Grammy nominations in country categories include:

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
“Cry,” Faith Hill
“Blessed,” Martina McBride
“Dagger Through the Heart,” Dolly Parton
“Lately,” Lucinda Williams
“Something Worth Leaving Behind,” Lee Ann Womack

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
“Give My Love to Rose,” Johnny Cash
“Three Days,” Pat Green
“Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),” Alan Jackson
“The Impossible,” Joe Nichols
“I'm Gonna Miss Her,” Brad Paisley

Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal
“Beautiful Mess,” Diamond Rio
“Long Time Gone,” Dixie Chicks
“Not a Day Goes By,” Lonestar
“Roll the Stone Away,” Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
“Just What I Do,” Trick Pony

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
"Squeeze Me" in Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood

“Flesh and Blood,” Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sheryl Crow and Emmylou Harris

“Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Johnny Cash and Fiona Apple

“Mendocino County Line,” Willie Nelson With Lee Ann Womack

“Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Glory, Glory),” Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Taj Mahal, Alison Krauss and Doc Watson

Best Country Instrumental Performance
“Bearing Straight,” Bering Strait
“Sally Goodin,” The Chieftains and Earl Scruggs
“Lil' Jack Slade,” Dixie Chicks
“Bear Mountain Hop,” Béla Fleck
“Smoothie Song,” Nickel Creek

Best Country Song
“The Impossible,” Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller, songwriters (Joe Nichols)

“Long Time Gone,” Darrell Scott, songwriter (Dixie Chicks)

“Mendocino County Line.” Matt Serletic and Bernie Taupin, songwriters (Willie Nelson With Lee Ann Womack)

“Three Days,” Radney Foster and Pat Green, songwriters (Pat Green)

“Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),” Alan Jackson, songwriter (Alan Jackson)

Best Country Album
Home, Dixie Chicks
Drive, Alan Jackson
The Great Divide, Willie Nelson
Man With a Memory, Joe Nichols
Halos & Horns, Dolly Parton

Best Bluegrass Album
Lost in the Lonesome Pines, Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
The Hard Game of Love, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Stanley Blues, Ralph Stanley II
Ralph Stanley, Ralph Stanley
Jelly on My Tofu, The Roland White Band

Best Traditional Folk Album
Fiddlers 4, Fiddlers 4 (Bruce Molsky, Michael Doucet, Darol Anger and Rushad Eggleston)
Postcards, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer
Blue Country Heart, Jorma Kaukonen
High Lonesome Cowboy, Peter Rowan and Don Edwards
Evangeline Made -- A Tribute to Cajun Music, Various Artists
Legacy, Doc Watson and David Holt

Contemporary Folk Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
American IV -- The Man Comes Around, Johnny Cash
Down the Old Plank Road, The Chieftains
Jerusalem, Steve Earle
1000 Kisses, Patty Griffin
This Side, Nickel Creek

2002 Singles of the Year

1 I Miss My Friend - Darryl Worley - Dreamworks Nashville

2 The One - Gary Allan - MCA Nashville
3 Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo - Tracy Byrd - RCA Nashville
4 Beautiful Mess - Diamond Rio - Arista Nashville
5 The Good Stuff - Kenny Chesney - BNA Records
6 Drive (For Daddy Gene) - Alan Jackson - Arista Nashville
7 Somebody Like You - Keith Urban - Capitol Nashville
8 Not A Day Goes By - Lonestar - BNA Records
9 The Impossible - Joe Nichols - Universal South
10 Where Would You Be - Martina McBride - RCA Nashville

11 I Should Be Sleeping - Emerson Drive - Dreamworks Nashville
12 Living And Living Well - George Strait - MCA Nashville
13 American Child - Phil Vassar - Arista Nashville
14 I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday) - Steve Azar - Universal South
15 I Keep Looking - Sara Evans - RCA Nashville
16 Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man - Andy Griggs - RCA Nashville
17 Work In Progress - Alan Jackson - Arista Nashville
18 I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song) - Brad Paisley - Arista Nashville
19 My List - Toby Keith - Dreamworks Nashville
20 What If She's An Angel - Tommy Shane Steiner - RCA Nashville

