1998 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards Results
Professional
Artist of the Year:
Winner: Vox One
Runner up: Louis Botto & Chanticleer
Best Pop/Rock Album:
Winner: Ignition - STREETNiX
Runner up: I Brow Club - The Bobs
Best Pop/Rock Song:
Winner: Lift Up - Rockapella
Runner up: Hush - Spiral Mouth
Best Jazz Album:
Winner: Chameleon - Vox One
Runner up: My Funny Valentine - Western Wind
Best Jazz Song:
Winner: Chameleon - Vox One
Runner up: Swingers - Bobs
Best Doo-Wop/R&B Album:
Winner: Nu-Wop - The Knudsen Brothers
Street Sounds - Special Feature
Best Doo-Wop/R&B Song:
Winner: In The Midnight Hour - Fourth Avenue
Runner up: Blue Suede Shoes/Hound Dog - Knudsen Brothers
Best Barbershop Album:
Winner: Diamond Cuts - Marquis
Runner up: How Sweet The Sound - Vocal Majority
Best Barbershop Song:
Winner: 'Cross the Mason-Dixon Line - Nightlife
Runner up: I Can Dream, Can't I - Rumors
Best Religious Album:
Winner: I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray - Fairfield Four
Runner up: Front Porch Music - Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
Best Religious Song:
Winner: Ilungelo Ngelako - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Runner up: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - St Olaf Choir
Best Folk Album:
Winner: Wondrous Love - Chanticleer
Runner up: Celtic Mouth Music – Various
Best Folk Song:
Winner: Mabel - Artisan
Runner up: Eretz Shiv'at Haminim – Vocolot
Best Classical Album:
Winner: The Choral Music of Rene Clausen - Concordia Choir
Runner up: A Rose In Winter - Dale Warland Singers
Best Classical Song:
Winner: Abenlied - King's Singers
Runner up: Tonight, Eternity Alone - Concordia Choir
Best Holiday Album:
Winner: En Riktig Jul - The Real Group
Runner up: (tie)
All I Want For Christmas - Hampton Avenue
Waiting Under The Mistletoe - Heebee-Jeebees
Best Holiday Song
Winner (tie):
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer - Blenders
Stilla Natt - Real Group
Best Humorous Song:
Winner: Liposuction - Da Vinci's Notebook
Runner up: Vapor Carioca - Bobs
Collegiate
Best Female Collegiate Album:
Winner: Musings - BU Terpsichore
Runner up: Take It To The Bridge - Brown Chattertocks
Best Female Collegiate Song:
Winner: I Am So Ordinary - BU Terpsichore
Runner up: Train in Vain - Duke Out of the Blue
Best Female Collegiate Arrangement:
Winner: I'll Be There - BC Sharps, Maryeth Gerson
Runner up: Groove is in the Heart - BU Terpsichore, Brian Ullman
Best Female Collegiate Soloist:
Winner: Ceylan Akturk - BU Terpsichore
Runner up: Amanda Low - Princeton Tigerlillies
Best Mixed Collegiate Album:
Winner: No Static - U. Penn Off the Beat
Runner up: Housekeeping - U. Penn Counterparts
Best Mixed Collegiate Song
Winner (tie):
Fall From Grace - U. Penn Off the Beat
One of Us - U. Penn Counterparts
Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement:
Winner: Blood of Eden - U. Penn Off the Beat, Dan Jurow
Runner up: If it Makes You Happy - U. Penn Counterparts, Dennis B. La
Best Mixed Collegiate Soloist:
Winner: Allison Deutermann - U. Penn Off the Beat
Runner up: John Stephens - U. Penn Counterparts
Best Male Collegiate Album
Winner (tie):
Eighps - Middlebury Dissipated Eight
Nightcap - The Brown Derbies
Best Male Collegiate Song:
Winner: In the House of Stone & Light - The Brown Derbies
Runner up: Hands to Heaven - Virginia Hullabahoos
Best Male Collegiate Arrangement:
Winner: Who Are You? - The Brown Derbies, Evan Schiff
Runner up: Try Not to Breathe - Middlebury Dissipated Eight, David Touloumtzis
Best Male Collegiate Soloist:
Winner: Joel Begleiter - The Brown Derbies
Runner up: Andrew Renshaw - Virginia Hullabahoos