Přehled nominovaných na 39. ceny CMA Awards:
(ceny byly udíleny 15.11. 2005 v New Yorku)

Entertainer of the year:
Alan Jackson 
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban - WINNER
Toby Keith - TIP
Kenny Chesney

Zpěvačka roku:
Sara Evans
Alison Krauss
Martina McBride
Gretchen Wilson - TIP - WINNER
Lee Ann Womack

Zpěvák roku::
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson   
George Strait
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban - TIP - WINNER

Vokální duo:
Brooks & Dunn - TIP - WINNER
Montgomery Gentry
Big & Rich
Van Zant
The Warren Brothers

Skupina roku:
Diamond Rio 
Sugarland
Lonestar  
Alison Krauss + Union Statiton
Rascal Flatts - TIP - WINNER

Horizon Award : (nejlepší nový interpret roku)
 Dierks Bentley - WINNER
 Big & Rich
 Sugarland - TIP
 Julie Roberts
 Miranda Lambert

Album roku (producent(i)/interpret/nahrávací společnost):
“Live like you were dying" (Byron Gallimore/Darran Smith/Tim Mc Graw/Curb) - TIP
"Feels like today" (Mark Bright, Marty Wiliams/Rascal Flatts/Lyric Street) 
"Be Here" (Dann Huff/Keith Urban/Capitol)
"Somewhere down in Texas" (Tony Brown/George Strait/MCA Nashville)
"There´s more where that came from" (Greg Droman/Byron Galimore/Lee Ann Womack/MCA Nashville) - WINNER
 
Singl roku(interpret/nahrávací společnost):
"As good as I once was" - Toby Keith (DreamWorks) - TIP
"Bless the broken road" - Rascal Flatts (Lyric Street)
"Baby girl" - Sugarland (Mercury)
"Alcohol" - Brad Paisley (Arista) 
"I may hate myself in the morning" - Lee Ann Womack (MCA Nashville) - WINNER

Píseň roku (cena pro skladatele/interpreta(y)):
“Alcohol" - (Brad Paisley) - WINNER
"As good as I once was" - (Scotty Emerick/Toby Keith) 
"Redneck woman" - (John Rich/Gretchen Wilson)
"I hate myself in the morning" - (Odie Blackmon/Lee Ann Womack)
"Whiskey Lullaby" - (Bill Anderson/Jon Randall/Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss) - TIP - WINNER

Video roku (cena režisérovi/interpretovi):
"Alcohol" - Brad Paisley
Directed by: Jim Shea
"As good as I once was" - Toby Keith - TIP - WINNER
Directed by: Michael Salomon
"Days go by" - Keith Urban
Directed by: Wayne Isham
"I may hate myself in the morning" - Lee Ann Womack
Directed by: Trey Fanjoy
“When I think about cheatin´" - Gretchen Wilson
Directed by: Robert Deaton, George J. Flanigen IV

Vokální spolupráce roku(interpreti,nahrávací společnost):
George Strait a Lee Ann Womack – “Good news, bad news" - MCA Nashville - WINNER
Jimmy Buffett a Martina McBride – “Trip around the sun” - RCA Records
Shania Twain a Billy Currington – “Party for two” - Mercury Records - TIP
Brad Paisley a Sara Evans – “New again” - Wind UP Records
Willie Nelson a Lee Ann Womack – “I´ll never be free” - Lost Highway

TIP - tip na vítěze

Letošní již 39. ceny CMA byly ve znamení Keitha Urbana (celkem 2 výhry) a Lee Ann Womack (3 výhry). Co se týče našich tipů, z 11 kategorií jsme tipovali správně v 6-ti, takže nadpoloviční úspěšnost.