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The 9th Annual Hawaii Music Awards honored the best music recordings and artists of 2005. The winners, selected by public vote, were announced in February of 2006 and the awards ceremony was held in March of 2006.

Adult Contemporary
1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Back to Hawaii"
  • Artist: Stuart Nakai
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Chasing Dreams"
  • Artist: Inner Session
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: Revolution of the Spirit
  • Artist: Darrell Aquino et al

    Anthology
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Kamahiwa: Kealii Reichel Collection I"
  • Artist: Keali'i Reichel
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Andy Cummings and his Hawaiian Serenaders"
  • Artist: Andy Cummings and his Hawaiian Serenaders
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Lifetime Party: 30 Years of Friends"
  • Artist: Cecilio and Kapono

    Blues
  • RECOGNITION HONOREE:
  • Album: "Live at the Stopwatch"
  • Artist: Chance and the Blues Daddies

    Children's Music
  • 1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Surf, Sand and Song"
  • Artist: Keiki O Waimanalo
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: Hawaii Kids Praise"
  • Artist: Leon and Malia
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: Let's Call Him Lau-wiliwili-humuhumu-nukunuku-nukunuku-apua'a-'oi-'oi
  • Artist: Tim Myers

    Classical
  • RECOGNITION HONOREE
  • Album: "Fantasies"
  • Artist: Grace Nikae

    Compilation
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Aloha Festivals Falsetto Contest Winners, Vol 6"
  • Artist: Various Artists
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Aloha Joe presents... A Time for Aloha"
  • Artist: Various Artists
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: Island Soul Volume 1: A Way of Life
  • Artist: Various Artists

    Contemporary Hawaiian
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "My Island Paradise"
  • Artist: Manny Fernandez
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Maui"
  • Artist: Hapa
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Hana Hou"
  • Artist: Keoki Kahumoku and Herb Ohta, Jr.

    Country
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "My 9th Island Paniolo Ranch"
  • Artist: Danny Estocado
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "So Help Me God"
  • Artist: Steve Zuwala
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Crossroad"
  • Artist: Alison Joy Williams

    DVD
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "They Call Her Lady Fingers: Betty Loo Taylor"
  • Artist: Sam Polson and Patricia Gillespie
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Your Heart Will Lead You Home"
  • Artist: by Various (and featuring Damon Williams)
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "I fell in Love with Honolulu"
  • Artist: Mufi Hannemann

    Film Score
    RECOGNITION AWARD:
  • Album: "Ho'okipa"
  • Artist: Ho'okipa

    Folk
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "All The Things I Said"
  • Artist: Ray Bumatai
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Easy Come and Easy go"
  • Artist: Chance Gardner

    Hip Hop
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "The Greatest HI"
  • Artist: Krystiles Featuring Floers

    Inspirational/Gospel
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Hymns of Hawai'i, Volume 2"
  • Artists: George Kahumoku Jr. and Daniel Ho
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Light of the Way"
  • Artist: Larry Greene
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Master's Children"
  • Artist: Chuck Antone, Jr.

    Instrumental
    RECOGNITION HONOREE:
  • Album: "Aloha From Hawaii"
  • Artist: Greg and Junko MacDonald

    International Hawaiian
    RECOGNITION HONOREE:
  • Album: "The Island of Angels"
  • Artist: Anella

    Island Contemporary
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "UnCut"
  • Artist: INoA'ole
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Our Fire"
  • Artist: Round and Round
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Heart and Soul"
  • Artist: Kekai Boyz

    Jazz
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Bass Etude"
  • Artist: Nathan Aweau
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: Slack Key Jazz
  • Artist: Jeff Peterson
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: A Man and a Woman
  • Artist: Benoit Jazz Works

    New Age
    RECOGNITION HONOREE:
  • Album: "Rainforest Piano and Harp"
  • Artist: Keith Scott and Amy Heindl

    Polynesian
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Mama"
  • Artist: Mt. Vaea Band
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Mo Ake"
  • Artist: Piripi Christie

    Pop
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Jasmine Trias"
  • Artist: Jasmine Trias
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Burning In My Heart"
  • Artist: Yvette Moore

    Punk/Ska
    RECOGNITION HONOREE:
  • Album: "Scary Beast"
  • Artist: WMF

    R&B
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Tha3LOGY"
  • Artist: Aziel
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Leilani Jaster"
  • Artist: Leilani Jaster

    Rap
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "My Life"
  • Artist: J-Bird
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "HIStory In The Making"
  • Artist: Spookahuna
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Hated By Many, Loved By Few, Respected By All!"
  • Artist: Parccyde

