelaide, SA, Australia
Slideshow Matt Kowalsky, Eva Broczek – Warszawa, Poland
Strangerangel Eva Turnova – Prague, Czech Republic
The Story Martin Koszolko (Koshowko) – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
This Beast Yoko Kamitani (Yoko K.) – Washington DC, USA
This Is A Test Robert Michael Romano (Shock Of Pleasure) – Dallas, TX, USA
Tonight Mocci Ryen (Daisy Pusher) – Oslo, Norway

Folk/Singer-Songwriter
Amnesia Steven Thompson (Blabbermouth) – London, England
Bees In Jars Steven Bowers – Halifax, NS, Canada
London Town Jonny Taylor – London, England
Lost Along The Way Jordie William Lane, Tracy Beth McNeil (Fireside Bellows) – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Love Look What You've Done Sam Buckingham – Sydney, NSW, Australia
Not Gonna Think April Geesbreght – Fort Worth, TX, USA
Reason Bryan Downey – Liverpool, England
Southside Dandelion Andy Allen – Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Last Love Song Andy Hackbarth – Nashville, TN, USA
The Year Of The Horse Kevin Connolly (Herm) – Dublin, Ireland
True Blue Patrick David Koch – Gainesville, FL, USA
What Might've Been Markus Rill – Wuerzburg, Germany

Gospel/Christian
Are You There? Jason Witte – Phoenix, AZ, USA
Beautiful You John Reilly and Reilly – Landowne, PA, USA
Cause I Get to Love You Bryan Weirmier – Toronto, ON, Canada
Grace Baby Paris Wells, Ryan Ritchie – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Heaven Is Waiting Anthony Hugh Harrison, JJ Plasencio – Austin, TX, USA
I Need A Miracle Roma Waterman – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
I’m A Believer Greg Johnson, John Barner – Nashville, TN, USA
My Divine Geoff Fifield, Tim Fifield, Jordan Allen, Nathan Elliot-Doucet (The Contact) – Halifax, NS, Canada
Rescued Stephen Hinkle – Gurnee, IL, USA
Shine Carole Fredericks, Erick Benzi – Canandaigua, NY, USA
The Way We Are Shiloh-Sheray Gagnon - St Basile Le Grand, QC, Canada
This Is Love Todd Vaters – Spring Hill, TN, USA

Instrumental
Bagiterra Dmitry Korneev – Moscow, Russia
Black & White Marcela Taylor – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Catch Me If You Can Brian Rolland – Boston, MA, USA
DD's Blues Duane Andrews– St. John's, NL, Canada
DNA Kaspar Torn – Tallinn, Estonia
Flood Of Steel Yukihide Takiyama – Osaka, Japan
Fugue Fest Tomas Mach – Prague, Czech Republic
Modal Tune Gregg August – Brooklyn, NY, USA
New Habana Glenda Del Monte Escalante (Glenda Del E & Mixology) – Toronto, ON, Canada
Ring The Alarm Senzoo-Lab-Project, Frank Brenken – Hamburg, Germany
Sun In Your Eyes Yiannis Kapoulas – Hamilton, ON, Canada
The New Tune Makers Of 2007 Troy MacGillivray – Lanark, NS, Canada
The Pursuit Eduardo De La Iglesia Nieto – Madrid, Spain

Jazz
Cake Kelly Mittleman - Redding, CT, USA Jazz
Coexistence Matt Shulman – New York, NY, USA
Dazzling Balls Oscar Schulze – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Down With Downs Brian Swartz – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mark’s Passion Tomoko Omura – Shizuoka, Japan
Puertorro Paulo Stagnaro, Enrique 'Kalani' Trinidad (La Timbistica) - Boston, MA, USA
So Romantic Jim Tomlinson, Kazuo Ishiguro – London, England
Tabula Rasa Remy LeBoeuf (LeBoeuf Brothers Quintet) – New York, NY, USA
Tonight Mads Mathias (Six City Stompers) – Copenhagen, Denmark
War Ferenc Nemeth – Brooklyn, NY, USA

