TOP FEMALE VOCALIST
• Miranda Lambert
• Martina McBride
• LeAnn Rimes
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood

TOP VOCAL GROUP
• Diamond Rio
• Eagles
• Emerson Drive
• Little Big Town
• Rascal Flatts

TOP VOCAL DUO
• Big & Rich
• Brooks & Dunn
• Halfway To Hazard
• Montgomery Gentry
• Sugarland

TOP NEW MALE VOCALIST
• Luke Bryan
• Jack Ingram
• Jake Owen

TOP NEW FEMALE VOCALIST
• Sarah Buxton
• Kellie Pickler
• Taylor Swift

TOP NEW DUO OR VOCAL GROUP
• Carolina Rain
• Lady Antebellum
• The Wreckers

ALBUM OF THE YEAR [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company]
• 5th Gear – Brad Paisley (Arista Nashville)
Produced by Frank Rogers

• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – Miranda Lambert (Columbia)
Produced by Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke

• Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates – Kenny Chesney (BNA)
Produced by Buddy Cannon, Kenny Chesney

• If You’re Going Through Hell – Rodney Atkins (Curb)
Produced by Rodney Atkins, Ted Hewitt

• Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift (Big Machine)
Produced by Scott Borchetta, Nathan Chapman
# 6 Produced by Robert Ellis Orrall