Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley George Strait Keith Urban Carrie Underwood Album of the Year((nominees announced in March 2009)) Top Male Vocalist Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Brad Paisley George Strait Keith Urban Top Female Vocalist Miranda Lambert Heidi Newfield Taylor Swift Carrie Underwood Lee Ann Womack Top Vocal Group Lady Antebellum Little Big Town Rascal Flatts Randy Rogers Band The Lost Trailers Top Vocal Duo Big & Rich Brooks & Dunn Joey & Rory Montgomery Gentry Sugarland Top New Male Vocalist Jamey Johnson James Otto Jake Owen Top New Female Vocalist Sarah Buxton Julianne Hough Ashton Shepherd Top New Vocal Duo or Group Eli Young Band The Lost Trailers Zac Brown Band Single Record of the Year "Gunpowder & Lead", Miranda Lambert "In Color", Jamey Johnson "Johnny and June", Heidi Newfield "Waitin' on a Woman", Brad Paisley "You're Gonna Miss This" Trace Adkins Song of the Year "I Saw God Today", George Strait "In Color", Jamey Johnson "Johnny and June" Heidi Newfield "Waitin' on a Woman" Brad Paisley "You're Gonna Miss This", Trace Adkins Video of the Year "Johnny and June", Heidi Newfield "Just a Dream", Carrie Underwood "Love Story", Taylor Swift "Troubadour", George Strait "Waitin' on a Woman", Brad Paisley Vocal Event of the Year "Another Try", Josh Turner Featuring Trisha Yearwood "Cowgirls Don't Cry" Brooks & Dunn Featuring Reba McEntire "Down the Road" Kenny Chesney With Mac McAnally "Life in a Northern Town", Sugarland Featuring Little Big Town and Jake Owen "Start a Band", Brad Paisley Duet With Keith Urban DON'T 4GET 2 WATCH!!haha!! SWEETPEA-HONEYBUN