| Record Of The Year (Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.) * Not Ready To Make Nice Dixie Chicks Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers Track from: Taking The Long Way [Open Wide/Columbia] Album Of The Year (Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer (s), if other than the artist.) * Taking The Long Way Dixie Chicks Rick Rubin, producer; Richard Dodd, Jim Scott & Chris Testa, engineers/mixers; Richard Dodd, mastering engineer [Open Wide/Columbia] Song Of The Year (A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.) * Jesus, Take The Wheel Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood) Track from: Some Hearts [Arista/Arista Nashville/19; Publishers: Dimensional Music of 1091/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Raylene Music/BPJ Administration, No Such Music, Passing Stranger Music/1609 Songs/Music of Windswept.] * Not Ready To Make Nice Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Dixie Chicks) Track from: Taking The Long Way [Open Wide/Columbia; Publishers: Scrapin' Toast Music, Woolly Puddin' Music, Chrysalis Music, Sugar Lake Music.] Best New Artist (For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.) * Carrie Underwood Best Pop Instrumental Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.) * Subterfuge Béla Fleck & The Flecktones Track from: The Hidden Land [Columbia/Legacy] Best Female Country Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.) * Kerosene Miranda Lambert Track from: Kerosene [Epic] * I Still Miss Someone Martina McBride [RCA Nashville] * Something's Gotta Give LeAnn Rimes Track from: This Woman [Curb Records] * Jesus, Take The Wheel Carrie Underwood Track from: Some Hearts [Arista/Arista Nashville/19] * I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today Gretchen Wilson [Epic Nashville] Best Male Country Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.) * Every Mile A Memory Dierks Bentley [Capitol Records Nashville] * The Reason Why Vince Gill [MCA Nashville] * The Seashores Of Old Mexico George Strait Track from: Somewhere Down In Texas [MCA Nashville] * Would You Go With Me Josh Turner Track from: Your Man [MCA Nashville] * Once In A Lifetime Keith Urban [Capitol Records Nashville] Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.) * Not Ready To Make Nice Dixie Chicks Track from: Taking The Long Way [Open Wide/Columbia] * Heaven's My Home The Duhks Track from: Migrations [Sugar Hill Records] * Boondocks Little Big Town Track from: The Road To Here [Equity Music Group] * What Hurts The Most Rascal Flatts Track from: Me And My Gang [Lyric Street Records] * Leave The Pieces The Wreckers Track from: Stand Still — Look Pretty [Maverick] Best Country Collaboration With Vocals (For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.) * Who Says You Can't Go Home Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles Track from: Have A Nice Day [Island] * Tomorrow Is Forever Solomon Burke & Dolly Parton Track from: Nashville [Shout! Factory] * Calling Me Kenny Rogers & Don Henley Track from: Water & Bridges [Capitol Records Nashville] * Midnight Angel Rhonda Vincent & Bobby Osborne Track from: All American Bluegrass Girl [Rounder] * Love Will Always Win Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks Track from: Jasper County [MCA Nashville] Best Country Instrumental Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.) * Jerusalem Ridge Casey Driessen Track from: 3D [Sugar Hill Records] * Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag Tommy Emmanuel Track from: The Mystery [Favored Nations Acoustic] * Whiskey Before Breakfast Bryan Sutton & Doc Watson Track from: Not Too Far From The Tree [Sugar Hill Records] * The Eleventh Reel Chris Thile Track from: How To Grow A Woman From The Ground [Sugar Hill Records] * Nature Of The Beast Jim VanCleve Track from: No Apologies [Rural Rhythm Records] Best Country Song (A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.) * Every Mile A Memory Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley) [Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Big White Tracks Music, Home with the Armadillo Music, Ensign Music, Rancho Papa Music.] * I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today Matraca Berg & Jim Collins, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson) [Epic Nashville; Publishers: Songs of Universal, Hannaberg Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Make Shift Music.] * Jesus, Take The Wheel Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood) Track from: Some Hearts [Arista/Arista Nashville/19; Publishers: Dimensional Music of 1091/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Raylene Music/BPJ Administration, No Such Music, Passing Stranger Music/1609 Songs/Music of Windswept.] * Like Red On A Rose Melanie Castleman & Robert Lee Castleman, songwriters (Alan Jackson) Track from: Like Red On A Rose [Arista Nashville/Sony BMG; Publishers: Farm Use Only Music, Cassamel Music.] * What Hurts The Most Steve Robson & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters (Rascal Flatts) Track from: Me And My Gang [Lyric Street Records; Publishers: Gottahaveable Music, Songs of Windswept Pacific, Almo Music.] Best Country Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) * Taking