Best Female Country Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance)

June Carter Cash

Track from: Wildwood Flower

Patty Loveless

Track from: On Your Way Home

Martina McBride

Track from: Martina

Dolly Parton

Track from: Halos & Horns

Shania Twain

Track from: Up!

Best Male Country Vocal Performance

(For a solo vocal performance)

Ray Benson

Track from: Beyond Time

Vince Gill

Track from: Next Big Thing

Lyle Lovett

Track from: My Baby Don't Tolerate

Tim McGraw

Track from: Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors

Joe Nichols

Track from: Man With a Memory

Randy Travis

Track from: Rise and Shine

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal

(For established duos or groups with vocals)

Brooks & Dunn

Track from: Red Dirt Road

Diamond Rio

Track from: Completely

Lonestar

Track from: Greatest Hits (From There to Here)

The Oak Ridge Boys

Track from: Colors

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)

June Carter Cash & Johnny Cash

Track from: Wildwood Flower

Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

Track from: Greatest Hits Volume II

Willie Nelson & Norah Jones

Track from: Live and Kickin'

Willie Nelson & Toby Keith

Track from: Live and Kickin'

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)

Ray Benson

Track from: Beyond Time

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Track from: Live

Brad Paisley Featuring Redd Volkaert

Track from: Mud on the Tires

Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs

Track from: The Three Pickers

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Track from: Live at the Charleston Music Hall

Best Country Song

(A Songwriter(s)Award)

Scotty Emerick & Toby Keith, songwriters

Willie Nelson & Toby Keith, artists

Track from: Live and Kickin'

Brad Paisley, songwriter

Brad Paisley, artist

Track from: Mud on the Tires

Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain, songwriters

Shania Twain, artist

Track from: Up!

Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins, songwriters

Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett, artists

Track from: Greatest Hits Volume II

Pat Green, David Neuhauser & Justin Pollard, songwriters

Pat Green, artist

Track from: Wave on Wave

Best Country Album

(Vocal or Instrumental)

Faith Hill

Lyle Lovett

Willie Nelson & Ray Price

Willie Nelson

Shania Twain

Various Artists

Best Bluegrass Album

(Vocal or Instrumental)

Alison Krauss & Union Station

The Del McCoury Band

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Various Artists

Rhonda Vincent

Best Traditional Folk Album

(Vocal or Instrumental)

June Carter Cash

Steve Forbert

Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys

Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs

Pete Seeger and Friends

Best Contemporary Folk Album

(Vocal or Instrumental)

Rosanne Cash

Emmylou Harris

Tom Paxton

Lucinda Williams

Warren Zevon