40th Annual CMA Awards Winners List
Brooks & Dunn and Brad Paisley Lead Nominees with Six Nominations Each for "The 40th Annual CMA Awards," Country Music's Biggest Night
Winners names in bold.
Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, and Newcomer Carrie Underwood Receive Four Nominations; Rascal Flatts and Dolly Parton Score Three Nominations Each.
Entertainer of the Year
Female Vocalist of the Year
Male Vocalist of the Year
Horizon Award
Vocal Group of the Year
Vocal Duo of the Year
Single of the Year (Award goes to artist and producer)
Brooks & Dunn
Produced by Tony Brown/Kix Brooks/ Ronnie Dunn
Arista Nashville
Keith Urban
Produced by Dann Huff/Keith Urban
Capitol Records Nashville
Carrie Underwood
Produced by Mark Bright
Arista Nashville
Kenny Chesney
Produced by Buddy Cannon/Kenny Chesney
BNA Records
Brad Paisley (Featuring Dolly Parton)
Produced by Frank Rogers/Chris DuBois
Arista Nashville
Musician of the Year
Album of the Year (Award goes to artist and producer)
Brooks & Dunn
Produced by Ronnie Dunn/Kix Brooks/Mark Wright/Tom Shapiro/Tony
Brown/Bob DiPiero
Arista Nashville
Rascal Flatts
Produced by Dann Huff/Rascal Flatts
Lyric Street Records
Alan Jackson
Produced by Keith Stegall Arista
Nashville
Kenny Chesney
Produced by Buddy Cannon/Kenny Chesney
BNA Records
Brad Paisley
Produced by Chris DuBois/Frank Rogers
Arista Nashville
Music Video of the Year
Big & Rich
Directed by Robert Deaton/George J. Flanigen IV/Marc Oswald
Brooks & Dunn
Directed by Robert Deaton/George J. Flanigen IV
Carrie Underwood
Directed by Roman White
Miranda Lambert
Directed by Trey Fanjoy
Brad Paisley (Featuring Dolly Parton)
Directed by Jim Shea
Musical Event of the Year
(Guest vocals by Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill)
"Building Bridges"
Arista Nashville
"Like We Never Loved At All"
Warner Bros. Records
(Featuring Merle Haggard)
"Politically Uncorrect"
Epic Records
(Featuring Dolly Parton)
"When I Get Where I'm Going"
Arista Nashville
(Duet with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland)
"Who Says You Can't Go Home"
Island Records
Song of the Year
(Award goes to songwriter and primary publisher)
Big Kenny/John Rich
Big Love Music/WB Music/Rich Texas Music
Craig Wiseman/Ronnie Dunn
Sony/ATV Tree/Showbilly Music/Big Loud Shirt
Hillary Lindsey/Brett James/Gordie Sampson
Dimensional Music of 1091/Raylene Music/Songs of Combustion Music
Keith Urban/Monty Powell
Universal Music/Lanark Village Tunes/Guitar Monkey Music/Coburn Music
Rivers Rutherford/George Teren
Universal Music/Memphersfield Music/House of Full Circle Music