2009 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards

The nominees are:

Entertainer of the Year [VOTE HERE]

• Howard Ai – Kaleihulumamo
  
• Darren Benitez – Dear Mama
  
• Teresa Bright – Tropic Rhapsody
  
• Brothers Cazimero – Destiny
  
• Amy Hānaiali'i – 'Aumakua
  
• Holunape – Āhea? 'Ānō!
  
• Led Kaapana and Mike Kaawa – Force of Nature
  
• Natalie Ai Kamauu – 'Ī
  
• Ku'uipo Kumukahi – Let's Hula with Ku'uipo
  
• Pali – …With Aloha

Hawaiian Album of the Year

• Āhea? 'Ānō! - Holunape
  
• Destiny - Brothers Cazimero
  
• Kaumakaiwa - Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole
  
• Pili O Ke Ao - Kūpaoa
  
• Yesterday and Today - Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawai'i

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Diana Aki - Kalihi
  
• Teresa Bright - Tropic Rhapsody
  
• Amy Hānaiali'i - 'Aumakua
  
• Natalie Ai Kamauu - 'Ī
  
• Ku'uipo Kumukahi – Let's Hula

Group of the Year

• Brothers Cazimero - Destiny
  
• Holunape - Āhea? 'Ānō!
  
• Led Kapaana & Mike Kaawa - Force of Nature
  
• Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawai'i - Yesterday & Today
  
• Pali - ...With Aloha

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Howard Ai - Kaleihulumano
  
• Del Beazley - All for One
  
• Darren Benitez - Dear Mama
  
• Bill Kaiwa - Na Halia
  
• Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole - Kaumakaiwa
  
• Aaron Salā – Nāpo'ona Mahina: The Illusion of Reality

Album of the Year

• Āhea? 'Ānō! - Holunape
  
• 'Aumakua - Amy Hānaiali'i
  
• Destiny - Brothers Cazimero
  
• Kaumakaiwa - Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole
  
• ...With Aloha – Pali

Song of the Year

• Dear Mama - Darren Benitez
  
• Island Days - Pali T.W. Ka'aihue
  
• Ka 'Imi Loa - Snowbird Bento & Roland Cazimero
  
• Maka Ua - Myrna and Eddie Kamae
  
• Waiaka - Olana & Howard Ai

Hawaiian Language Performance

• Leilani Rivera Bond – Aloha 'Anianiau
  
• Holunape – Āhea? 'Ānō!
  
• Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole – Kaumakaiwa
  
• Kṻpaoa – Pili O Ke Ao
  
• Aaron J. Salā – Nāpo'ona Mahina: The Illusion of Reality

Haku Mele

• Kainani Kahaunaele for Pulupē I Ka 'Ili – Nāpo'ona Mahina: The Illusion of Reality, Aaron J. Salā
  
• Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole for Lani Kau Keha – Kaumakaiwa, Kaumakaiwa Kanakaole
  
• Lehua Kalima Heine for Lei 'Awapuhi – E Hula Mai Kākou, Nā Leo
  
• Joseph Brian Badis and Kellen Paik for Uluwehikalunaoka'ala – Pili O Ke Ao, Kṻpaoa.
  
• Kainani Kahaunaele for E Huli Ho'i Mai – E Hula Mai Kākou, Nā Leo

Slack Key Album of the Year

• Hanalei Tradition - Doug & Sandy McMaster
  
• Hawai'i Island Is My Home - John Keawe
  
• Kaowahi - Ben P. Kaili Jr.
  
• Paradise on the Ocean - Doug Fitch
  
• Somewhere - Danny Carvalho

Island Music Album of the Year

• 'Aina - Peter Apo
• Dear Mama - Darren Benitez
  
• Force of Nature - Ledward Kaapana & Mike Kaawa
  
• The White Bathtub - Ken Makuakāne
  
• ...With Aloha – Pali