Special Awards

Best Non-Scholastic Debut Album

• WINNER – Mosaik by Männersache
• Runner-Up – Business Casual by Business Casual
• Nominee – Eyes of Love by From the Roots
• Nominee – MVP by MVP
• Nominee – V by VXN

Best Scholastic Debut Album

• WINNER – Blossom by Mixed Mode (University of Central Florida)
• Runner-Up – Before You See the Light by License to Trill (Texas Christian University)
• Nominee – Leading Me Home by Walk the Line (Rockwall High School)
• Nominee – Spark by Evolve (Chesapeake High School)
• Nominee – Unstoppable by Trebellious (University of Rochester)

Genre Awards – Songs

Best Barbershop Song

• WINNER – "Pity Party" from GQ Vol. III by GQ
• Runner-Up – "The Sound of Music" from The Next Ten Minutes by After Hours (University of Rochester)
• Nominee – "If I May" from Simple Gifts by Instant Classic
• Nominee – "Love Walked In" from Get Happy by Kohl Kitzmiller

Best Classical/Traditional Song

• WINNER – "Agnus Dei" from Enchanted Isle by Voces8
• Runner-Up – "La Vie En Rose" from Business Casual by Business Casual
• Nominee – "Kein schöner Land" from Ziel:los! by maybebop
• Nominee – "Noel" from Son Of Bethlehem by Fishers of Men Sounds
• Nominee – "Stille Nacht" from So this is Christmas by ONAIR

Best Country Song

• WINNER – "Want" from Eyes of Love by From The Roots
• Runner-Up – "Songbird" from black canvas by Clef Hangers (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)
• Nominee – "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" from Close to Home by Counterpoint (Stanford University)
• Nominee – "Young And Crazy" from Sharing the Covers by Chris Rupp

Best Electronic/Experimental Song

• WINNER – "Between Us" from Begin Again by Voices (University of Chicago)
• Runner-Up – "Top of the World" from Top of the World by Nomadic
• Nominee – "Algorhythmus" from Ziel:los! by maybebop
• Nominee – "All Night" from Blossom by Mixed Mode (University of Central Florida)
• Nominee – "Terrified/Me and Your Mama" from Panorama by Reverb (Florida State University)

Best Folk/World Song

• WINNER – "Adon Olam" from Six13 Volume 8: Lights by Six13
• Runner-Up – "Penye Nia Pana Njia" from Afro Vocal-Play Volume 1 by Just 6
• Nominee – "Airdí Cuain" from M'ANAM by M'ANAM
• Nominee – "Die Gedanken sind frei" from CHORKLANGBEZIRK by Klangbezirk
• Nominee – "Skäms" from Orkar, Orkar inte by Riltons Vänner
• Nominee – "Want" from Eyes of Love by From the Roots

Best Funk/Disco Song

• WINNER – "Change of Heart" from Lifeline by Octopodes (Johns Hopkins University)
• Runner-Up – "Must Be Hard Being You" by Inverse
• Nominee – "Ain't No Way" from Business Casual by Business Casual
• Nominee – "I Will Survive (Live)" from Euro EP by Six Appeal
• Nominee – "Rise/The Weekend" from Genesis by Mind the Gap (University of Oregon)

Best Hip-Hop Song

• WINNER – "For Scott (Ain't Done Yet)" from For Scott (Ain't Done Yet) by Richard Steighner
• Runner-Up – "Deja Vu" from Sincerely by Pitch Slapped (Berklee College of Music)
• Nominee – "Come Down" from Panorama by Reverb (Florida State University)
• Nominee – "How Deep Is Your Love" from Unfold by Treblemakers (Boston University)
• Nominee – "Threatened" from Identity by Eight Beat Measure (Rochester Institute of Technology)

Best Holiday Song

• WINNER – "Carol of the Bells" from So this is Christmas by ONAIR
• Runner-Up – "A Star Wars Chanukah" from Six13 Volume 8: Lights by Six13
• Nominee – "Christmas in L.A." from Christmas in L.A. by Acasola (California State University Northridge)
• Nominee – "Deck the Halls" from Christmas Live by Rockapella
• Nominee – "Just a Christmas Wish" from Just a Christmas Wish by Rebel Bit
• Nominee – "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" from A Backtrack Vocals Christmas by Backtrack

Best Humor Song

• WINNER – "Bohemian Chanukah" from Six13 Volume 8: Lights by Six13
• Runner-Up – "All-Nighter" by Fleet Street Singers (Stanford University)
• Nominee – "Bhaarbershop" from Ziel:los! by maybebop
• Nominee – "Tights of the Round Table" from Simple Gifts by Instant Classic

