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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1996.

1996 in music By location

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* Norway
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* heavy metal
* hip hop
* jazz
* Latin

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## Events

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* June 28 — First annual Country Stampede Music Festival begins
* October 6 — Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are married, and quickly become country music's most visible couple. Their friendship grew into romance during their successful "Spontaneous Combustion" tour that year.

## Top hits of the year

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See also: List of number-one country singles of 1996 (U.S.) and List of RPM number-one country singles of 1996

### Singles released by American artists

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US | CAN | Single  | Artist  | Reference

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21  | 18  | 4 to 1 in Atlanta | Tracy Byrd |
15  | 3  | Ain't Got Nothin' on Us | John Michael Montgomery |
5  | 2  | All I Want Is a Life | Tim McGraw |
13  | 15  | All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down | The Mavericks
(feat. Flaco Jiménez)  |
11  | 14  | Almost a Memory Now | BlackHawk |
24  | 18  | Are We in Trouble Now | Randy Travis |
1  | 1  | The Beaches of Cheyenne | Garth Brooks |
1  | 1  | Believe Me Baby (I Lied) | Trisha Yearwood |
17  | 8  | Big Guitar | BlackHawk |
1  | 1  | Bigger Than the Beatles | Joe Diffie |
10  | 1  | Blue | LeAnn Rimes |
1  | 1  | Blue Clear Sky | George Strait |
12  | 14  | Born in the Dark | Doug Stone |
18  | 24  | Bury the Shovel | Clay Walker |
18  | 21  | By My Side | Lorrie Morgan & Jon Randall |
1  | 2  | Carried Away | George Strait |
19  | 8  | The Change | Garth Brooks |
10  | 30  | Change My Mind | John Berry |
4  | 4  | Cowboy Love | John Michael Montgomery |
1  | 3  | Daddy's Money | Ricochet |
6  | 2  | Deep Down | Pam Tillis |
2  | 9  | Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You | Toby Keith |
1  | 8  | Don't Get Me Started | Rhett Akins |
3  | 10  | Every Light in the House | Trace Adkins |
2  | 2  | Every Time I Get Around You | David Lee Murphy |
34  | 17  | Every Time My Heart Calls Your Name | John Berry |
2  | 1  | The Fear of Being Alone | Reba McEntire |
12  | 10  | Givin' Water to a Drowning Man | Lee Roy Parnell |
6  | 44  | Goodnight Sweetheart | David Kersh |
23  | 17  | Grandpa Told Me So | Kenny Chesney |
1  | 1  | Guys Do It All the Time | Mindy McCready |
2  | 3  | Heads Carolina, Tails California | Jo Dee Messina |
21  | 12  | Heart Half Empty | Ty Herndon featuring Stephanie Bentley |
3  | 3  | Heart's Desire | Lee Roy Parnell |
14  | 5  | Heaven Help My Heart | Wynonna |
14  | 34  | Heaven in My Woman's Eyes | Tracy Byrd |
12  | 1  | High Lonesome Sound | Vince Gill |
6  | 20  | Holdin' Onto Something | Jeff Carson |
3  | 4  | Home | Alan Jackson |
23  | 8  | Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best | Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt |
2  | 6  | Hypnotize the Moon | Clay Walker |
2  | 3  | I Am That Man | Brooks & Dunn |
4  | 2  | I Can Still Make Cheyenne | George Strait |
2  | 8  | I Don't Think I Will | James Bonamy |
5  | 8  | I Know She Still Loves Me | George Strait |
3  | 2  | I Think About You | Collin Raye |
1  | 5  | I'll Try | Alan Jackson |
4  | 2  | I'm Not Supposed to Love You Anymore | Bryan White |
4  | 4  | If You Loved Me | Tracy Lawrence |
1  | 2  | It Matters to Me | Faith Hill |
