Country Music Grammy Nominations

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Kerosene
  Miranda Lambert
  Track from: Kerosene
  [Epic]
• I Still Miss Someone
  Martina McBride
  [RCA Nashville]
• Something’s Gotta Give
  LeAnn Rimes
  Track from: This Woman
  [Curb Records]
• Jesus, Take The Wheel
  Carrie Underwood
  Track from: Some Hearts
  [Arista/Arista Nashville/19]
• I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today
  Gretchen Wilson
  [Epic Nashville]

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Every Mile A Memory
  Dierks Bentley
  [Capitol Records Nashville]
• The Reason Why
  Vince Gill
  [MCA Nashville]
• The Seashores Of Old Mexico
  George Strait
  Track from: Somewhere Down In Texas
  [MCA Nashville]
• Would You Go With Me
  Josh Turner
  Track from: Your Man
  [MCA Nashville]
• Once In A Lifetime
  Keith Urban
  [Capitol Records Nashville]

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Not Ready To Make Nice
  Dixie Chicks
  Track from: Taking The Long Way
  [Open Wide/Columbia]
• Heaven’s My Home
  The Duhks
  Track from: Migrations
  [Sugar Hill Records]
• Boondocks
  Little Big Town
  Track from: The Road To Here
  [Equity Music Group]
• What Hurts The Most
  Rascal Flatts
  Track from: Me And My Gang
  [Lyric Street Records]
• Leave The Pieces
  The Wreckers
  Track from: Stand Still — Look Pretty
  [Maverick]

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Who Says You Can’t Go Home
  Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles
  Track from: Have A Nice Day
  [Island]
• Tomorrow Is Forever
  Solomon Burke & Dolly Parton
  Track from: Nashville
  [Shout! Factory]
• Calling Me
  Kenny Rogers & Don Henley
  Track from: Water & Bridges
  [Capitol Records Nashville]
• Midnight Angel
  Rhonda Vincent & Bobby Osborne
  Track from: All American Bluegrass Girl
  [Rounder]
• Love Will Always Win
  Trisha Yearwood & Garth Brooks
  Track from: Jasper County
  [MCA Nashville]

Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Jerusalem Ridge
  Casey Driessen
  Track from: 3D
  [Sugar Hill Records]
• Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag
  Tommy Emmanuel
  Track from: The Mystery
  [Favored Nations Acoustic]
• Whiskey Before Breakfast
  Bryan Sutton & Doc Watson
  Track from: Not Too Far From The Tree
  [Sugar Hill Records]
• The Eleventh Reel
  Chris Thile
  Track from: How To Grow A Woman From The Ground
  [Sugar Hill Records]
• Nature Of The Beast
  Jim VanCleve
  Track from: No Apologies
  [Rural Rhythm Records]

Best Country Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Every Mile A Memory
  Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard, songwriters (Dierks Bentley)
  [Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Dierks Bentley Publishing, Brett Beavers Publishing, Ensign Music, Rancho Papa Music.]
• I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today
  Matraca Berg & Jim Collins, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson)
  [Epic Nashville; Publishers: Songs of Universal, Hannaberg Music, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Make Shift Music.]
• Jesus, Take The Wheel
  Brett James, Hillary Lindsey & Gordie Sampson, songwriters (Carrie Underwood)
  Track from: Some Hearts
  [Arista/Arista Nashville/19; Publishers: Dimensional Music of 1091/Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing, Raylene Music/BPJ Administration, No Such Music, Passing Stranger Music/1609 Songs/Music of Windswept.]
• Like Red On A Rose
  Melanie Castleman & Robert Lee Castleman, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
  Track from: Like Red On A Rose
  [Arista Nashville/Sony BMG; Publishers: Farm Use Only Music, Cassamel Music.]
• What Hurts The Most
  Steve Robson & Jeffrey Steele, songwriters (Rascal Flatts)
  Track from: Me And My Gang
  [Lyric Street Records; Publishers: Gottahaveable Music, Songs of Windswept Pacific, Almo Music.]

Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

• Taking The Long Way
  Dixie Chicks
  [Open Wide/Columbia]
• Like Red On A Rose
  Alan Jackson
  [Arista Nashville/Sony BMG]
• The Road To Here
  Little Big Town
  [Equity Music Group]
• You Don’t Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker
  Willie Nelson
  [Lost Highway]
• Your Man
  Josh Turner
  [MCA Nashville]

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