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Best Female Country Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only)
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Best Male Country Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only)
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Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only)
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The Connection Emmylou Harris Track from: The Very Best Of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways [Warner Bros. Records/Rhino]
Mississippi Girl Faith Hill Track from: Fireflies [Warner Bros.]
All Jacked Up Gretchen Wilson Track from: All Jacked Up [Epic Records]
I May Hate Myself In The Morning Lee Ann Womack Track from: There's More Where That Came From [MCA Nashville]
Georgia Rain Trisha Yearwood Track from: Jasper County [MCA Nashville]
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Funny How Time Slips Away George Jones Track from: Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't [Bandit Records]
As Good As I Once Was Toby Keith Track from: Honkytonk University [DreamWorks Records Nashville]
Midnight Communion Delbert McClinton Track from: Cost Of Living [New West Records]
Good Ol' Boys Willie Nelson Track from: The Dukes Of Hazzard - Soundtrack (Various Artists) [Columbia Records]
Alcohol Brad Paisley [Arista Nashville]
You'll Think Of Me Keith Urban [Capitol Records Nashville]
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Comin' To Your City Big & Rich [Warner Bros.]
Play Something Country Brooks & Dunn Track from: Hillbilly Deluxe [Arista]
I Hope Dixie Chicks [Columbia]
Restless Alison Krauss And Union Station Track from: Lonely Runs Both Ways [Rounder]
Bless The Broken Road Rascal Flatts Track from: Feels Like Today [Lyric Street Records]
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Best Country Collaboration With Vocals (For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only)
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Best Country Instrumental Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only)
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Best Country Song (A Songwriter(s) Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only)
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Building Bridges Brooks & Dunn, Sheryl Crow & Vince Gill Track from: Hillbilly Deluxe [Arista Nashville]
Shelter From The Storm Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris Track from: The Outsider [Columbia Records]
Like We Never Loved At All Faith Hill & Tim McGraw Track from: Fireflies [Warner Bros.]
Dreams Come True Willie Nelson & Norah Jones Track from: It Always Will Be [Lost Highway]
Politically Uncorrect Gretchen Wilson & Merle Haggard Track from: All Jacked Up [Epic Records]
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I'll Fly Away Charlie Daniels Track from: Songs From The Longleaf Pines [Blue Hat Records / Koch Records Nashville]
Who's Your Uncle? Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush & Béla Fleck Track from: The Best Kept Secret [Koch Records]
Unionhouse Branch Alison Krauss And Union Station Track from: Lonely Runs Both Ways [Rounder]
Scotch & Chocolate Nickel Creek Track from: Why Should The Fire Die? [Sugar Hill Records]
Time Warp Brad Paisley Track from: Time Well Wasted [Arista Nashville]
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Alcohol Brad Paisley, songwriter (Brad Paisley) [Arista Nashville; Publishers: EMI April Music, Sea Gayle Music.]
All Jacked Up Vicky McGehee, John Rich & Gretchen Wilson, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson) Track from: All Jacked Up [Epic Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Hoosierman Music, WB Music, Rich Texan Music, EMI Blackwood, Oklahoma Girl Music.]
Bless The Broken Road Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts) Track from: Feels Like Today [Lyric Street Records; Publishers: Careers-BMG Music, Floyd's Dream Music, Jeff Diggs Music.]
I Hope Keb Mo, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines & Emily Robison, songwriters (Dixie Chicks) [Columbia; Publishers: Woolly Puddlin' Music, Scrapin' Toast Music, Keb Note Music.]
I May Hate Myself In The Morning Odie Blackmon, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack) Track from: There's More Where That Came From [MCA Nashville; Publisher: Cal IV Songs.]
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Best Country Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
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Best Bluegrass Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
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Fireflies Faith Hill [Warner Bros.]
