• Kenny Chesney

• Brad Paisley
• Sugarland
• George Strait
• Keith Urban

 

Top Female Vocalist

• Alison Krauss
• Miranda Lambert
• Martina McBride
• Taylor Swift
• Carrie Underwood

Top Male Vocalist

• Kenny Chesney
• Alan Jackson
• Brad Paisley
• George Strait
• Keith Urban

Vocal Duo of the Year

• Big & Rich
• Brooks & Dunn
• Montgomery Gentry
• Sugarland
• The Wreckers

Vocal Group of the Year

• Eagles
• Emerson Drive
• Lady Antebellum
• Little Big Town
• Rascal Flatts

New Artist Of The Year

• Jason Aldean
• Rodney Atkins
• Lady Antebellum
• James Otto
• Kellie Pickler

Album Of The Year [Award to Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company]

Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride

Produced by Mark Bright

Brooks & Dunn's Cowboy Town

Produced by Tony Brown, Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks

Alan Jackson's Good Time

Produced by Keith Stegall

Kenny Chesney's Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates

Produced by Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney

George Strait's Troubadour

Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait

Single Of The Year [Awarded to artist and producer]

"Don't Blink"

Kenny Chesney
Produced by Buddy Cannon & Kenny Chesney
BNA Records

"Gunpowder & Lead"

Miranda Lambert
Produced by Frank Liddell & Mike Wrucke
Columbia Nashville

"I Saw God Today"

George Strait
Produced by Tony Brown & George Strait
MCA Nashville

"Stay"

Sugarland
Produced by Byron Gallimore, Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles
Mercury Nashville

"You're Gonna Miss This"

Trace Adkins
Produced by Frank Rogers
Capitol Nashville

Song Of The Year [Awarded to songwriter and primary publisher]

"Good Time"

Alan Jackson
EMI-April Music/Tri-Angels Music

"I Saw God Today"

Rodney Clawson/Monty Criswell/Wade Kirby
Big Red Toe/Extremely Loud Music/Steel Wheels Music/Blind Mule Music

"Letter To Me"

Brad Paisley
EMI-April Music/New Sea Gayle Music

"Stay"

Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Nettles Publishing

"You're Gonna Miss This"

Lee Thomas Miller/Ashley Gorley
EMI Blackwood Music/New Songs of Sea Gayle/Noah's Little Boat Music/Songs of Combustion Music

Musical Event Of The Year [Awarded to each Artist]

"Another Try" — Josh Turner featuring Trisha Yearwood

MCA Nashville

"Every Other Weekend" — Reba McEntire and Kenny Chesney

MCA Nashville

"Gone Gone Gone" — Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Rounder Records

"Life In A Northern Town" — Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen

Mercury Nashville

"Shiftwork" — Kenny Chesney (duet with George Strait)

BNA Records

Music Video Of The Year [Awarded to artist and director]

Don't Blink

Kenny Chesney
Directed by Shaun Silva

Good Time

Alan Jackson
Directed by Trey Fanjoy

Stay

Sugarland
Directed by Shaun Silva

Waitin' On a Woman

Brad Paisley
Directed by Jim Shea

You're Gonna Miss This

Trace Adkins
Directed by Peter Zavadil

Musician Of The Year

Jerry Douglas, Dobro — Drums

Paul Franklin — Steel Guitar

Dann Huff — Guitar

Brent Mason — Guitar

Mac McAnally — Guitar

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