31st Academy of Country Music Awards

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.

31st Academy of Country Music Awards
DateApril 24, 1996
LocationUniversal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California
Hosted byBrooks & Dunn
Faith Hill
Most awardsBrooks & Dunn
Shania Twain (2 each)
Most nominationsBrooks & Dunn
Tim McGraw (5 each)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNBC
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Winners and nominees

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Winners are shown in bold.[1]

Entertainer of the Year Album of the Year
Top Female Vocalist of the Year Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Top Vocal Group of the Year Top Vocal Duo of the Year
Single Record of the Year Song of the Year
Top New Male Vocalist Top New Female Vocalist
Top New Vocal Duo or Group Video of the Year
Pioneer Award
Special Achievement Award

Performers

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Performer(s) Song(s)
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
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.