19  | 17  | It Works | Alabama |
7  | 4  | It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings | Mark Chesnutt |
15  | 17  | It's All in Your Head | Diamond Rio |
14  | 21  | It's Lonely Out There | Pam Tillis |
5  | 2  | It's Midnight Cinderella | Garth Brooks |
5  | 11  | It's What I Do | Billy Dean |
6  | 6  | Jacob's Ladder | Mark Wills |
2  | 28  | Learning as You Go | Rick Trevino |
1  | 1  | Like the Rain | Clint Black |
3  | 1  | Like There Ain't No Yesterday | BlackHawk |
1  | 2  | Little Bitty | Alan Jackson |
1  | 1  | Living in a Moment | Ty Herndon |
1  | 3  | Lonely Too Long | Patty Loveless |
4  | 4  | Long as I Live | John Michael Montgomery |
9  | 10  | Love Is Stronger Than Pride | Ricochet |
12  | 20  | Love Remains | Collin Raye |
4  | 13  | The Maker Said Take Her | Alabama |
13  | 8  | Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing | Brooks & Dunn |
2  | 6  | Me and You | Kenny Chesney |
5  | 4  | Meant to Be | Sammy Kershaw |
3  | 7  | More Than You'll Ever Know | Travis Tritt |
1  | 1  | My Maria | Brooks & Dunn |
1  | 1  | No News | Lonestar |
3  | 4  | Not Enough Hours in the Night | Doug Supernaw |
3  | 10  | Not That Different | Collin Raye |
2  | 2  | On a Good Night | Wade Hayes |
1  | 4  | One Way Ticket (Because I Can) | LeAnn Rimes |
5  | 7  | Only on Days That End in "Y" | Clay Walker |
13  | 5  | Out with a Bang | David Lee Murphy |
20  | 14  | Ready, Willing and Able | Lari White |
1  | 2  | Rebecca Lynn | Bryan White |
18  | —  | Redneck 12 Days of Christmas | Jeff Foxworthy |
9  | 14  | Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands | Reba McEntire |
8  | 14  | The River and the Highway | Pam Tillis |
5  | 12  | The Road You Leave Behind | David Lee Murphy |
19  | 19  | 'Round Here | Sawyer Brown |
8  | 9  | Runnin' Away with My Heart | Lonestar |
38  | 18  | Say I  | Alabama |
1  | 5  | She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart | Tim McGraw |
17  | 20  | She Said Yes | Rhett Akins |
26  | 20  | She's Got a Mind of Her Own | James Bonamy |
1  | 1  | So Much for Pretending | Bryan White |
13  | 13  | Some Things Are Meant to Be | Linda Davis |
3  | 8  | Someone Else's Dream | Faith Hill |
2  | 42  | Stars over Texas | Tracy Lawrence |
19  | 26  | Starting Over Again | Reba McEntire |
1  | 1  | Strawberry Wine | Deana Carter |
6  | 13  | Ten Thousand Angels | Mindy McCready |
4  | 3  | That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me | Billy Dean |
4  | 3  | That Ol' Wind | Garth Brooks |
18  | 34  | That's Enough of That | Mila Mason |
4  | 19  | That's What I Get for Lovin' You | Diamond Rio |
4  | 7  | Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye | Neal McCoy |
20  | 33  | There's a Girl in Texas | Trace Adkins |
13  | 27  | A Thousand Times a Day | Patty Loveless |
1  | 1  | Time Marches On | Tracy Lawrence |
1  | 3  | To Be Loved by You | Wynonna |
4  | 10  | Too Much Fun | Daryle Singletary |
3  | 19  | Treat Her Right | Sawyer Brown |
10  | 7  | Vidalia | Sammy Kershaw |
2  | 2  | Walkin' Away | Diamond Rio |
5  | 21  | What Do I Know | Ricochet |
5  | 15  | What I Meant to Say | Wade Hayes |
12  | 21  | When a Woman Loves a Man | Lee Roy Parnell |
45  | 18  | When Cowboys Didn't Dance | Lonestar |
1  | 5  | Wild Angels | Martina McBride |
6  | 10  | A Woman's Touch | Toby Keith |
5  | 6  | Worlds Apart | Vince Gill |
25  | 18  | Would I | Randy Travis |
37  | 13  | Wrong Place, Wrong Time | Mark Chesnutt |
1  | 1  | You Can Feel Bad | Patty Loveless |
6  | 1  | You Can't Lose Me | Faith Hill |
3  | 13  | You Gotta Love That | Neal McCoy |
7  | 22  | You're Not in Kansas Anymore | Jo Dee Messina |