Best Jazz/Big Band Song

• WINNER – "No Diggity" from Business Casual by Business Casual
• Runner-Up – "You Make Me Feel So Young" from Always/Sometimes by Hyannis Sound
• Nominee – "Alibi" from Lifeline by Octopodes (Johns Hopkins University)
• Nominee – "Blue Skies" from Circadian by Point of Departure (Berklee College of Music)
• Nominee – "Love Never Felt So Good" from Made to Fly by Pitch, Please! (University of California Los Angeles)
• Nominee – "Moments in a Mirror" from Reminiscing in Tempo by New York Voices

Best Pop Song

• WINNER – "Top of the World" from Top of the World by Nomadic
• Runner-Up – "Lost in Japan" from Blue Horizon by BisCaydence (University of Miami)
• Nominee – "FEEL YOU" from FEEL YOU by Harvard Opportunes (Harvard University)
• Nominee – "Håll mig hårt" from Orkar, Orkar inte by Riltons Vänner
• Nominee – "LEIJAT" from Songs Of Kirka by Club For Five
• Nominee – "Okay wenn ich bleib" from Mosaik by Männersache
• Nominee – "Take the Money and Run" from High Definition by Distilled Harmony (Northeastern University)
• Nominee – "Through Your Eyes" from Love, MICappella by MICappella

Best R&B Song

• WINNER – "Glory" from Sincerely by Pitch Slapped (Berklee College of Music)
• Runner-Up – "Birds of a Feather" from Panorama by Reverb (Florida State University)
• Nominee – "FEEL YOU" from FEEL YOU by Harvard Opportunes (Harvard University)
• Nominee – "Hollow" from Identity by Eight Beat Measure (Rochester Institute of Technology)
• Nominee – "Love Drought" by Faux Paz (University of Maryland College Park)
• Nominee – "Love Me Right" from Speak On It by The BluesTones (James Madison University)
• Nominee – "Tell Me Something Good" from Live pt 1 by Six Appeal

Best Religious Song

• WINNER – "Blackout" from Blackout by Gestalt (University of Florida)
• Runner-Up – "Flying" from Find Yourself by OneVoice (Briarcrest Christian School)
• Nominee – "Born Again" from Redemption by Chi Rho (Wake Forest University)
• Nominee – "Have God" from Have God by Take 7 (Winter Park High School)
• Nominee – "Soul's Anthem" from Permanent Address by No Southern Accent (University of Florida)
• Nominee – "Stille Nacht" from So this is Christmas by ONAIR

Best Rock Song

• WINNER – "Cryin'" from Flying Colors by Doo-Wop Shop (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
• Runner-Up – "HIM" from Unfold by Treblemakers (Boston University)
• Nominee – "Believer" from Covers, Vol. 3 by The Sons of Pitches
• Nominee – "Dreamer" from Before You See the Light by License to Trill (Texas Christian University)
• Nominee – "You Know My Name" from Under the Colored Lights by MIT Muses (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Nominee – "Zombie" from Signal Lost by Harmonics (Stanford University)
• Nominee – "花灵/Anima.Flower" from 花灵/Anima.Flower by Ignite Vocal Band

Best Show Tunes/Soundtrack/Theme Song

• WINNER – "Frozen Heart" from Beyond a Star by Naughty Scotty and the Octapella (Winter Park High School) ft. NSO Alumni
• Runner-Up – "I Wanna Be Like You" from Live pt 1 by Six Appeal
• Runner-Up – "Where is Love?" from Get Happy by Kohl Kitzmiller
• Nominee – "Gravity Won't Win/Defying Gravity" from 'Til the Sun Comes Up by KeyStone
• Nominee – "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" from GQ Vol. III by GQ
• Nominee – "Where the Lost Things Go" from Sharing the Covers by Chris Rupp

Original Music Awards

Best Original Song by a Professional Group

• WINNER – "Through Your Eyes" from Love, MICappella by Calin Wong of MICappella
• Runner-Up – "Mosaik" from Mosaik by Lucas Günzel, Nico Gomez, Roland Streicher, and Severin von Rose of Männersache
• Nominee – "Ain't No Way" from Business Casual by Cassandra Chamoun of Business Casual
• Nominee – "Gav mig av" from Orkar, Orkar inte by Peter Hägerås and Peter Sydén of Riltons Vänner
• Nominee – "White Light" from Six13 Volume 8: Lights by Jacob Spadaro of Six13

