Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance)
- “Keep on the Sunny Side”
June Carter Cash
Track from: Wildwood Flower - “On Your Way Home”
Patty Loveless
Track from: On Your Way Home - “This One’s for the Girls”
Martina McBride
Track from: Martina - “I’m Gone”
Dolly Parton
Track from: Halos & Horns - “Forever and For Always”
Shania Twain
Track from: Up!
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance)
- “Annabelle”
Ray Benson
Track from: Beyond Time - “Next Big Thing”
Vince Gill
Track from: Next Big Thing - “My Baby Don’t Tolerate”
Lyle Lovett
Track from: My Baby Don’t Tolerate - “She’s My Kind of Rain”
Tim McGraw
Track from: Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors - “Brokenheartsville”
Joe Nichols
Track from: Man With a Memory - “Three Wooden Crosses”
Randy Travis
Track from: Rise and Shine
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups with vocals)
- “Red Dirt Road”
Brooks & Dunn
Track from: Red Dirt Road - “I Believe”
Diamond Rio
Track from: Completely - “My Front Porch Looking In”
Lonestar
Track from: Greatest Hits (From There to Here) - “Colors”
The Oak Ridge Boys
Track from: Colors - “A Simple Life”
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Track from: Live at the Charleston Music Hall
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together)
- “Temptation”
June Carter Cash & Johnny Cash
Track from: Wildwood Flower - “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere”
Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
Track from: Greatest Hits Volume II - “Wurlitzer Prize (I Don’t Want to Get Over You)”
Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
Track from: Live and Kickin’ - “Beer for My Horses”
Willie Nelson & Toby Keith
Track from: Live and Kickin’ - “How’s the World Treating You”
James Taylor & Alison Krauss
Track from: Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’: Songs of the Louvin Brothers
Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals)
- “Ain’t Chet Yet”
Ray Benson
Track from: Beyond Time - “Cluck Old Hen”
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Track from: Live - “Spaghetti Western Swing”
Brad Paisley Featuring Redd Volkaert
Track from: Mud on the Tires - “Pick Along”
Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs
Track from: The Three Pickers - “Get Up John”
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Track from: Live at the Charleston Music Hall
Best Country Song
(A Songwriter(s)Award)
- “Beer for My Horses”
Scotty Emerick & Toby Keith, songwriters
Willie Nelson & Toby Keith, artists
Track from: Live and Kickin’ - “Celebrity”
Brad Paisley, songwriter
Brad Paisley, artist
Track from: Mud on the Tires - “Forever and For Always”
Robert John “Mutt” Lange & Shania Twain, songwriters
Shania Twain, artist
Track from: Up! - “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere”
Jim “Moose” Brown & Don Rollins, songwriters
Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett, artists
Track from: Greatest Hits Volume II - “Wave on Wave”
Pat Green, David Neuhauser & Justin Pollard, songwriters
Pat Green, artist
Track from: Wave on Wave
Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental)
- Cry
Faith Hill - My Baby Don’t Tolerate
Lyle Lovett - Run That by Me One More Time
Willie Nelson & Ray Price - Live and Kickin’
Willie Nelson - Up!
Shania Twain - Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’: Songs of the Louvin Brothers
Various Artists
Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental)
- Live
Alison Krauss & Union Station - It’s Just the Night
The Del McCoury Band - Live at the Charleston Music Hall
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder - Christmas on the Mountain — A Bluegrass Christmas
Various Artists - One Step Ahead
Rhonda Vincent
Best Traditional Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental)
- Wildwood Flower
June Carter Cash - Any Old Time
Steve Forbert - Bon Reve
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys - The Three Pickers
Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs - Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Volume 3
Pete Seeger and Friends
Best Contemporary Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental)
- Rules of Travel
Rosanne Cash - Stumble Into Grace
Emmylou Harris - Looking for the Moon
Tom Paxton - World Without Tears
Lucinda Williams - The Wind
Warren Zevon