### Singles released by Canadian artists

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US | CAN | Single  | Artist  | Reference

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—  | 18  | All She Wants  | Rena Gaile |
—  | 4  | All the Way | Jason McCoy |
—  | 5  | Ancient History | Prairie Oyster |
—  | 1  | Anita Got Married | Duane Steele |
—  | 1  | Candle | Jason McCoy  |
—  | 10  | Cloud of Dust | Rena Gaile  |
—  | 1  | Cornfields or Cadillacs | Farmer's Daughter |
—  | 1  | Crank My Tractor | Michelle Wright |
—  | 20  | A Fine Line  | Lawnie Wallace |
—  | 10  | Foolproof | Desert Dolphins |
—  | 18  | Forty Days and Nights | The Rankin Family |
28  | 7  | Home Ain't where His Heart Is (Anymore) | Shania Twain |
2  | 1  | I Do | Paul Brandt |
—  | 4  | I Waited | Chris Cummings |
8  | 1  | If I Were You | Terri Clark |
1  | 1  | (If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here! | Shania Twain  |
—  | 1  | It's Lonely I Can't Stand | Charlie Major |
—  | 3  | Keep Me Rockin' | Patricia Conroy |
—  | 13  | Love Music Loves to Dance  | Calvin Wiggett |
5  | 1  | My Heart Has a History | Paul Brandt  |
1  | 1  | No One Needs to Know | Shania Twain  |
50  | 1  | Nobody's Girl | Michelle Wright  |
—  | 4  | One Step Back | Jamie Warren |
5  | 1  | Poor Poor Pitiful Me | Terri Clark  |
—  | 16  | Rhythm of Your Wings  | Gary Fjellgaard |
—  | 9  | Roving Gypsy Boy | The Rankin Family  |
—  | 14  | Sittin' Pretty  | Thomas Wade & Wayward |
—  | 18  | So, So Long  | Rachel Matkin |
—  | 2  | Stuck on Your Love | Duane Steele  |
34  | 11  | Suddenly Single | Terri Clark  |
—  | 1  | Sure Enough | Chris Cummings  |
—  | 13  | Take You by the Heart  | The Cruzeros |
—  | 1  | Tell Me Something I Don't Know | Charlie Major  |
—  | 8  | Thought I Was Dreaming | Lawnie Wallace  |
—  | 3  | The Trouble with Love | Duane Steele  |
—  | 1  | Unbelievable Love | Prairie Oyster  |
—  | 2  | Waiting on You | Charlie Major  |
—  | 12  | Watching Her Sleep  | Jamie Warren  |
3  | 3  | When Boy Meets Girl | Terri Clark  |
—  | 15  | Wild and Free  | Joan Kennedy |
—  | 15  | Windows to the Past  | The Neilsons |
1  | 1  | You Win My Love | Shania Twain  |
—  | 8  | Zero to Sixty | Thomas Wade & Wayward  |

## Top new album releases

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See also: List of number-one country albums of 1996 (U.S.) and List of number-one country albums of 1996 (Canada)

