In the following list the winner in each category is listed first followed by the other nominees.
| Entertainer Of The Year |
| Kenny Chesney |
| Brooks & Dunn |
| Toby Keith |
| Tim McGraw |
| Keith Urban |
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| Top Vocal Group |
| Rascal Flatts |
| Alison Krauss & Union Station |
| Diamond Rio |
| Lonestar |
| The Notorious Cherry Bombs |
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| Top New Artist |
| Gretchen Wilson |
| Big & Rich |
| Josh Gracin |
| Julie Roberts |
| Josh Turner |
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| Top Vocal Duo |
| Brooks & Dunn |
| Big & Rich |
| Blue County |
| Montgomery Gentry |
| The Warren Brothers |
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| Top Female Vocalist |
| Gretchen Wilson |
| Terri Clark |
| Sara Evans |
| Martina McBride |
| Lee Ann Womack |
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| Top Male Vocalist |
| Keith Urban |
| Kenny Chesney |
| Alan Jackson |
| Toby Keith |
| Tim McGraw |
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| Video Of The Year |
| Whiskey Lullaby |
| Producer: Don Lepore |
| Director: Rick Schroder |
| Artist: Brad Paisley (Featuring Alison Krauss) |
| Girls Lie Too |
| Producer: Robin Rucker |
| Director: Shaun Silva |
| Artist: Terri Clark |
| Live LikeYou Were Dying |
| Producer: Sherman Halsey |
| Director: Sherman Halsey |
| Artist: Tim McGraw |
| Redneck Woman |
| Producer: Anastasia Spencer |
| Director: David Hogan |
| Artist: Gretchen Wilson |
| Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) |
| Producer: Robert Deaton, George Flanigen, Marc Oswald, Steve Lamar |
| Director: David Hogan |
| Artist: Big & Rich |
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| Vocal Event Of The Year |
| Whiskey Lullaby |
| Brad Paisley (Featuring Alison Krauss) |
| Produced by: Frank Rogers |
| ARISTA Nashville |
| Creepin’ In |
| Norah Jones and Dolly Parton |
| Produced by: Arif Mardin and Norah Jones |
| Blue Note/ Capitol Records Nashville |
| Hey Good Lookin' |
| Jimmy Bufett with Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait |
| Produced by: Michael Utley & Mac McAnally |
| The RCA Records Label Nashville |
| Party for Two |
| Shania Twain with Billy Currington |
| Produced by: Robert “Mutt” Lange |
| Mercury Records |
| When the Sun Goes Down |
| Kenny Chesney (Duet with Uncle Kracker) |
| Produced by: Buddy Cannon & Kenny Chesney |
| BNA Records |
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| Song Of The Year |
| Live Like You Were Dying |
| Writers: Craig Wiseman & Tim Nichols |
| Big Loud Shirt (ASCAP) ICG/Warner (BMI) |
| Tim McGraw |
| American Soldier |
| Writers: Toby Keith & Chuck Cannon |
| Tokeco Tunes (BMI); Wacissa River Music, INC. (BMI) |
| (Administered by BPJ Administration) |
| Toby Keith |
| Bless the Broken Road |
| Writers: Marcus Hummon, Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna |
| Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc. (BMI) / Floyd's Dream Music (BMI) |
| All Rights for the U.S. on behalf of Floyd's Dream Music |
| Admin. by Careers BMG Music Publishing, Jeff Diggs Music (BMI) Jeff Diggs Music |
| Admin. by BUG Music |
| Rascal Flatts |
| I May Hate Myself in the Morning |
| Writer: Odie Blackmon |
| Cal IV Songs, Admin by Cal IV Entertainment, LLC (ASCAP) |
| Lee Ann Womack |
| Whiskey Lullaby |
| Writers: Bill Anderson & Jon Randall |
| SONY/ATV Tree Publishing Co/Mr. Bubba Music, Inc. |
| Admin by SONY ATV Music Pub (BMI)/ Reynsong Pub Corp. |
| Admin by Wrensong Wha Ya Say Music Admin by Wrensong (BMI) |
| Brad Paisley (Featuring Alison Krauss) |
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| Single Record Of The Year |
| Live Like You Were Dying |
| Tim McGraw |
| Producers: Tim McGraw, Byron Gallimore, Darran Smith |
| CURB Records |
| Bless the Broken Road |
| Rascal Flatts |
| Producers: Mark Bright, Marty Williams, Rascal Flatts |
| Lyric Street Records |
| Days Go By |
| Keith Urban |
| Producers: Dann Huff & Keith Urban |
| Capitol Records Nashville |
| I May Hate Myself in the Morning |
| Lee Ann Womack |
| Producer: Byron Gallimore |
| MCA Nashville |
| Redneck Woman |
| Gretchen Wilson |
| Producers: Mark Wright & Joe Scaife |
| Associate Producer: John Rich |
| EPIC |
| Whiskey Lullaby |
| Brad Paisley (Featuring Alison Krauss) |
| Producer: Frank Rogers |
| ARISTA Nashville |
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| Album Of The Year |
| Be Here |
| Keith Urban |
| Producers: Dan Huff & Keith Urban |
| Capitol Records Nashville |
| Here for the Party |
| Gretchen Wilson |
| Producers: Mark Wright & Joe Scaife |
| Associate Producer: John Rich |
| EPIC |
| Live Like You Were Dying |
| Tim McGraw |
| Producers: Tim McGraw, Byron Galimore, Darran Smith |
| Curb Records |
| Restless |
| Sara Evans |
| Producers: Sara Evans & Paul Worley |
| The RCA Records Label |
| When the Sun Goes Down |
| Kenny Chesney |
| Producers: Buddy Canon& Kenny Chesney |
| BNA Records |
