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2006 CMA Award Winners - A List of the Winners at the 2006 CMA Awards

From Shelly Fabian, for About.com

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Winners are in Bold type. Fan-voted winners are in Italics. If the actual winner and fan-voted winner are the same, the winner is both bolded and italicized.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

  • Brooks & Dunn
  • Kenny Chesney
  • Brad Paisley
  • Rascal Flatts
  • Keith Urban

MALE VOCALIST

  • Dierks Bentley
  • Kenny Chesney
  • Alan Jackson
  • Brad Paisley
  • Keith Urban

FEMALE VOCALIST

  • Sara Evans
  • Faith Hill
  • Martina McBride
  • Carrie Underwood
  • Gretchen Wilson

VOCAL GROUP

  • Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
  • Little Big Town
  • Lonestar
  • Rascal Flatts
  • Sugarland

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

SINGLE OF THE YEAR

  • "Believe" Brooks & Dunn
  • "Better Life" Keith Urban
  • "Jesus, Take The Wheel" Carrie Underwood
  • "Summertime" Kenny Chesney
  • "When I Get Where I'm Going" Brad Paisley f. Dolly Parton

SONG OF THE YEAR

  • "8th of November" Kenny Alphin, John Rich
  • "Believe" Craig Wiseman, Ronnie Dunn
  • "Jesus, Take The Wheel" Hillary Lindsey, Brett James, Gordie Sampson
  • "Tonight I Wanna Cry" Keith Urban, Monty Powell
  • "When I Get Where I'm Going" Rivers Rutherford, George Teren

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR

  • Big & Rich
  • Brooks & Dunn
  • Montgomery Gentry
  • Van Zant
  • The Wreckers

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR

  • "Building Bridges" Brooks & Dunn (Guest vocals by Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill)
  • "Like We Never Loved At All" Faith Hill Featuring Tim McGraw
  • "Politically Uncorrect" Gretchen Wilson Featuring Merle Haggard
  • "When I Get Where I'm Going" Brad Paisley Featuring Dolly Parton
  • "Who Says You Can't Go Home" Bon Jovi (Duet with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland)

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

  • Eddie Bayers — Drums
  • Jerry Douglas — Dobro
  • Paul Franklin — Steel Guitar
  • Dann Huff — Guitar
  • Brent Mason — Guitar/Electric Guitar
  • Randy Scruggs — Guitar

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
(award goes to artist and director)

  • "When I Get Where I'm Going," Brad Paisley Featuring Dolly Parton, Directed by Jim Shea
  • "8th of November," Big & Rich, Directed by Robert Deaton/George J. Flanigen IV/Marc Oswald
  • "Believe," Brooks & Dunn, Directed by Robert Deaton/George J. Flanigen IV
  • "Jesus Take The Wheel," Carrie Underwood, Directed by Roman White
  • "Kerosene," Miranda Lambert, Directed by Trey Fanjoy

HORIZON AWARD

  • Miranda Lambert
  • Little Big Town
  • Sugarland
  • Josh Turner
  • Carrie Underwood

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