CMA Awards nominee scorecard

PHOTOS: Red Carpet

Entertainer of the Year
Kenny Chesney (Winner)
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Sugarland
Keith Urban

Female Vocalist of the Year
Alison Krauss
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood (Winner)

Male Vocalist of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Brad Paisley (Winner)
George Strait
Keith Urban

New Artist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Rodney Atkins
Lady Antebellum (Winner)
James Otto
Kellie Pickler

Vocal Group of the Year
Eagles
Emerson Drive
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts (Winner)

Vocal Duo of the Year
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
Sugarland (Winner)
The Wreckers

Single of the Year
(Award goes to Artist and Producer)

"Don't Blink," Kenny Chesney
Produced by Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney
BNA Records

"Gunpowder & Lead," Miranda Lambert
Produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke
Columbia Records

"I Saw God Today," George Strait (Winner)
Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait
MCA Nashville

"Stay," Sugarland
Produced by Byron Gallimore, Kristian Bush and Jennifer Nettles
Mercury Nashville

"You're Gonna Miss This," Trace Adkins
Produced by Frank Rogers
Capitol Records Nashville

Album of the Year
(Award goes to Artist and Producer)

Carnival Ride, Carrie Underwood
Produced by Mark Bright
19 Records Limited/Arista Nashville

Cowboy Town, Brooks & Dunn
Produced by Kix Brooks, Tony Brown, Ronnie Dunn and Bob DiPiero
Arista Nashville

Good Time, Alan Jackson
Produced by Keith Stegall
Arista Nashville

Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates, Kenny Chesney
Produced by Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney
BNA Records

Troubadour, George Strait (Winner)
Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait
MCA Nashville

Song of the Year
(Award goes to Songwriter and Primary Publisher)

"Good Time," Alan Jackson
EMI-April Music/Tri-Angels Music

"I Saw God Today," Rodney Clawson/Monty Criswell/Wade Kirby
Big Red Toe/Extremely Loud Music/Steel Wheels Music/Blind Mule Music

"Letter To Me," Brad Paisley
EMI-April Music/Sea Gayle Music

"Stay," Jennifer Nettles (Winner)
Jennifer Nettles Publishing

"You're Gonna Miss This," Ashley Gorley/Lee Thomas Miller
EMI Blackwood Music/Songs of Combustion/Sea Gayle Music

Musical Event of the Year
Josh Turner featuring Trisha Yearwood, "Another Try"
Reba McEntire and Kenny Chesney, "Every Other Weekend"
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, "Gone Gone Gone" (Winner)
Sugarland featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen, "Life In A Northern Town"
Kenny Chesney (duet with George Strait), "Shiftwork"


Music Video of the Year
(Award goes to Artist and Director)

"Don't Blink," Kenny Chesney
Directed by Shaun Silva

"Good Time," Alan Jackson
Directed by Trey Fanjoy

"Stay," Sugarland, Directed by Shaun Silva

"Waitin' On A Woman," Brad Paisley featuring Andy Griffith (Winner)
Directed by Jim Shea & Peter Tilden

"You're Gonna Miss This," Trace Adkins
Directed by Peter Zavadil

Musician of the Year
Jerry Douglas – Dobro
Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar
Dann Huff – Guitar
Brent Mason – Guitar
Mac McAnally – Guitar (Winner)