2008 CMA Awards Winners are marked with ** WINNER ** after the winner's name/song/album/video.
Fan-voted winners are marked with ** FAN-VOTED WINNER ** after the winner's name/song/album/video.
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
- Kenny Chesney ** WINNER **
- Brad Paisley
- George Strait
- Sugarland
- Keith Urban ** FAN-VOTED WINNER **
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
- Kenny Chesney
- Alan Jackson
- Brad Paisley ** WINNER **
- George Strait
- Keith Urban ** FAN-VOTED WINNER **
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
- Alison Krauss
- Miranda Lambert
- Martina McBride
- Taylor Swift
- Carrie Underwood ** WINNER ** ** FAN-VOTED WINNER **
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
- Big & Rich
- Brooks & Dunn
- Montgomery Gentry
- Sugarland ** WINNER ** ** FAN-VOTED WINNER **
- The Wreckers
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
- Eagles
- Emerson Drive
- Lady Antebellum
- Little Big Town
- Rascal Flatts ** WINNER ** ** FAN-VOTED WINNER **
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- Cowboy Town — Brooks & Dunn ~ read review
- Good Time — Alan Jackson ~ read review
- Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates — Kenny Chesney ~ read review
- Troubadour — George Strait ~ read review ** WINNER **
- Carnival Ride — Carrie Underwood ~ read review ** FAN-VOTED WINNER **
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
- "Don't Blink Kenny Chesney; Buddy Cannon
- "Gun Powder and Lead" Miranda Lambert; Frank Liddell, Mike Wrucke
- "I Saw God Today" George Strait; Tony Brown, George Strait ** WINNER **
- "Stay" Sugarland; Byron Gallimore, Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush ** FAN-VOTED WINNER **
- "You're Gonna Miss This" Trace Adkins; Frank Rogers
SONG OF THE YEAR
- "Good Time" writer/artist Alan Jackson ** FAN-VOTED WINNER **
- "I Saw God Today" George Strait; writers: Rodney Clawson, Monte Criswell, Wade Kirby
- "Letter To Me" writer/artist Brad Paisley
- "Stay" Sugarland; writer: Jennifer Nettles ** WINNER **
- "You're Gonna Miss This" Trace Adkins; writers: Lee Thomas Miller, Ashley Gorley
NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
- Jason Aldean
- Rodney Atkins
- Lady Antebellum ** WINNER **
- James Otto
- Kellie Pickler ** FAN-VOTED WINNER **
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
- "Another Try" Josh Turner/Trisha Yearwood
- "Every Other Weekend" Reba McEntire/Kenny Chesney
- "Gone, Gone, Gone" Robert Plant/Alison Krauss ** WINNER **
- "Life In A Northern Town" Sugarland/Little Big Town/Jake Owen ** FAN-VOTED WINNER **
- "Shiftwork" Kenny Chesney/George Strait
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
- "Don't Blink"; Kenny Chesney; directed by Shaun Silva
- "Good Time"; Alan Jackson; directed by Trey Fanjoy ** FAN-VOTED WINNER **
- "Stay"; Sugarland; directed by Shaun Silva
- "Waitin' On A Woman"; Brad Paisley; directed by Jim Shea ** WINNER **
- "You're Gonna Miss This"; Trace Adkins; directed by Peter Zavidill
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
- Jerry Douglas, Dobro
- Paul Franklin, Steel
- Dann Huff, Guitar ** FAN-VOTED WINNER **
- Brent Mason, Guitar
- Mac McAnally, Guitar ** WINNER **