7th ZAI Awards
The 7th ZAI Awards, honoring the best in the Slovak music industry for individual achievements for the year of 1996, took time and place on February 13, 1997, at the New Scene Theater in Bratislava.
Subtitled as Grammy West '96, the ceremony was held in association with the local Music Fund and hosted by Miroslav Žbirka.
Winners
Main categories
| Vocal Artist or Ensemble | New Artist |
★ Pavol Habera
| ★ IMT Smile
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| Instrumental Artist | Dancefloor Artist |
★ Henrich Tóth – Breath
| ★ D-Night
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| Writer | Song |
| ★ Richard Müller – "Cigaretka na dva ťahy" | ★ "Svet lásku má" – Daniel Hevier 'Pavol Habera
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| Record | Album |
| ★ Svet lásku má Dogstime – Ján Došek with Otto Nopp 'Breath – Ivan JombíkLSD – Ivan MinárikMagma – Juraj KupecSay U Love Me Second Ten – Savid Studio | ★ Svet lásku má – Pavol Habera and VADogstime – GladiatorMagma – František GriglákPavol HorváthPeter UherčíkLSD – Richard MüllerBreath – Henrich Tóth |
| Producer | Music Video |
★ Július Kinček – Svet lásku má Second
| ★ "Sweet Little Mouse" – Karol Vosátko
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