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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1983.
Events
- March — In a span of two days, two major cable networks signed on the air. Country Music Television (CMT) went on-the-air March 5, while The Nashville Network (TNN) came on two days later on March 7. CMT (originally called "CMTV") was chiefly video-oriented, while TNN offered more feature-oriented programming.
Top hits of the year
Singles released by American artists
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!width="50"|<small>CAN</small>
!width="250"|Single
!width="150"|Artist
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|align="center"|19
|align="center"|23
|After the Great Depression
|Razzy Bailey
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|—
|After the Last Goodbye
|Gus Hardin
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|align="center"|7
|align="center"|27
|Ain't No Trick (It Takes Magic)
|Lee Greenwood
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|align="center"|13
|align="center"|3
|All My Life
|Kenny Rogers
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|align="center"|20
|align="center"|16
|Almost Called Her Baby by Mistake
|Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|1
|Amarillo by Morning
|George Strait
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|12
|American Made
|The Oak Ridge Boys
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|align="center"|17
|align="center"|17
|Anybody Else's Heart but Mine
|Terri Gibbs
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|align="center"|9
|align="center"|—
|Atlanta Burned Again Last Night
|Atlanta
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|—
|Baby I Lied
|Deborah Allen
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Baby, What About You
|Crystal Gayle
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|The Bird
|Jerry Reed
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Black Sheep
|John Anderson
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|align="center"|20
|align="center"|25
|Born to Love Me
|Ray Charles
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|align="center"|18
|align="center"|7
|The Boy Gets Around
|Sylvia
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|4
|Breakin' Down
|Waylon Jennings
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|18
|C.C. Waterback
|Merle Haggard/George Jones
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|—
|Can't Even Get the Blues
|Reba McEntire
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|align="center"|17
|align="center"|—
|A Child of the Fifties
|The Statler Brothers
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|The Closer You Get
|Alabama
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Common Man
|John Conlee
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|align="center"|15
|align="center"|12
|The Conversation
|Waylon Jennings with Hank Williams, Jr.
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|align="center"|9
|align="center"|39
|Dance Little Jean
|Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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|align="center"|11
|align="center"|—
|Dixie Dreaming
|Atlanta
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Dixieland Delight
|Alabama
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|align="center"|9
|align="center"|22
|Don't Count the Rainy Days
|Michael Martin Murphey
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Don't You Know How Much I Love You
|Ronnie Milsap
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|align="center"|13
|align="center"|11
|Down on the Corner
|Jerry Reed
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|align="center"|9
|align="center"|10
|Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
|Lacy J. Dalton
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|align="center"|18
|align="center"|—
|Everybody's Dream Girl
|Dan Seals
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|align="center"|7
|align="center"|5
|Everything's Beautiful in Its Own Way
|Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson
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|align="center"|19
|align="center"|—
|Eyes of a Stranger
|David Wills
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Faking Love
|T. G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|—
|Feel Right
|Tanya Tucker
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|A Fire I Can't Put Out
|George Strait
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|8
|Flight 309 to Tennessee
|Shelly West
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|align="center"|20
|align="center"|20
|Fly Into Love
|Charly McClain
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Fool for Your Love
|Mickey Gilley
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|8
|Foolin'
|Johnny Rodriguez
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|7
|Goin' Down Hill
|John Anderson
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Going Where the Lonely Go
|Merle Haggard
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|4
|Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight
|Hank Williams, Jr.
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|align="center"|19
|align="center"|39
|A Good Night's Love
|Tammy Wynette
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|align="center"|16
|align="center"|31
|Good Ole Boys
|Jerry Reed
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|align="center"|9
|align="center"|16
|Guilty
|The Statler Brothers
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|align="center"|9
|align="center"|5
|Hangin' Around
|The Whites
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)
|Janie Fricke
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|3
|Heartache Tonight
|Conway Twitty
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|Hey Bartender
|Johnny Lee
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Highway 40 Blues
|Ricky Skaggs
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|align="center"|20
|align="center"|7
|Hold On, I'm Comin'
|Waylon Jennings & Jerry Reed
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|Holding Her and Loving You
|Earl Thomas Conley
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|2
|Honkytonk Man
|Marty Robbins
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)
|Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|16
|How Could I Love Her So Much
|Johnny Rodriguez
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|4
|I.O.U.
