Album of the Year

• Toby Keith - Shock 'N Y'All
• Brad Paisley - Mud On The Tires Lyrics
• Brooks & Dunn - Red Dirt Road Lyrics
• George Straight - Honkeytonkville
• Martina McBride - Martina Lyrics

Best Bass

• Michael Rhodes
• Jimmy Lee Sloas
• Gary Lunn
• Mike Brignardello
• David Hungate

Best Drums

• Eddie Bayers
• Greg Morrow
• Paul Leim
• Shannon Forrest
• Steve Turner

Best Fiddle

• Aubrey Haynie
• Stuart Duncan
• Jonathan Yudkin
• Glenn Duncan
• Rob Hajacos

Best Steel Guitar

• Paul Franklin
• Dan Dugmore
• Scotty Sanders
• Sonny Garrish
• Bruce Bouton

Entertainer of the Year

• Toby Keith Lyrics
• Tim McGraw Lyrics
• Alan Jackson Lyrics
• Kenny Chesney Lyrics
• Brooks & Dunn Lyrics

Guitar

• Brent Rowan
• Jeff King
• Bryan Sutton
• Larry Beaird
• J.T. Carenflos

Humanitarian Award

• Martina McBride Lyrics
• Brad Paisley Lyrics
• Charlie Daniels Band Lyrics

Piano / Keyboards

• John Hobbs
• Tony Harrell
• Gordon Mote
• Steve Nathan
• Tim Akers

Producer of the Year

• Tony Brown
• Brent Rowan
• Keith Stegall
• Dann Huff
• James Stroud

Single of the Year

• Alan Jackson - It's Five O' Clock Somewhere Lyrics
• Alan Jackson - Remember When Lyrics
• Brooks & Dunn - Red Dirt Road Lyrics
• Randy Travis - Three Wooden Crosses Lyrics
• Toby Keith - American Soldier Lyrics

Song of the Year

• Douglas Johnson, Kim Williams, Randy Travis - Three Wooden Crosses
• Alan Jackson - Remember When Lyrics
• Jim Brown, Donald Rollins, Alan Jackson - It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
• Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn - Red Dirt Road
• Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher, Kenny Chesney - There Goes My Life

Specialty Instrument

• Kirk Jelly Roll Johnson
• Eric Darken
• Jim Hom
• Russ Pahl
• Terry McMillan

Top Female Vocalist

• Martina McBride Lyrics
• Terri Clark Lyrics
• Patty Loveless Lyrics
• Shania Twain Lyrics
• Sara Evans Lyrics

Top Male Vocalist

• Toby Keith Lyrics
• Keith Urban Lyrics
• Tim McGraw Lyrics
• Kenny Chesney Lyrics
• Alan Jackson Lyrics

Top New Artist

• Dierks Bentley Lyrics
• Buddy Jewell Lyrics
• Josh Turner Lyrics
• Jimmy Wayne Lyrics
• Pat Green Lyrics

Top Vocal Duo

• Brooks & Dunn Lyrics
• Warren Brothers Lyrics
• Montgomery Gentry Lyrics
• Blue County Lyrics
• Bellamy Brothers Lyrics

Top Vocal Group

• Rascal Flatts Lyrics
• Alabama Lyrics
• Lonestar Lyrics
• Trick Pony Lyrics
• Diamond Rio Lyrics

Video of the Year

• Mark Kalbfeld, Michael Salomon, Toby Keith, Willie Nelson - Beer for My Horses
• Aris McGarry, Mark Romanek, Johnny Cash - Hurt
• Lori Stonebraker, Trey Fanjoy, Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett - It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
• Mark Kalbfeld, Peter Tilden, Peter Zavadil, Brad Paisley - Celebrity
• Steve Lamar, George Flanigan, Robert Deaton, Martina McBride - Concrete Angel

Vocal Event of the Year

• Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett - It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
• James Taylor, Alison Krauss - How's the World Treating You
• Phil Vassar, Huey Lewis, Byron Gallimore - Working for a Living
• Tracy Byrd, Andy Griggs, Blake Shelton, Montgomery Gentry - The Truth About Men
• Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris - Young Man's Town