CMA Award Nominations

Here is a list of finalists for the 1998 Country Music Association awards. Winners will be announced Sept. 23 during ceremonies to be broadcast on CBS.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR:

• Brooks & Dunn
• Garth Brooks
• Vince Gill
• Tim McGraw
• George Strait

• Faith Hill
• Patty Loveless
• Martina McBride
• Lee Ann Womack
• Trisha Yearwood

• Garth Brooks
• Vince Gill
• Tim McGraw
• Collin Raye
• George Strait

• A Broken Wing, Martina McBride
• Holes in the Floor of Heaven, Steve Wariner
• I Just Want to Dance With You, George Strait
• This Kiss, Faith Hill
• You Don't Seem to Miss Me, Patty Loveless (with George Jones)

• Come on Over, Shania Twain
• Everywhere, Tim McGraw
• Long Stretch of Lonesome, Patty Loveless
• One Step at a Time, George Strait
• Sevens, Garth Brooks

• Trace Adkins
• Dixie Chicks
• Jo Dee Messina
• Michael Peterson
• Lee Ann Womack

• Alabama
• Diamond Rio
• Dixie Chicks
• The Mavericks
• Sawyer Brown

• Bellamy Brothers
• Brooks & Dunn
• The Kinleys
• The Lynns
• Thrasher Shiver

• A Broken Wing, Martina McBride
• Bye, Jo Dee Messina
• Carrying Your Love With Me, George Strait
• Did I Shave My Legs for This? Deana Carter
• The Kiss, Faith Hill

• A Broken Wing by James House, Sam Hogin, Phil Barnhardt
• Holes in the Floor of Heaven by Billy Kirsch, Steve Wariner
• How Do I Live by Dianne Warren
• I Just Want to Dance With You by John Prine, Roger Cook
• It's Your Love by Stephony Smith

• Anita Cochran with Steve Wariner for What If I Said
• Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn for If You See Him/If You See Her
• Faith Hill with Tim McGraw for Just to Hear You Say You Love Me
• Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood for In Another's Eyes
• Patty Loveless with George Jones for You Don't Seem to Miss Me

• Eddie Bayers (drums)
• Paul Franklin (steel guitar)
• Brent Mason (guitar) Matt Rollings
• (keyboards)
• Brent Rowan (guitar)