Feb 262021
Entertainer of the Year
Female Artist of the Year
Male Artist of the Year
Duo of the Year
Group of the Year
- Lady A
- Little Big Town
- Old Dominion
- The Cadillac Three
- The Highwomen
New Female Artist of the Year
New Male Artist of the Year
Album of the Year
- Born Here Live Here Die Here – Luke Bryan
- Mixtape Vol. 1 – Kane Brown
- Never Will – Ashley McBryde
- Skeletons – Brothers Osborne
- Starting Over – Chris Stapleton
Single of the Year
- “Bluebird” by Miranda Lambert
- “I Hope” by Gabby Barrett
- “I Hope You’re Happy Now” by Carly Pearce and Lee Brice
- “More Hearts Than Mine” by Ingrid Andress
- “The Bones” by Maren Morris
Song of the Year
- “Bluebird” – Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby
- “One Night Standards” – Ashley McBryde, Nicolette Hayford, Shane McAnally
- “Some People Do” – Jesse Frasure, Matt Ramsey, Thomas Rhett, Shane McAnally
- “Starting Over” – Chris Stapleton, Mike Henderson
- “The Bones” – Jimmy Robbins, Maren Morris, Laura Veltz
Video of the Year
- “Better Than We Found It” – Maren Morris
- “Bluebird” – Miranda Lambert
- “Gone” – Dierks Bentley
- “Hallelujah” – Carrie Underwood and John Legend
- “Worldwide Beautiful” – Kane Brown
Songwriter of the Year
- Ashley Gorley
- Michael Hardy
- Hillary Lindsey
- Shane McAnally
- Josh Osborne
Music Event of the Year
- “Be A Light” by Thomas Rhett f/Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin, Keith Urban
- “Does To Me” by Luke Combs f/Eric Church
- “I Hope You’re Happy Now” by Carly Pearce and Lee Brice
- “Nobody But You” by Blake Shelton f/Gwen Stefani
- “One Beer” by Hardy f/Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson
- “One Too Many” by Keith Urban f/P!nk
Bass Player of the Year
- Jarrod Travis Cure
- Mark Hill
- Tony Lucido
- Steve Mackey
- Glenn Worf
Drummer of the Year
- Fred Eltringham
- Evan Hutchings
- Derek Mixon
- Jerry Roe
- Aaron Sterling
Guitar Player of the Year
- J.T. Corenflos
- Kris Donegan
- Jedd Hughes
- Ilya Toshinskiy
- Derek Wells
Piano/Keys Player of the Year
- Dave Cohen
- David Dorn
- Charlie Judge
- Mike Rojas
- Benmont Tench
Specialty Instrument Player of the Year
- Alicia Enstrom
- Jim Hoke
- Danny Rader
- Mickey Raphael
- Ilya Toshinskiy
- Kristin Wilkinson
Steel Guitar Player of the Year
- Spencer Cullum
- Dan Dugmore
- Mike Johnson
- Russ Pahl
- Justin Schipper
Audio Engineer of the Year
- Jeff Balding
- Jason Hall
- Gena Johnson
- Vance Powell
- F. Reid Shippen
Producer of the Year
- Buddy Cannon
- Dave Cobb
- Dann Huff
- Jay Joyce
- Joey Moi