2004 Grammy Nominations

by CMT.com Staff 12/4/2003

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance)

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)

Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental)

Best Traditional Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental)

Best Contemporary Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental)