Na Hoku Hanohano 2004 Final Ballot

Female Vocalist Of The Year

Best performance by a female artist.

• KAINANI KAHAUNAELE,"NA`U `OE" (`Aha Punana Leo)

Male Vocalist Of The Year

Best performance by a male artist.

• KEALI`I REICHEL, "KE`ALAOKAMAILE" (Punahele)

Group Of The Year

Best performance by a duo or group.

• MAUNALUA , "KULEANA" (Lokahi)

Contemporary Album Of The Year

Best performance of music in a contemporary style.

• CECILIO & KAPONO,"30 YEARS OF FRIENDS--LIFETIME PARTY"(C&K)

Reggae Album of the Year

Best performance of music in a reggae style.

• NATURAL VIBRATIONS," THE CIRCLE"(KDE)

Jazz Album of the Year

Best performance of music in a jazz style.

• NEIL OKIMOTO ,"OHANA" (Roy Sakuma)

Most Promising Artist

Most Promising first-recorded effort as a featured artist or group.

• KAINANI KAHAUNAELE, "NA`U `OE" (`Aha Punana Leo)

Compilation Album of the Year

Producer's award. Best performance by newly released material by a minimum of three distinct artists.

• " I MUA E NA POKI`I ", Various Artist (Hawaiian Cultural Center-KSBE)RANDIE & JAMIE FONG, KENNETH MAKUAKANE AND TASHA TAVARES, producer

Anthology Of The Year

Producer's award - best album of previously released material.

• "NINA" , NINA KEALI`IWAHAMANA (Mountain Apple), Jack De Mello, producer

Instrumental Album Of The Year

Best instrumental performance.

• "CROSSCURRENT" , JAKE SHIMABUKURO (Four Strings)

Christmas Album Of The Year

Best performance of music with a Christmas theme.

• KANILAU , "MELE KALIKIMAKA FROM KANILAU" (Nani Lawai)

Religious Album Of The Year

Best performance of religious material.

• "HOSANA" , NA LEO HO`ONANI (Un 2 One)

Rock Album of the Year

Best performance of music in a rock style.

• "ON AND ON", JACK JOHNSON (Enjoy)

Island Contemporary Album Of The Year

Best performance of the music of Hawaii in the contemporary style.

• "MOHALA HOU-MUSIC OF THE HAWAIIAN RENAISSANCE" , KEOLA BEAMER (`OHE)

Hawaiian Album Of The Year

Best performance of Hawaiian music.

• "KE`ALAOKAMAILE" , Kealii Reichel (Punahele)

Song Of The Year

Composer's award — best achievement in creating a first-time recorded song.)

• "KA NOHONA PILI KAI" by Keali`i Reichel and Puakea Nogelmeier from "Ke`alaokamaile , Keali`i Reichel (Punahele)

Album Of The Year

Best LP, Cassette or Compact Disc release of the year. Artist(s) and producer(s) award.

• "KE`ALAOKAMAILE" , Keali`i Reichel (Punahele) Keali`i Reichel, Fred Krauss and Jim Linkner, producers

Hawaiian Language Performance

Best performance using the Hawaiian language.

• KAINANI KAHAUNAELE for "NA`U `OE", (`Aha Punana Leo)

Haku Mele

Best achievement in creating a new song or chant primarily in the Hawaiian language.

• "MELE HA`I KUPUNA" by KAUMAKAIWA LOPAKA KANAKA`OLE from "Ha`i Kupuna"

Favorite Entertainer of the Year

Best performance by an artist or artists. Voted by the public.

• MAUNALUA, "KULEANA"

Graphics

Best achievement in album cover design.

• SCOTT JOHNSON for "KE`ALAOKAMAILE", KEALI`I REICHEL (PUNAHELE)

Engineering

Best achievement in engineering.

• JIM LINKNER for "KE`ALAOKAMAILE" , KEALI`I REICHEL (PUNAHELE)

Liner Notes

Best achievement in album annotation.

• FRED KRAUSS, PUAKEA NOGELMEIER, KEALI`I REICHEL for "KE`ALAOKAMAILE