| Single of the Year |
| Gary Allan |
Life Aint Always Beautiful |
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| Dixie Chicks |
Not Ready to Make Nice |
| Dierks Bentley |
Settle for a Slow Down |
| Jeff Bates |
No Shame |
With two weeks at number one, and ten in the top four, Gary Allan has taken our single of the year award, his first CC Cactus to date, and as always, the most prized of our annual awards. |
| Sugarland |
Want to |
| Male Artist of the Year ** |
| Brad Paisley |
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| George Strait |
| Kenny Chesney |
| Tim McGraw |
Brad Paisley takes his first Cactus, with a male artist of the year win helped along by three top tens and two number ones in 2006. |
| Toby Keith |
| Female Artist of the Year ** |
| Carrie Underwood |
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| Danielle Peck |
| Faith Hill |
| Miranda Lambert |
Faith Hill's first Cactus Award comes on the back of two top ten hits, and four chart entries thoughout the year. |
| Sara Evans |
| Entertainer of the Year |
| George Strait |
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| Kenny Chesney |
| Sara Evans |
| Tim McGraw |
With four top fifteen singles throughout the year, Kenny has one the award that honors the artist making the most consistant impact throughout 2006. |
| Toby Keith |
| New Artist of the Year ** |
| Ashley Monroe |
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| Carrie Underwood |
| Eric Church |
| Heartland |
With three top 5 hits, and "Jesus Take the Wheel" hitting number one, Carrie Underwood' has taken the inaugural new artist of the year award. |
| Jack Ingram |
| Group/Duo of the Year ** |
| Brooks and Dunn |
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| Dixie Chicks |
| Montgomery Gentry |
| Rascal Flatts |
With 2 number ones and 5 weeks in the top spot, Sugarland's star has risen in 2006. Just missing the single of the year title with "Want to", but the group of the year title shows a great sound in the making. |
| Sugarland |
| Album of the Year ** |
| Brad Paisley |
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| Carrie Underwood |
| Kenny Chesney |
| Sara Evans |
His second award this year, Brad's "Time Well Wasted" generated two number ones, and also helped him to the Male Artist of the Year award. |
| Toby Keith |
| Australian Artist of the Year ** |
| Adam Brand |
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| Kasey Chambers |
| Keith Urban |
| Lee Kernaghan |
Breaking Keith Urban's three year reign in this category, Adam Brand has taken the worlds attention this year, with two top three hits, a number one, and fourteen weeks in the top ten all up. |
| Troy Cassar Daley |
| Canadian Artist of the Year ** |
| Aaron Lines |
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| Amanda Wilkinson |
| Carolyn Dawn Johnson |
| George Canyon |
Carolyn Dawn Johnson's win in this category comes on the back of a top ten, and top twenty single. Look out for CDJ in 2007, with a new label, new album, and new attitude |
| Emerson Drive |
| ChartCountry Radio Single of the Year |
| Life Aint Always Beautiful |
Gary Allan |
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| When the Stars Go Blue |
Tim McGraw |
| Building Bridges |
Brooks and Dunn |
| Just Might (Make Me Believe) |
Sugarland |
The most heard single on ChartCountry Radio this year. Gary Allan's second award for "Life Ain't Always Beautiful" comes along with the coveted ChartCountry Single of the Year title. |
| No Shame |
Jeff Bates |
| Email Voting Award |
| Adam Brand |
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| Brooks and Dunn |
| Jeff Bates |
| Keith Urban |
The email voting award, honoring the artist who has received the most support through email voting, goes to Adam Brand, ending Keith Urban's two year reign. |
| Troy Cassar Daley |
| Panel Voted Single of the Year ** |
| Want to |
Sugarland |
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| This Time of Year |
Adam Brand |
| Not Ready to Make Nice |
Dixie Chicks |
| Life Ain't Always Beautiful |
Gary Allan |
Nominated from all CC singles over the past twelve months, the CC Panel Single of the Year goes to Sugarland's "Want to", a song that spent four weeks at number one, and eleven in the top ten throughout 2006. |
| Wherever You Are |
Jack Ingram |