Best Original Song by a Scholastic Group

• WINNER – "Between Us" from Begin Again by Kate Connors and Will Cabaniss of Voices (University of Chicago)
• T-Runner-Up – "Bad News" from High Definition by Annie Schindel of Distilled Harmony (Northeastern University)
• T-Runner-Up – "One" from One by Danny G.W. and Kenyon Duncan of Doox of Yale (Yale University)
• Nominee – "Bumblebee" by Ava Lipford and Richie Bishop of Dragon Scales (Appomattox Regional Governor's School)
• Nominee – "Cool/Fire" from Reality Lately by Gabrielle Macafee of T.A.G. (Cypress Lake High School)
• Nominee – "I Am" from Legacy by State of Fifths (Michigan State University)

CAL Awards

Best CAL Song

• WINNER – "Everglow" from Everglow by Sound Off
• Runner-Up – "Son of a Preacher Man" from Son of a Preacher Man by The Pow! Arrangers

Scholastic Awards

Best High School Album

• WINNER – Find Yourself by OneVoice (Briarcrest Christian School)
• Runner-Up – Leading Me Home by Walk the Line (Rockwall High School)
• Nominee – Beyond a Star by Naughty Scotty and the Octapella (Winter Park High School)
• Nominee – Reality Lately by T.A.G. (Cypress Lake High School)
• Nominee – Spark by Evolve (Chesapeake High School)

Best High School Arrangement

• WINNER – "Bumblebee" by Ava Lipford and Richie Bishop of Dragon Scales (Appomattox Regional Governor's School)
• Runner-Up – "Chasing Tides" from Focus by Kali Sheppard of Falconize (Danvers High School)
• Nominee – "Lucid Dreams" from In My Head by Natural State of Mind (Jacksonville High School)
• Nominee – "Masterpiece" from Focus by Hannah Kelsey of Falconize (Danvers High School)
• Nominee – "Unconditionally" from Focus by Abbi Foglietta of Ingrid Sound (Danvers High School)

Best High School Solo

• WINNER – "Inside" from Reality Lately by Ryleigh Plank of T.A.G. (Cypress Lake High School)
• Runner-Up – "Last Drop" from Reality Lately by Isabella Sbarra-Michelland of T.A.G. (Cypress Lake High School)
• Nominee – "Drive" from Voices of the Underground by Jake Tabatowski-Bush of Skyline Blues (Skyline High School)
• Nominee – "I'll Be There" from Made For More by Ava Hauser of SoundProof (KC A Cappella)
• Nominee – "XO" from Spark by Sami Caulkins of Evolve (Chesapeake High School)

Best High School Song

• WINNER – "Last Drop" from Reality Lately by T.A.G. (Cypress Lake High School)
• Runner-Up – "Through the Eyes of a Child" from Find Yourself by OneVoice (Briarcrest Christian School)
• Nominee – "Bumblebee" by Dragon Scales (Appomattox Regional Governor's School)
• Nominee – "Drive" from Voices of the Underground by Skyline Blues (Skyline High School)
• Nominee – "I'll Be There" from Made For More by SoundProof (KC A Cappella)
• Nominee – "XO" from Spark by Evolve (Chesapeake High School)

Best Female Collegiate Album

• WINNER – Obsidian by Pitch, Please! (Northeastern University)
• Runner-Up – Speak On It by The BluesTones (James Madison University)
• Nominee – Bittersweet by Cleftomaniacs (New York University)
• Nominee – Studio 104 by Out of the Blue (Duke University)
• Nominee – Wavelength by AcaBelles (Florida State University)

Best Female Collegiate Arrangement

• WINNER – "I'm Gonna Be" from Bittersweet by Nicky Brenner of Cleftomaniacs (New York University)
• Runner-Up – "Kamikazee" from Let Me by Unaccompanied Women (University of Chicago)
• Nominee – "Dangerous Woman" from Wavelength by Amanda Springer of AcaBelles (Florida State University)

Best Female Collegiate Solo

• WINNER – "Praying" from Wavelength by Alexis Restrepo, Amalie Meer, and Zoe Proeber of AcaBelles (Florida State University)
• Runner-Up – "Taste" from Afterlight by Maryrose Hahn of Treble on Huntington (Northeastern University)
• Nominee – "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by Jamiah Harrison of The BluesTones (James Madison University)
• Nominee – "The Lion the Beast the Beat" from Obsidian by Katie Ryan of Pitch, Please! (Northeastern University)

Best Female Collegiate Song

• WINNER – "Kamikazee" from Let Me by Unaccompanied Women (University of Chicago)
• Runner-Up – "Top of the World" from Obsidian by Pitch, Please! (Northeastern University)
• Nominee – "I Did Something Bad" from Wavelength by AcaBelles (Florida State University)
• Nominee – "idontwannabeyouanymore" from Speak On It by The BluesTones (James Madison University)
• Nominee – "Taste" from Afterlight by Treble on Huntington (Northeastern University)
• Nominee – "You Know My Name" from Under the Colored Lights by MIT Muses (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Best Male Collegiate Album

