NOMINEES




BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP WITH VOCAL
RED DIRT ROAD Brooks & Dunn
I BELIEVE Diamond Rio
MY FRONT PORCH LOOKING IN Lonestar
COLORS The Oak Ridge Boys
A SIMPLE LIFE Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder


BEST COUNTRY SONG
BEER FOR MY HORSES Scotty Emerick & Toby Keith, songwriters (Willie Nelson & Toby Keith)
CELEBRITY Brad Paisley, songwriter (Brad Paisley)
FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain, songwriters (Shania Twain)
IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins, songwriters (Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett)
WAVE ON WAVE Pat Green, David Neuhauser & Justin Pollard, songwriters (Pat Green)

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
CRY Faith Hill
MY BABY DON'T TOLERATE Lyle Lovett
RUN THAT BY ME ONE MORE TIME Willie Nelson & Ray Price
LIVE AND KICKIN' Willie Nelson
UP! Shania Twain
LIVIN', LOVIN', LOSIN'--SONGS OF THE LOUVIN BROTHERS Various Artists

BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
LIVE Alison Krauss & Union Station
IT'S JUST THE NIGHT The Del McCoury Band
LIVE AT THE CHARLESTON MUSIC HALL Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
CHRISTMAS ON THE MOUNTAIN--A BLUEGRASS CHRISTMAS Various Artists
ONE STEP AHEAD Rhonda Vincent