# 2003 Country Music Association Awards

The 2003 Country Music Association Awards, 37th Ceremony, was held on November 5, 2003 at the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee, and hosted by CMA Award Winner, Vince Gill. Toby Keith lead the evening with 7 nominations, including Album of the Year, and Entertainer of the Year. Alan Jackson and Johnny Cash (posthumously) took home the most awards with 3 each.

## Winners and Nominees

| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Alan Jackson Brooks & Dunn Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Tim McGraw | American IV: The Man Comes Around — Johnny Cash† Home — Dixie Chicks Man With a Memory — Joe Nichols Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors — Tim McGraw Unleashed — Toby Keith |
| Male Vocalist of the Year | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Alan Jackson Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Tim McGraw Brad Paisley George Strait | Martina McBride Terri Clark Alison Krauss Patty Loveless Dolly Parton |
| Vocal Group of the Year | Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Rascal Flatts Alabama Diamond Rio Dixie Chicks Lonestar | Brooks & Dunn Bellamy Brothers Montgomery Gentry Sons of the Desert The Warren Brothers |
| Single of the Year | Song of the Year |
| "Hurt" — Johnny Cash† "Beer For My Horses" — Toby Keith and Willie Nelson "Celebrity" — Brad Paisley "Have You Forgotten?" — Darryl Worley "Three Wooden Crosses" — Randy Travis | "Three Wooden Crosses" — Doug Johnson and Kim Williams "Beer For My Horses" — Toby Keith and Scotty Emerick "Celebrity" — Brad Paisley "Have You Forgotten?" — Darryl Worley and Wynn Varble "Red Dirt Road" — Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn |
| Horizon Award | Musician of the Year |
| Joe Nichols Gary Allan Buddy Jewell Blake Shelton Darryl Worley | Randy Scruggs, Guitar Jerry Douglas, Dobro Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar Aubrie Haynie, Fiddle/Mandolin Brent Mason, Guitar |
| Music Video of the Year | Music Event of the Year |
| "Hurt" — Johnny Cash† "Beer For My Horses" — Toby Keith and Willie Nelson "Celebrity" — Brad Paisley "Concrete Angel" — Martina McBride "Red Dirt Road" — Brooks & Dunn | "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"— Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett "Beer For My Horses" — Toby Keith and Willie Nelson "Picture" — Kid Rock (feat. Sheryl Crow) "Tears in the Holston River" — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Johnny Cash† "The Truth About Men" — Tracy Byrd, Andy Griggs, Montgomery Gentry and Blake Shelton |

## Performances

* Martina McBride — "In My Daughters Eyes"
* Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson — Tribute to Johnny Cash: "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk The Line"
* Travis Tritt and Sheryl Crow — Tribute to Johnny Cash: "Jackson"
* Hank Williams Jr — Tribute to Johnny Cash: "Ring of Fire"
* Brooks & Dunn — "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out of the Girl"
* Rascal Flatts — "I Melt"
* Joe Nichols — "Brokenheartsville"
* Dolly Parton and Norah Jones — "The Grass Is Blue"
* Tim McGraw — "Red Ragtop"
* Kenny Chesney — "There Goes My Life"
* Toby Keith — "I Love This Bar"
* Terri Clark — "I Wanna Do It All"
* Patty Loveless — "Lovin' All Night"
* Buddy Jewell — "Help Pour out the Rain"
* Blake Shelton — "The Baby"
* Gary Allan — "Songs About Rain"
* Darryl Worley — "I Will Stand My Ground"
* George Strait — "Honk If You Honky Tonk"
* Shania Twain — "She's Not Just a Pretty Face"
* Alison Krauss — "Everytime You Say Goodbye"
* Brad Paisley — "Celebrity"
* Dierk Bentley — "What Was I Thinkin'"
* Vince Gill — "Young Man's Town"