Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
Kerosene ~ Review
Miranda Lambert
Track from: Kerosene
(Epic)
I Still Miss Someone ~ Review
Martina McBride
(RCA Nashville)
Something's Gotta Give ~ Review
LeAnn Rimes
Track from: This Woman
(Curb Records)
Jesus, Take The Wheel ~ Review
Carrie Underwood
Track from: Some Hearts
(Arista/Arista Nashville/19)
I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today ~ Review
Gretchen Wilson
Track from: All Jacked Up
(Epic Nashville)
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
Every Mile A Memory ~ Review
Dierks Bentley
Track from: Long Trip Alone
(Capitol Records Nashville)
The Reason Why ~ Review
Vince Gill
Track from: These Days
(MCA Nashville)
The Seashores Of Old Mexico ~ Review
George Strait
Track from: Somewhere Down In Texas
(MCA Nashville)
Would You Go With Me ~ Review
Josh Turner
Track from: Your Man
(MCA Nashville)
Once In A Lifetime ~ Review
Keith Urban
(Capitol Records Nashville)
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
Not Ready To Make Nice
Dixie Chicks
Track from: Taking The Long Way
(Open Wide/Columbia)
Heaven's My Home ~ Review
The Duhks
Track from: Migrations
(Sugar Hill Records)
Boondocks ~ Review
Little Big Town
Track from: The Road To Here
(Equity Music Group)
What Hurts The Most ~ Review
Rascal Flatts
Track from: Me And My Gang
(Lyric Street Records)
Leave The Pieces ~ Review
The Wreckers
Track from: Stand Still - Look Pretty
(Maverick)
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)
Who Says You Can't Go Home
Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles
Track from: Have A Nice Day
(Island)
Tomorrow Is Forever
Solomon Burke & Dolly Parton
Track from: Nashville
(Shout! Factory)
Calling Me ~ Review
Kenny Rogers & Don Henley
Track from: Water & Bridges
(Capitol Records Nashville)
Midnight Angel ~ Review
Rhonda Vincent & Bobby Osborne
Track from: All American Bluegrass Girl
(Rounder)
Love Will Always Win ~ Review
Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks
Track from: Jasper County
(MCA Nashville)
Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
Jerusalem Ridge
Casey Driessen
Track from: 3D
(Sugar Hill Records)
Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag
Tommy Emmanuel
Track from: The Mystery
(Favored Nations Acoustic)
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Bryan Sutton & Doc Watson
Track from: Not Too Far From The Tree
(Sugar Hill Records)
The Eleventh Reel ~ Review
Chris Thile
Track from: How To Grow A Woman From The Ground
(Sugar Hill Records)
Nature Of The Beast
Jim VanCleve
Track from: No Apologies
(Rural Rhythm Records)
Best Country Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)
Every Mile A Memory
Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley)
(Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Dierks Bentley Publishing, Brett Beavers Publishing, Ensign Music, Rancho Papa Music.)
I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today
Matraca Berg & Jim Collins, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)
(Epic Nashville; Publishers: Songs of Universal, Hannaberg Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Make Shift Music.)
Jesus, Take The Wheel
Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
Track from: Some Hearts
(Arista/Arista Nashville/19; Publishers: Dimensional Music of 1091/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Raylene Music/BPJ Administration, No Such Music, Passing Stranger Music/1609 Songs/Music of Windswept.)
Like Red On A Rose ~ Review
Melanie Castleman & Robert Lee Castleman, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
Track from: Like Red On A Rose
(Arista Nashville/Sony BMG; Publishers: Farm Use Only Music, Cassamel Music.)
What Hurts The Most
Steve Robson & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)
Track from: Me And My Gang
(Lyric Street Records; Publishers: Gottahaveable Music, Songs of Windswept Pacific, Almo Music.)
Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Taking The Long Way
Dixie Chicks
(Open Wide/Columbia)
Like Red On A Rose
Alan Jackson
(Arista Nashville/Sony BMG)
The Road To Here
Little Big Town
(Equity Music Group)
You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker
Willie Nelson
(Lost Highway)
Your Man
Josh Turner
(MCA Nashville)
Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
Long List Of Heartaches ~ Review
The Grascals
(Rounder)
Bluegrass ~ Review
Jim Lauderdale
(Yep Roc)
Instrumentals
Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder
(Skaggs Family Records)
Live At The Ryman ~ [link url=http://countrymusic.about.com/od/cdreviewsmz/gr/msliveatryman.htm]Review
Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives
(Superlatone Records/Universal South Records)
All American Bluegrass Girl
Rhonda Vincent
(Rounder)