Latin
Aclarame Todo Jorge Laureano (Orquesta Fiesta) – Tampa, FL, USA
Boom Boom Simen Fjeld, Ole Jorgen Olsen – Oslo, Norway
Go Tiberiu Ticlea, Cristina Cornila (T-Boss) – Bucharest, Romania
Guajira Enamora Margarita Restrepo – Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Jaleo La Yeni – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mas Que Un Amigo Lucas Brant (Ethnical) – North Hollywood, CA, USA
Nuestra Amor James Bryan, Fernando Osorio (Sunshine State) – Toronto, ON, Canada
Si Preguntan Por Mi Pedro José Rivera – Humacao, Puerto Rico
Siempre Hay Esperanza Rei Ortiz – Jacksonville, FL, USA
Solo Quiero Santiago Quevedo (Bipur) – Miami, FL, USA

Lyrics Only
Chocolate Cake JC Cassis, Socrates Cruz – New York, NY, USA
Cinderella Town George Gesner – New York, NY, USA
Dancing Without Shoes Mike Fleming – Eastbourne, England
Don't Say A Word Denise Holl – Auckland, New Zealand
Hide My Heart Andrea Pandolfi – Chadds Ford, PA, USA
In This Diary Kristopher Roe (The Ataris) – Anderson, IN, USA
Music City Danny Gravas – Dunbarton, NH, USA
Precarious Peter Farrell, Arlene Farrell – Glasgow, Scotland
Sail On Adrian Heath – Sydney, NSW, Australia
She Lets Him Go Pamela Anderson – Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Two Dudes Dressed In Drag Billy Simons – Ware, MA, USA
The Wishing Bridget a'Beckett – Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Music Video
1 Pol Arida – Lasswade, Scotland
A Cop's Job Is Never Done Michael L Vidale, Ian G Hildebrand (St. Jam) – Sydney, NSW, Australia
Attractive Guy Ben Shitrit, Maya Dunietz (Eatliz) - Tel-Aviv, Israel
Crystal Robert Wilson (Fresh IE) – Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Hospice For Destitute Lovers Steve Abel – Auckland, New Zealand
Humbly For Her Unni Wilhelmsen – Oslo, Norway
I’ll Be There Kahn Morbee, Glenn Hodgson, Paul Hodgson, Neil Pauw (The Parlotones) – Johannesburg, South Africa
Sophisticated Side Ponytail Luke Smith, Claire England, David Price (Natalie Portman's Shaved Head) – Seattle, WA, USA
Still Wanna Leave Rashid Mosley (Melo Kan) – Rialto, CA, USA
Time Julian Abrahams, Nick Keeling, Muchtar Johnson, Munro Melano, Pat Lillicrap, Kane Watters, Yen Nguyen (Casual Projects) – Canberra, ACT, Australia
To My Ears Chris Bradley – Edinburgh, Scotland
Yes Nice General Twinz – London, England
Zupper Cats Love Dogs – Bucharest, Romania

Performance
Black Cat 3 Notes Grant Walmsley, Mark Tinson (Grant Walmsley And The Agents Of Peace) – Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Creepin Doc Span, Matthew Cang – Diamond Valley, QLD, Australia
Dat Du Dat Paris Wells, Ryan Ritchie – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
I Keep On Tryin’ Meri Voskanian - Yerevan, Armenia
Little Piece of Love Anthony Snape, Lindsay Rimes – Sydney, NSW, Australia
Lovely Face Ivan Rubenstein-Gillis – New York, NY, USA
Missing You Chinbat Batmunkh, Scott Sena (SweetYmotion) – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Mt. Prospect, IL, USA; and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Sail Me Toby Breitenbach– Frankfurt, Germany
Sold Me Down The River Sam Shake Anderson – Fort Worth, TX, USA
The Belljar Susannah Legge, Julian Hewitt, Gavin Crawcour (The Hampdens) – Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Pop/Top 40
Break Your Heart Odette Albani – Rome, Italy
Breaking Alana Grace, Steve Robson – Nashville, TN, USA
Follow Lead Dhana Taprogge, Gregg Allen (Taxi Doll) – Hollywood, CA, USA
Hear Me Now Alejandro Manzano (Boyce Avenue) – Sarasota, FL, USA
Heartbeat Dayna Hollins, Stephanie Alexander, Benny Steele (Band Kamp 3) – Brooklyn, NY, USA
How Do You Leave Johan Vorster (Eden) – Pretoria, South Africa
Hurry Up California Calvin Lechner, Simon Nagel (Sunset Main) – Los Angeles, CA, USA
If I Could Roxy Vice – Stafford, VA, USA
I'm Going To Be Me Lane Lenhart W. Hollywood, CA, USA
It's Not My Problem Angus McDonald, Connie Mitchell (Sneaky Sound System) – Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Jealousy Alexander Burnett, David Hall (Sparkadia) – Sydney, NSW, Australia
You’re So Sexy Sarnai Tsogtbayer, Chinbat Batmunkh, John Steele, Twilite Jones (SweetYmotion) – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; River Forest, IL; and Brooklyn, NY, USA

