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

Male Vocalist of the Year
Kenny Chesney
Alan Jackson
Toby Keith
Tim McGraw
Brad Paisley
George Strait

Female Vocalist of the Year
Terri Clark
Alison Krauss
Patty Loveless
Martina McBride
Dolly Parton

Vocal Group of the Year
Alabama
Diamond Rio
Dixie Chicks
Lonestar
Rascal Flatts

Vocal Duo of the Year
Bellamy Brothers
Brooks & Dunn
Montgomery Gentry
Sons of the Desert
The Warren Brothers

Horizon Award
Gary Allan
Buddy Jewell
Joe Nichols
Blake Shelton
Darryl Worley

Vocal Event of the Year (Awards presented to artists and producer(s))

• "Beer for My Horses"
Artists: Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson
Record Label: DreamWorks

• "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"
Artists: Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett
Record Label: Arista Nashville

• "Picture"
Artists: Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow
Record Label: Lava/Atlantic

• "Tears in the Holston River"
Artists: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Johnny Cash
Record Label: Capitol Nashville

• "The Truth About Men"
Artists: Tracy Byrd (with Andy Griggs, Montgomery Gentry and Blake Shelton)
Record Label: RCA

Album of the Year (Awards presented to artist(s) and producer(s))

• American IV: The Man Comes Around -- Johnny Cash
Producer: Rick Rubin
Record Label: Lost Highway

• Home -- Dixie Chicks
Producers: Dixie Chicks and Lloyd Maines
Record Label: Open Wide/Monument/Columbia

• Man With a Memory -- Joe Nichols
Producer: Brent Rowan
Record Label: Universal South

• Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors -- Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
Producers: Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw and Darran Smith
Record Label: Curb

• Unleashed -- Toby Keith
Producers: James Stroud and Toby Keith
Record Label: DreamWorks

Song of the Year (Awards presented to the songwriter(s) and publisher(s))

• "Beer for My Horses" -- Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson
Writers: Toby Keith and Scotty Emerick
Publishers: Tokeco Tunes and Big Yellow Dog Music

• "Celebrity" -- Brad Paisley
Writer: Brad Paisley
Publishers: EMI April Music and Sea Gayle Music

• "Have You Forgotten?" -- Darryl Worley
Writers: Darryl Worley and Wynn Varble
Publishers: EMI April Music, Pittsburg Landing Songs and Warner-Tamerlane Pub.

• "Red Dirt Road" -- Brooks & Dunn
Writers: Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn
Publishers: Sony and ATV

• "Three Wooden Crosses" -- Randy Travis
Writers: Doug Johnson and Kim Williams
Publishers: Mike Curb Music, Sweet Radical Music, Sony and ATV Tunes

Single of the Year (Awards presented to artist(s)and producer(s))

• Beer for My Horses" -- Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson
Producers: James Stroud andToby Keith
Record Label: DreamWorks

• "Celebrity" -- Brad Paisley
Producer: Frank Rogers
Record Label: Arista Nashville

• "Have You Forgotten?" -- Darryl Worley
Producers: Frank Rogers and James Stroud
Record Label: DreamWorks

• "Hurt" -- Johnny Cash
Producer: Rick Rubin
Record Label: Lost Highway

• "Three Wooden Crosses" -- Randy Travis
Producer: Kyle Lehning
Record Labels: Word, Curb and Warner Bros.

Music Video of the Year (Awards presented to artist(s) and director)

• "Beer for My Horses"
Artists: Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson
Director: Michael Salomon

• "Celebrity"
Artist: Brad Paisley
Director: Peter Zavadil

• "Concrete Angel"
Artist: Martina McBride
Directors: Robert Deaton and George J. Flanigen IV

• "Hurt"
Artist: Johnny Cash
Director: Mark Romanek

• "Red Dirt Road"
Artist: Brooks & Dunn
Director: Steven Goldmann

Musician of the Year
Jerry Douglas -- Dobro
Paul Franklin -- steel guitar
Aubrie Haynie -- fiddle/mandolin
Brent Mason -- guitar
Randy Scruggs -- guitar

• Brooks & Dunn
• Kenny Chesney
• Alan Jackson
• Toby Keith
• Tim McGraw

50 Cent
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In less than a week, Get Rich or Die Tryin' has turned 50 Cent into a cash cow for his record label.

