In the following list the winner in each category is listed first followed by the other nominees.
| Entertainer |
| Brooks & Dunn |
| Garth Brooks |
| Alan Jackson |
| Toby Keith |
| Tim McGraw |
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| Top Female Vocalist |
| Martina McBride |
| Sara Evans |
| Faith Hill |
| Lee Ann Womack |
| Trisha Yearwood |
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| Top Male Vocalist |
| Alan Jackson |
| Kenny Chesney |
| Toby Keith |
| Tim McGraw |
| Travis Tritt |
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| Top Vocal Duo |
| Brooks & Dunn |
| Montgomery Gentry |
| The Bellamy Brothers |
| The Kinleys |
| The Warren Brothers |
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| Top Vocal Group |
| Lonestar |
| Diamond Rio |
| Dixie Chicks |
| Nickel Creek |
| Trick Pony |
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| Top New Female Vocalist |
| Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| Tammy Cochran |
| Cyndi Thomson |
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| Top New Male Vocalist |
| Phil Vassar |
| Chris Cagle |
| Blake Shelton |
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| Top New Vocal Duo/group |
| Trick Pony |
| Nickel Creek |
| Sons Of The Desert |
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| Album |
| Various: O Brother Where Art Thou? |
| Travis Tritt: Down the Road I Go |
| Toby Keith: Pull My Chain |
| Tim McGraw: Set This Circus Down |
| Brooks & Dunn: Steers & Stripes |
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| Single |
| Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) |
| Ain't Nothing 'Bout You |
| I Wanna Talk About Me |
| It's a Great Day To Be Alive |
| One More Day |
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| Song |
| Alan Jackson: Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) |
| Tammy Cochran: Angels In Waiting |
| Toby Keith: I Wanna Talk About Me |
| Diamond Rio: One More Day |
| Brooks & Dunn: Only in America |
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| Vocal Event |
| Soggy Bottom Boys: I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow |
| Garth Brooks/ George Jones: Beer Run |
| Jo Dee Messina/ Tim McGraw: Bring on the Rain |
| Patty Loveless/ Travis Tritt: Out of Control Raging Fire |
| Brad Paisley/ Buck Owens/ George Jones/ Bill Anderson: Too Country |
