Grab a bottle of alcohol and get all jacked up. Brad Paisley and Gretchen Wilson are the leading Grammy nominees in the country music categories -- receiving four each.

Big & Rich helped announce the nominations Thursday morning (Dec. 8) at Gotham Hall in New York City. Other artists reading nominations included Natasha Bedingfield, Mariah Carey, Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, Patti LaBelle, John Legend, Carly Simon, Sway and CeCe Winans. The awards will be handed out in Los Angeles on Feb. 8.

Paisley is nominated for best male country vocal performance ("Alcohol"), best country instrumental performance ("Time Warp"), best country song ("Alcohol") and best country album (Time Well Wasted).

Wilson secured nominations for best country female vocal performance ("All Jacked Up"), best country collaboration with vocals ("Politically Uncorrect" with Merle Haggard), best country song ("All Jacked Up" with co-writers Vicky McGehee and John Rich) and best country album (All Jacked Up).

Rascal Flatts' "Bless the Broken Road" landed a song of the year nomination among all genres, as well as for best country song. It was written by Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna and Marcus Hummon. Rascal Flatts also scored a nod for best country performance by a duo or group with vocal.

Alison Krauss, who has won more Grammys than any other woman in history, is up for three more for her work with her longtime band, Union Station: best country performance by a duo or group with vocal ("Restless"), best country instrumental performance ("Unionhouse Branch") and best country album (Lonely Runs Both Ways).

In a related category, Gary Paczosa earned two nominations for best engineered album, non-classical -- for Krauss' Lonely Runs Both Ways and Chris Thile's solo album Deceiver. Thile, a member of Nickel Creek, also received a nomination for co-engineering the album. Dobro player Jerry Douglas, who works with Krauss in Union Station, is included in the category for best country instrumental performance ("Who's Your Uncle," with Sam Bush and Béla Fleck).

Following a long absence, Faith Hill brought in three nominations: best female country performance ("Mississippi Girl"), best country collaboration with vocals ("Like We Never Loved at All" with Tim McGraw) and best country album (Fireflies.)

In a surprise nomination in the overall best new artist category, Sugarland was included alongside Ciara, Fall Out Boy, Keane and John Legend. Martina McBride's "God's Will" is nominated for best short form music video, along with entries from Missy Elliott, Gorillaz, Jamiroquai and Sarah McLachlan.

Two country box sets also landed in the all-genre category of best boxed or special limited edition package -- The Legend by Johnny Cash and You Ain't Talkin' to Me -- Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music, both released on Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings.

Multiple nominees with country ties include McGraw, Brooks & Dunn, Rodney Crowell, the Dixie Chicks (for "I Hope"), Emmylou Harris, Delbert McClinton, Willie Nelson, Nickel Creek and Trisha Yearwood. Others nominees include Big & Rich, Charlie Daniels, Vince Gill, George Jones, Toby Keith, John Prine, Keith Urban and Lee Ann Womack.

Nominations for best bluegrass album are Blue Highway's Marbletown, Cherryholmes' Cherryholmes, The Grascals' The Grascals, The Del McCoury Band's The Company We Keep and Rhonda Vincent and the Rage's Ragin' Live.

The category of best comedy album includes Rick Moranis' The Agoraphobic Cowboy and Larry the Cable Guy's The Right to Bare Arms.

2005 Grammy Nominations in Country Categories

Best Female Country Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance)

Emmylou Harris

Track from: The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways

Faith Hill

Track from: Fireflies

Gretchen Wilson

Track from: All Jacked Up

Lee Ann Womack

Track from: There's More Where That Came From

Trisha Yearwood

Track from: Jasper County

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance)

George Jones

Track from: Hits I Missed ... And One I Didn't

Toby Keith

Track from: Honkytonk University

Delbert McClinton

Track from: Cost of Living

Willie Nelson

Track from: The Dukes of Hazzard -- Soundtrack (Various Artists)

Brad Paisley

Track from: Time Well Wasted

Keith Urban

Track from: Golden Road

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal

(For established duos or groups with vocals)

Big & Rich

Track from: Comin' to Your City

Brooks & Dunn

Track from: Hillbilly Deluxe

Dixie Chicks

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Alison Krauss & Union Station

Track from: Lonely Runs Both Ways

Rascal Flatts

Track from: Feels Like Today

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals

(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together)

Brooks & Dunn, Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill

Track from: Hillbilly Deluxe

Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris

Track from: The Outsider

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw

Track from: Fireflies

Willie Nelson and Norah Jones

Track from: It Always Will Be

Gretchen Wilson and Merle Haggard

Track from: All Jacked Up

Best Country Instrumental Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals)

Charlie Daniels

Track from: Songs From the Longleaf Pines

Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush and Béla Fleck

Track from: The Best Kept Secret

Alison Krauss and Union Station

Track from: Lonely Runs Both Ways

Nickel Creek

Track from: Why Should the Fire Die?

Brad Paisley

Track from: Time Well Wasted

Best Country Song

(A Songwriter(s) Award)

Songwriter: Brad Paisley

Recorded by: Brad Paisley

Track from: Time Well Wasted

Songwriters: Vicky McGehee, John Rich and Gretchen Wilson

Recorded by: Gretchen Wilson

Track from: All Jacked Up

Songwriters: Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna and Marcus Hummon

Recorded by: Rascal Flatts

Track from: Feels Like Today

Songwriters: Keb' Mo', Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Emily Robison

Recorded by: Dixie Chicks

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Songwriter: Odie Blackmon

Recorded by: Lee Ann Womack

Track from: There's More Where That Came From

Best Country Album

(Vocal or Instrumental)

Faith Hill

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Brad Paisley

Gretchen Wilson

Trisha Yearwood

Best Bluegrass Album

(Vocal or Instrumental)

Blue Highway

Cherryholmes

The Grascals

The Del McCoury Band

Rhonda Vincent and the Rage

Best Traditional Folk Album

(Vocal or Instrumental)

The Chieftains

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Tim O'Brien

Tom Paxton

Jo-el Sonnier

Best Contemporary Folk Album

(Vocal or Instrumental)

Ry Cooder

Rodney Crowell

Nickel Creek

John Prine

Bruce Springsteen