Country Grammy Nominee Catagories

The Grammy's will be Feb. 8th, check your listings for show time. The following are the Country Nominees & Nominees that are country related in a non-country specific catagory. Those in the non-country field will be in italics under the catagory along with the nominated award.

Best Country Duo or Group with Vocal
Big & Rich – “Comin’ To Your City”
Brooks & Dunn – “Play Something Country”
Dixie Chicks – “I Hope”
Alison Krauss & Union Station – “Restless”
Rascal Flatts – “Bless The Broken Road”


Song of the Year
"Bless The Broken Road” – Rascal Flatts
“Devils & Dust” – Bruce Springsteen
“Ordinary People” – John Legend
“Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” – U2
“We Belong Together” – Mariah Carey


Best New Artist
Sugarland
Fall Out Boy
Keane
John Legend
Ciara


Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Emmylou Harris – “The Connection”
Faith Hill – “Mississippi Girl”
Gretchen Wilson – “All Jacked Up”
Lee Ann Womack – “I May Hate Myself In The Morning”
Trisha Yearwood – “Georgia Rain”


Best Male Country Vocal Performance
George Jones – “Funny How Times Slips Away”
Toby Keith – “As Good As I Once Was”
Willie Nelson – “Good Ol’ Boys”
Brad Paisley – “Alcohol”
Keith Urban – “You’ll think Of Me”


Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
“Building Bridges” – Brooks & Dunn, Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill
“Shelter From The Storm” – Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris
“Like We Never Loved At All” – Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
“Dreams Come True” – Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
“Politically Uncorrect” – Gretchen Wilson & Merle Haggard


Best Country Instrumental Performance
“I’ll Fly Away” – Charlie Daniels
“Who’s Your Uncle?” – Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush and Bela Feck
“Unionhouse Branch” – Alison Krauss & Union Station
“Scotch & Chocolate” – Nickel Creek
“Time Warp” – Brad Paisley


Best Country Song
“Alcohol” – Brad Paisley
“All Jacked Up” – Gretchen Wilson
“Bless The Broken Road” – Rascal Flatts
“I Hope” – Dixie Chicks
“I May Hate Myself In The Morning” – Lee Ann Womack


Best Country Album
Fireflies – Faith Hill
Lonely Runs Both Ways – Alison Krauss & Union Station
Time Well Wasted – Brad Paisley
All Jacked Up – Gretchen Wilson
Jasper County – Trisha Yearwood


Best Blugrass Album
Marbletown – Blue Highway
Cherryholmes – Cherryholmes
The Grascals – The Grascals
The Company We Keep – The Del McCoury Band
Ragin’ Live – Rhonda Vincent &The Rage


Best Contemporary Folk Album
Chavez Ravine– Ry Cooder
The Outsider – Rodney Crowell
Why Should The Fire Die? – Nickel Creek
Fair & Square – John Prine
Devils & Dust – Bruce Springsteen


Best Comedy Album
Right To Bare Arms – Larry The Cable Guy
Never Scared – Chris Rock
Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues – Lewis Black
Family Guy Live in Vegas – Various artists
The Agoraphobic Cowboy – Rick Moranis