The Long Way Dixie Chicks [Open Wide/Columbia] * Like Red On A Rose Alan Jackson [Arista Nashville/Sony BMG] * The Road To Here Little Big Town [Equity Music Group] * You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker Willie Nelson [Lost Highway] * Your Man Josh Turner [MCA Nashville] Best Bluegrass Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) * Long List Of Heartaches The Grascals [Rounder] * Bluegrass Jim Lauderdale [Yep Roc] * Instrumentals Ricky Skaggs And Kentucky Thunder [Skaggs Family Records] * Live At The Ryman Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives [Superlatone Records/Universal South Records] * All American Bluegrass Girl Rhonda Vincent [Rounder] Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.) * Kenny Bishop Kenny Bishop [Daywind Records] * Give It Away Gaither Vocal Band [Gaither Music Group] * Precious Memories Alan Jackson [ACR Records/Arista Nashville] * The Promised Land The Del McCoury Band [McCoury Music] * Glory Train Randy Travis [Word Records/Curb/Warner Bros.] Best Traditional Folk Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) * I Stand Alone Ramblin' Jack Elliott [Anti] * Gonna Let It Shine Odetta [M.C. Records] * Adieu False Heart Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy [Vanguard Records] * We Shall Overcome — The Seeger Sessions Bruce Springsteen [Columbia] * A Distant Land To Roam Ralph Stanley [Columbia/DMZ] Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) * Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 Jackson Browne [Inside Recordings] * Black Cadillac Rosanne Cash [Capitol] * Workbench Songs Guy Clark [Dualtone Music Group] * Modern Times Bob Dylan [Columbia] * All The Roadrunning Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris [Warner Bros./Nonesuch] Best Native American Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) * Voice Of The Drum Black Eagle [Soar] * Heart Of The Wind Robert Tree Cody & Will Clipman [Canyon Records] * American Indian Story Jana [Soar] * Long Winter Nights Northern Cree & Friends [Canyon Records] * Dance With The Wind Mary Youngblood [Silver Wave Records] Best Hawaiian Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) * Generation Hawai'i Amy Hanaiali'i [Hanaiali'i Records] * Grandmaster Slack Key Guitar Ledward Ka'apana [Rhythm And Roots Records] * The Wild Hawaiian Henry Kapono [Eclectic Records] * Hawaiian Slack Key Kings Various Artists Chris Lau & Milton Lau, producers [Rhythm And Roots Records] * Legends Of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar — Live From Maui Various Artists Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku, Jr., Paul Konwiser & Wayne Wong, producers [Daniel Ho Creations] Best Polka Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) * Batteries Not Included Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones [Bel-Aire Records] * As Sweet As Candy Lenny Gomulka & Chicago Push [Push Records] * Party Dress LynnMarie & The Boxhounds [Squeeze Record] * Good Friends Good Music Walter Ostanek & Fred Ziwich [Ranch Recordings] * Polka In Paradise Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra [Rounder] Best Comedy Album (For comedy recordings, spoken or musical) * Blue Collar Comedy Tour — One For The Road Bill Engvall, Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy & Larry The Cable Guy [Warner Bros.] * You Can't Fix Stupid Ron White [Image Entertainment] Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.) * Walk The Line Joaquin Phoenix (& Various Artists) T Bone Burnett, producer [Wind-Up Records] Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.) * Travelin' Thru (From Transamerica) Dolly Parton, songwriter (Dolly Parton) [Nettwerk Records; Publisher: Velvet Apple Music.] Best Recording Package * Personal File Randall Martin, art director (Johnny Cash) [Columbia/Legacy Recordings] Best Album Notes * There Is A Season David Fricke, album notes writer (The Byrds) [Columbia/Legacy Recordings] Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (An Engineer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis.)) * Adieu False Heart Gary Paczosa, engineer (Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy) [Vanguard Records] * Like Red On A Rose Brandon Bell, Terry Christian & Gary Paczosa, engineers (Alan Jackson) [Arista Nashville] Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical (A Producer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis.)) * T Bone Burnett o Thunderbird (Cassandra Wilson) (A) o The True False Identity (T Bone Burnett) (A) o Walk The Line — Soundtrack (Joaquin Phoenix & Various Artists) (A) * Rick Rubin o American V: A Hundred Highways (Johnny Cash) (A) o God's Gonna Cut You Down (Johnny Cash) (T) o Stadium Arcadium (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (A) o Taking The Long Way (Dixie Chicks) (A) o 12 Songs (Neil Diamond) (A) Best Short Form Music Video (For an individual track or single promotional clip. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer.) * 8th Of November Big & Rich Robert Deaton, George Flanigen & Marc Oswald, video directors; Robert Deaton, George Flanigen, Steve Lamar & Marc Oswald, video producers [Warner Bros.] |
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