Who Won 40th Annual CMA Awards?
Nov 6, 2006
Brooks & Dunn, with their song "Believe", were the big winners at the 40th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville. The duo won Single of the Year, Song of the Year, Duo of the Year, and Music Video of the Year. Carrie Underwood was also a multiple winner, taking Female Vocalist of the Year and the Horizon Award.
| Entertainer of the Year | |
| Kenny Chesney | |
| Other Nominees: Brooks & Dunn; Brad Paisley; Rascal Flatts; Keith Urban | |
| Album of the Year | |
| Brad Paisley (Time Well Wasted) | |
| Other Nominees: Brooks & Dunn (Hillbilly Deluxe); Rascal Flatts (Me and My Gang); Alan Jackson (Precious Memories); Kenny Chesney (The Road and the Radio) | |
| Female Vocalist of the Year | |
| Carrie Underwood | |
| Other Nominees: Sara Evans; Faith Hill; Martina McBride; Gretchen Wilson | |
| Male Vocalist of the Year | |
| Keith Urban | |
| Other Nominees: Dierks Bentley; Kenny Chesney; Alan Jackson; Brad Paisley | |
| Vocal Duo of the Year | |
| Brooks & Dunn | |
| Other Nominees: Big & Rich; Montgomery Gentry; Van Zant; The Wreckers | |
| Vocal Group of the Year | |
| Rascal Flatts | |
| Other Nominees: Alison Krauss + Union Station; Little Big Town; Lonestar; Sugarland | |
| Single of the Year | |
| Brooks & Dunn (Believe) | |
| Other Nominees: Keith Urban (Better Life); Carrie Underwood (Jesus Take the Wheel); Kenny Chesney (Summertime); Brad Paisley (When I Get Where I'm Going) | |
| Song of the Year | |
| Believe | |
| Craig Wiseman; Ronnie Dunn | |
| Other Nominees: 8th of November; Jesus Take the Wheel; Tonight I Wanna Cry; When I Get Where I'm Going | |
| New Artist of the Year | |
| Carrie Underwood | |
| Other Nominees: Miranda Lambert; Little Big Town; Sugarland; Josh Turner | |
| Music Video of the Year | |
| Brooks & Dunn (Believe) | |
| Robert Deaton; Goerge J Flanigen IV (Directors) | |
| Other Nominees: Big & Rich (8th of November); Carrie Underwood (Jesus Take the Wheel); Miranda Lambert (Kerosene); Brad Paisley (When I Get Where I'm Going) | |
| Musical Event of the Year | |
| Brad Paisley (When I Get Where I'm Going) | |
| with Dolly Parton | |
| Other Nominees: Brooks & Dunn with Sheryl Crow & Vince Gill; Faith Hill & Tim McGraw; Gretchen Wilson with Merle Haggard; Bon Jovi with Jennifer Nettles | |
| Musician of the Year | |
| Randy Scruggs | |
| Other Nominees: Eddie Bayers; Jerry Douglas; Paul Franklin; Dann Huff; Brent Mason | |