2006 Country Music Grammy Profile Index

Best New Artist
(For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.)

• Ciara
• Fall Out Boy
• Keane
• John Legend
• Sugarland

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• The Connection
  Emmylou Harris
  Track from: The Very Best Of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways
  (Warner Bros. Records/Rhino}
  
• Mississippi Girl
  Faith Hill
  Track from: Fireflies
  (Warner Bros.)
  
• All Jacked Up
  Gretchen Wilson
  Track from: All Jacked Up
  (Epic Records)
  
• I May Hate Myself In The Morning
  Lee Ann Womack
  Track from: There's More Where That Came From
  (MCA Nashville)
  
• Georgia Rain
  Trisha Yearwood
  Track from: Jasper County
  (MCA Nashville)
  

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Funny How Time Slips Away
  George Jones
  Track from: Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't
  (Bandit Records)
  
• As Good As I Once Was
  Toby Keith
  Track from: Honkytonk University
  (DreamWorks Records Nashville)
  
• Midnight Communion
  Delbert McClinton
  Track from: Cost Of Living
  (New West Records)
  
• Good Ol' Boys
  Willie Nelson
  Track from: The Dukes Of Hazzard - Soundtrack(Various Artists)
  (Columbia Records)
  
• Alcohol
  Brad Paisley
  Track from: Time Well Wasted
  (Arista Nashville)
  
• You'll Think Of Me
  Keith Urban
  Track from: Golden Road(Capitol Records Nashville)
  

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Comin' To Your City
  Big & Rich
  Track from: Comin' To Your City
  (Warner Bros.)
  
• Play Something Country
  Brooks & Dunn
  Track from: Hillbilly Deluxe
  (Arista)
  
• I Hope
  Dixie Chicks
  (Columbia)
  
• Restless
  Alison Krauss And Union Station
  Track from: Lonely Runs Both Ways
  (Rounder)
  
• Bless The Broken Road
  Rascal Flatts
  Track from: Feels Like Today
  (Lyric Street Records)
  

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Building Bridges
  Brooks & Dunn, Sheryl Crow & Vince Gill
  Track from: Hillbilly Deluxe
  (Arista Nashville)
  
• Shelter From The Storm
  Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris
  Track from: The Outsider
  (Columbia Records)
  
• Like We Never Loved At All
  Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
  Track from: Fireflies
  (Warner Bros.)
  
• Dreams Come True
  Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
  Track from: It Always Will Be
  (Lost Highway)
  
• Politically Uncorrect
  Gretchen Wilson & Merle Haggard
  Track from: All Jacked Up
  (Epic Records)
  

Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• I'll Fly Away
  Charlie Daniels
  Track from: Songs From The Longleaf Pines
  (Blue Hat Records / Koch Records Nashville)
  
• Who's Your Uncle?
  Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush & Béla Feck
  Track from: The Best Kept Secret
  (Koch Records)
  
• Unionhouse Branch
  Alison Krauss And Union Station
  Track from: Lonely Runs Both Ways
  (Rounder)
  
• Scotch & Chocolate
  Nickel Creek
  Track from: Why Should The Fire Die?
  (Sugar Hill Records)
  
• Time Warp
  Brad Paisley
  Track from: Time Well Wasted
  (Arista Nashville)
  

Best Country Song(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Alcohol
  Brad Paisley, songwriter (Brad Paisley)
  Track from: Time Well Wasted
  (Arista Nashville; Publishers: EMI April Music, Sea Gayle Music.)
  
• All Jacked Up
  Vicky McGehee, John Rich & Gretchen Wilson, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)
  Track from: All Jacked Up
  (Epic Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Hoosierman Music, WB Music, Rich Texan Music, EMI Blackwood, Oklahoma Girl Music.)
  
• Bless The Broken Road
  Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)
  Track from: Feels Like Today
  (Lyric Street Records; Publishers: Careers-BMG Music, Floyd's Dream Music, Jeff Diggs Music.)
  
• I Hope
  Keb Mo, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines & Emily Robison, songwriters (Dixie Chicks)
  (Columbia; Publishers: Woolly Puddlin' Music, Scrapin' Toast Music, Keb Note Music.)
  
• I May Hate Myself In The Morning
  O. Blackmon, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack)
  Track from: There's More Where That Came From
  (MCA Nashville; Publisher: Cal IV Songs.)
  

Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Fireflies
  Faith Hill
  (Warner Bros.)
  
• Lonely Runs Both Ways
  Alison Krauss And Union Station
  (Rounder)
  
• Time Well Wasted
  Brad Paisley
  (Arista Nashville)
  
• All Jacked Up
  Gretchen Wilson
  (Epic Records)
  
• Jasper County
  Trisha Yearwood
  (MCA Nashville)