21 When You Lie Next To Me - Kellie Coffey - BNA Records
22 These Days - Rascal Flatts - Lyric Street
23 My Town - Montgomery Gentry - Sony Nashville
24 Young - Kenny Chesney - BNA Records
25 I Don't Want You To Go - Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Arista Nashville
26 Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue - Toby Keith - Dreamworks Nashville
27 I'm Movin' On - Rascal Flatts - Lyric Street
28 That's When I Love You - Phil Vassar - Arista Nashville
29 Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde - Travis Tritt - Sony Nashville
30 She Was - Mark Chesnutt - Sony Nashville

31 Long Time Gone - Dixie Chicks - Sony Nashville
32 Unbroken - Tim McGraw - Curb Records
33 I Breathe In, I Breathe Out - Chris Cagle - Capitol Nashville
34 Forgive - Rebecca Lynn Howard - MCA Nashville
35 Blessed - Martina McBride - RCA Nashville
36 Landslide - Dixie Chicks - Sony Nashville
37 My Heart Is Lost To You - Brooks & Dunn - Arista Nashville
38 She'll Leave You With A Smile - George Strait - MCA Nashville
39 Who's Your Daddy - Toby Keith - Dreamworks Nashville
40 Ol' Red - Blake Shelton - Warner Bros.

41 Just What I Do - Trick Pony - Warner Bros.
42 The Cowboy In Me - Tim McGraw - Curb Records
43 Before I Knew Better - Brad Martin - Sony Nashville
44 Strong Enough To Be Your Man - Travis Tritt - Sony Nashville
45 Red Rag Top - Tim McGraw - Curb Records
46 The Long Goodbye - Brooks & Dunn - Arista Nashville
47 Thicker Than Blood - Garth Brooks - Capitol Nashville
48 That's Just Jessie - Kevin Denney - Lyric Street
49 Fall Into Me - Emerson Drive - Dreamworks Nashville
50 I Cry - Tammy Cochran - Sony Nashville

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2002 Albums of the Year

1 Drive - Alan Jackson - Arista Nashville

2 No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems - Kenny Chesney - BNA Records
3 Home - Dixie Chicks - Sony Nashville
4 Greatest Hits - Martina McBride - RCA Nashville
5 The Road Less Traveled - George Strait - MCA Nashville
6 Emerson Drive - Emerson Drive - Dreamworks Nashville
7 Unleashed - Toby Keith - Dreamworks Nashville
8 Set This Circus Down - Tim McGraw - Curb Records
9 Steers & Stripes - Brooks & Dunn - Arista Nashville
10 I Miss My Friend - Darryl Worley - Dreamworks Nashville

11 Alright Guy - Gary Allan - MCA Nashville
12 Ten Rounds - Tracy Byrd - RCA Nashville
13 Completely - Diamond Rio - Arista Nashville
14 Golden Road - Keith Urban - Capitol Nashville
15 I'm Already There - Lonestar - BNA Records
16 Man With A Memory - Joe Nichols - Universal South
17 American Child - Phil Vassar - Arista Nashville
18 Waitin' On Joe - Steve Azar - Universal South
19 Born To Fly - Sara Evans - RCA Nashville
20 Freedom - Andy Griggs - RCA Nashville

21 Part II - Brad Paisley - Arista Nashville
22 Pull My Chain - Toby Keith - Dreamworks Nashville
23 Then Came The Night - Tommy Shane Steiner - RCA Nashville
24 When You Lie Next To Me - Kellie Coffey - BNA Nashville
25 Rascal Flatts - Rascal Flatts - Lyric Street

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2002 Artist of the Year

1 Toby Keith

2 Kenny Chesney
3 Alan Jackson
4 George Strait
5 Tim McGraw

6 Dixie Chicks
7 Phil Vassar
8 Martina McBride
9 Brad Paisley
10 Brooks & Dunn

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2002 Male Artist of the Year

1 Toby Keith

2 Kenny Chesney
3 Alan Jackson
4 George Strait
5 Tim McGraw

6 Phil Vassar
7 Brad Paisley
8 Gary Allan
9 Tracy Byrd
10 Darryl Worley

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2002 Female Artist of the Year

