People's Choice Awards:
- Country Male Vocal - Tim McGraw
- Country Female Vocal - Shania Twain
- Country Group/Duo - Brooks & Dunn
Grammy Awards:
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance: “Redneck Woman” Gretchen Wilson Track from: Here For The Party [Epic Records]
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance: “Live Like You Were Dying” Tim McGraw Track from: Live Like You Were Dying [Curb Records]
- Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal: “Top Of The World” Dixie Chicks Track from: Top Of The World Tour - Live [Columbia]
- Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: “Portland, Oregon” Loretta Lynn & Jack White Track from: Van Lear Rose [Interscope Records]
- Best Country Instrumental Performance: “Earl's Breakdown” Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Featuring Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements & Jerry Douglas Track from: Will The Circle Be Unbroken "The Trilogy" [Capitol Records - Nashville]
- Best Country Song: “Live Like You Were Dying” Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman, songwriters (Tim McGraw) Track from: Live Like You Were Dying [Curb Records; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/Big Loud Shirt.]
- Best Country Album: Van Lear Rose Loretta Lynn [Interscope Records]
- Best Bluegrass Album: Brand New Strings Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder [Skaggs Family Records]
CMT Awards:
- Breakthrough Video of the Year: Gretchen Wilson - "Redneck Woman"
- Collaborative Video of the Year: Brad Paisley featuring Alison Krauss - "Whiskey Lullaby"
- Group/Duo Video of the Year: Rascal Flatts - "Feels Like Today"
- Female Video of the Year: Gretchen Wilson - "When I Think About Cheatin'"
- Most Inspiring Video of the Year: Tim McGraw - "Live Like You Were Dying"
- Hottest Video of the Year: Toby Keith - "Whiskey Girl"
- Male Video of the Year: Kenny Chesney - "I Go Back"
- Video Director of the Year: Rick Schroder - Brad Paisley featuring Alison Krauss - "Whiskey Lullaby"
- Video of the Year: (final voting held online during the live telecast) Keith Urban - "Days Go By"
Canadian Country Music Awards:
- Kraft Cheez Whiz Fans’ Choice Award - George Canyon
- Single Of The Year - "My Name" – George Canyon
- Album Of The Year - This Time Around – Paul Brandt
- SOCAN Song Of The Year - My Name (written by George Canyon / Gordie Sampson; recorded by George Canyon)
- CMT Video Of The Year - Convoy – Paul Brandt
- Top Selling Album (This is a non-voting category) - Greatest Hits – Shania Twain
- Female Artist Of The Year - Terri Clark
- Male Artist Of The Year - George Canyon
- Group Or Duo Of The Year - The Road Hammers
- Roots Artist Or Group Of The Year - Corb Lund Band
- Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award - Amanda Wilkinson
ACM Awards:
- Entertainer of the Year — Kenny Chesney
- Top Male Vocalist — Keith Urban
- Top Female Vocalist — Gretchen Wilson
- Top New Artist — Gretchen Wilson
- Top Vocal Group — Rascal Flatts
- Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
- Single Record of the Year (Award to Artist(s)/ Producer(s)/ Record Company) “Live Like You Were Dying” Tim McGraw; Producers: Tim McGraw, Byron Gallimore, Darran Smith; Curb Records
- Song of the Year: (Award to Composer(s)/ Publisher (s)/Artist(s) “Live Like You Were Dying” Writers: Craig Wiseman, Tim Nichols, Big Loud Shirt (ASCAP) ICG/Warner (BMI) Tim McGraw
- Album of the Year: (Award to Producer(s)/ Artist(s)/ Record Company) Be Here Keith Urban, Producers: Dann Huff, Keith Urban; Capitol Records Nashville
- Vocal Event of the Year: (Award to Artist(s)/ Producer(s)/ Record Company) “Whiskey Lullaby” Brad Paisley (feat. Alison Krauss), Produced by: Frank Rogers, Arista Nashville
- Video of the Year: (Award to Producer(s)/ Director(s)/ Artist (s) “Whiskey Lullaby” Producer: Don Lepore; Director: Rick Schroder; Brad Paisley (feat. Alison Krauss)
- Pioneer Award: — Chris LeDoux
- Jim Reeves Memorial Award: — Charlie Nagatani
- ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian Award: — (fan-voted) Neal McCoy
- Cover Girl Fresh Face of Country Music: — (fan-voted) Miranda Lambert