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LIVE! at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Tuesday May 17, 2005 at 4:45PM.
Tim McGraw lead with 6 Nominations. Kenny Chesney, Alison Krauss and Gretchen Wilson each receive 5 Nominations. Toby Keith, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban receive 4 Nominations each. Big & Rich, Rascal Flatts and Lee Ann Womack receive 3 Nominations. Krauss is nominated for five awards this year, four for her duet with Brad Paisley and one with Union Station for Top Vocal Group. Both Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney are up for Entertainer of the Year. If either wins, they will then be honored with the Merle Haggard Award, which recognizes the academy's triple-crown winners of Entertainer of the Year or Top Male. The ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS will be broadcast LIVE on CBS Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 at 8:00PM ET/PT. Presenters and performers who will appear on the special has not been announced.
Final Nominees
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Brooks & Dunn
Kenny Chesney
Toby Keith
Tim McGraw
Keith Urban
TOP VOCAL GROUP
Alison Krauss & Uniion Station
Diamond Rio
Lonestar
Rascal Flatts
The Notorious Cherry Bombs
TOP NEW ARTIST
Big & Rich
Josh Gracin
Julie Roberts
Josh Turner
Gretchen Wilson
TOP VOCAL DUO
Big & Rich
Blue County
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
The Warren Brothers
TOP FEMALE VOCALIST
Terri Clark
Sara Evans
Martina McBride
Gretchen Wilson
Lee Ann Womack
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