# 1996 in country music

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

## Events

* 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
### Singles released by American artists

| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
| 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 Judd |
| 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 Judd |
| 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

| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
| — | 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

| US | CAN | Album | Artist | Record Label |
| | 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 Judd | 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

| US | CAN | Album | Artist | Record Label |
| 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

* 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

* 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
### Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees

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

### Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

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

### Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

* Myrna Lorrie
* Larry Delaney

## Major awards
### Grammy Awards

* 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

* 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

* 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

(presented in Sydney on September 30, 1996)
* Best Country Album - Home Fires (The Dead Ringer Band)

### Canadian Country Music Association

* 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

* 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

* 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