Who Won 39th Annual CMA Awards?
Nov 15, 2005
Keith Urban took the spotlight at the 39th Annual Country Music Association Awards, which were held in the Big Apple at Madison Square Garden on November 15, 2005. Urban took home the coveted Entertainer of the Year, as well as Male Vocalist of the Year. It was his second consecutive Male Vocalist Award. He thanked tour-mate Kenny Chesney for "teaching him so much about entertaining." Lee Ann Womack also had a big night, taking home awards for Single of the Year ("I May Hate Myself In the Morning"), Album of the Year ("There's More Where That Came From"), and Musical Event of the Year for her duet with George Strait ("Good News, Bad News"). This was the second time Womack won Single of the Year - she won in 2000 for "I Hope You Dance." Alabama, DeFord Bailey, and Glen Campbell were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
| Entertainer of the Year | |
| Keith Urban | |
| Other Nominees: Kenny Chesney; Alan Jackson; Toby Keith; Brad Paisley | |
| Album of the Year | |
| Lee Ann Womack (There's More Where That Came From) | |
| Other Nominees: Keith Urban (Be Here); Rascal Flatts (Feels Like Today); Tim McGraw (Live Like You Were Dying); George Strait (Somewhere Down In Texas) | |
| Female Vocalist of the Year | |
| Gretchen Wilson | |
| Other Nominees: Sara Evans; Alison Krauss; Martina McBride; Lee Ann Womack | |
| Male Vocalist of the Year | |
| Keith Urban | |
| Other Nominees: Kenny Chesney; Alan Jackson; Brad Paisley; George Strait | |
| Vocal Duo of the Year | |
| Brooks & Dunn | |
| Other Nominees: Big & Rich; Montgomery Gentry; Van Zant; Warren Brothers | |
| Vocal Group of the Year | |
| Rascal Flatts | |
| Other Nominees: Alison Krauss + Union Station; Diamond Rio; Lonestar; Sugarland | |
| Single of the Year | |
| Lee Ann Womack (I May Hate Myself In The Morning) | |
| Other Nominees: Brad Paisley (Alcohol); Toby Keith (As Good As I Once Was); Sugarland (Baby Girl); Rascal Flatts (Bless the Broken Road) | |
| Song of the Year | |
| Whiskey Lullaby | |
| Bill Anderson; Jon Randall | |
| Other Nominees: Alcohol; As Good As I Once Was; Bless the Broken Road; I May Hate Myself In the Morning; Redneck Woman | |
| New Artist of the Year | |
| Dierks Bentley | |
| Other Nominees: Big & Rich; Miranda Lambert; Julie Roberts; Sugarland | |
| Music Video of the Year | |
| Toby Keith (As Good As I Once Was) | |
| Michael Salomon (Director) | |
| Other Nominees: Brad Paisley (Alcohol); Keith Urban (Days Go By); Lee Ann Womack (I May Hate Myself In the Morning); Gretchen Wilson (When I Think About Cheatin) | |
| Musical Event of the Year | |
| George Strait (Good News Bad News) | |
| Musician of the Year | |
| Jerry Douglas | |
| Other Nominees: Paul Franklin; Dann Huff; Brent Mason; Randy Scruggs | |