Album of the Year

• Alan Jackson - Don't Rock The Jukebox Lyrics
• Garth Brooks - No Fences Lyrics
• Ricky Van Shelton - Backroads
• Travis Tritt - It's All About to Change

Best Bass

• Roy Huskey Jr.
• Willie Weeks
• Roger Wills
• Curtis Stone
• Michael Rhodes
• Glenn Worf
• Bill Bryson

Best Drums

• Eddie Bayers
• Archie Francis
• Steve Duncan

Best Fiddle

• Mark O'Connor
• Johnny Gimble
• Byron Berline

Best Piano / Keyboard

• Matt Rollings
• John Hobbs
• Anthony Johnson

Best Steel Guitar

• Paul Franklin
• Bruce Bouton
• Jay Dee Maness

Entertainer of the Year

• Garth Brooks Lyrics
• Reba McEntire Lyrics
• Randy Travis Lyrics
• Clint Black Lyrics
• Alan Jackson Lyrics

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Reba McEntire Lyrics
• Tanya Tucker Lyrics
• Mary Chapin Carpenter Lyrics
• Lorrie Morgan Lyrics
• Pam Tillis Lyrics

Guitar

• John Jorgenson
• Brent Mason
• Danny Groah
• Al Bruno

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Garth Brooks Lyrics
• Doug Stone Lyrics
• Alan Jackson Lyrics
• Clint Black Lyrics
• Vince Gills

New Female Vocalist of the Year

• Trisha Yearwood Lyrics
• Ronna Reeves Lyrics
• Paulette Carlson

New Male Vocalist of the Year

• Billy Dean Lyrics
• Mark Chesnutt Lyrics
• Joe Diffie Lyrics

New Vocal Duet or Group of the Year

• Brooks & Dunn Lyrics
• McBride & The Ride
• Diamond Rio Lyrics

Pioneer Award

• Willie Nelson Lyrics

Single Record of the Year

• Alan Jackson - Don't Rock The Jukebox Lyrics
• Clint Black - Where Are you Now? Lyrics
• Garth Brooks - Shameless Lyrics
• Travis Tritt - Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) Lyrics
• Trisha Yearwood - She's In Love With The Boy Lyrics

Song of the Year

• Billy Dean, Richard Leigh - Somewhere in My Broken Heart
• Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall - Don't Rock the Jukebox
• Brian Allsmiller, Vince Gill - Pocket Full of Gold
• Mary Chapin Carpenter - Down At The Twist And Shout Lyrics
• Travis Tritt - Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) Lyrics

Specialty Instrument

• Jerry Douglas
• Bela Fleck
• Terry McMillan

Video of the Year

• Reba McEntire - Is There Life Out There Lyrics
• Earl Thomas Conley & Keith Whitley - Brotherly Love
• Garth Brooks - The Thunder Rolls Lyrics
• K.T. Oslin - Mary & Willi
• Travis Tritt - Anymore Lyrics

Vocal Duet of the Year

• Brooks & Dunn Lyrics
• Dolly Parton & Ricky Van Shelton
• Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt
• Clint Black & Roy Rogers
• The Judds Lyrics

Vocal Group of the Year

• Diamond Rio Lyrics
• Shenandoah Lyrics
• Kentucky Headhunters Lyrics
• Highway 101 Lyrics
• Alabama Lyrics