The 2001 awards, the 35th annual show, was held on Wednesday November 7th and was hosted by Vince Gill.
The nominess and winners were as follows, for each category the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees;
| Entertainer of the Year |
| Tim McGraw |
| Brooks and Dunn |
| Dixie Chicks |
| Alan Jackson |
| George Strait |
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| Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Lee Ann Womack |
| Sara Evans |
| Faith Hill |
| Martina McBride |
| Trisha Yearwood |
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| Male Vocalist of the Year |
| Toby Keith |
| Alan Jackson |
| Tim McGraw |
| Brad Paisley |
| George Strait |
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| Horizon Award |
| Keith Urban |
| Jessica Andrews |
| Nickel Creek |
| Jamie O'Neal |
| Phil Vassar |
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| Single of the Year |
| I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow |
| The Soggy Bottm Boys |
| T Bone Burnet, Mercury Nashville/Lost Highway Records |
| Ain't Nothing 'Bout You |
| Brooks and Dunn |
| Kix Brooks;Ronnie Dunn;Mark Wright, Arista Nashville |
| Born To Fly |
| Sara Evans |
| Paul Worley;Sara Evans, RCA |
| I'M Already There |
| Lonestar |
| Dann Huff, BNA |
| One More Day |
| Diamond Rio |
| Michale D Clute;Diamond Rio, Arista Nashville |
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| Song of the Year |
| Murder On Music Row |
| Larry Cordle/Larry Shell |
| Born To Fly |
| Sara Evans/Marcus Hummon/Darryl Scott |
| How Do You Like Me Now?! |
| Chuck Cannon/Toby Keith |
| I’m Already There |
| Richie McDonald/Gary Baker/Frank Myers |
| One More Day |
| Steven Dale Jones/Bobby Tomberlin |
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| Album of the Year |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| Various |
| T Bone Burnett |
| Born To Fly |
| Sara Evans |
| Sara Evans/Paul Worley |
| Set This Circus Down |
| Tim McGraw |
| Byron Gallimore/James Stroud/Tim McGraw |
| Steers & Stripes |
| Brooks and Dunn |
| Kix Brooks/Ronnie Dunn/Mark Wright |
| When Somebody Loves You |
| Alan Jackson |
| Keith Stegall |
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| Vocal Group of the Year |
| Lonestar |
| Alabama |
| Diamond Rio |
| Dixie Chicks |
| Nickel Creek |
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| Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Brooks & Dunn |
| Bellamy Brothers |
| Montgomery Gentry |
| The Kinleys |
| The Warren Brothers |
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| Musician of the Year |
| Dann Huff |
| Stuart Duncan |
| Paul Franklin |
| John Hobbs |
| Brent Mason |
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| Vocal Event of the Year |
| Too Country |
| Brad Paisley with featured vocals by George Jones, Bill Anderson and Buck Owens |
| Arista Nashville |
| Alright, I’m Wrong |
| Dwight Yoakam (duet with Buck Owens) |
| Reprise |
| Didn’t Leave Nobody But The Baby |
| Emmylou Harris/Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch |
| Mercury Records |
| Hard To Be A Husband, Hard To Be A Wife |
| Brad Paisley and Chely Wright |
| RCA |
| I’ll Fly Away |
| Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch |
| Mercury Records |
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| Video of the Year |
| Born To Fly |
| Sara Evans |
| Peter Zavadil, director |
| Ashes By Now |
| Lee Ann Womack |
| Gregg Horne, director |
| I Would’ve Loved You Anyway |
| Trisha Yearwood |
| Chris Rogers, director |
| There Is No Arizona |
| Jamie O’Neal |
| Lawrence Carroll, director |
| www.memory |
| Alan Jackson |
| Morgan Lawley, director |