US | CAN | Album  | Artist  | Record Label

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| 21  | All the Good 'Uns (The Best of Ian Tyson) | Ian Tyson | Stony Plain
| 10  | Anne Murray | Anne Murray | SBK/Capitol
| 13  | The Best of Country Heat | Various Artists  | BMG
17  | 9  | The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney | Various Artists  | Walt Disney
7  | 3  | Between Now and Forever | Bryan White | Asylum
12  | 18  | Big Love | Tracy Byrd | MCA Nashville
| 13  | The Birth of a Star | Patsy Cline | Razor & Tie
1  | 1  | Blue | LeAnn Rimes | Curb
1  | 3  | Blue Clear Sky | George Strait | MCA Nashville
6  |  | Blue Moon | Toby Keith | A&M
| 5  | Blue Plate Special | Prairie Oyster | Velvel
1  | 1  | Borderline | Brooks & Dunn | Arista Nashville
33  | 12  | BR5-49 | BR5-49 | Arista Nashville
14  | 1  | Calm Before the Storm | Paul Brandt | Reprise
23  |  | Christmas: The Gift | Collin Raye | Epic
18  |  | Christmas Vol. II | Alabama | RCA Nashville
| 1  | CMT Canada '96 | Various Artists  | BMG
| 1  | Collection | The Rankin Family | EMI
3  |  | Crank It Up: The Music Album | Jeff Foxworthy | Warner Bros.
2  | 1  | Did I Shave My Legs for This? | Deana Carter | Capitol Nashville
6  | 16  | Dreamin' Out Loud | Trace Adkins | Capitol Nashville
6  | 22  | Everybody Knows | Trisha Yearwood | MCA Nashville
1  | 1  | Everything I Love | Alan Jackson | Arista Nashville
9  | 9  | Faces | John Berry | Capitol Nashville
74  | 6  | For Me It's You | Michelle Wright | Arista Nashville
| 4  | Friends & Lovers | Various Artists  | Sony
9  | 10  | Full Circle | Randy Travis | Warner Bros.
12  | 6  | Gettin' Out the Good Stuff | David Lee Murphy | MCA Nashville
10  |  | The Gift | Kenny Rogers | Magnatone
21  |  | Goodnight Sweetheart | David Kersh | Curb
8  | 9  | Greater Need | Lorrie Morgan | BNA
2  | 5  | Greatest Hits | Clint Black | RCA Nashville
18  | 14  | Greatest Hits | Mark Chesnutt | Decca Nashville
3  | 5  | High Lonesome Sound | Vince Gill | MCA Nashville
27  | 21  | Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best | Marty Stuart | MCA Nashville
23  |  | I Stoled This Record | Cledus T. Judd | Razor & Tie
18  |  | It's What I Do | Billy Dean | Capitol Nashville
14  | 4  | IV | Diamond Rio | Arista Nashville
22  | 8  | Jo Dee Messina | Jo Dee Messina | Curb
10  | 3  | Just the Same | Terri Clark | Mercury/PolyGram
17  |  | Learning as You Go | Rick Trevino | Columbia
74  | 18  | Lisa Brokop | Lisa Brokop | Capitol Nashville
6  | 18  | Living in a Moment | Ty Herndon | Epic
| 11  | Makin' Hay | Farmer's Daughter | Universal
9  |  | Me and You | Kenny Chesney | BNA
4  | 2  | Measure of a Man | Kevin Sharp | Asylum
7  | 7  | Neal McCoy | Neal McCoy | Atlantic
| 3  | New Country 3 | Various Artists  | Warner
19  | 11  | Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly) | Various Artists  | Decca Nashville
11  |  | On a Good Night | Wade Hayes | Columbia
61  | 14  | One Ride in Vegas | Deryl Dodd | Columbia
3  | 13  | A Place in the World | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Columbia
17  |  | Politics, Religion and Her | Sammy Kershaw | Mercury/PolyGram
36  | 13  | Reflections: Songs of Love | John Denver | RCA
7  | 8  | The Restless Kind | Travis Tritt | Warner Bros.
2  | 1  | Revelations | Wynonna | Curb/MCA Nashville
14  | 12  | Ricochet | Ricochet | Columbia
4  |  | The Road to Ensenada | Lyle Lovett | Curb
19  |  | Shady Grove | Jerry Garcia & David Grisman | Acoustic Disc
72  | 11  | Solid Ground | Ricky Skaggs | Atlantic
13  |  | Somebody New | Rhett Akins | Decca Nashville
| 21  | Somewhere Inside | Chris Cummings | Warner
20  | 4  | Spirit | Willie Nelson | Island
12  | 11  | Stars and Stripes Vol. 1 | The Beach Boys | River North
| 21  | Steppin' Country 2 | Various Artists  | Columbia
5  | 1  | Ten Thousand Angels | Mindy McCready | BNA
3  | 3  | Tennessee Moon | Neil Diamond | Columbia
43  | 20  | That's Enough of That | Mila Mason | Atlantic
4  | 4  | Time Marches On | Tracy Lawrence | Atlantic
20  | 14  | Trail of Tears | Billy Ray Cyrus | Mercury/PolyGram
21  | 24  | Treasures | Dolly Parton | Rising Tide
10  | 16  | The Trouble with the Truth | Patty Loveless | Epic
| 8  | Untamed and True 3 | Various Artists  | MCA
20  |  | Used Heart for Sale | Gary Allan | Decca Nashville
5  | 14  | What I Do the Best | John Michael Montgomery | Atlantic
16  |  | What I Live to Do | James Bonamy | Epic
1  | 3  | What If It's You | Reba McEntire | MCA Nashville

