2008 CMA WINNERS
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney (2007 winner)
Brad Paisley
George Strait
Sugarland
Keith Urban
FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Allison Krauss
Miranda Lambert
Martina McBride
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood(2007 winner)
MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Brad Paisley (2007 winner)
George Strait
Keith Urban
BEST NEW ARTIST (formerly the Horizon award)
Jason Aldean
Rodney Atkins
Lady Antebellum
James Otto
Kellie Pickler
VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
The Eagles
Emerson Drive
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
Rascal Flatts (2007 winner)
VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
Big & Rich
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
Sugarland (2007 winner)
The Wreckers
SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Don't Blink
Gunpowder & Lead
I Saw God Today
Stay
You're Gonna Miss This
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Carnival Ride - Carrie Underwood
Cowboy Town - Brooks & Dunn
Good Time - Alan Jackson
Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates - Kenny Chesney
Troubador - George Strait (2007 winner for "It Just Comes Natural")
SONG OF THE YEAR
Good Time
I Saw God Today
Letter To Me
Stay
You'e Gonna Miss This
MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Another Try - Josh Turner & Trisha Yearwood
Every Other Weekend - Reba McEntire & Kenny Chesney
Gone, Gone, Gone - Robert Plant & Allison Krauss
Life In A Northern Town - Sugarland with Little Big Town & Jake Owen
Shiftowrk - Kenny Chesney & George Strait
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Don't Blink
Good Time
Stay
Waitin' On A Woman
You're Gonna Miss This
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Jerry Douglas -- Dobro (2007 winner)
Paul Franklin -- Steel guitar
Dann Huff -- Guitar
Brent Mason -- Guitar
Mac McAnally -- Guitar
