Best Female Country Vocal Performance
- “Kerosene”
Miranda Lambert - “I Still Miss Someone”
Martina McBride - “Something’s Gotta Give”
LeAnn Rimes - “Jesus, Take the Wheel”
Carrie Underwood - “I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today”
Gretchen Wilson
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Dierks Bentley
Vince Gill
George Strait
Josh Turner
Keith Urban
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal
- “Not Ready to Make Nice”
Dixie Chicks - “Heaven’s My Home”
The Duhks - “Boondocks”
Little Big Town - “What Hurts the Most”
Rascal Flatts - “Leave the Pieces”
The Wreckers
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or tracks only.)
- “Who Says You Can’t Go Home”
Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles
Track from: Have a Nice Day (Bon Jovi) - “Tomorrow Is Forever”
Solomon Burke and Dolly Parton
Track from: Nashville (Solomon Burke) - “Calling Me”
Kenny Rogers and Don Henley
Track from: Water and Bridges (Kenny Rogers) - “Midnight Angel”
Rhonda Vincent and Bobby Osborne
Track from: All American Bluegrass Girl (Rhonda Vincent) - “Love Will Always Win”
Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks
Track from: Jasper County (Trisha Yearwood)
Best Country Instrumental Performance
- “Jerusalem Ridge”
Casey Driessen
Track from: 3D - “Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag”
Tommy Emmanuel
Track from: The Mystery - “Whiskey Before Breakfast”
Bryan Sutton and Doc Watson
Track from: Not Too Far From the Tree - “The Eleventh Reel”
Chris Thile
Track from: How to Grow a Woman From the Ground - “Nature of the Beast”
Jim VanCleve
Track from: No Apologies
Best Country Song
(Awarded to songwriters. Singles or tracks only.)
- “Every Mile a Memory”
Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley and Steve Bogard (songwriters)
Dierks Bentley (artist) - “I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today”
Matraca Berg and Jim Collins (songwriters)
Gretchen Wilson (artist) - “Jesus, Take the Wheel”
Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson (songwriters)
Carrie Underwood (artist) - “Like Red on a Rose”
Melanie Castleman and Robert Lee Castleman (songwriters)
Alan Jackson (artist) - “What Hurts the Most”
Steve Robson and Jeffrey Steele (songwriters)
Rascal Flatts (artist)
Best Country Album
- Taking the Long Way
Dixie Chicks - Like Red on a Rose
Alan Jackson - The Road to Here
Little Big Town - You Don’t Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
Willie Nelson - Your Man
Josh Turner
Best Bluegrass Album
- Long List of Heartaches
The Grascals - Bluegrass
Jim Lauderdale - Instrumentals
Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder - Live At the Ryman
Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives - All American Bluegrass Girl
Rhonda Vincent
Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
- Kenny Bishop
Kenny Bishop - Give It Away
Gaither Vocal Band - Precious Memories
Alan Jackson - The Promised Land
Del McCoury Band - Glory Train
Randy Travis
Best Traditional Folk Album
- I Stand Alone
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott - Gonna Let It Shine
Odetta - Adieu False Heart
Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy - We Shall Overcome — The Seeger Sessions
Bruce Springsteen - A Distant Land to Roam
Ralph Stanley
Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album
- Solo Acoustic Vol. 1
Jackson Browne - Black Cadillac
Rosanne Cash - Workbench Songs
Guy Clark - Modern Times
Bob Dylan - All the Roadrunning
Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris