Album of the Year
1. A Place In The Sun, Tim McGraw, Curb Records; Produced by Tim McGraw, Byron Gallimore and James Stroud
2. Always Never The Same, George Strait, MCA Nashville; Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait
3. The Key, Vince Gill, MCA Nashville; Produced by Tony Brown
4. Two Teardrops, Steve Wariner, Capitol Nashville; Produced by Steve Wariner
5. Where Your Road Leads, Trisha Yearwood, MCA Nashville; Produced by Tony Brown and Trisha Yearwood

Entertainer of the Year
1. Garth Brooks
2. Dixie Chicks
3. Tim McGraw
4. George Strait
5. Shania Twain

Female Vocalist of the Year
1. Faith Hill
2. Martina McBride
3. Jo Dee Messina
4. Shania Twain
5. Trisha Yearwood

Horizon Award
1. Kenny Chesney
2. Sara Evans
3. Jo Dee Messina
4. The Wilkinsons
5. Chely Wright

Male Vocalist of the Year
1. Vince Gill
2. Alan Jackson
3. Tim McGraw
4. George Strait
5. Steve Wariner

Music Video of the Year
1. "Don't Laugh At Me," Mark Wills; Directed by Jim Hershleder
2. "How Forever Feels," Kenny Chesney; Directed by Martin Kahan
3. "I'll Go On Loving You," Alan Jackson; Directed by Steven Goldmann
4. "Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me," Faith Hill (with Tim McGraw); Directed by Jim Shea
5. "Wide Open Spaces," Dixie Chicks; Directed by Thom Oliphant

Musician of the Year
1. Eddie Bayers
2. Paul Franklin
3. Dann Huff
4. Brent Mason
5. Randy Scruggs

Single of the Year
1. "Amazed," Lonestar, BNA Records; Produced by Dann Huff
2. "Choices," George Jones, Asylum Records; Produced by Keith Stegall
3. "Don't Laugh At Me," Mark Wills, Mercury Nashville; Produced by Carson Chamberlain
4. "Please Remember Me," Tim McGraw, Curb Records; Produced by James Stroud, Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw
5. "Wide Open Spaces," Dixie Chicks, Monument Records; Produced by Paul Worley and Blake Chancey

Song of the Year (Award to Songwriter)
1. "Don't Laugh At Me," Allen Shamblin/Steve Seskin; Built On Rock Music/David Aaron Music/Love This Town Music
2. "Husbands And Wives," Roger Miller; Sony/ATV Songs
3. "If You Ever Have Forever In Mind," Vince Gill/Troy Seals; Vinny Mae Music/Irving Music/Baby Dumplin Music
4. "Please Remember Me," Rodney Crowell/Will Jennings; Blue Sky Rider Songs/Sony ATV Tunes
5. "This Kiss," Annie Roboff/Robin Lerner/Beth Nielsen Chapman; Puckalesia Songs/Nomad-Noman Music/Warner-Tamerlane Pub./Almo Music/Anwa Music/BNC Songs

Vocal Duo of the Year
1. Brooks & Dunn
2. The Kinleys
3. The Lynns
4. Montgomery Gentry
5. The Warren Brothers

Vocal Event of the Year
1. Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare, Jerry Reed; Old Dogs, Atlantic Records
2. Sara Evans (With Guest Appearance By Vince Gill); "No Place That Far," RCA Records
3. Vince Gill with Patty Loveless; "My Kind Of Woman/My Kind Of Man," MCA Nashville
4. Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton; Trio II, Asylum Records
5. Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, Dwight Yoakam; "Same Old Train," Columbia Records

Vocal Group of the Year
1. Alabama
2. Diamond Rio
3. Dixie Chicks
4. Lonestar
5. The Wilkinsons

International Artist Achievement
Shania Twain

Hall of Fame Inductees
Johnny Bond, Dolly Parton, Conway Twitty