• WINNER – Panorama by Reverb (Florida State University)
• Runner-Up – Odyssey by The Beartones (Missouri State University)
• Nominee – blank canvas by Clef Hangers (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)
• Nominee – Identity by Eight Beat Measure (Rochester Institute of Technology)
• Nominee – Redemption by Chi Rho (Wake Forest University)

Best Male Collegiate Arrangement

• WINNER – "Greedy" from Blue Rose by Erik Fredriksen and William Torres of The Originals (Carnegie Mellon University)
• Runner-Up – "Ozark" from Panorama by Hunter McDaniel of Reverb (Florida State University)
• Nominee – "Cry Me A River" from In Full Color by Philip Milman of YellowJackets (University of Rochester)
• Nominee – "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" from Black & White by Fredrik Ohlsson of All the King's Men (King's College London)

Best Male Collegiate Solo

• WINNER – "Same Drugs" from Blue Rose by Ramsey Pack of The Originals (Carnegie Mellon University)
• Runner-Up – "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" from Black & White by Bilaal Ahmad of All the King's Men (King's College London)
• Nominee – "Evil" from Identity by Derek Gieraltowski of Eight Beat Measure (Rochester Institute of Technology)
• Nominee – "Man of Constant Sorrow" from Odyssey by Kyle Sims of The Beartones (Missouri State University)
• Nominee – "Please Don't Go" from Panorama by Ryan Reines of Reverb (Florida State University)

Best Male Collegiate Song

• WINNER – "Bird Set Free" from Odyssey by The Beartones (Missouri State University)
• Runner-Up – "iRobot" from Panorama by Reverb (Florida State University)
• Nominee – "Candyman" from In Full Color by YellowJackets (University of Rochester)
• Nominee – "Sober" from Blue Rose by The Originals (Carnegie Mellon University)

Best Mixed Collegiate Album

• WINNER – Begin Again by Voices (University of Chicago)
• Runner-Up – Sincerely by Pitch Slapped (Berklee College of Music)
• Nominee – High Definition by Distilled Harmony (Northeastern University)
• Nominee – Reign by All-Night Yahtzee (Florida State University)
• Nominee – Signal Lost by Harmonics (Stanford University)
• Nominee – Telos by Aquapella (University of Bath)

Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement

• WINNER – "Glory" from Sincerely by Isaiah Carter of Pitch Slapped (Berklee College of Music)
• T-Runner-Up – "Between Us" from Begin Again by Will Cabaniss of Voices (University of Chicago)
• T-Runner-Up – "Lost in Japan" from Blue Horizon by Christina Martino and Matthew Gagnon of BisCaydence (University of Miami)
• Nominee – "FEEL YOU" from FEEL YOU by Eli Schleicher and Eliza Wiant of Harvard Opportunes (Harvard University)
• Nominee – "idontwannabeyouanymore" from Blossom by Mikayla Thompson of Mixed Mode (University of Central Florida)
• Nominee – "Wings/Be My Husband" from Made to Fly by Thaddeus Demeke of Pitch, Please! (University of California Los Angeles)

Best Mixed Collegiate Solo

• WINNER – "Midnight" from Telos by Georgia Blessitt of Aquapella (University of Bath)
• Runner-Up – "Blackout" from Blackout by Mikala Banham of Gestalt (University of Florida)
• Nominee – "Kissing Strangers" from Blossom by Estefania Roger and Ryan Danca of Mixed Mode (University of Central Florida)
• Nominee – "Roaring 20s" from Elevate by The Potsdam Pitches (State University of New York Potsdam)
• Nominee – "Say Love" from High Definition by Dharani Rao of Distilled Harmony (Northeastern University)
• Nominee – "Talking Body" from Reign by Valeria Rigobon of All-Night Yahtzee (Florida State University)

Best Mixed Collegiate Song

• WINNER – "Glory" from Sincerely by Pitch Slapped (Berklee College of Music)
• Runner-Up – "Between Us" from Begin Again by Voices (University of Chicago)
• Nominee – "Blackout" from Blackout by Gestalt (University of Florida)
• Nominee – "Lost in Japan" from Blue Horizon by BisCaydence (University of Miami)
• Nominee – "Love Drought" by Faux Paz (University of Maryland College Park)
• Nominee – "So Lonely" from Unfold by Treblemakers (Boston University)
• Nominee – "You Should See Me in A (Crown)" from Reign by All-Night Yahtzee (Florida State University)