Nominees for 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards

Wednesday, March 8, 2006 | 2:31 a.m.

List of nominees for the 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which were announced Wednesday.

Entertainer of the Year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban.

Top Male Vocalist: Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Keith Urban.

Top Female Vocalist: Sara Evans, Martina McBride, Carrie Underwood, Gretchen Wilson, Lee Ann Womack.

Top Vocal Group: Alabama, Little Big Town, Lonestar, Rascal Flatts, Sugarland.

Top Vocal Duo: Big & Rich, Brooks & Dunn, Montgomery Gentry, Van Zant, The Warren Brothers.

Top New Male Vocalist: Jason Aldean, Billy Currington, Craig Morgan.

Top New Female Vocalist: Miranda Lambert, Julie Roberts, Carrie Underwood.

Top New Duo or Group: Big & Rich, Little Big Town, Sugarland.

Album of the Year: "Feels Like Today," Rascal Flatts; "There's More Where That Came From," Lee Ann Womack; "Time Well Wasted," Brad Paisley; "Tough All Over," Gary Allan; "Twice the Speed of Life," Sugarland.

Single Record of the Year (awarded to artist, producer, record company): "Alcohol," Brad Paisley; "Baby Girl," Sugarland; "Believe," Brooks & Dunn; "Best I Ever Had," Gary Allan; "Jesus Take the Wheel," Carrie Underwood.

Song of the Year (awarded to composer, publisher, artist): "Baby Girl," Sugarland; "Believe," Brooks & Dunn; "Jesus Take the Wheel," Carrie Underwood; "Skin (Sarabeth)," Rascal Flatts; "When I Get Where I'm Going," Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton.

Video of the Year: "As Good I Once Was," Toby Keith; "Believe," Brooks & Dunn; "I May Hate Myself in the Morning," Lee Ann Womack; "Kerosene," Miranda Lambert; "When I Get Where I'm Going," Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton.

Vocal Event of the Year: "I Play Chicken With the Train," Cowboy Troy and Big & Rich; "Like We Never Loved at All," Faith Hill with Tim McGraw; "When I Get Where I'm Going," Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton; "Who Says You Can't Go Home," Jennifer Nettles and Bon Jovi.