R&B/Hip-Hop
Ayrplane Sam Rhansum – Atlanta, GA, USA
Eye Can See Now Kallen 'Katchphraze' Saczkowski, Robin Hooper – Oakville, ON, Canada
GeneTone General Twinz – London, England
Go Lovely Joseph Joaquin Tavares, Rory Walter Restani, Joanna Lee Sousa (Cloaked Characters) – Bend, OR, USA
I Don't Wanna Be Alone Reginald D. Staggers, Juan L. Brown (Devon Howard) – Laurel, MD, USA
In Love Kgomotso Tsatsi (KG) - Toronto, ON, Canada
Keep Clappin Azeem Haq, Marcus Kane, Neetin Salwan, Mohsin Qureshi (E.O.S) – Toronto, ON, Canada
New Style, New Sound Armen Balyan (Armen) – North Hollywood, CA, USA
Six Whole Days Darryl Matthew Palmer (Matt Palmer) – New York, NY, USA

Rock
Anymore Martin Kolarik, Radovan Krejci (Fate Magazine) – Krupka, Czech Republic
Be Still (My Heart) John Stringer, James Beale, Thomas Panza, Chris Love (State Of Man) – Atlanta, GA, USA
Bright White Teeth Daniel James Maguire (Mog) – Canberra, ACT, Australia
Broken Bones Nick Milwright (Blackchords) – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Carry On Leigh Davies, James Livesey, Daniel Teng (Sleep Parade) – Annandale, NSW, Australia
Explain Finn Martin, Philipp Steinke, Carl Kinney (Asher Lane) – Berlin, Germany
He Said, She Said Travis Nesbitt, Ben Shillabeer, Morgan Gies, Logan Jacobs (Social Code) – Edmonton, AB, Canada
It's About Something Matt Borck, Jeremy Friesen, Mike Newman, James Pendleton (Yuca) – Vancouver, BC, Canada
Man In Full Martin Ouellette, Brian Paul (Tenth Planet) – Toronto, ON, Canada
Off Track Matthew Pelham, Roger Dabbs, Rollum Haas, Mark Bond (The Features) – Nashville, TN, USA Rock
One Crowded Hour Glenn Richards (Augie March) – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Say Goodbye Adrianne Joshua Helgason, Tristan Norton, Tobias Jesso, Martin Kottmeier (The Sessions) – North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Two For My Seconds Amandah Wilkinson (Operator Please) – Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Teen
But Life Goes On Grace Kelly – Brookline, MA, USA
Comprehend Michaela Thurlow - Cape Elizabeth, ME, USA
Crimson Sunset Jordan Ferreira, Mike Avakian, Tyler Hudson (Mindwalk Blvd) – Wilmington, MA, USA
Dark House Carson Leith (Sun From Shadow) – Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA
Make Her Love Me Travis Marsh – Camarillo, CA, USA
Mystic Man Roxy Vice – Stafford, VA, USA
No Surprise Steffi Burns (Steffi) - Ashmore City, QLD, Australia
Street Soldier Jackson Cook – Kelowna, BC, Canada
Strings Attached Sophie Aboud – Robina, QLD, Australia
Tattered Note (Hey Baby) Annie Dingwall – Plano, TX, USA
Time To Grow Rebecca Lovell (The Lovell Sisters) – Calhoun, GA, USA
Too Much To Ask For Joy Lippard – Great Falls, VA, USA

World Music
Ay Masilan Vanessa Sidibe (Mamadou And Vanessa) – Berkeley, CA, USA
Bismillah Joshua Meltzer – Northampton, MA, USA
Gadong Narawi Rashidi (Tuku Kame) – Kuching, Malaysia
Leavened Heart (I Tumble Down) Keith Eric Johnston (Janah) – Atlanta, GA, USA
New Asia Andrew Lum – Singapore, Singapore
Obayo Richard Layton Gannaway, Jay Oliver, Miriam Stockley (AO) – Asheville, NC, USA
Ollú Omar Sosa, Mola Sylla – Camagüey, Cuba
Orimitikore Florence Trautman (Floxy Bee) – Newark, NJ, USA
Rere Reta Hareruia Abraham (Ruia) – Auckland, New Zealand

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