Album of the Year

• Kim Mitchell - Shakin' Like a Human Being
• Bryan Adams - Into The Fire Lyrics
• Corey Hart - Fields of Fire
• Gowan - Great Dirty World
• Luba - Between the Earth and the Sky

Best Album Graphics

• The Parachute Club - Small Victories
• Corey Hart - Fields of Fire
• Frozen Ghost - Frozen Ghost
• Chalk Circle - Mending Wall
• Bruce Cockburn - Waiting for a Miracle

Best Children's Album

• Bill Usher - Drums!
• Charlotte Diamond - Diamond in the Rough
• Kim & Jerry Brodey - Family Pie
• Rick & Judy - Family Album
• Roberta Lynne Stones - Bananas in His Eyebrows

Best Classical Album - Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment

• Orchestre symphonique de Montreal - Holst, The Planets
• Orchestre symphonique de Montreal - Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
• Orchestre symphonique de Montreal - Stravinksy, The Firebird
• Orchestre symphonique de Montreal - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italien, March Slave, Nutcracker Suite
• Toronto Symphony - Beethoven, Piano Concertos

Best Classical Album - Solo or Chamber Ensemble

• The Orford String Quartet, Ofra Marnoy - Schubert, Quintent in C
• Anton Kuerti - Great Russian Piano Music
• Beverely Johnston, James Campbell - Impact
• Joaquin Valdepenas, Patricia Parr - Presenting Joaquin Valdepenas
• Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra - Avison - Scarlatti, Concerti Grossi

Best Classical Composition

• The McGill Symphony Orchestra - Pages of Solitary Delights
• Edmonton Symphony Orchestra - Atayoskewin
• Impact - Cadenzas
• Entre Amis - Scherzo for String Orchestra
• Canadian & Russian Overtures - Overture to a Fairy Tale

Best Jazz Album

• The Oscar Peterson Four - If You Could See Me Now
• Dave Turner - Dave Turner - Cafe Alto
• Jon Ballantyne - Trio Jon Ballantyne
• Oliver Jones Trio - Speak Low, Swing Hard
• The Shuffle Demons - Streetniks

Best R&B / Soul Recording

• Kim Richardson - Peek-A-Boo
• Erroll Starr - For the Love of Money
• George Olliver - Dream Girl
• Glen Ricketts - Big City
• Tchukon - Here and Now

Best Reggae / Calypso Recording

• Leroy Sibbles - Mean While
• Adrian Miller - Empty Promises
• Errol Blackwood - Chant, Chant
• Messenjah - Crazy
• Sattalites - Live Via Sattalites

Best Video

• The Parachute Club - Love is Fire
• Kim Mitchell - Easy to Tame
• Pursuit Of Happiness - I'm An Adult Now Lyrics
• M+M - Only You
• Frozen Ghost - Should I See
• Bruce Cockburn - Waiting for a Miracle

Canadian Entertainer of the Year

• Bryan Adams Lyrics
• Bruce Cockburn Lyrics
• Rock & Hyde
• Glass Tiger Lyrics
• Anne Murray Lyrics
• Nylons Lyrics
• K. D. Lang Lyrics
• Gowan Lyrics
• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
• Corey Hart Lyrics

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

• Guess Who Lyrics

Composer of the Year

• Jim Vallance
• Eddie Schwartz
• Bob Rock, Paul Hyde
• Bryan Adams Lyrics
• David Foster Lyrics
• Tom Cochrane Lyrics

Country Female Vocalist of the Year

• K. D. Lang Lyrics
• Sylvia Tyson
• Carroll Baker
• Anne Murray Lyrics
• Kelita

Country Group or Duo of the Year

• Prairie Oyster
• Double Eagle
• Stoker Brothers
• The Good Brothers
• Anita Perras & Tim Taylor

Country Male Vocalist of the Year

• Ian Tyson Lyrics
• Gary Fjellgaard
• Terry Christenson
• Terry Carisse
• Ronnie Prophet

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Luba Lyrics
• K. D. Lang Lyrics
• Anne Murray Lyrics
• Veronique Believeau
• Lee Aaron

Group of the Year

• Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
• Rock & Hyde
• The Box
• Triumph Lyrics
• The Parachute Club

Instrumental Artist(s) of the Year

• David Foster Lyrics
• Liona Boyd
• Hagood Hardy
• Canadian Brass
• Frank Mills

International Album of the Year

• Madonna - True Blue Lyrics
• Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet Lyrics
• Eurythmics - Revenge
• U2 - The Joshua Tree Lyrics
• various artists - Top Gun Soundtrack

International Single of the Year

• Bananarama - Venus Lyrics
• Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red Lyrics
• Madonna - Papa Don't Preach Lyrics
• Samantha Fox - Touch Me Lyrics
• Timex Social Club - Rumors

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Bryan Adams Lyrics
• Gowan Lyrics
• Kim Mitchell
• Gino Vannelli Lyrics
• Corey Hart Lyrics

Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year

• Rita MacNeil
• Debbie Johnson
• Nancy Martinez Lyrics
• Celine Dion Lyrics
• Heather Bishop

Most Promising Group of the Year

• Frozen Ghost
• Haywire
• Eight Seconds
• Partland Brothers
• Nuance

Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year

• Tom Feehan
• Christopher Ward
• Mark Korven
• David Gibson
• Daniel Lavoie

Producer of the Year

• Peter Gabriel - So
• Gino Vannelli - Big Dreamers Never Sleep
• Cutting Crew - The Broadcast Lyrics
• Bryan Adams - Heat Of The Night Lyrics
• Chalk Circle - Mending Wall
• U2 - The Joshua Tree
• Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name , Living on a Prayer

Recording Engineer of the Year

• Gino Vannelli - Wild Horses, Young Lover
• Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Ellington, Mel Torme
• Hugh Marsh / Bruce Cockburn - Purple Haze, How the Violin / Waiting for a Miracle
• Bon Jovi - Slipprey When Wet
• Manteca - Soul on Ice, Heart of Darkness

Single of the Year

• Glass Tiger - Someday Lyrics
• Bryan Adams - Heat Of The Night Lyrics
• Corey Hart - Can't Help Falling in Love
• Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
• Nuance - Vivre Dans La Nuit

Walt Grealis Special Achivement Award

• Bruce Allen