ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Brooks & Dunn
Dixie Chicks
Alan Jackson
Tim McGraw
George Strait

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Alan Jackson
Toby Keith
Tim McGraw
Brad Paisley
George Strait

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Sara Evans
Faith Hill
Martina McBride
Lee Ann Womack
Trisha Yearwood

HORIZON AWARD
Jessica Andrews
Nickel Creek
Jamie O'Neal
Keith Urban
Phil Vassar

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
Alabama
Diamond Rio
Dixie Chicks
Lonestar
Nickel Creek

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Bellamy Brothers
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
The Kinleys
The Warren Brothers

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
(Award goes to artist and producer)
"Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" - Brooks & Dunn (Kix Brooks/Ronnie Dunn/Mark Wright)
"Born to Fly" - Sara Evans (Paul Worley/Sara Evans)
"I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" - The Soggy Bottom Boys (T Bone Burnett)
"I'm Already There" - Lonestar (Dann Huff)
"One More Day" - Diamond Rio (Michael D. Clute & Diamond Rio)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
(Award goes to artist and producer)
"Born to Fly" - Sara Evans (Sara Evans/Paul Worley)
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" - Various (T Bone Burnett)
"Set This Circus Down" - Tim McGraw (Byron Gallimore/James Stroud/Tim McGraw)
"Steers & Stripes" - Brooks & Dunn (Kix Brooks/Ronnie Dunn/Mark Wright)
"When Somebody Loves You" - Alan Jackson (Keith Stegall)

SONG OF THE YEAR
(Award goes to songwriter and primary publisher)
"Born To Fly" - Sara Evans/Marcus Hummon/Darryl Scott
"How Do You Like Me Now?!" - Chuck Cannon/Toby Keith
"I'm Already There" - Richie McDonald/Gary Baker/Frank Myers
"Murder on Music Row" - Larry Cordle/Larry Shell
"One More Day" - Steven Dale Jones/Bobby Tomberlin

VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Dwight Yoakam (duet with Buck Owens) - "Alright, I'm Wrong"
Emmylou Harris/Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch - "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby"
Brad Paisley and Chely Wright - "Hard to Be a Husband, Hard to Be a Wife" - RCA
Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch - "I'll Fly Away"
Brad Paisley with featured vocals by George Jones, Bill Anderson and Buck Owens - "Too Country"

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Stuart Duncan
Paul Franklin
John Hobbs
Dann Huff
Brent Mason

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
(Award goes to artist and director)
"Ashes By Now" - Lee Ann Womack (Gregg Horne)
"Born to Fly" - Sara Evans (Peter Zavadil)
"I Would've Loved You Anyway" - Trisha Yearwood (Chris Rogers)
"There Is No Arizona" - Jamie O'Neal (Lawrence Carroll)
"www.memory" - Alan Jackson (Morgan Lawley)