2005 Country Music Association Awards

Music awards ceremony in New York February 2025 File:39th-cma-awards.jpg November 15, 2005 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. CBS Brooks & Dunn Lee Ann Womack (3) Brad PaisleyLee Ann Womack (7 each) 2004 CMA 2006 thumb|Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York The 39th Country Music Association Award took place on November 15, 2005 and was hosted by Brooks & Dunn. It was the first ceremony to be held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.https://www.acountry.com/2005-cma-awards-winners/ 2005 CMA Awards Winners 2005-11-16 ACountry en-US 2019-09-05 After 34 years, dating back to 1972, this was the final ceremony to air on CBS before the switch to ABC. Winners and nominees Bold denotes the winners2005-07-09 Final 2005 CMA Awards Nominees https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61535/final-2005-cma-awards-nominees 2019-09-01 Billboard Entertainer of the YearAlbum 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 StraitMale Vocalist of the YearFemale Vocalist of the Year Keith Urban Kenny Chesney Alan Jackson Brad Paisley George Strait Gretchen Wilson Sara Evans Alison Krauss Martina McBride Lee Ann WomackVocal Group of the YearVocal Duo of the Year Rascal Flatts Alison Krauss & Union Station Diamond Rio Lonestar Sugarland Brooks & Dunn Big & Rich Montgomery Gentry Van Zant The Warren BrothersSingle of the YearSong 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 RichHorizon AwardMusician 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/MandolinMusic Video of the YearMusical 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)Kenny Chesney"Living in Fast Forward"Big & Rich"Comin' to Your City"Sara Evans"Cheatin'"Brad Paisley"When I Get Where I'm Going"Rascal Flatts"Fast Cars and Freedom"Willie NelsonPaul SimonNorah JonesPresenting 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 BrooksLive in Time Square"Good Ride Cowboy"Martina McBride"Help Me Make It Through the Night"Alan Jackson"Wonderful Tonight"Sugarland"Something More"Bon JoviJennifer Nettles"Who Says You Can't Go Home"Tim McGrawFaith 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 PartonElton John"Turn the Lights Out When You Leave""Imagine" References Country Music Association CMA Country Music Association Awards Category:2000s in Manhattan Category:Country Music Association Awards Category:November 2005 in the United States Category:2005 awards in the United States Category:Organized events in New York City