In the following list the winner in each category is listed first followed by the other nominees.
| Entertainer Of The Year |
| Dixie Chicks |
| Brooks & Dunn |
| Faith Hill |
| Toby Keith |
| George Strait |
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| Top Female Vocalist |
| Faith Hill |
| Sara Evans |
| Martina McBride |
| Joe Dee Messina |
| Lee Ann Womack |
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| Top Male Vocalist |
| Toby Keith |
| Kenny Chesney |
| Tim McGram |
| Brad Paisley |
| George Strait |
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| Top Vocal Duo |
| Brooks & Dunn |
| The Judds |
| The Kinleys |
| Montgomery Gentry |
| The Warren Brothers |
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| Vocal Group Of The Year |
| Dixie Chicks |
| Alabama |
| Diamond Rio |
| Lonestar |
| Sawyer Brown |
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| Top New Female Vocalist |
| Jamie O'Neil |
| Tammy Cochran |
| Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
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| Top New Male Vocalist |
| Keith Urban |
| Billy Gilman |
| Phil Vassar |
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| Top New Vocal Duo or Group |
| Rascal Flatts |
| Clarke Family Experience |
| Sons Of The Desert |
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| Video Of The Year |
| Dixie Chicks, Goodbye Earle |
| Keely Gould, Evan Bernard |
| Lee Ann Womack, I Hope You Dance |
| Alex Carone, Gerry Wenner |
| Faith Hill, The Way You Love Me |
| Mary Ann Tanedo, Joseph Kahn |
| Alabama, When It All Goes South |
| Chanda Zimmerman, Brent Hedgecock |
| Toby Keith, You Should'nt Kiss Me Like This |
| Mark Kalbfield, Michael Salomon |
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| Album of the Year |
| How Do You Like Me Now?!, Toby Keith |
| American III: Solitary Man, Johnny Cash |
| I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack w/Sons of the Desert |
| One Voice, Billy Gilman |
| Who Needs Pictures, Brad Paisley |
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| Single Record of the Year |
| "I Hope You Dance", Lee Ann Womack w/Sons of the Desert |
| "How Do You Like Me Now?!", Toby Keith |
| "Kiss This", Aaron Tippin |
| "The Little Girl", John Michael Montgomery |
| "There is No Arizona", Jamie O'Neal |
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| Song of the Year |
| "I Hope You Dance", Lee Ann Womack w/Sons of the Desert |
| "How Do You Like Me Now?!", Toby Keith |
| "The Little Girl", John Michael Montgomery. |
| "One Voice", Billy Gilman, Composers: David Malloy and Don Cook |
| "We Danced", Brad Paisley |
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| Vocal Event of the Year |
| "I Hope You Dance" |
| Lee Ann Womack w/Sons of the Desert |
| "Buy Me a Rose" |
| Kenny Rogers w/Alison Krauss, Bill Dean |
| "Let's Make Love" |
| Faith Hill w/Tim McGraw |
| "Murder on Music Row" |
| George Strait w/Alan Jackson |
| "That's the Beat of a Heart" |
| Warren Brothers featuring Sara Evans |
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| Bass Player Of The Year |
| Michael Rhodes |
| Dana Williams |
| Glenn Worf |
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| Fiddle Player OF The Year |
| Mark O'Connor |
| Sturat Duncan |
| Aubrey Haynie |
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| Drum Player Of The Year |
| Eddie Bayers |
| Steve Duncan |
| Brian Prout |
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| Steel Guitar Player Of The Year |
| Paul Franklin |
| Bill Johnson |
| Jay Dee Maness |
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| Guitar Player Of The Year |
| Brent Mason |
| Dan Huff |
| Jimmy Olander |
| Brent Rowan |
| Mark Sissel |
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| Keyboard Player Of The Year |
| John Hobbs |
| Gary Primm |
| Dan Truman |
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| Speciality Instrument Player Of The Year |
| Jerry Douglas (Dobro) |
| Jimmy Henley (Banjo) |
| Gene Johnson (Mandolin) |
| Jelly Roll Johnson (Harmonica) |
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| Radio Station of the Year |
| WIVK, Knoxville, Tenn. |
| KASE, Austin, Texas |
| KNIX, Phoenix, Ariz. |
| WFMS, Indianapolis, Ind. |
| 99.5 KPLX The Wolf, Dallas, Texas |
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| Club of the Year |
| Billy Bob's, Fort Worth, Texas |
| Coyotes, Louisville, Ky. |
| Crazy Horse, Irvine, Calif. |
| Crystal Palace, Bakersfield, Calif. |
| Montana's, San Dimas, Calif. |
