Album of the Year

• American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
• Home - Dixie Chicks
• Man With a Memory - Joe Nichols
• Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors - Tim McGraw
• Unleashed - Toby Keith

Male Vocalist of the Year

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

Vocal Group of the Year

• Alabama
• Diamond Rio
• Dixie Chicks
• Lonestar
• Rascal Flatts

Musician of the Year

• Jerry Douglas - dobro
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Aubrie Haynie - fiddle/mandolin
• Brent Mason - guitar
• Randy Scruggs - guitar

Vocal Duo of the Year

• Bellamy Brothers
• Brooks & Dunn
• Montgomery Gentry
• Sons of the Desert
• The Warren Brothers

Song of the Year

• "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 Tune

Single of the Year

• "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

Horizon Award

• Gary Allan
• Buddy Jewell
• Joe Nichols
• Blake Shelton
• Darryl Worley

Vocal Event of the Year

• Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson - "Beer For My Horses," DreamWorks Records Nashville
• Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett - "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," Arista Nashville
• Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow - "Picture," Lava/Atlantic Records
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Johnny Cash - "Tears in the Holston River," Capitol Nashville
• Tracy Byrd (with Andy Griggs, Montgomery Gentry and Blake Shelton) - "The Truth About Men," RCA Records
  

Music Video of the Year

• "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

Entertainer of the Year

• Brooks & Dunn
• Kenny Chesney
• Alan Jackson
• Toby Keith
• Tim McGraw