Category 36

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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]
  
  
  

Category 37

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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]
  
  
  

Category 38

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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]
  
  
  

Category 39

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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]
  
  
  

Category 40

Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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 Feck
  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]
  
  
  

Category 41

Best Country Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• 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
  O. Blackmon, songwriter (Lee Ann Womack)
  Track from: There's More Where That Came From
  [MCA Nashville; Publisher: Cal IV Songs.]
  
  
  

Category 42

Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• 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]
  
  
  

Category 43

Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• 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]