Entertainer of the Year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw.
Female Vocalist: Terri Clark, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Martina McBride, Dolly Parton.
Male Vocalist: Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, George Strait.
Horizon Award: Gary Allan, Buddy Jewell, Joe Nichols, Blake Shelton, Darryl Worley.
Vocal Group: Alabama, Diamond Rio, Dixie Chicks, Lonestar, Rascal Flatts.
Vocal Duo: Bellamy Brothers, Brooks & Dunn, Montgomery Gentry, Sons of the Desert, The Warren Brothers.
Single of the Year (awarded to artist and producer): "Beer For My Horses" - Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson, produced by James Stroud/Toby Keith, Dreamworks Records Nashville; "Celebrity" - Brad Paisley, produced by Frank Rogers, Arista Nashville; "Have You Forgotten?" - Darryl Worley; produced by Frank Rogers/James Stroud, DreamWorks Records Nashville; "Hurt" - Johnny Cash, produced by Rick Rubin, Lost Highway Records; "Three Wooden Crosses" - Randy Travis, produced by Kyle Lehning, Word/Curb/Warner Bros. Records.
Musician of the Year: Jerry Douglas - dobro; Paul Franklin - steel guitar; Aubrie Haynie - fiddle/mandolin; Brent Mason - guitar; Randy Scruggs - guitar.
Album of the Year (awarded to artist and producer): American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash, produced by Rick Rubin, Lost Highway Records; Home - Dixie Chicks, produced by Dixie Chicks/Lloyd Maines, Open Wide/Monu- ment/Columbia Records; Man With A Memory - Joe Nichols, produced by Brent Rowan, Universal South; Tim McGraw And The Dancehall Doctors - Tim McGraw/Dancehall Doctors, produced by Byron Gallimore/Tim McGraw/Darran Smith, Curb Records; Unleashed - Toby Keith, produced by James Stroud/Toby Keith, DreamWorks Records Nashville.
Music Video of the Year (awarded to artist and director): "Beer For My Horses" - Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson, directed by Michael Salomon; "Celebrity" - Brad Paisley, directed by Peter Zavadil; "Concrete Angel" - Martina McBride, directed by Robert Deaton/George J. Flanigen IV; "Hurt" - Johnny Cash, directed by Mark Romanek; "Red Dirt Road" - Brooks & Dunn, directed by Steven Goldmann.
Vocal Event of the Year: Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson - "Beer For My Horses"; Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett - "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"; Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow - "Picture"; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Johnny Cash - "Tears in the Holston River"; Tracy Byrd (with Andy Griggs, Montgomery Gentry and Blake Shelton) - "The Truth About Men."
Song of the Year (awarded to songwriter and primary publisher): "Beer For My Horses" - Toby Keith/Scotty Emerick, Tokeco Tunes/Big Yellow Dog Music; "Celebrity" - Brad Paisley, EMI April Music/Sea Gayle Music; "Have You Forgotten?" - Darryl Worley/Wynn Varble, EMI April Music/Pittsburg Landing Songs/Warner-Tamerlane Pub; "Red Dirt Road" - Kix Brooks/Ronnie Dunn, Sony/ATV; "Three Wooden Crosses" - Doug Johnson/Kim Williams, Mike Curb Music/Sweet Radical Music/Sony/ATV Tunes.
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