2016 ACM Awards: Miranda Lambert, Dolly Parton, & More Take Home Awards — Full Winners List
From the archive: published Apr 4, 2016, 10 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Country music’s biggest names took over Las Vegas’ MGM Grand for the 51st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (also known as the 2016 ACM Awards), and a number of them even came away as big winners.
Jason Aldean took home the biggest award for Entertainer of the Year at the big ceremony (marking his eighth ACM Awards win) while the ACM Awards crowned Chris Stapleton as their Male Vocalist of the Year and Miranda Lambert their Female Vocalist of the Year. Lambert’s big win puts her total ACM Female Vocalist of the Year wins at seven, tying her with Reba McEntire as the artist with the most wins of the prestigious award.
Stapleton also took home another huge ACM win on country music’s big night, winning the Album of the Year award for his 2015 release Traveler.
Rolling Stone revealed earlier this week that a number of country music superstars were honored with special ACM Awards ahead of last night’s ceremony.
Carrie Underwood took home the ACM Lifting Lives Gary Haber Award before the telecast, while Glen Campbell received the ACM Career Achievement Award, Little Big Town won the Crystal Milestone Award, and Crystal Gayle, Tanya Tucker, and the Statler Brothers all took home the Cliffie Stone Pioneer ACM Award.
Take a look at the full winner’s list from the 2016 ACM Awards telecast below. The winners are highlighted in bold.
ACM Entertainer of the Year
Jason Aldean Garth Brooks Luke Bryan Eric Church Miranda Lambert
ACM Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean Dierks Bentley Eric Church Brett Eldredge Chris Stapleton
ACM Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini Jana Kramer Miranda Lambert Kacey Musgraves Carrie Underwood
ACM Vocal Duo of the Year
Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Joey + Rory Maddie & Tae
ACM Vocal Group of the Year
Eli Young Band Little Big Town Old Dominion Rascal Flatts Zac Brown Band
New Male Vocalist of the Year
Brett Eldredge Chris Janson Thomas Rhett Chase Rice Chris Stapleton
New Female Vocalist of the Year
Kelsea Ballerini Cam Mickey Guyton RaeLynn
New Duo or Group of the Year
A Thousand Horses Brothers Osborne Maddie & Tae Old Dominion Parmalee
Album of the Year
Chris Young – I’m Comin’ Over Corey Crowder, Chris Young, producers; RCA Records, record label Sam Hunt – Montevallo Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally, producers; MCA Nashville, record label Eric Church – Mr. Misunderstood Jay Joyce, producer; EMI Nashville, record label Thomas Rhett – Tangled Up Dann Huff, Jesse Frasure, Chris DeStefano, Joe London, producers; Valory Music Group, record label Chris Stapleton – Traveller Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, producers; Mercury Nashville, record label
Single Record of the Year
Cam – “Burning House” Jeff Bhasker, Tyler Johnson, producers Chris Janson – “Buy Me a Boat” Chris Janson, Chris DuBois, Brent Anderson, producers Thomas Rhett – “Die a Happy Man” Dann Huff, Jesse Frasure, producers Chris Young – “I’m Comin’ Over” Corey Crowder, Chris Young, producers Sam Hunt – “Take Your Time” Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally, producers
Video of the Year
Kacey Musgraves – “Biscuits” Marc Klasfeld, video director; Nicole Acacio, video producer Cam – “Burning House” Trey Fanjoy, video director; Trent Hardville, video producer Little Big Town – “Girl Crush” Karla and Matthew Welch, video directors; Amanda Prunesti, video producer Eric Church – “Mr. Misunderstood” Reid Long, John Peets, video directors; Megan Smith, video producer Dierks Bentley – “Riser” Wes Edwards, producer; Jennifer Rothlein, video producer
Vocal Event of the Year
Gary Allan With Chris Stapleton – “Hangover Tonight” Luke Bryan With Karen Fairchild – “Home Alone Tonight” Keith Urban With Eric Church – “Raise ‘Em Up” Miranda Lambert With Little Big Town – “Smokin’ and Drinkin'” Kenny Chesney With Grace Potter – “Wild Child”
Tex Ritter Award Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors
Do you agree with the big winners at the 2016 ACM Awards?
