SONG OF THE YEAR
“Where've You Been” by Don Henry & Jon Vezner

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Jon Vezner

SONGWRITER/ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Vince Gill


ADULT CONTEMPORARY
“Crazy In Love”
Even Stevens, Randy McCormick 

“If I Knew Then What I Know Now”
Robert Byrne, Richard Butler 

“Too Cool To Fall In Love”
Jill Sobule, Vince Melamed, Nicky Holland 

“Where’ve You Been”
Jon Vezner, Don Henry


BLACK
“Dream Lover”
John Davis 

“When You Cry”
Leroy Hyter, Carvin Winans


COUNTRY
“A Few Good Things Remain”
Pat Alger, Jon Vezner

“A Few Ole Country Boys”
Troy Seals, Mentor Williams 

“A Ring Where A Ring Used To Be”
Kris Bergsnes, Gordon Eatherly, Robert Moulds

“Ain’t Nobody’s Business”
James Witherspoon 

“American Boy”
Eddie Rabbitt 

“Amy’s Eyes”
Terry M. Brown, Jaima Prater Hunt 

“Baby Walk On”
Matraca Berg, Ronnie Samoset 

“Back In My Younger Days”
Danny Flowers 

“Back Where I Come From”
Mac McAnally 

“Brother Jukebox”
Paul Craft 

“Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow”
Alan Jackson, Jim McBride

“Come Next Monday”
Charlie Black, Rory Bourke, K.T. Oslin

“The Dance”
Tony Arata 

“Friends In Low Places”
Dewayne Blackwell, Earl Bud Lee 

“Ghost In This House”
Hugh Prestwood 

“Here In The Real World”
Mark Irwin, Alan Jackson

“He Walked On Water”
Allen Shamblin 

“I Meant Every Word He Said”
Curly Putman, Bucky Jones, Joe Chambers 

“I Watched It All On My Radio”
Lionel Cartwright, Don Schlitz 

“I’d Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)”
Johnny MacRae, Steve Clark 

“Jukebox In My Mind”
Dave Gibson, Ronnie Rogers 

“Love Without End, Amen”
Aaron Barker 

“Never Knew Lonely”
Vince Gill 

“Rumor Has It”
Bruce Burch, Vern Dant, Larry Shell 

“Seein’ My Father In Me”
Paul Overstreet, Taylor Dunn 

“These Lips Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye”
Harlan Howard 

“This Ain’t My First Rodeo”
Vern Gosdin, Max D. Barnes, Hank Cochran 

“’Til A Tear Becomes A Rose”
Bill Rice, Sharon Rice 

“Too Cold At Home”
Bobby Harden 

“Unanswered Prayers”
Pat Alger, Larry Bastian, Garth Brooks 

“When I Call Your Name”
Vince Gill, Tim DuBois 

“Where’ve You Been”
Jon Vezner, Don Henry 

“You Lie”
Charlie Black, Austin Roberts, Bobby Fischer 

“You’ve Got To Stand For Something”
Aaron Tippin, Buddy Brock


GOSPEL
“Above And Beyond”
Bruce Carroll, Paul Smith 

“Forever Friends”
Claire D. Cloninger, Kathryn Holmes Frizzell 

“His Strength Is Perfect”
Steven Curtis Chapman, Jerry Salley 

“In Heaven’s Eyes”
Phill McHugh 

“More To This Life”
Steven Curtis Chapman, Philip L. Naish


ROCK/POP
“Child Of The Wild Blue Yonder”
John Hiatt 

“Hearts Are Gonna Roll”
Johnny VanZant, Robert Johnson 

“The Nature Of Love”
Jeff Silbar, Van Stephenson 

“One And Only Man”
Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi 

“Stranded”
Jamie Kyle, Jeffrey Harrington, Michael Lunn