Country Music Award nominees

A partial list of the nominees for the 39th annual Country Music Awards, set for May 26. A complete list of nominees is available at www.acm.com.

Entertainer of the Year: Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw.

Top Male Vocalist: Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban.

Top Female Vocalist: Terri Clark, Sara Evans, Patty Loveless, Martina McBride, Shania Twain.

Top New Artist: Dierks Bentley, Pat Green, Buddy Jewell, Josh Turner, Jimmy Wayne.

Top Vocal Group: Alabama, Diamond Rio, Lonestar, Rascal Flatts, Trick Pony.

Top Vocal Duo: Blue County, Brooks & Dunn, Montgomery Gentry, The Bellamy Brothers, The Warren Brothers.

Single Record of the Year: "American Soldier," Toby Keith, James Stroud/Toby Keith, DreamWorks Records; "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," Alan Jackson/Jimmy Buffett, Keith Stegall, Arista Nashville; "Red Dirt Road," Brooks & Dunn, Kix Brooks/Ronnie Dunn/Mark Wright, Arista Nashville; "Remember When," Alan Jackson, Keith Stegall, Arista Nashville; "Three Wooden Crosses," Randy Travis, Kyle Lehning, Word-Curb, Warner Bros. Records.

Song of the Year: "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," Jim Brown, Donald Rollins/R. Joseph Publishing BMI, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co. BMI/Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett; "Red Dirt Road," Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn/Buffalo Prairie Songs BMI, Showbilly Music BMI, Sony-ATV Tree Publishing BMI/ Brooks & Dunn; "Remember When," Alan Jackson/EMI April Music Inc. ASCAP, Tri-Angels Music ASCAP/ Alan Jackson; "There Goes My Life," Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co. BMI/Kenny Chesney; "Three Wooden Crosses," Douglas Johnson, Kim Williams/Mike Curb Music BMI, Sweet Radical Music BMI/Randy Travis.

Album of the Year: "Honkytonkville," George Strait, Tony Brown/George Strait/MCA Nashville; "Martina," Martina McBride, Paul Worley/Martina McBride/RCA Nashville; "Mud on the Tires," Frank Rogers/Brad Paisley/Arista Nashville; "Red Dirt Road," Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Mark Wright/Brooks & Dunn/Arista Nashville; "Shock 'N Y'all," James Stroud, Toby Keith/Toby Keith/DreamWorks.

Vocal Event of the Year: "How's the World Treating You," James Taylor, Alison Krauss/Carl Jackson/Universal South Records; "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett/Keith Stegall/Arista Nashville; "The Truth About Men," Tracy Byrd, Andy Griggs, Blake Shelton, Montgomery Gentry/Billy Joe Walker Jr., Tracy Byrd/RCA Nashville; "Working for a Living," Phil Vassar, Huey Lewis/Byron Gallimore, Phil Vassar/Arista Nashville; "Young Man's Town," Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris/ Vince Gill/MCA Nashville.

ACM/Launch Video of the Year: "Beer for My Horses," Mark Kalbfeld, Michael Salomon,Toby Keith, Willie Nelson; "Celebrity," Mark Kalbfeld, Peter Tilden, Peter Zavadil, Brad Paisley; "Concrete Angel," Steve Lamar, George Flanigen, Robert Deaton, George Flanigen, Robert Deaton, Martina McBride; "Hurt," Aris McGarry, Mark Romanek, Johnny Cash; "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," Lori Stonebraker, Trey Fanjoy, Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett.