41st Academy of Country Music Awards

41st Academy of Country Music Awards
Date	May 23, 2006
Location	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Hosted by	Reba McEntire
Most awards	Brad Paisley (3)
Most nominations	Brad Paisley (5)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 41st Academy of Country Music Awards were held on May 23, 2006 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada. The ceremony was hosted by ACM Award Winner, Reba McEntire.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Kenny Chesney Brooks & Dunn Toby Keith Rascal Flatts Keith Urban	Time Well Wasted — Brad Paisley Feels Like Today — Rascal Flatts There’s More Where That Came From — Lee Ann Womack Tough All Over — Gary Allan Twice the Speed of Life — Sugarland
Top Female Vocalist of the Year	Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Sara Evans Martina McBride Carrie Underwood Gretchen Wilson Lee Ann Womack	Keith Urban Dierks Bentley Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley George Strait
Top Vocal Group of the Year	Top Vocal Duo of the Year
Rascal Flatts Alabama Little Big Town Lonestar Sugarland	Brooks & Dunn Big & Rich Montgomery Gentry Van Zant The Warren Brothers
Single Record of the Year	Song of the Year
“Jesus, Take the Wheel” — Carrie Underwood “Alcohol” — Brad Paisley “Baby Girl” — Sugarland “Believe” — Brooks & Dunn “Best I Ever Had” — Gary Allan	“Believe” — Ronnie Dunn and Craig Wiseman “Baby Girl” — Kristian Bush, Kristen Hall, Jennifer Nettles and Troy Bieser “Jesus, Take the Wheel” — Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson and Brett James “Skin (Sarabeth)” — Doug Johnson and Joe Henry “When I Get Where I’m Going” — George Teren and Rivers Rutherford
Top New Male Vocalist of the Year	Top New Female Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean Billy Currington Craig Morgan	Carrie Underwood Miranda Lambert Julie Roberts
Top New Duo or Group of the Year	Video of the Year
Sugarland Big & Rich Little Big Town	When I Get Where I'm Going — Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton As Good as I Once Was — Toby Keith Believe — Brooks & Dunn I May Hate Myself in the Morning — Lee Ann Womack Kerosene — Miranda Lambert
Vocal Event of the Year
“When I Get Where I’m Going” — Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton “I Play Chicken With the Train” — Cowboy Troy and Big & Rich “Like We Never Loved at All” — Faith Hill with Tim McGraw “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” — Jennifer Nettles and Bon Jovi

Performers

Performer(s)	Song(s)
Brad Paisley	"The World"
Miranda Lambert	"New Strings"
Toby Keith	"A Little Too Late"
Dierks Bentley	"Settle for a Slowdown"
Big & Rich	"8th of November"
Carrie Underwood	"Jesus, Take the Wheel"
Trace Adkins	"Honky Tonk Badonkadonk"
Kenny Chesney	"Summertime"
Gretchen Wilson Merle Haggard	"Politically Uncorrect"
Sugarland	"Down in Mississippi (Up to No Good)"
Montgomery Gentry	"Something to Be Proud Of"
Little Big Town	"Boondocks"
Rascal Flatts Kelly Clarkson	"Me and My Gang" "What Hurts the Most"
Keith Urban	"Tonight I Wanna Cry"
Sara Evans	"Coalmine"
Brooks & Dunn Keith Urban	"Believe"
Martina McBride	"Thanks a Lot"
Dwight Yoakam Billy Gibbons Chris Hillman Travis Barker Tom Brumley Brad Paisley Buddy Alan	Buck Owens Tribute "Act Naturally" "Together Again" "Crying Time" "Streets of Bakersfield"

Presenters

Presenter(s)	Notes
Phil Vassar Hannah Storm	Song of the Year
Billy Currington Kathryn Morris	Album of the Year
Joe Nichols Michelle Stafford	Top New Male Vocalist of the Year
Kris Kristofferson	Big & Rich performance
Julie Roberts Dean Sams Keech Rainwater	Top New Duo or Group of the Year
Billy Ray Cyrus Miley Cyrus	Single Record of the Year
Jo Dee Messina Blake Shelton	Top New Female Vocalist of the Year
Tony Stewart	Present Home Depot Humanitarian Award for Vince Gill
The Warren Brothers	Top Vocal Group of the Year
Craig Ferguson The Wreckers	Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Phil McGraw Robin McGraw	Top Vocal Duo of the Year
John Corbett	Top Female Vocalist of the Year
Vince Vaughn	Buck Owens tribute performance