31st Academy of Country Music Awards

Date| April 24, 1996
Location| Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by| Brooks & Dunn
Faith Hill
Most awards| Brooks & Dunn
Shania Twain (2 each)
Most nominations| Brooks & Dunn
Tim McGraw (5 each)
Television/radio coverage
Network| NBC
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The 31st Academy of Country Music Awards was held on April 24, 1996, at the Universal Amphitheatre, in Los Angeles, California . The ceremony was hosted by Faith Hill and Brooks & Dunn.

## Winners and nominees

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Winners are shown in bold.[1]

Entertainer of the Year  | Album of the Year

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* Brooks & Dunn
* Garth Brooks
* Alan Jackson
* Reba McEntire
* Tim McGraw

* The Woman in Me — Shania Twain
* All I Want — Tim McGraw
* Lead On — George Strait
* Waitin' on Sundown — Brooks & Dunn
* When Fallen Angels Fly — Patty Loveless

Top Female Vocalist of the Year  | Top Male Vocalist of the Year

* Patty Loveless
* Faith Hill
* Reba McEntire
* Pam Tillis
* Shania Twain

* Alan Jackson
* John Berry
* Vince Gill
* Tim McGraw
* George Strait

Top Vocal Group of the Year  | Top Vocal Duo of the Year

* The Mavericks
* Alabama
* BlackHawk
* Diamond Rio
* Sawyer Brown

* Brooks & Dunn
* Baker & Myers
* George Jones and Tammy Wynette
* Shelby Lynne and Faith Hill
* Dolly Parton and Vince Gill

Single Record of the Year  | Song of the Year

* "Check Yes or No" — George Strait
* "Any Man of Mine" — Shania Twain
* "I Like It, I Love It" — Tim McGraw
* "It Matters to Me" — Faith Hill
* "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" — Brooks & Dunn

* "The Keeper of the Stars" — Dickey Lee, Karen Staley and Danny Mayo
* "I Like It, I Love It" — Jeb Stuart Anderson, Mark Hall, and Steve Dukes
* "Standing on the Edge of Goodbye" — John Berry and Stewart Harris
* "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" — Gretchen Peters
* "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" — Don Cook, Kix Brooks, and Ronnie Dunn

Top New Male Vocalist  | Top New Female Vocalist

* Bryan White
* Wade Hayes
* David Lee Murphy

* Shania Twain
* Terri Clark
* Alison Krauss

Top New Vocal Duo or Group  | Video of the Year

* Lonestar
* 4 Runner
* Perfect Stranger

* "The Car" — Jeff Carson
* "My Wife Thinks You're Dead" — Junior Brown
* "Not That Different" — Collin Raye
* "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)" — John Michael Montgomery
* "Tell Me I Was Dreaming" — Travis Tritt

Pioneer Award

* Merle Haggard

Special Achievement Award

* Jeff Foxworthy

## Performers

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Performer(s)  | Song(s)

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Joe Diffie
Aaron Tippin
John Anderson
Lee Roy Parnell | "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y"
Martina McBride | "Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town"
Terri Clark
Shania Twain | Top New Female Vocalist Medley
"If I Were You"
"Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)"
Alabama | "Say I"
Garth Brooks | Tony Arata Medley
"The Dance"
"Face to Face"
"The Change"
Tim McGraw | "All I Want Is a Life"
Lonestar
Perfect Stranger
4 Runner | Top New Vocal Duo or Group Medley
"No News"
"You Have the Right to Remain Silent"
"Cain's Blood"
Shania Twain  | "No One Needs to Know"
Brooks & Dunn | "My Maria"
Reba McEntire | "Starting Over Again"
Clint Black | "A Bad Goodbye"
David Lee Murphy
Bryan White
Wade Hayes | Top New Male Vocalist Medley
"Every Time I Get Around You"
"I'm Not Supposed to Love You Anymore"
"Old Enough to Know Better"
Alan Jackson | "Home"
Faith Hill | "It Matters to Me"
Marty Stuart
Travis Tritt | "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best"
Collin Raye | "Not That Different"
Tracy Lawrence | "Time Marches On"
Collin Raye
Chely Wright
Tim McGraw
Trisha Yearwood
Michelle Wright
Marty Stuart
Little Texas
Tracy Lawrence
Terri Clark
Neal McCoy
Travis Tritt
John Berry
Steve Wariner
Rhett Akins
Jo Dee Messina | "Hope"

## Presenters

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Presenter(s)  | Notes

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Billy Dean
Loni Anderson
Steve Wariner  | Top Vocal Group of the Year
Tracy Byrd
Chely Wright
Clay Walker | Top New Female Vocalist
Brooks & Dunn
Faith Hill  | Presented Special Achievement Award to Jeff Foxworthy
Mark Chesnutt
Crystal Bernard
Doug Supernaw | Video of the Year
Neal McCoy
Linda Davis
Emilio Navaira | Top New Vocal Duo or Group
Trisha Yearwood
The Mavericks | Song of the Year
Sawyer Brown
Pam Tillis | Album of the Year
Diamond Rio
Naomi Judd | Top Vocal Duo of the Year
Shelby Lynne
Little Texas  | Top New Male Vocalist
Clint Black  | Presented Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award to Merle Haggard
BlackHawk
Patty Loveless | Single Record of the Year
John Berry
Leeza Gibbons
Shawntel Smith | Top Female Vocalist of the Year
Michelle Wright
Janine Turner | Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Jay Leno | Entertainer of the Year

## References

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1. ^ "Winners database". ACM Country. Retrieved November 28, 2022.

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