Field 8 — Country
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Dead Flowers
Miranda Lambert
[Columbia Records]
* I Just Call You Mine
Martina McBride
Track from: Shine
[RCA Records]
* White Horse
Taylor Swift
Track from: Fearless
[Big Machine Records]
* Just A Dream
Carrie Underwood
Track from: Carnival Ride
[Arista Nashville]
* Solitary Thinkin’
Lee Ann Womack
Track from: Call Me Crazy
[MCA Nashville]
Best Male Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)
* All I Ask For Anymore
Trace Adkins
Track from: X (Ten)
[Capitol Records Nashville]
* People Are Crazy
Billy Currington
Track from: Little Bit Of Everything
[Mercury Records]
* High Cost Of Living
Jamey Johnson
Track from: That Lonesome Song
[Mercury Records]
* Living For The Night
George Strait
Track from: Twang
[MCA Nashville]
* Sweet Thing
Keith Urban
Track from: Defying Gravity
[Capitol Records Nashville]
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For established duos or groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Cowgirls Don’t Cry
Brooks & Dunn
Track from: Cowboy Town
[Arista Nashville]
* Chicken Fried
Zac Brown Band
Track from: The Foundation
[Home Grown/Big Picture/Atlantic]
* I Run To You
Lady Antebellum
Track from: Lady Antebellum
[Capitol Records Nashville]
* Here Comes Goodbye
Rascal Flatts
Track from: Unstoppable
[Lyric Street Records]
* It Happens
Sugarland
Track from: Love On The Inside
[Mercury Records]
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Beautiful World
Dierks Bentley & Patty Griffin
Track from: Feel That Fire
[Capitol Records Nashville]
* Down The Road
Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally
Track from: Lucky Old Sun
[BNA Records Label]
* Start A Band
Brad Paisley & Keith Urban
Track from: Play
[Arista Nashville]
* I Told You So
Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis
[19/Arista Nashville]
* Everything But Quits
Lee Ann Womack & George Strait
Track from: Call Me Crazy
[MCA Nashville]
Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Under The (Five) Wire
Alison Brown
Track from: The Company You Keep
[Compass Records]
* The Crystal Merchant
The Greencards
Track from: Fascination
[Sugar Hill Records]
* Mansinneedof
Sarah Jarosz
Track from: Song Up In Her Head
[Sugar Hill Records]
* Producer’s Medley
Steve Wariner
Track from: Steve Wariner c.g.p. My Tribute To Chet Atkins
[SelecTone Records]
Best Country Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)
* All I Ask For Anymore
Casey Beathard & Tim James, songwriters (Trace Adkins)
Track from: X (Ten)
[Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, T-Bird’s Music.]
* High Cost Of Living
Jamey Johnson & James Slater, songwriters (Jamey Johnson)
Track from: That Lonesome Song
[Mercury Records; Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music/Big Gassed Hitties, Hope-N-Cal Music/Pick Them Maters Music/Diversion Music.]
* I Run To You
Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
Track from: Lady Antebellum
[Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/DWHaywood Music/Radiobulletspublishing/Hillary Dawn Publishing/Shaw Enuff Songs/Sony/ATV Music Publishing/Tomdouglasmusic.]
* People Are Crazy
Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones, songwriters (Billy Currington)
Track from: Little Bit Of Everything
[Mercury Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Tiltawhirl Music/Crozier Music Enterprise.]
* White Horse
Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Track from: Fearless
[Big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music/Sony/ATV Timber Publishing, Hillsboro Valley Songs.]
Best Country Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
* The Foundation
Zac Brown Band
[Home Grown/Big Picture/Atlantic]
* Twang
George Strait
[MCA Nashville]
* Fearless
Taylor Swift
[Big Machine Records]
* Defying Gravity
Keith Urban
[Capitol Records Nashville]
* Call Me Crazy
Lee Ann Womack
[MCA Nashville]
Field 9 — New Age
Best New Age Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
* Faith
Jim Brickman
[Compass Productions]
* Prayer For Compassion
David Darling
[Wind Over The Earth]
* Laserium For The Soul
Henta
[henta.co.uk]
* In A Dream
Peter Kater, Dominic Miller, Kenny Loggins & Jaques Morelenbaum
[Point Of Light Records]
* Impressions Of The West Lake
Kitaro
[Domo Records]
Field 10 — Jazz
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
* Urbanus
Stefon Harris & Blackout
[Concord Jazz]
* Sounding Point
Julian Lage
[Emarcy/Decca]
* At World’s Edge
Philippe Saisse
[E1 Music]
* Big Neighborhood
Mike Stern
[Heads Up International]
* 75
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
[Heads Up International]
Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
* No Regrets
Randy Crawford (& Joe Sample)
[PRA Records]
* Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman
Kurt Elling
[Concord Jazz]
* So In Love
Roberta Gambarini
[Groovin’ High/Emarcy]
* Tide
Luciana Souza
[Verve]
* Desire
Tierney Sutton (Band)
[Telarc Jazz]
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter’s name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)
* Dancin’ 4 Chicken
Terence Blanchard, soloist
Track from: Watts (Jeff “Tain” Watts)
[Dark Key Music]
* All Of You
Gerald Clayton, soloist
Track from: Two-Shade
[ArtistShare]
* Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey
Roy Hargrove, soloist
Track from: Emergence
[Groovin’ High/Emarcy]
* On Green Dolphin Street
Martial Solal, soloist
Track from: Live At The Village Vanguard
[CamJazz]
* Villa Palmeras
Miguel Zenón, soloist
Track from: Esta Plena
[Marsalis Music]
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