Album of the Year

• Dixie Chicks - Fly Lyrics
• Tim McGraw - A Place In The Sun Lyrics
• Breathe - Faith Hill
• Cold Hard Truth - George Jones
• Ride with Bob - Clint Black

Best Bass

• Glenn Worf
• Dana Williams
• Larry Paxton
• Michael Rhodes

Best Drums

• Eddie Bayers
• Randy Hardison
• Paul Leim

Best Fiddle

• Brent Mason
• Pat Buchanan
• Brent Rowan
• James Lowery
• Al Bruno
• James Olander
• Vince Gill Lyrics

Best Piano / Keyboard

• Hargus Robbins
• John Hobbs
• Dan Truman
• Steve Nathan

Best Steel Guitar

• Jay Dee Maness
• Paul Franklin
• Sonny Garrish

Entertainer of the Year

• Shania Twain Lyrics
• Sawyer Brown Lyrics
• Faith Hill Lyrics
• Dixie Chicks Lyrics
• Tim McGraw Lyrics

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Faith Hill Lyrics
• Martina McBride Lyrics
• Jo Dee Messina Lyrics
• Chely Wright Lyrics
• Shania Twain Lyrics

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Tim McGraw Lyrics
• Collin Raye Lyrics
• George Strait Lyrics
• Alan Jackson Lyrics

New Duet or Group of the Year

• Montgomery Gentry Lyrics
• SheDaisy Lyrics
• Yankee Grey Lyrics

New Female Vocalist of the Year

• Jessica Andrews Lyrics
• Julie Reeves Lyrics
• Chalee Tennison Lyrics

New Male Vocalist of the Year

• Brad Paisley Lyrics
• Gary Allan Lyrics
• Chad Brock Lyrics

Single of the Year

• Lonestar - Amazed Lyrics
• Brad Paisley - He Didn't Have To Be Lyrics
• Dixie Chicks - Ready To Run Lyrics
• George Jones - Choices Lyrics
• George Strait - Write This Down Lyrics
• Tim McGraw - Please Remember Me Lyrics

Song of the Year

• Aimee Mayo, Marv Green, Chris Lindsey - Amazed
• Brad Paisley, Kelley Lovelace - He Didn't Have To Be
• Holly Lamar, Stephanie Bentley - Breathe
• Mike Curtis, Billy Yates - Choices
• Rodney Crowell, Will Jennings - Please Remember Me

Specialty Instrument

• Jerry Douglas
• Emily Robison
• Charles McCoy
• Gene Johnson
• Robert Langford

Video of the Year

• Faith Hill - Breathe Lyrics
• Brad Paisley - He Didn't Have To Be Lyrics
• Chely Wright - Single White Female Lyrics
• Dixie Chicks - Ready To Run Lyrics

Vocal Duet or Group of the Year

• Dixie Chicks Lyrics
• Lonestar Lyrics
• Sawyer Brown Lyrics
• Brooks & Dunn Lyrics
• Asleep At The Wheel Lyrics

Vocal Event of the Year

• Clint Black, Lisa Hartman Black - When I Said I Do
• Alabama with 'N Sync - God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You
• Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt - After the Gold Rush
• Hank Williams Jr. - A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K Version)
• Patty Loveless - My Kind of Woman
• Vince Gill - My Kind of Woman