Album of the Year

• Born To Fly - Sara Evans
• O Brother Where Art Thou - Various
• Set This Circus Down - Tim McGraw
• Steers & Stripes - Brooks & Dunn
• When Somebody Loves You - Alan Jackson

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Alan Jackson
• Toby Keith
• Tim McGraw
• Brad Paisley
• George Strait

Vocal Group of the Year

• Alabama
• Diamond Rio
• Dixie Chicks
• Lonestar
• Nickel Creek

Musician of the Year

• Stuart Duncan
• Paul Franklin
• John Hobbs
• Dann Huff
• Brent Mason

Vocal Duo of the Year

• Bellamy Brothers
• Brooks & Dunn
• The Kinleys
• Montgomery Gentry
• The Warren Brothers

Song of the Year

• "Born To Fly" - Sara Evans/Marcus Hummon/Darryl Scott Sony/ATV Songs/Careers-BMG Music/Floyd's Dream Music/ Chuck Wagon Gourmet Music/Famous Music
• "How Do You Like Me Now?!" - Chuck Cannon/Toby Keith Wacissa River Music/Tokeco Tunes
• "I'm Already There" - Richie McDonald/Gary Baker/Frank Myers Sony/ATV Songs/Zomba Enterprises/Swear By It Music/Josh Nick Music
• "Murder On Music Row" - Larry Cordle/Larry Shell Pier Five Music/Wandachord Music/Shell Point
• "One More Day" - Steven Dale Jones/Bobby Tomberlin EMI April Music/Sound Island Pub./Mike Curb Music

Single of the Year

• "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" - Brooks & Dunn - Kix Brooks/Ronnie Dunn/Mark Wright - Arista Nashville
• "Born To Fly" - Sara Evans - Paul Worley/Sara Evans - RCA
• "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" - The Soggy Bottom Boys - T Bone Burnett - Mercury Records
• "I'm Already There" - Lonestar - Dann Huff - BNA
• "One More Day" - Diamond Rio - Michael D. Clute & Diamond Rio - Arista Nashville

Horizon Award

• Jessica Andrews
• Nickel Creek
• Jamie O'Neal
• keith urban
• Phil Vassar

Vocal Event of the Year

• Dwight Yoakam (duet with Buck Owens) - "Alright, I'm Wrong" - Reprise
• Emmylou Harris/Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch - "Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby" - Mercury Records
• 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" - Mercury Records
• Brad Paisley with featured vocals by George Jones, Bill Anderson and Buck Owens - "Too Country" - Arista Nashville

Music Video of the Year

• "Ashes By Now" - Lee Ann Womack - Gregg Horne, director
• "Born To Fly" - Sara Evans - Peter Zavadil, director
• "I Would've Loved You Anyway" - Trisha Yearwood - chris rogers, director
• "There Is No Arizona" - Jamie O'Neal - Lawrence Carroll, director
• "www.memory" - Alan Jackson - Morgan Lawley, director

Entertainer of the Year

• Brooks & Dunn
• Dixie Chicks
• Alan Jackson
• Tim McGraw
• George Strait