|Lee Greenwood
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|6
|I Always Get Lucky with You
|George Jones
|-
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|3
|I Don't Remember Loving You
|John Conlee
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|3
|I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)
|Earl Thomas Conley
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|3
|I Love Her Mind
|The Bellamy Brothers
|-
|align="center"|17
|align="center"|—
|I Love How You Love Me
|Glen Campbell
|-
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|—
|I Still Love You in the Same Ol' Way
|Moe Bandy
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|align="center"|20
|align="center"|—
|I Wish I Was in Nashville
|Mel McDaniel
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|align="center"|8
|align="center"|14
|I Wonder
|Rosanne Cash
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|10
|I Wonder Where We'd Be Tonight
|Vern Gosdin
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|align="center"|9
|align="center"|14
|I Wonder Who's Holding My Baby Tonight
|The Whites
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|I Wouldn't Change You If I Could
|Ricky Skaggs
|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|1
|I'm Movin' On
|Emmylou Harris
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|I'm Only in It for the Love
|John Conlee
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)
|Don Williams
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|align="center"|19
|align="center"|—
|If It Was Easy
|Ed Bruce
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|39
|If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)
|Vern Gosdin
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|10
|In the Middle of the Night
|Mel Tillis
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|6
|In Times Like These
|Barbara Mandrell
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Inside
|Ronnie Milsap
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Islands in the Stream
|Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
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|align="center"|14
|align="center"|—
|It Hasn't Happened Yet
|Rosanne Cash
|-
|align="center"|29
|align="center"|19
|The Jogger
|Bobby Bare
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Jose Cuervo
|Shelly West
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Lady Down on Love
|Alabama
|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning
|Willie Nelson
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|7
|Leave Them Boys Alone
|Hank Williams, Jr.
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|27
|Let's Get Over Them Together
|Moe Bandy (featuring Becky Hobbs)
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|Like Nothing Ever Happened
|Sylvia
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|20
|Little Old Fashioned Karma
|Willie Nelson
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|align="center"|15
|align="center"|13
|Lonely But Only for You
|Sissy Spacek
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date
|Emmylou Harris
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|Lost in the Feeling
|Conway Twitty
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|5
|Lost My Baby Blues
|David Frizzell
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|align="center"|11
|align="center"|18
|Love Affairs
|Michael Martin Murphey
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Love is On a Roll
|Don Williams
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|27
|The Love She Found in Me
|Gary Morris
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Love Song
|The Oak Ridge Boys
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|1
|A Love Song
|Kenny Rogers
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4
|Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)
|Waylon Jennings
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|align="center"|17
|align="center"|—
|The Man in the Mirror
|Jim Glaser
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|2
|Marina del Rey
|George Strait
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|11
|Midnight Fire
|Steve Wariner
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|align="center"|7
|align="center"|3
|More and More
|Charley Pride
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|align="center"|20
|align="center"|—
|Movin' Train
|The Kendalls
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|align="center"|23
|align="center"|13
|My Baby Don't Slow Dance
|Johnny Lee
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|33
|My First Taste of Texas
|Ed Bruce
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|align="center"|9
|align="center"|—
|My Lady Loves Me (Just As I Am)
|Leon Everette
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|6
|New Looks from an Old Lover
|B. J. Thomas
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Night Games
|Charley Pride
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|Nobody but You
|Don Williams
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|26
|Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)
|The Statler Brothers
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|One of a Kind Pair of Fools
|Barbara Mandrell
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|align="center"|12
|align="center"|42
|Only If There Is Another You
|Moe Bandy
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Our Love Is on the Faultline
|Crystal Gayle
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|align="center"|18
|align="center"|—
|Outside Lookin' In
|Bandana
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|align="center"|15
|align="center"|—
|Over You
|Lane Brody
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Pancho and Lefty
|Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Paradise Tonight
|Charly McClain and Mickey Gilley
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|11
|Personally
|Ronnie McDowell
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|align="center"|12
|align="center"|—
|Poor Side of Town
|Joe Stampley
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|align="center"|20
|align="center"|13
|Potential New Boyfriend
|Dolly Parton
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|align="center"|19
|align="center"|—
|Precious Love
|The Kendalls
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|6
|Queen of My Heart
|Hank Williams, Jr.
