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- Apr 3, 201690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Chris Stapleton Ties an ACM Record With Six Wins as Jason Aldean Takes Top Prize
- The 51st Academy of Country Music Awards were held on Sunday, 3 April 2016, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, hosted by Luke Bryan, in his fourth year, and new co-host Dierks Bentley on CBS[1][2]
- Jason Aldean won Entertainer of the Year after six nominations: 'I was starting to think this one just wasn't in the cards for me'; from 2016 the Entertainer and new-artist awards were decided by professional members rather than by fan vote[1][2]
- Chris Stapleton won six trophies from Traveller, including Album of the Year (also as co-producer), New Male Vocalist, Male Vocalist and Song of the Year for 'Nobody to Blame', tying the record Garth Brooks set in 1991 and Faith Hill matched in 1999; Brooks presented the album award by satellite[1][3]
- Miranda Lambert won a seventh consecutive Female Vocalist award and shared Vocal Event with Little Big Town for 'Smokin' and Drinkin''; Little Big Town won Vocal Group, Thomas Rhett's 'Die a Happy Man' Single Record, and Eric Church's 'Mr. Misunderstood' Video of the Year[1][4]
- Kelsea Ballerini was New Female Vocalist, Old Dominion New Vocal Duo or Group and Florida Georgia Line Vocal Duo; Church's performance included a DJ tribute to David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Lemmy Kilmister and Scott Weiland, and more awards than ever were announced before the broadcast[1][3][4]
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- [1]90%rollingstone.com/music/music-country/acm-awards-2016-chris-stapleton-new-music-dominate-38063rollingstone.com· Posted Oct 5, 2026· Starts Apr 3, 2016 ✓· 50% of score
Taste of Country[3] (4 April 2016) says Brooks presented Stapleton's trophy 'on Sunday night (April 3)'; Rolling Stone's[4] report (4 April) puts the show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena 'Sunday night', and Wikipedia[2] agrees. No start time is stated, so the pin is the all-day date.
- [2]75%51st Academy of Country Music Awardsen.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 5, 2026· Starts Apr 3, 2016· 50% of score
Gives the hosts (Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley), CBS, and the 2016 change that moved the fan-voted categories to membership voting.[1]
- [3]85%Chris Stapleton's Six ACM Awards Ties an All-Time Recordtasteofcountry.com· Published Apr 4, 2016· Starts Apr 3, 2016· 0% of score
Taste of Country: six wins tie Garth Brooks (1991) and Faith Hill (1999); Brooks presented the Album award by satellite; Lambert's seventh straight Female Vocalist; record number of pre-show awards.
- [4]85%ACM Awards 2016: The Complete Winners Listrollingstone.com· Published Apr 4, 2016· Starts Apr 3, 2016· 0% of score
Rolling Stone's[1] full list with WINNER markers.
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