1. Entertainer of the Year - Machel Montano 2. Recording Artist of the Year - Beenie Man 3. Best Male Vocalist - Tarrus Riley 4. Best Female Vocalist - Etana 5. Best Song - "She Is Royal"- Tarrus Riley 6. Best CD - "Mind Control"- Stephen Marley 7. Best Crossover Song - "Beautiful Girls"- Sean Kingston 8. Best Gospel Song - "Lava Ground"- Prodigal Son 9. Best Female D.J./Rapper - Queen Ifrika 10. Best Male D.J./Rapper - Beenie Man 11. Best New Entertainer - Sean Kingston 12. Best Calypso/Soca Entertainer - Machel Montano 13. Best Reggaeton Entertainer - Don Omar 14. Best Latin Entertainer- Marc Anthony 15. Best Compas Entertainer - Carimi 16. Best African Entertainer - Lucky Dube- Post Humous 17. Best Soukous Entertainer- Papa Wembe 18. Best Hip Hop/R&B Entertainer- Rihanna 19. Award for Outstanding Contribution to World Music - King Sunny Ade 20. Most Outstanding Stage Personality - Machel Montano 21. Best Music Video - Shaggy "Church Heathen" 22. Best Poet- Mutabaruka 23. Most Educational Entertainer - Buju Banton 24. Most Outstanding Show Band- Morgan Heritage 25. Most Consistent Entertainer - Freddie McGregor 26. Most Promising Entertainer - Ky-Mani Marley 27. Most Improved Entertainer - Junior Reid 28. Best Instrumentalist - Dean Fraser 29. Best Backing Band - Live Wyya 30. Most Popular Selector - Mighty Crown 31. Concert of the Year -- Reggae Sumfest 32. Promoter of the Year - Sumfest Production 33. Producer of the Year - Stephen McGregor 34. Songwriter of the Year - Stephen Marley 35. Selassie I Award for Spiritual Service through Music - Tony Rebel 36. Community Service Award - Capleton 37. Marcus Garvey Humanitarian Award- (a) Ziggy Marley, (b) Jay-Z 38. IRAWMA Hall of Fame- Inducted May 4, 2008- (a) Billy Ocean, (b) Claudelle Clarke, (c) Errol Brown, (d) Winston Francis 39. Martin's International Award of Honor- Given May 4, 2008- (a) Freddy McGregor, (b) Dwight Pinkney 40. Producer's "Respect" Award- Given May 4, 2008- Ky-Mani Marley 41. Awards of Appreciation for Contributions to the Music Industry- (a) Herman Hall- Everybody's Magazine, (b) Winsome Benjamin- Entertainer, (c) Karl Rodney- Carib News
1. Entertainer of the Year - Machel Montano
2. Recording Artist of the Year - Beenie Man
3. Best Male Vocalist - Tarrus Riley
4. Best Female Vocalist - Etana
5. Best Song - "She Is Royal"- Tarrus Riley
6. Best CD - "Mind Control"- Stephen Marley
7. Best Crossover Song - "Beautiful Girls"- Sean Kingston
8. Best Gospel Song - "Lava Ground"- Prodigal Son
9. Best Female D.J./Rapper - Queen Ifrika
10. Best Male D.J./Rapper - Beenie Man
11. Best New Entertainer - Sean Kingston
12. Best Calypso/Soca Entertainer - Machel Montano
13. Best Reggaeton Entertainer - Don Omar
14. Best Latin Entertainer- Marc Anthony
15. Best Compas Entertainer - Carimi
16. Best African Entertainer - Lucky Dube- Post Humous
17. Best Soukous Entertainer- Papa Wembe
18. Best Hip Hop/R&B Entertainer- Rihanna
19. Award for Outstanding Contribution to World Music
- King Sunny Ade
20. Most Outstanding Stage Personality - Machel Montano
21. Best Music Video - Shaggy "Church Heathen"
22. Best Poet- Mutabaruka
23. Most Educational Entertainer - Buju Banton
24. Most Outstanding Show Band- Morgan Heritage
25. Most Consistent Entertainer - Freddie McGregor
26. Most Promising Entertainer - Ky-Mani Marley
27. Most Improved Entertainer - Junior Reid
28. Best Instrumentalist - Dean Fraser
29. Best Backing Band - Live Wyya
30. Most Popular Selector - Mighty Crown
31. Concert of the Year -- Reggae Sumfest
32. Promoter of the Year - Sumfest Production
33. Producer of the Year - Stephen McGregor
34. Songwriter of the Year - Stephen Marley
35. Selassie I Award for Spiritual Service through Music - Tony Rebel
36. Community Service Award - Capleton
37. Marcus Garvey Humanitarian Award- (a) Ziggy Marley, (b) Jay-Z
38. IRAWMA Hall of Fame- Inducted May 4, 2008- (a) Billy Ocean, (b) Claudelle Clarke, (c) Errol Brown, (d) Winston Francis
39. Martin's International Award of Honor- Given May 4, 2008- (a) Freddy McGregor, (b) Dwight Pinkney
40. Producer's "Respect" Award- Given May 4, 2008- Ky-Mani Marley
41. Awards of Appreciation for Contributions to the Music Industry- (a) Herman Hall- Everybody's Magazine, (b) Winsome Benjamin- Entertainer, (c) Karl Rodney- Carib News