2009 nominees included: Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho for "Ikena", Amy Hanaiali'i for "Aumakua", Led Kaapana and Mike Kaawa for "Force of Nature", producers Chris and Milton Lau for "Hawaiian Slack Key Kings Masters Series: Volume II", and Ho, Kahumoku, Dennis Kamakahi, Konwiser and Wong for the compilation album "The Spirit of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar". This year marked the first time in the category's history that all nominees were previous Best Hawaiian Music Album nominees—Hanaiali'i and Kaapana both received nominations in 2004 and 2006, Carrere was nominated in 2008, and Chris and Milton Lau were also nominated in 2006. Awards were presented to Carrere and Ho as performing artists, Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman as a producer, and Ho as both a producer and engineer. Carrere and Ho became the first nominees to win awards as recording artists following four consecutive years of producers and engineers receiving awards for compilation albums.