# 2005 Country Music Association Awards

The 2005 Country Music Association Award, 39th Annual Ceremony, took place on November 15, 2005 and was the first ceremony to be held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, hosted by Brooks & Dunn. This was the final ceremony to air on CBS after 34 years dating back to 1972, before the ceremonies' switch to ABC.

## Winners and Nominees

Bold denotes the winners
| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
| Keith Urban Kenny Chesney Alan Jackson Toby Keith Brad Paisley | There's More Where That Came From — Lee Ann Womack Be Here — Keith Urban Feels Like Today — Rascal Flatts Live Like You Were Dying — Tim McGraw Somewhere Down In Texas — George Strait |
| Male Vocalist of the Year | Female Vocalist of the Year |
| Keith Urban Kenny Chesney Alan Jackson Brad Paisley George Strait | Gretchen Wilson Sara Evans Alison Krauss Martina McBride Lee Ann Womack |
| Vocal Group of the Year | Vocal Duo of the Year |
| Rascal Flatts Alison Krauss + Union Station (feat. Jerry Douglas) Diamond Rio Lonestar Sugarland | Brooks & Dunn Big & Rich Montgomery Gentry Van Zant The Warren Brothers |
| Single of the Year | Song of the Year |
| "I May Hate Myself In The Morning" — Lee Ann Womack "Alcohol" — Brad Paisley "As Good As I Once Was" — Toby Keith "Baby Girl" — Sugarland "Bless the Broken Road" — Rascal Flatts | "Whiskey Lullaby" — Bill Anderson and Jon Randall "Alcohol" — Brad Paisley "As Good As I Once Was" — Toby Keith and Scotty Emerick "Bless The Broken Road" — Marcus Hummon, Bobby Boyd and Jeff Hanna "I May Hate Myself In The Morning" — Odie Blackmon "Redneck Woman" — Gretchen Wilson and John Rich |
| Horizon Award | Musician of the Year |
| Dierks Bentley Big & Rich Miranda Lambert Julie Roberts Sugarland | Jerry Douglas, Dobro Paul Franklin, Steel guitar Dann Huff, Electric guitar Brent Mason, Guitar/Electric Guitar Randy Scruggs, Guitar/Mandolin |
| Music Video of the Year | Musical Event of the Year |
| "As Good As I Once Was" — Toby Keith "Alcohol" — Brad Paisley "Days Go By" — Keith Urban "I May Hate Myself In The Morning" — Lee Ann Womack "When I Think About Cheatin'" — Gretchen Wilson | "Good News, Bad News" — George Strait with Lee Ann Womack "I'll Never Be Free" — Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack "New Again" — Brad Paisley with Sara Evans "Party For Two" — Shania Twain with Billy Currington "Trip Around The Sun" — Jimmy Buffett with Martina McBride |

## Performances

| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Big and Rich | "Comin' To Your City" |
| Sara Evans | "Cheatin'" |
| Brad Paisley | "When I Get Where I'm Going" |
| Rascal Flatts | "Fast Cars and Freedom" |
| Willie Nelson Paul Simon Norah Jones | Presenting Song of the Year "Still Crazy After All These Years" "Crazy" |
| Lee Ann Womack | "Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago" |
| George Strait | "High Tone Woman" |
| Garth Brooks | Live in Time Square "Good Ride Cowboy" |
| Martina McBride | "Help Me Make It Through the Night" |
| Alan Jackson | "Wonderful Tonight" |
| Sugarland | "Something More" |
| Bon Jovi Jennifer Nettles | "Who Says You Can't Go Home" |
| Tim McGraw Faith Hill | "Like We Never Loved At All" |
| Miranda Lambert | "Kerosene" |
| Keith Urban | "Better Life" |
| Gretchen Wilson | "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" |
| Alison Krauss & Union Station | "My Poor Heart" |
| Dierks Bentley | "Come a Little Closer" |
| Julie Roberts | "First To Never Know" |
| Carrie Underwood | "Jesus, Take the Wheel" |
| Brooks & Dunn | "Believe" |
| Dolly Parton Elton John | "Turn the Lights Out When You Leave" "Imagine" |