    Reggae
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Ekolu Music"
  • Artist: Ekolu
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Make Your Move"
  • Artist: One Groove
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Faya!"
  • Artist: Oshen

    Rock
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Dragon"
  • Artist: Jake Shimabukuro
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Antidote"
  • Artist: The Crud
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Yokohama Relaxation"
  • Artist: WMF

    Seasonal
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "An Old Fashioned Christmas"
  • Artist: Opihi Pickers and Friends
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Christmas in Hawaii"
  • Artist: Danny Couch
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Mele Kalikimaka"
  • Artist: Waimanalo Keiki

    Single
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Lu'au Cha Cha Cha"
  • Artist: Sonya Mendez
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Careless Whisper"
  • Artist: Pimpbot
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Rainbow Christmas Day"
  • Artist: Allison

    Slack Key Guitar
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Kiho'alu"
  • Artist: Ledward Ka'apana
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Slack Key Guitar: The Artistry of Sonny Lim"
  • Artist: Sonny Lim
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Paka Ua"
  • Artist: Ozzie Kotani

    Steel Guitar
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Jerry Byrd: Master of the Steel Guitar"
  • Artist: Jerry Byrd
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Lei of Crimson"
  • Artist: Kay Das

    Traditional Hawaiian
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "He 'Olu"
  • Artist: Holunape
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Ka 'Eha Ke Aloha"
  • Artist: Sean Na'auao
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Nalei"
  • Artist: Kawika Alfiche

    Ukulele
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Hear"
  • Artist: Brittni Paiva
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Ukuleles in Paradise"
  • Artist: Herb Ohta, Jr. and Daniel Ho
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Misty"
  • Artist: Ohta-San

    World Music
    1ST PLACE:
  • Album: "Mutambo!"
  • Artist: Mabanzi Marimba
    2ND PLACE:
  • Album: "Suite"
  • Artist: Xisco Ponce, Jr.
    3RD PLACE:
  • Album: "Initiation"
  • Artist: Charlottemarie

    Lifetime Legacy Winners

    Governor's Fine Arts Award:
    George Naope

    Mayor's Performing Arts Award:
    Don Ho

    Album of the Year:
    Maui by Hapa

    Lifetime Achievement Legacy Award
    Betty Loo Taylor

    Entertainer Legacy Award
    Al Harrington

    Best Show Legacy Award
    Cha and Jack Thompson

    Male Vocalist Legacy Award
    Jimmy Borges

    Female Vocalist Legacy Award
    Sonya Mendez

    Musical Group Legacy Award
    Keith and Carmen Haugen

    Studio Musician Legacy Award
    Jimmy Funai

    Songwriter Legacy Award
    Eddie Suzuki

    Producer Legacy Award
    Gordon Broad

    Engineer Legacy Award
    Charlie Lukela

    Music Tech Legacy Award
    Randy Bauske

    Music Educator Legacy Award
    Punahou High School Music Department

    Loyal Gardner Award
    Na Mele: Traditions in Hawaiian Song (PBS Hawaii)

    Christian Riese Lassen Best Album Artwork
    Keali'i Reichel Collection One

    High School Winners
  • Big Island (Hilo High)
  • Kauai (Kapaa High)
  • Maui (Baldwin High)
  • Oahu Central (Farrington High)
  • Oahu North (Castle High)
  • Oahu West (Waipahu High)
  • Private Schools (St. Louis School)


    • The winners of the 9th Hawaii Music Awards were the best music recordings and artists of 2005 based on votes by the general public in January and February of 2006. Th award winners were announced immediately at the end of teh voting period. The 9th Hawaii Music Awards winners and nominees were honored with four events in March of 2006: A nominee cocktail party at the Willows Restaurant, a legacy awards dinner at Waikiki Lau Yee Chai Restaurant, a laua party at Paradise Cove, and an awards banquet at the the Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort.

    9th Hawaii Music Awards CDs Available at Amazon.com:
  • Ka Eha Ke Aloha (Sean Na'auao)
  • Kamahiwa: The Keali'i Reichel Collection I
  • Maui (by Hapa)
  • Ukuleles in Paradise (Herb Ohta Jr. and Daniel Ho)

    See also:
  • Hawaii Music Awards Since 1996
  • Na Hoku Hanohano Awards Since 1978
  • Hawaiian Music Grammy Awards Since 2005


    • Related Links
    All Hawaiian Music Awards
    Hawaii for Visitors

    Elsewhere on the Web
    9th Annual Hawaii Music Awards Announced (Wayne Harada)
    9th Hawaii Music Awards to Be a 4 Day Affair (John Berger)
    Winners of the 9th Annual Hawaii Music Awards




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