2003 Country Music Association Awards

2003 Country Music Association Awards
File:2003 CMA logo.jpg
Date	November 5, 2003
Location	Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee
Country
Presented by
Host	Vince Gill
Most awards	Johnny Cash (3) (posthumously awarded) Alan Jackson (3)
Most nominations	Toby Keith (7)
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Television/Radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 2003 Country Music Association Awards, 37th Ceremony, was held on November 5, 2003 at the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee, and hosted by CMA Award Winner, Vince Gill. Toby Keith lead the evening with 7 nominations, including Album of the Year, and Entertainer of the Year. Alan Jackson and Johnny Cash (posthumously) took home the most awards with 3 each.

Winners and Nominees

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Alan Jackson Brooks & Dunn Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Tim McGraw	American IV: The Man Comes Around — Johnny Cash (posthumously awarded) Home — Dixie Chicks Man With a Memory — Joe Nichols Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors — Tim McGraw Unleashed — Toby Keith
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Alan Jackson Kenny Chesney Toby Keith Tim McGraw Brad Paisley George Strait	Martina McBride Terri Clark Alison Krauss Patty Loveless Dolly Parton
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Rascal Flatts Alabama Diamond Rio Dixie Chicks Lonestar	Brooks & Dunn Bellamy Brothers Montgomery Gentry Sons of the Desert The Warren Brothers
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"Hurt" — Johnny Cash (posthumously awarded) "Beer For My Horses" — Toby Keith, with Willie Nelson "Celebrity" — Brad Paisley "Have You Forgotten?" — Darryl Worley "Three Wooden Crosses" — Randy Travis	"Three Wooden Crosses" — Doug Johnson, Kim Williams "Beer For My Horses" — Toby Keith, Scotty Emerick "Celebrity" — Brad Paisley "Have You Forgotten?" — Darryl Worley, Wynn Varble "Red Dirt Road" — Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn
Horizon Award	Musician of the Year
Joe Nichols Gary Allan Buddy Jewell Blake Shelton Darryl Worley	Randy Scruggs, Guitar Jerry Douglas, Dobro Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar Aubrie Haynie, Fiddle/Mandolin Brent Mason, Guitar
Music Video of the Year	Music Event of the Year
"Hurt" — Johnny Cash (posthumously awarded) "Beer For My Horses" — Toby Keith and Willie Nelson "Celebrity" — Brad Paisley "Concrete Angel" — Martina McBride "Red Dirt Road" — Brooks & Dunn	"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"— Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett "Beer For My Horses" —Toby Keith and Willie Nelson, "Picture" — Kid Rock (feat. Sheryl Crow) "Tears in the Holston River" — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Johnny Cash (posthumously nominated) "The Truth About Men" — Tracy Byrd, Andy Griggs, Montgomery Gentry, and Blake Shelton