Lonely Runs Both Ways Alison Krauss And Union Station [Rounder]
Time Well Wasted Brad Paisley [Arista Nashville]
All Jacked Up Gretchen Wilson [Epic Records]
Jasper County Trisha Yearwood [MCA Nashville]
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Marbletown Blue Highway [Rounder]
Cherryholmes Cherryholmes [Skaggs Family Records]
The Grascals The Grascals [Rounder]
The Company We Keep The Del McCoury Band [McCoury Music/Sugar Hill Records]
Ragin' Live Rhonda Vincent And The Rage [Rounder]
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Best Traditional Folk Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
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Best Contemporary Folk Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
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Best Native American Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
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Live From Dublin - A Tribute To Derek Bell The Chieftains [RCA Victor]
Come On Back Jimmie Dale Gilmore [Rounder]
Fiddler's Green Tim O'Brien [Sugar Hill Records]
Live In The UK Tom Paxton [Pax Records]
Cajun Mardi Gras! Jo-EL Sonnier [Green Hill Productions]
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Chávez Ravine Ry Cooder [Nonesuch/Perro Verde] The Outsider Rodney Crowell [Columbia Records]
Why Should The Fire Die? Nickel Creek [Sugar Hill Records]
Fair & Square John Prine [Oh Boy Records]
Devils & Dust Bruce Springsteen [Columbia]
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More Kids' Pow-Wow Songs Black Lodge [Canyon Records]
Intonation: Harmonized Songs From The Southern Plains Alex E. Smith & Cheevers Toppah [Canyon Records]
Sacred Ground - A Tribute To Mother Earth Various Artists Jim Wilson, producer [Silverwave Records/Katahdin Productions]
Our Love Will Never Die Randy Wood [Canyon Records]
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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)
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Bless The Broken Road Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon, songwriters (Rascal Flatts) Track from: Feels Like Today [Lyric Street Records; Publishers: Careers-BMG Music, Floyd's Dream Music, Jeff Diggs Music.]
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Best New Artist (For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist)
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Best Pop Instrumental Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only)
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Caravan Les Paul Track from: American Made, World Played [Capitol Records]
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Best Rock Instrumental Performance (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal. Singles or Tracks only)
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69 Freedom Special Les Paul & Friends Track from: American Made World Played [Capitol Records]
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Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks)
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Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks)
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Best Contemporary Blues Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
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Lifesong Casting Crowns [Beach Street/Reunion Records]
All I Really Want For Christmas Steven Curtis Chapman [Sparrow Records]
Redemption Songs Jars Of Clay [Essential Records]
Hymns Out Of Eden [Gotee Records]
Healing Rain Michael W. Smith [Reunion Records]
Live Wire Third Day [Essential Records]
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Live At Brooklyn Tabernacle The Crabb Family [Daywind Music Group]
Sing Their Family Gospel Favorites Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers [Dualtone Music Group]
Rock Of Ages...Hymns & Faith Amy Grant (Co-produced by Vince Gill) [Word Records]
Southern Meets Soul: An American Gospel Jubilee The Jordanaires, The Light Crust Doughboys, Nokie Edwards & Larry "T-Byrd" Gordon [Greenhaw Records]
Common Thread The Oak Ridge Boys [Spring Hill Music Group]
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Cost Of Living Delbert McClinton [New West Records]
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Best Musical Album For Children (For albums consisting of predominantly music or song vs. spoken word)
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Scat Like That: A Musical Word Odyssey Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer [Rounder Records Corp.]
Songs From The Neighborhood - The Music Of Mister Rogers Various Artists Dennis Scott, producer [Memory Lane Syndications, Inc.]
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Features Ricky Skaggs ("Let's Think of Something to Do While We're Waiting")
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Best Comedy Album (For comedy recordings, spoken or musical)
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The Right To Bare Arms Larry The Cable Guy [Warner Bros.]
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Best Recording Package
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O God, The Aftermath Ryan Clark, art director (Norma Jean) [Solid State Records]
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Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
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The Legend Ian Cuttler, art director (Johnny Cash) [Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings]
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Best Historical Album
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The Legend Gregg Geller, compilation producer; Vic Anesini, mastering engineer (Johnny Cash) [Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings]
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Production, Non-Classical Category
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Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical (An Engineer's Award. (Artists names appear in parenthesis))
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Deceiver Gary Paczosa & Chris Thile, engineers (Chris Thile) [Sugar Hill Records]
Lonely Runs Both Ways Gary Paczosa, engineer (Alison Krauss And Union Station) [Rounder Records]
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Best Short Form Music Video (For an individual track or single promotional clip. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer)
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God's Will Martina McBride Robert Deaton & George Flanigen IV, video directors; Mark Kalbfeld & Steve Lamar, video producers [RCA Nashville]
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Lifetime Achievement Award
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