Diana Krall, another Canadian jazz artist who has enjoyed success in the United States, won the vocal jazz album of the year award for Christmas Songs.

Classical winners included pianist Marc-Andr_ Hamelin, for a collection of music by Alb_nix; the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, for a recording of Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies; and soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, for a disc of songs by Pauline Viardot-Garcia. Christos Hatzis's String Quartet No. 1 ("The Awakening") was named classical composition of the year.