31st Academy of Country Music Awards

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

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

Winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
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