Thunder Juno Awards (presented March 29, 2009 in Vancouver) Country Recording of the Year – Beautiful Life, Doc Walker CMT Music Awards (presented April 14 in Nashville) Video of the Year – "Our Song", Taylor Swift Male Video of the Year – "I Got My Game On", Trace Adkins Female Video of the Year – "Our Song", Taylor Swift Group Video of the Year – "Take Me There", Rascal Flatts Duo Video of the Year – "Stay", Sugarland USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year – "I Wonder", Kellie Pickler Collaborative Video of the Year – "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore", Bon Jovi & LeAnn Rimes Performance of the Year – "I Wonder", Kellie Pickler Supporting Character of the Year – Rodney Carrington in "I Got My Game On" Wide Open Country Video of the Year – "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)", Alison Krauss & Robert Plant Tearjerker Video of the Year – "I Wonder", Kellie Pickler Comedy Video of the Year – "Online", Brad Paisley Video Director of the Year – Michael Salomon Academy of Country Music (presented April 5, 2009 in Las Vegas) Entertainer of the Year – Carrie Underwood Top Male Vocalist – Brad Paisley Top Female Vocalist – Carrie Underwood Top Vocal Group – Rascal Flatts Top Vocal Duo – Sugarland Top New Male Vocalist – Jake Owen Top New Female Vocalist – Julianne Hough Top New Vocal Duo or Group – Zac Brown Band Top New Artist – Julianne Hough Album of the Year – Fearless, Taylor Swift Single Record of the Year – "You're Gonna Miss This", Trace Adkins Song of the Year – "In Color", Jamey Johnson Video of the Year – "Waitin' on a Woman", Brad Paisley Vocal Event of the Year – "Start a Band", Brad Paisley and Keith Urban Poets Award – Merle Haggard and Harlan Howard Jim Reeves International Award – Dolly Parton Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award – Hank Williams, Jr., Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis and Jerry Reed Tex Ritter Award – Beer for My Horses Americana Music Honors & Awards Album of the Year – Raising Sand (Robert Plant and Alison Krauss) Artist of the Year – Levon Helm Duo/Group of the Year – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Song of the Year – "She Left Me For Jesus" (Brian Keane and Hayes Carll Emerging Artist of the Year – Mike Farris Instrumentalist of the Year –