2009 Country Music Assn. Awards nominees

Entertainer of the year
Male vocalist of the year
Musical event of the year: “Start a Band”
Album of the year: “Defying Gravity”  (Frederick Breedon / Getty Images)

Entertainer of the year
Male vocalist of the year
Musical event of the year: “Down the Road”  (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)

Female vocalist of the year
Musical event of the year: “I Told You So”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Entertainer of the year
Male vocalist of the year
Music video of the year: “Troubadour”  (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)

Female vocalist of the year  (Neilson Barnard / Getty Images)

Vocal duo of the year
Album of the year: “Love on the Inside”  (Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times)

New artist of the year
Vocal group of the year
Single of the year: “Chicken Fried”
Song of the year: “Chicken Fried”  (Rick Diamond / Getty Images)

Female vocalist of the year  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Male vocalist of the year
New artist of the year  (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)

Vocal duo of the year
Musical event of the year: “Cowgirls Don’t Cry”  (Rusty Russell / Getty Images)

Vocal group of the year
Single of the year: “I Run to You”  (Axel Koester / For The Times)

New artist of the year
Music video of the year: “Boots On”  (Christopher Berkey / For The Times)