The 2001 Country Music Association Awards, 35th Ceremony, was held on November 7, 2001, at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CMA Award winner Vince Gill.
Sara Evans led the night with five nominations, including Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year.
Winners and nominees Entertainer of the YearAlbum of the Year Tim McGraw Brooks & Dunn Dixie Chicks Alan Jackson George Strait O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Various Artists Born to Fly — Sara Evans Set This Circus Down — Tim McGraw Steers & Stripes — Brooks & Dunn When Somebody Loves You — Alan JacksonMale Vocalist of the YearFemale Vocalist of the Year Toby Keith Alan Jackson Tim McGraw Brad Paisley George Strait Lee Ann Womack Sara Evans Faith Hill Martina McBride Trisha YearwoodVocal Group of the YearVocal Duo of the Year Lonestar Alabama Diamond Rio Dixie Chicks Nickel Creek Brooks & Dunn Bellamy Brothers Montgomery Gentry The Kinleys The Warren BrothersSingle of the YearSong of the Year "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" — The Soggy Bottom Boys "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" — Brooks & Dunn "I'm Already There" — Lonestar "One More Day" — Diamond Rio "Born to Fly" — Sara Evans "Murder On Music Row" — Larry Cordle, Larry Shell "Born to Fly" — Sara Evans, Marcus Hummon, Darryl Scott "How Do You Like Me Now?!" — Chuck Cannon, Toby Keith "I'm Already There" — Richie McDonald, Gary Baker, Frank Myers "One More Day" — Steven Dale Jones, Bobby TomberlinHorizon AwardMusician of the Year Keith Urban Jessica Andrews Nickel Creek Jamie O'Neal Phil Vassar Dann Huff Stuart Duncan Paul Franklin John Hobbs Brent MasonMusic Video of the YearMusic Event of the Year "Born to Fly" — Sara Evans "Ashes By Now" — Lee Ann Womack "I Would've Loved You Anyway" — Trisha Yearwood "There Is No Arizona" — Jamie O'Neal "www.memory" — Alan Jackson "Too Country" — Brad Paisley (feat. George Jones, Bill Anderson, Buck Owens) "Alright, I'm Wrong" — Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens "Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby" — Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch "Hard to Be a Husband, Hard to Be a Wife" — Brad Paisley, Chely Wright "I'll Fly Away" — Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch
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