CMT.com : ACM Awards 2006 : Nominees

	The 41st annual Academy of Country Music Awards is sure to be hotter than the Vegas strip. The brightest stars and biggest hits of the past year will be honored. Check out the 2006 nominees and viva Las Vegas. Entertainer of the Year Brooks & Dunn Kenny Chesney --Winner Toby Keith Rascal Flatts Keith Urban Top Male Vocalist Dierks Bentley Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley George Strait Keith Urban --Winner Top Female Vocalist Sara Evans --Winner Martina McBride Carrie Underwood Gretchen Wilson Lee Ann Womack Top Vocal Group Alabama Little Big Town Lonestar Rascal Flatts --Winner Sugarland Top Vocal Duo Big & Rich Brooks & Dunn --Winner Montgomery Gentry Van Zant Warren Brothers Top New Male Vocalist Jason Aldean --Winner Billy Currington Craig Morgan Top New Female Vocalist Miranda Lambert Julie Roberts Carrie Underwood --Winner Top New Duo or Vocal Group Big & Rich Little Big Town Sugarland --Winner Vocal Event of the Year "I Play Chicken With the Train" Artists: Cowboy Troy and Big & Rich Producers: Big Kenny, John Rich and Paul Worley Record Labels: Warner Bros. Records, Raybaw "Like We Never Loved at All" Artists: Faith Hill With Tim McGraw Producers: Faith Hill, Dann Huff Record Label: Warner Bros. Records "When I Get Where I'm Going" --Winner Artists: Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton Producers: Chris DuBois, Frank Rogers Record Label: Arista Nashville "Who Says You Can't Go Home" Artists: Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles Producers: Jon Bon Jovi, Dann Huff, Richie Sambora and John Shanks Record Label: The Island Def Jam Music Group Song of the Year "Baby Girl" Artist: Sugarland Songwriters: Kristian Bush, Kristen Hall, Jennifer Nettles, Lisa Simonton, Robert Hartley and Troy Bieser Publishers: DirkPit Music (BMI), Greatergood Songs (ASCAP), Jennifer Nettles Publishing (ASCAP), Telegrammusic (ASCAP), Drumbum Music (ASCAP), Tremolo Blue (ASCAP), The World Asleep (ASCAP) and Simonton Music (ASCAP) "Believe" --Winner Artist: Brooks & Dunn Songwriters: Ronnie Dunn, Craig Wiseman Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing Co. (BMI), Showbilly Music (BMI) and Big Loud Shirt Industries (ASCAP) "Jesus, Take the Wheel" Artist: Carrie Underwood Songwriters: Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordon Sampson Publishers: Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing (ASCAP), Onaly Music/Raylene Music (ASCAP), No Such Music (SOCAN), Passing Stranger Music (ASCAP), 1609 Songs (ASCAP) and Music of Windswept (ASCAP) "Skin (Sarabeth)" Artist: Rascal Flatts Songwriters: Doug Johnson, Joe Henry Publishers: Cool Hand Music 2004 (ASCAP), Mike Curb Music/Sweet Radical Music (BMI) and Administered by Mike Curb Music c/o Karen Schauben Publishing Administration "When I Get Where I'm Going" Artists: Brad Paisley Songwriters: Rivers Rutherford, George Teren Publishers: Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP) Memphersfield Music (ASCAP) and House of Full Circle Music (BMI) Single Record of the Year "Alcohol" Artist: Brad Paisley Producers: Chris DuBois, Frank Rogers Record Label: Arista Nashville "Baby Girl" Artist: Sugarland Producer: Garth Fundis Record Label: Mercury Records "Believe" Artist: Brooks & Dunn Producers: Tony Brown, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn Record Label: Arista Nashville "Best I Ever Had" Artists: Gary Allan Producers: Gary Allan, Mark Wright Record Label: MCA Nashville "Jesus, Take the Wheel" --Winner Artist: Carrie Underwood Producer: Mark Bright Record Label: Arista Album of the Year Feels Like Today Rascal Flatts Producers: Mark Bright, Rascal Flatts and Marty Williams Record Label: Lyric Street Records There's More Where That Came From Lee Ann Womack Producers: Greg Droman, Byron Gallimore Record Label: MCA Nashville Time Well Wasted --Winner Brad Paisley Producers: Chris DuBois, Frank