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|7
|Reasons to Quit
|Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|2
|The Ride
|David Allan Coe
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|The Rose
|Conway Twitty
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|2
|Save Me
|Louise Mandrell
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|4
|Scarlet Fever
|Kenny Rogers
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|align="center"|15
|align="center"|6
|Shadows on My Mind
|Leon Everette
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|align="center"|15
|align="center"|10
|Shame on the Moon
|Bob Seger
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|8
|Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)
|George Jones
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|align="center"|19
|align="center"|—
|Shot Full of Love
|Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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|align="center"|17
|align="center"|19
|Singing the Blues
|Gail Davies
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|3
|Snapshot
|Sylvia
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|align="center"|28
|align="center"|14
|So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)
|Emmylou Harris
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|Somebody's Gonna Love You
|Lee Greenwood
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|align="center"|9
|align="center"|6
|Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget
|Gene Watson
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|align="center"|6
|align="center"|9
|Sounds Like Love
|Johnny Lee
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|17
|Still Taking Chances
|Michael Martin Murphey
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|1
|Stranger in My House
|Ronnie Milsap
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|align="center"|15
|align="center"|15
|Strong Weakness
|The Bellamy Brothers
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4
|Swingin'
|John Anderson
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|Talk to Me
|Mickey Gilley
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Tell Me a Lie
|Janie Fricke
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|Tennessee Whiskey
|George Jones
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|24
|Thank God for Kids
|The Oak Ridge Boys
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|12
|'Til I Gain Control Again
|Crystal Gayle
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|—
|Today My World Slipped Away
|Vern Gosdin
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|26
|Too Hot to Sleep
|Louise Mandrell
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|5
|Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More)
|Tom Jones
|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|31
|Velvet Chains
|Gary Morris
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|3
|Way Down Deep
|Vern Gosdin
|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|We've Got Tonight
|Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton
|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|2
|What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)
|Merle Haggard
|-
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|—
|What I Learned from Loving You
|Lynn Anderson
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|align="center"|5
|align="center"|3
|What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her
|Gene Watson
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love
|B. J. Thomas
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|5
|When I'm Away from You
|The Bellamy Brothers
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|align="center"|16
|align="center"|—
|When You're Not a Lady
|Jim Glaser
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|13
|Where Are You Spendin' Your Nights These Days
|David Frizzell
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4
|Why Baby Why
|Charley Pride
|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|1
|Why Do I Have to Choose
|Willie Nelson
|-
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|45
|Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)
|Reba McEntire
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|align="center"|14
|align="center"|15
|Wild Montana Skies
|John Denver & Emmylou Harris
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|10
|The Wind Beneath My Wings
|Gary Morris
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|align="center"|7
|align="center"|6
|With You
|Charly McClain
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|align="center"|12
|align="center"|10
|Without You
|T. G. Sheppard
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|You Can't Run from Love
|Eddie Rabbitt
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|3
|You Don't Know Love
|Janie Fricke
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|4
|You Put the Beat in My Heart
|Eddie Rabbitt
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|9
|You Take Me for Granted
|Merle Haggard
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|align="center"|18
|align="center"|20
|You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)
|Gail Davies
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation
|Ronnie McDowell
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|5
|You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without
|Gene Watson
|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|5
|You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving
|Reba McEntire
|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|You've Got a Lover
|Ricky Skaggs
|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|6
|Your Love Shines Through
|Mickey Gilley
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|8
|Your Love's on the Line
|Earl Thomas Conley
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Singles released by Canadian artists
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!width="50"|<small>US</small>
!width="50"|<small>CAN</small>
!width="250"|Single
!width="150"|Artist
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|10
|Born Again
|Terry Sumsion
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|19
|Come January (You're My June)
|Lou Natale
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|19
|Could It Be Love
|Kelita Haverland
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|5
|Country Fever
|Dallas Harms
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|10
|Does Your Heart Still Belong to Me
|Marie Bottrell
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|8
|Dressed to Kill
|Gilles Godard
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|12
|Everybody Wants to Be Single
|Marie Bottrell
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|7
|Face in the Mirror
|Albert Hall
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|8
|Fooling with Fire
|Dallas Harms
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|1
|Honky Tonkin' (All Night Long)
|Dallas Harms
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|18
|I Need a Lover
|Ronnie Prophet
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|12
|I've Already Left You (In My Mind)
|Mercey Brothers
|-
|align="center"|86
|align="center"|8
|If Tomorrow Never Comes
|Ray Griff
|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|A Little Good News
|Anne Murray
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|8
|Love Hangover
|Carroll Baker
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|18
|Loving You Needing You
|Eddie Eastman
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|8
|Memorized by Heart
|Family Brown
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|18
|Never Did Like That Train
|Murray McLauchlan
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|17
|One Less Lonely Night
|Jessie Burns
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|17
|Only the Names Have Been Changed
|Marie Bottrell
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|9
|Pressures of Progress
|Harold MacIntyre
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|18
|Right or Wrong
|Carroll Baker
|-
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|3
|Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye
|Anne Murray
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|9
|Two Bits Worth of Hurtin'
|Paul Weber
|-
|align="center"|67
|align="center"|4
|We Really Got a Hold on Love
|Family Brown
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|14
|What's He Doin' at the Door
|David Thompson
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|9
|Where Beauty Lives in Memory
|Paul Weber
|}
Top new album releases
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! <small>US</small>
! Album
! Artist
! Record label
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| align="center"| 16
| 20 Greatest Hits
| Kenny Rogers
| Liberty
|-
| align="center"| 9
| All the People Are Talkin
| John Anderson
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 2
| American Made
| The Oak Ridge Boys
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 5
| Burlap & Satin
| Dolly Parton
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 5
| Cage the Songbird
| Crystal Gayle
| Warner Bros.