### Other top albums

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US | CAN | Album  | Artist  | Record Label

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40  |  | A.K.A. Wham Bam Sam | Hank Williams, Jr. | Curb
60  |  | All Because of You | Daryle Singletary | Giant
74  |  | Almost Alone | Chet Atkins | Columbia
53  |  | Don't Fence Me In | Lari White | RCA Nashville
73  |  | Elvis: Great Country Songs | Elvis Presley | RCA
51  |  | Give Me Some Wheels | Suzy Bogguss | Capitol Nashville
56  |  | Greatest Hits | John Anderson | BNA
60  |  | Greatest Hits | Confederate Railroad | Atlantic
| 36  | Hang of the Heartache | Desert Dolphins | Quality
39  |  | Hit Country '96 | Various Artists  | K-Tel
43  |  | The Hits | Hal Ketchum | Curb
26  |  | I Lived to Tell It All | George Jones | MCA Nashville
47  |  | I Will Always Love You
and Other Greatest Hits | Dolly Parton | Columbia
53  |  | Live | Jeff Foxworthy | Laughing Hyena
47  |  | The Luv Collection: Real Luv | Various Artists  | EMI-Capitol
60  | 28  | Mandy Barnett | Mandy Barnett | Asylum
38  |  | Mark Wills | Mark Wills | Mercury Nashville
45  |  | "My Roots Are Showing..." | K. T. Oslin | BNA
38  |  | NASCAR: Hotter Than Asphalt | Various Artists  | Columbia
66  |  | NFL Country | Various Artists  | Gridiron
54  |  | Now and Then | Shenandoah | Capitol Nashville
40  |  | Paradise | John Anderson | BNA
| 32  | P.O. Box 423 | Duane Steele | Mercury/PolyGram
| 36  | Remembering Stan Rogers:
An East Coast Tribute II | Various Artists  | Atlantica
50  |  | The Rocky Mountain Collection | John Denver | RCA
32  |  | Semi Crazy | Junior Brown | Curb
37  |  | Smokin' Armadillos | Smokin' Armadillos | Curb
26  |  | Some Things Are Meant to Be | Linda Davis | Arista Nashville
33  |  | Stampede | Chris LeDoux | Capitol Nashville
38  |  | Star of Wonder –
A Country Christmas Collection | Various Artists  | Arista Nashville
44  |  | Starlite Lounge | David Ball | Warner Bros.
46  |  | Super Hits | Alabama | RCA Nashville
66  |  | Super Hits | Waylon Jennings | RCA Nashville
51  |  | Super Hits | Keith Whitley | RCA Nashville
29  |  | Three Hanks: Men with Broken Hearts | Hank Williams, Hank Williams, Jr.
& Hank Williams III | Curb
54  |  | Two Ways to Fall | Ty England | RCA Nashville
26  |  | Unchained | Johnny Cash | American
42  | 31  | You Still Got Me | Doug Supernaw | Giant

## Births

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* April 2 -- Zach Bryan, nominated for Best Country Album at the 2024 Grammy Awards, was born in Okinawa, Japan.
* July 23 – Danielle Bradbery, winner of season four of NBC's The Voice.

