Results
- Song of the Year
"On My Knees"; David Mullen, Nicole Coleman-Mullen, Michael Ochs (Seat of the Pants Music/Word Music (ASCAP), Ochsongs Music (BMI))
- Songwriter of the Year
Steven Curtis Chapman
- Male Vocalist of the Year
Steven Curtis Chapman
- Female Vocalist of the Year
Crystal Lewis
- Group of the Year
Jars of Clay
- Artist of the Year
Rich Mullins
- New Artist of the Year
Avalon
- Producer of the Year
Brown Bannister
- Southern Gospel Album of the Year
Light of the World; The Martins; Michael Sykes, Lari Gross; Spring Hill
- Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
"Butterfly Kisses"; The Rock Cries Out; Tim Greene, Bob Carlisle, Randy Thomas; New Haven
- Inspirational Album of the Year
Artist of My Soul; Sandi Patty; Robbie Buchanan; Word
- Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
"A Baby's Prayer"; Love and Mercy; Kathy Troccoli; Kathy Troccoli, Scott Brasher; Reunion
- Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
Behind the Eyes ; Amy Grant; Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick; Myrrh
- Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
"Let Us Pray"; Signs of Life; Steven Curtis Chapman; Steven Curtis Chapman; Sparrow
- Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year (formerly Contemporary Black Gospel)
Pray; Andrae Crouch; Andrae Crouch, Scott V. Smith; Qwest/Warner Bros.
- Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year (formerly Contemporary Black Gospel)
"Up Where I Belong"; BeBe & CeCe Winans – Greatest Hits; BeBe & CeCe Winans; Will Jennings, Jack Nitschi, Buffy Sainte Marie; Sparrow
- Traditional Gospel Album of the Year (formerly Traditional Black Gospel)
A Miracle in Harlem; Shirley Caesar; Bubba Smith, Shirley Caesar, Michael Mathis; Word Gospel
- Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year (formerly Traditional Black Gospel)
"I Go to the Rock"; The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack; Whitney Houston; Dottie Rambo; Arista
- Urban Recorded Song of the Year
"Stomp"; God's Property; Kirk Franklin, George Clinton, Jr., Garry Shider, Walter Morrison; B'Rite Music
- Country Album of the Year
Hymns from the Ryman; Gary Chapman; Gary Chapman; Word Nashville
- Country Recorded Song of the Year
"The Gift"; The Best of Collin Raye – Direct Hits; Collin Raye, Jim Brickman; Tom Douglas, Jim Brickman; Word Nashville
- Rock Album of the Year
Conspiracy No. 5; Third Day; Sam Taylor; Reunion
- Rock Recorded Song of the Year
"Alien"; Conspiracy No. 5; Third Day; Mac Powell; Mark Lee, Tai Anderson, Brad Avery, David Carr; Reunion
- Hard Music Album of the Year
Insufficient number of eligible entries
- Hard Music Recorded Song of the Year
Insufficient number of eligible entries
- Rap/Hip Hop Album
Revived; World Wide Message Tribe; Zarc Porter; Warner Alliance
- Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song
"Jumping in the House of God"; Revived; World Wide Message Tribe; Andy Hawthorne, Zarc Porter, Lee Jackson, Justin Thomas; Warner Alliance
- Modern Rock Album of the Year
Caedmon's Call; Caedmon's Call; Don McCollister; Warner Alliance
- Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year
"Some Kind of Zombie"; Some Kind of Zombie; The Single; Audio Adrenaline; Mark Stuart; Barry Blair, Will McGinniss, Bob Herdman; Forefront
- Instrumental Album of the Year
Invention; Phil Keaggy, Wes King, Scott Dente'; R.S. Field; Sparrow
- Praise and Worship Album of the Year
Petra Praise 2; We Need Jesus; Petra; John & Dino Elefante; Word
- Children's Music Album of the Year
Sing Me to Sleep Daddy; Billy Gaines, Michael James, Phil Keaggy, Michael O'Brien, Guy Penrod, Peter Penrose, Angelo Petrucci, Michael W. Smith, Randy Stonehill, Wayne Watson; Nathan DiGesare; Brentwood Kids Co.
- Musical of the Year
My Utmost for His Highest – A Worship Musical; Gary Rhodes, Claire Cloninger; Word Music
- Youth/Children's Musical of the Year
Insufficient number of eligible entries
- Choral Collection of the Year
Our Savior Emmanuel; Greg Nelson, Bob Farrell; Word Music: Elijah Chester
- Special Event Album of the Year
God with Us – A Celebration of Christmas Carols & Classics; Anointed, Michael W. Smith, Twila Paris, Sandi Patty, Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Willis, Steve Green, Cheri Keaggy, Avalon, Out of the Grey, Ray Boltz, Clay Crosse, CeCe Winans, Larnelle Harris;
- Short Form Music Video of the Year
"Colored People"; dc Talk; Mars Media; Lawrence Carroll; Forefront/Virgin
- Long Form Music Video of the Year
A Very Silly Sing Along; Veggie Tales; Mike Nawrocki, Chris Olsen, Kurt Heinecke; Everland Entertainment
- Recorded Music Packaging of the Year
Beth Lee; Gina R. Brinkley, Janice Booker; Ben Pearson, D.L. Taylor; Sixpence None the Richer; Sixpence None the Richer; Squint Entertainment
- Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year
"Children of the Living God"; This Bright Hour; Fernando Ortega, Alison Krauss; Fernando Ortega; Myrrh
- Spanish Language Album of the Year
La Belleze de la Cruz; Crystal Lewis; Brian Ray, Dan Posthuma; Word International
- Enhanced CD of the Year
Live the Life; Michael W. Smith; Craig A. Mason; Reunion
- Urban Album of the Year
God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation; God's Property; Kirk Franklin; B'Rite Music
- Bluegrass Album of the Year
Bridges; The Isaacs; Ben Isaacs; Horizon