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| align="center"| 8
| Castles in the Sand
| David Allan Coe
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 10
| Cheat the Night
| Deborah Allen
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 1
| The Closer You Get...
| Alabama
| RCA
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| align="center"| 23
| Crystal Gayle's Greatest Hits
| Crystal Gayle
| Columbia
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| align="center"| 25
| A Decade of Hits
| Charlie Daniels
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 1
| Deliver
| The Oak Ridge Boys
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 22
| Dirty Looks
| Juice Newton
| Capitol
|-
| align="center"| 1
| Don't Cheat in Our Hometown
| Ricky Skaggs
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 9
| Don't Let Our Dreams Die Young
| Tom Jones
| Mercury
|-
| align="center"| 3
| Don't Make It Easy for Me
| Earl Thomas Conley
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 20
| Dream Baby
| Lacy J. Dalton
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 10
| Exile
| Exile
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 1
| Eyes That See in the Dark
| Kenny Rogers
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 20
| Fool for Your Love
| Mickey Gilley
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 22
| Greatest Hits Vol. II
| Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 4
| Greatest Hits Vol. II
| Eddie Rabbitt
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 17
| Hangin' Up My Heart
| Sissy Spacek
| Atlantic
|-
| align="center"| 15
| Hey Bartender
| Johnny Lee
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 17
| If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right)
| Vern Gosdinal
| Compleat
|-
| align="center"| 9
| In My Eyes
| John Conlee
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 10
| It's Only Rock + Roll
| Waylon Jennings
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 17
| John Conlee's Greatest Hits
| John Conlee
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 2
| Keyed Up
| Ronnie Milsap
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 9
| A Little Good News
| Anne Murray
| Capitol
|-
| align="center"| 10
| Love Lies
| Janie Fricke
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 16
| The Man in the Mirror
| Jim Glaser
| Noble Vision
|-
| align="center"| 3
| Man of Steel
| Hank Williams Jr.
| Warner Bros./Curb
|-
| align="center"| 16
| Movin' Train
| The Kendalls
| Mercury
|-
| align="center"| 13
| New Looks
| B. J. Thomas
| Cleveland Int'l.
|-
| align="center"| 20
| Night Games
| Charley Pride
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 22
| Old Familiar Feeling
| The Whites
| Warner Bros./Curb
|-
| align="center"| 24
| Our Best to You
| David Frizzell & Shelly West
| Warner Bros./Viva
|-
| align="center"| 1
| Pancho & Lefty
| Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 21
| Paradise
| Charly McClain
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 23
| Personally
| Ronnie McDowell
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 1
| Right or Wrong
| George Strait
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 7
| Shine On
| George Jones
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 17
| Slow Burn
| T. G. Sheppard
| Warner Bros./Curb
|-
| align="center"| 7
| Snapshot
| Sylvia
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 25
| Some Memories Just Won't Die
| Marty Robbins
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 3
| Somebody's Gonna Love You
| Lee Greenwood
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 16
| Sometimes I Get Lucky
| Gene Watson
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 5
| Spun Gold
| Barbara Mandrell
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 7
| Strong Stuff
| Hank Williams, Jr.