Rogers Record Label: Arista Nashville Tough All Over Gary Allan Producers: Gary Allan, Mark Wright Record Label: MCA Nashville Twice the Speed of Life Sugarland Producer: Garth Fundis Record Label: Mercury Records Video of the Year "As Good as I Once Was" Toby Keith Director: Michael Salomon "Believe" Brooks & Dunn Director: Robert Deaton and George Flanigen "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" Lee Ann Womack Director: Trey Fanjoy "Kerosene" Miranda Lambert Director: Trey Fanjoy "When I Get Where I'm Going" --Winner Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton Director: Jim Shea Producer of the Year Mark Bright Buddy Cannon --Winner Byron Gallimore Dann Huff Frank Rogers Audio Engineer of the Year Chuck Ainlay Julian King Steve Marcantonio Justin Niebank --Winner Gary Paczoza Top Bass Player of the Year Mike Brignardello David Hungate Larry Paxton Michael Rhodes --Winner Jimmy Lee Sloas Top Percussionist/Drummer of the Year Steve Brewster Chad Cromwell Shannon Forrest --Winner Paul Leim Greg Morrow Top Fiddle Player of the Year Glen Duncan Larry Franklin Rob Hajacos Aubrey Haynie Jonathan Yudkin --Winner Top Guitar of the Year Richard Bennett Pat Buchanan --Winner Tom Bukovac J.T. Corenflos Kenny Greenberg Top Piano/Keyboards Player of the Year Jim Brown Gordon Mote Michael Omartian Mike Rojas --Winner Reese Wynans Top Steel Guitar Player of the Year Paul Franklin --Winner Sonny Garrish John Hughey Mike Johnson Russ Pahl Radio Station of the Year -- Major Market KNIX Phoenix KYGO Denver WFMS Indianapolis --Winner WPOC Baltimore WUSN Chicago Radio Station of the Year -- Medium Market KIZN Boise, Idaho KTTS Springfield, Mo. WBBS Syracuse, N.Y. WGNA Schenectady, N.Y. WUSY Chattanooga, Tenn. --Winner Radio Station of the Year -- Small Market WGSQ Cookeville, Tenn. --Winner WIXY Champaign, Ill. WPAP Panama City, Fla. WTCR Huntington, W.Va. WYCT Pensacola, Fla. --Winner On-Air Personality of the Year -- National Jon Anthony -- Highway 16 (XM Radio) Blair Garner -- After MidNite --Winner Lia Knight -- (Jones Radio Networks) Darren Tandy -- Thee Country Station (Superadio Network) Danny Wright -- All Night (Jones Radio Network) On-Air Personality of the Year -- Major Market JD Cannon -- WFMS Indianapolis Jim Denny, Deborah Honeycutt and Kevin Freeman -- WFMS Indianapolis Lisa Dent -- WUSN Chicago Gerry House and the House Foundation -- WSIX Nashville --Winner Kelly, Jonathan and Mudflap -- KYGO Denver On-Air Personality of the Year -- Medium Market Bill Barrett, Tim Fox and Tracy Berry Mark Ericson and Danielle Carrier -- WOKQ Dover, N.H. Gunner -- WIVK Knoxville, Tenn. Scott Innes -- WYNK Baton Rouge, La. --Winner Buzz Jackson -- KIIM Tucson, Ariz. On-Air Personality of the Year -- Small Market Becky Austin and Brad Austin -- KLUR Wichita Falls, Texas --Winner Buddy Baron and Allyson Scott -- WBBN Laurel, Miss. Carrie and Uncle -- KCLR Columbia, Mo. Marty McFly and Stew James -- WGSQ Cookville, Tenn. Scott Schuler and Angie Foster -- KRKT Albany, Ore. Venue of the Year Ameristar Casino -- Kansas City, Mo. Casino Rama Resort -- Orilla, Ontario Mohegan Sun Casion -- Uncasville, Conn. --Winner Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort -- Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Turning Stone Casino -- Verona, N.Y. Nightclub of the Year 8 Seconds -- Indianapolis Billy Bob's -- Fort Worth, Texas --Winner Cowboy's -- Atlanta Coyote's -- Louisville, Ky. Grizzly Rose -- Denver Joe's Bar -- Chicago Don Romeo Talent Buyer of the Year Brad Combs -- Meridian Entertainment Gary Osier -- Gary Osier Presents Terrye Seigel -- Terrye Seigel Productions David Snowden -- Triangle Talent, Inc. Suzanne Wilson -- Wilson Events, Inc. --Winner Promoter of the Year Ben Farrell -- Varnell Enterprises Brad Garrett -- Police Productions Gary Marx -- Game, Inc. Louis Messina -- The Messina Group --Winner Mike Smardak -- Outback Concerts of Tenn., Inc.