Get Rich or Die Tryin' will be the top-selling album on next week's Billboard albums chart, moving in excess of 872,000 copies, according to SoundScan figures released Wednesday (February 12). With the tremendous total, the LP is the best-selling debut album since SoundScan started its tracking system in May 1991. Only Snoop Dogg's 1993 debut, Doggystyle, comes close, with more than 802,000 copies sold in its first week.

The Queens MC sold more copies of his debut LP last week than all the other top 10 albums combined; and 50's one-week tally is the largest since Shania Twain moved more than 874,000 copies of Up! in November.

Even more remarkable is the fact the volume was attained in a shortened sales cycle. Although 50's album was released five days early to combat bootlegging (see "Industry Insiders Say Bootlegging Won't Dent 50 Cent"), it's questionable whether having the extra two days would have increased his total, since many retail outlets reported the album sold out after the first couple of days on the shelves.

While Get Rich ... couldn't climb any higher, 50's last release, Guess Who's Back? lost chart ground for the first time in weeks, down to #45 from its previous #25 spot. The 18-track "mixtape" compiles songs previously available on older street records, as well as some live, freestyle tracks recorded from radio shows.

Eminem's The Eminem Show, which made its chart debut with just 284,000 copies sold, was also given an early release to combat bootleggers. Following that weekly total, achieved after officially being on sale only one day, Em's third album moved more than 1.3 million after its first full week in stores.

50 Cent's admission will push previous #1 album, the Dixie Chicks' Home, down to #2 (114,000). Close behind will be Kid Rock's Cocky, which, after more than 14 months, achieved its highest chart position at #3, with more than 103,000 copies sold last week due to the crossover success of its latest single, "Picture."

Country singer Blake Shelton will have the next-highest charting debut with his second album, The Dreamer, which will land at #8 with more than 76,000 copies sold.

LL Cool J returns to the top 10 with authority as his 10 will rocket up 75 spots to #9 (66,000). Thanks to his new film "Deliver Us From Eva," which opened in theaters last week, and the subsequent attention derived from working the late-night talk-show circuit, the muscle-bound MC's 10th album enjoyed a weekly sales increase of more than 55,000 copies.

The remainder of the top 10 will find Norah Jones' Come Away With Me dropping two spots to #4 (100,000); Avril Lavigne's Let Go taking a step back to #5 (82,000); the soundtrack to Oscar favorite "Chicago" holding onto its #6 position (81,000); Jennifer Lopez's This Is Me ... Then taking a two-step drop to #7 (79,000); and Missy Elliott's Under Construction slipping a spot to #10 (65,000).

The soundtrack to the superhero blockbuster "Daredevil," which features contributions from Nickelback and Saliva, and a collaboration between Rob Zombie and Drowning Pool, will come in at #11; while the debut album from the All-American Rejects, swimming in the buzz surrounding its first single, "Swing Swing," will drop in at #25, with more than 40,000 copies sold.

Other notable chart debuts include country rockers Alabama's Valentine's Day accouterment In the Mood — Love Songs at #15; Lionel Richie's best-of set Definitive Collection at #21; Christian rockers Jars of Clay's live-studio hybrid Furthermore — From the Studio, From the Stage at #64; Juliana Theory's third album, and first for a major label, Love, at #71; soul seducer Keith Sweat's Keith Sweat Live at #86; and the soundtrack to "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days at #158; and the '80s vets the Pet Shop Boys' compilation Disco 3 at #188.

Be sure to check out our full-length feature on 50 Cent, "50 Cent: Money To Burn".

Watch the MTV News Now special "All Eyes On: 50 Cent." Click for schedule.

• 50 Cent
• Eminem
• Blake Shelton
• LL Cool J
• Norah Jones