1 Martina McBride

2 Kellie Coffey
3 Carolyn Dawn Johnson
4 Sara Evans
5 Tammy Cochran

6 Jo Dee Messina
7 Rebecca Lynn Howard
8 Lee Ann Womack
9 Shania Twain
10 Faith Hill

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2002 Duo/Group of the Year

1 Dixie Chicks

2 Brooks & Dunn
3 Rascal Flatts
4 Emerson Drive
5 Lonestar

6 Diamond Rio
7 Montgomery Gentry
8 Trick Pony
9 Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood
10 Pinmonkey

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2002 Best New Artist

1 Emerson Drive

2 Kellie Coffey
3 Joe Nichols
4 Tommy Shane Steiner
5 Brad Martin

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2002 Songwriter of the Year

1 Craig Wiseman - 3 Co-Writing Credits

2 Troy Verges - 3 Co-Writing Credits
3 (Tie) Tony Martin - 3 Co-Writing Credits
3 (Tie) Tom Shapiro - 3 Co-Writing Credits
5 Jeffrey Steele - 3 Co-Writing Credits

6 Alan Jackson - 2 Solo Writing Credits
7 Toby Keith - 2 Solo Writing Credits
8 Phil Vassar - 2 Co-Writing Credits
9 Mark Nesler - 2 Co-Writing Credits
10 Bryan Wayne - 1 Solo Writing Credit

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2002 Country Music Labels Of The Year

1 Arista Nashville - 9 Charted Singles, 7 Charted Albums

2 Sony Nashville - 8 Charted Singles, 7 Charted Albums
3 RCA Nashville - 6 Charted Singles, 5 Charted Albums
4 Dreamworks Nashville - 6 Charted Singles, 4 Charted Albums
5 BNA Records - 4 Charted Singles, 3 Charted Albums

6 MCA Nashville - 4 Charted Singles, 3 Charted Albums
7 Capitol Nashville - 3 Charted Singles, 3 Charted Albums
8 Lyric Street - 3 Charted Singles, 3 Charted Albums
9 Curb Records - 3 Charted Singles, 2 Charted Albums
10 Universal South - 2 Charted Singles, 2 Charted Albums
11 Warner Brothers/WEA - 2 Charted Singles, 2 Charted Albums

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Past Winners

2001 Album - STEERS & STRIPES - Brooks & Dunn - Arista Nashville
2001 Single - I WOULD'VE LOVED YOU ANYWAY - Trisha Yearwood - MCA Nashville
2001 Artist - Toby Keith - Dreamworks Nashville
2001 Male Artist - Toby Keith - Dreamworks Nashville
2001 Female Artist - Jo Dee Messina - Dreamworks Nashville
2001 Duo/Group - Brooks & Dunn - Arista Nashville
2001 New Artist - Cyndi Thomson - Capitol Nashville
2001 Label - Arista Nashville
2001 Songwriter - Troy Verges

2000 Album - LONELY GRILL - Lonestar - BNA
2000 Single - I HOPE YOU DANCE - Lee Ann Womack w/ Sons Of The Desert - MCA Nashville
2000 New Artist - Phil Vassar - Arista Nashville
2000 Label - MCA Nashville
2000 Songwriter - Chris Lindsey

1999 Album - ALWAYS NEVER THE SAME - George Strait - MCA Nashville
1999 Single - AMAZED - Lonestar - BNA
1999 New Artist - SHeDAISY - Lyric Street
1999 Label - MCA Nashville
1999 Songwriter - Alan Jackson

1998 Album - SEVENS - Garth Brooks - Capitol Nashville
1998 Single - JUST TO SEE YOU SMILE - Tim McGraw - Curb
1998 New Artist - Dixie Chicks - Monument
1998 Label - MCA Nashville

1997 Album - CARRYING YOUR LOVE WITH ME - George Strait - MCA Nashville
1997 Single - CARRYING YOUR LOVE WITH ME - George Strait - MCA Nashville
1997 Label - MCA Nashville

1996 Album - BLUE CLEAR SKY - George Strait - MCA Nashville
1996 Single - BLUE CLEAR SKY - George Strait - MCA Nashville
1996 Label - Capitol Nashville

1995 Album - FRESH HORSES - Garth Brooks - Capitol Nashville
1995 Single - SHE'S EVERY WOMAN - Garth Brooks - Capitol Nashville
1995 Label - MCA Nashville