HOSTS BROOKS & DUNN
CMA Award hosts Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn have won CMA Awards every year since Vince Gill began his unprecedented 12-year stint as host of the CMA Awards. In 1992, Brooks & Dunn were not only nominated for the Horizon Award and Album of the Year, they also won their first of 11 Duo of the Year Awards. Consistently recognized for Single, Song, Album and Video of the Year, Brooks & Dunn also won the prestigious CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1996. This year, they are nominated for Entertainer of the Year, Duo of the Year and Album of the Year. They could also win an additional award as co-producers of their nominated album.

SPECIAL GUEST SHANIA TWAIN
Shania Twain was named CMA Entertainer of the Year in 1999. Her most recent Diamond multi-platinum selling album is Up! Twain's additional best-selling albums include The Woman In Me and Come On Over.

PERFORMERS Brooks & Dunn Kenny Chesney Alan Jackson Toby Keith Tim McGraw Gretchen Wilson Sara Evans Rascal Flatts Alison Krauss & Brad Paisley Reba McEntire Keith Urban Shania Twain & Billy Currington George Strait Martina McBride Dierks Bentley Big & Rich Julie Roberts Josh Turner Clint Black Jimmy Buffett Terri Clark Faith Hill Patty Loveless Montgomery Gentry Willie Nelson

PRESENTERS Trace Adkins Gary Allan Lisa Hartman Black Clint Black Buddy Jewell Lonestar Reba McEntire Joe Nichols Jamie O’Neal Dolly Parton Emily Procter LeAnn Rimes SHeDAISY Blake Shelton Randy Travis Phil Vassar Darryl Worley