## Deaths

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* February 17 — Gus Hardin, 50, female singer best known for her Earl Thomas Conley duet "All Tangled Up in Love" (automobile accident)
* March 4 — Minnie Pearl, 83, legendary comedian known for her trademark greeting, "How-dee!" and her straw hat with price tag; a regular on Hee Haw (stroke).
* May 3 — Patsy Montana, 87, first female country singer to have a single sell one million copies ("I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart").
* June 16 — Anthony Armstrong Jones, 47, male singer best known for his Top Ten cover version of "Take a Letter Maria"
* August 22 – Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn, 69, husband of Loretta Lynn and key figure in many aspects of her career.
* December 10 — Faron Young, 64, Nicknamed "The Hillbilly Heartthrob", and "The Singing Sheriff" he had many hits including "Hello Walls" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" (suicide).

## Hall of Fame inductees

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### Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees

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* Peter V. Kuykendall
* The Country Gentlemen
* Charlie Waller
* John Duffey
* Eddie Adcock
* Tom Gray

### Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

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* Patsy Montana (1908–1996)
* Buck Owens (1929–2006)
* Ray Price (1926–2013)

### Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

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* Myrna Lorrie
* Larry Delaney

## Major awards

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### Grammy Awards

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* Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Blue," LeAnn Rimes
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "World's Apart", Vince Gill
* Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "My Maria", Brooks & Dunn
* Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "High Lonesome Sound", Vince Gill (featuring Alison Krauss)
* Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Jam Man", Chet Atkins
* Best Country Song — "Blue", Bill Mack (Performer: LeAnn Rimes)
* Best Country Album — The Road to Ensenada, Lyle Lovett (Producers: Billy Williams (singer) and Lyle Lovett)
* Best Bluegrass Album — True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe, Various Artists (Producer: Todd Phillips)

### Juno Awards

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* Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Paul Brandt
* Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Shania Twain
* Country Group or Duo of the Year — The Rankin Family

### Academy of Country Music

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* Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
* Song of the Year — "Blue", Bill Mack
* Single of the Year — "Blue," LeAnn Rimes
* Album of the Year — Blue Clear Sky, George Strait
* Top Male Vocalist — George Strait
* Top Female Vocalist — Patty Loveless
* Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
* Top Vocal Group — Sawyer Brown
* Top New Male Vocalist — Trace Adkins
* Top New Female Vocalist — LeAnn Rimes
* Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Ricochet
* Video of the Year — "I Think About You", Collin Raye (Director: Steven Goldmann)

### ARIA Awards

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(presented in Sydney on September 30, 1996)

* Best Country Album \- Home Fires (The Dead Ringer Band)

### Canadian Country Music Association

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* NCN Fans' Choice Award — Shania Twain
* Male Artist of the Year — Charlie Major
* Female Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
* Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
* SOCAN Song of the Year — "My Heart Has a History," Paul Brandt, Mark D. Sanders
* Single of the Year — "Better Things to Do," Terri Clark
* Album of the Year — Terri Clark, Terri Clark
* Top Selling Album — Fresh Horses, Garth Brooks
* Video of the Year — "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!," Shania Twain
* Vista Rising Star Award — Terri Clark
* Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Jim Witter and Cassandra Vasik

### Country Music Association

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* Entertainer of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
* Song of the Year — "Go Rest High on That Mountain," Vince Gill
* Single of the Year — "Check Yes or No," George Strait
* Album of the Year — Blue Clear Sky, George Strait
* Male Vocalist of the Year — George Strait
* Female Vocalist of the Year — Patty Loveless
* Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
* Vocal Group of the Year — The Mavericks
* Horizon Award — Bryan White
* Music Video of the Year — "My Wife Thinks You're Dead", Junior Brown (Director: Michael McNamara)
* Vocal Event of the Year — "I Will Always Love You", Dolly Parton and Vince Gill
* Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor

### RPM Big Country Awards

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* Canadian Country Artist of the Year — Shania Twain
* Best Country Album — The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
* Best Country Single — "Any Man of Mine", Shania Twain
* Top Male Vocalist — Charlie Major
* Top Female Vocalist — Shania Twain
* Top Group — Prairie Oyster
* Outstanding New Artist — Jason McCoy
* Top Country Composer(s) — Shania Twain

## Further reading

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* Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

## Other links

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* Country Music Association
* Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

## External links

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* Country Music Hall of Fame

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