36th Academy of Country Music Awards

36th Academy of Country Music Awards
Date	May 9, 2001
Location	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	LeAnn Rimes
Most awards	Lee Ann Womack Sons of the Desert The Dixie Chicks (3 each)
Most nominations	Lee Ann Womack (6)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 36th Academy of Country Music Awards was held on May 9, 2001, at the Universal Amphitheatre, in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by LeAnn Rimes.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
The Dixie Chicks Brooks & Dunn Faith Hill Toby Keith George Strait	How Do You Like Me Now?! — Toby Keith American III: Solitary Man — Johnny Cash I Hope You Dance — Lee Ann Womack One Voice — Billy Gilman Who Needs Pictures — Brad Paisley
Top Female Vocalist of the Year	Top Male Vocalist of the Year
Faith Hill Sara Evans Martina McBride Jo Dee Messina Lee Ann Womack	Toby Keith Kenny Chesney Tim McGraw Brad Paisley George Strait
Top Vocal Group of the Year	Top Vocal Duo of the Year
The Dixie Chicks Alabama Diamond Rio Lonestar Sawyer Brown	Brooks & Dunn The Judds The Kinleys Montgomery Gentry The Warren Brothers
Single Record of the Year	Song of the Year
"I Hope You Dance" — Lee Ann Womack and Sons of the Desert "How Do You Like Me Now?!" — Toby Keith "Kiss This" — Aaron Tippin "The Little Girl" — John Michael Montgomery "There Is No Arizona" — Jamie O'Neal	"I Hope You Dance" — Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers "How Do You Like Me Now?!" — Toby Keith and Chuck Cannon "The Little Girl" — Harley Allen "One Voice" — Don Cook and David Malloy "We Danced" — Brad Paisley and Chris DuBois
Top New Male Vocalist	Top New Female Vocalist
Keith Urban Billy Gilman Phil Vassar	Jamie O'Neal Tammy Cochran Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Top New Vocal Duo or Group	Video of the Year
Rascal Flatts Clark Family Experience Sons of the Desert	"Goodbye Earl" — The Dixie Chicks "I Hope You Dance" — Lee Ann Womack and Sons of the Desert "The Way You Love Me" — Faith Hill "When It All Goes South" — Alabama "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This" — Toby Keith
Vocal Event of the Year
"I Hope You Dance" — Lee Ann Womack and Sons of the Desert "Buy Me a Rose" — Alison Krauss, Billy Dean and Kenny Rogers "Let's Make Love" — Faith Hill and Tim McGraw "Murder on Music Row" — George Strait and Alan Jackson "That's the Beat of a Heart" — Sara Evans and The Warren Brothers