| Elektra/Curb
|-
| align="center"| 5
| T. G. Sheppard's Greatest Hits
| T. G. Sheppard
| Warner Bros./Curb
|-
| align="center"| 3
| Take It to the Limit
| Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 8
| That's the Way Love Goes
| Merle Haggard
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 10
| Today
| The Statler Brothers
| Mercury
|-
| align="center"| 4
| Tougher Than Leather
| Willie Nelson
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 12
| Waylon and Company
| Waylon Jennings
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 3
| We've Got Tonight
| Kenny Rogers
| Liberty
|-
| align="center"| 6
| West by West
| Shelly West
| Warner Bros./Viva
|-
| align="center"| 22
| White Shoes
| Emmylou Harris
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 6
| Why Lady Why
| Gary Morris
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 3
| Without a Song
| Willie Nelson
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 6
| The Woman in Me
| Charly McClain
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 8
| Wynonna & Naomi
| The Judds
| RCA/Curb
|-
| align="center"| 12
| Yellow Moon
| Don Williams
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 24
| You've Really Got a Hold on Me
| Mickey Gilley
| Epic
|}
Other top albums
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! <small>US</small>
! Album
! Artist
! Record label
|-
| align="center"| 34
| After All This Time
| Mel Tillis
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 61
| All-American Cowboys
| Various Artists
| Kat Family
|-
| align="center"| 41
| All-American Redneck
| Randy Howard
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 35
| All Time Heart Touching Favorites
| Roger Whittaker
| Main Street
|-
| align="center"| 61
| Back
| Lynn Anderson
| Permian
|-
| align="center"| 36
| Behind the Scene
| Reba McEntire
| Mercury
|-
| align="center"| 48
| Better Days
| Guy Clark
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 61
| Bill Monroe and Friends
| Bill Monroe
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 57
| Classic Conway
| Conway Twitty
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 70
| Classic Country
| Albert Coleman's Atlanta Pops
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 30
| Close Up
| Louise Mandrell
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 56
| Country Boy's Heart
| Ronnie McDowell
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 63
| Country Christmas, Volume 2
| Various Artists
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 36
| Country Classics
| Charley Pride
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 50
| Dangerous
| Tony Joe White
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 35
| Delia Bell
| Delia Bell
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 41
| Devoted to Your Memory
| Moe Bandy
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 28
| The Epic Collection (Recorded Live)
| Merle Haggard
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 66
| Even the Strong Get Lonely
| Tammy Wynette
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 64
| Footprints in the Sand
| Cristy Lane
| LS/Liberty
|-
| align="center"| 30
| For Every Rose
| Johnny Rodriguez
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 27
| The Great American Dream
| B. J. Thomas
| Cleveland Int'l.
|-
| align="center"| 33
| Greatest Hits
| Razzy Bailey
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 63
| Greatest Hits
| Lacy J. Dalton
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 41
| Greatest Hits
| Johnny Lee
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 67
| Greatest Hits
| Ray Stevens
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 31
| Gus Hardin
| Gus Hardin
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 42
| Harvest Moon
| Joe Waters
| New Colony
|-
| align="center"| 27
| The Heart Never Lies
| Michael Martin Murphey
| Liberty
|-
| align="center"| 44
| Heart to Heart
| Merle Haggard & Leona Williams
| Mercury
|-
| align="center"| 38
| Hello in There
| David Allan Coe
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 35
| I Was the One
| Elvis Presley
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 55
| It's About Time
| John Denver
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 65
| The Jim Reeves Medley
| Jim Reeves
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 27
| Jones Country
| George Jones
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 34
| Leon Everette
| Leon Everette
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 61
| Let the Hard Times Roll
| McGuffey Lane
| Atco
|-
| align="center"| 26
| Let's Go
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
| Liberty
|-
| align="center"| 36
| A Lifetime of Song 1951–1982
| Marty Robbins
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 27
| Lost in the Feeling
| Conway Twitty
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 60
| Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin',<br />Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You
| Loretta Lynn
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 48
| Master of the Art
| Ray Price
| Viva
|-
| align="center"| 36
| Memory Lane
| Joe Stampley
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 37
| Merry Twismas from Conway Twitty<br />and His Little Friends
| Conway Twitty
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 39
| Midnight Fire
| Steve Wariner
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 62
| My Fingers Do the Talkin
| Jerry Lee Lewis
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 49
| The Nashville Sessions
| Dean Martin
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 63
| Naturally Country
| Mel McDaniel
| Capitol
|-
| align="center"| 65
| New Horizons
| Dottie West
| Liberty
|-
| align="center"| 35
| ...Not the Man I Used to Be
| Boxcar Willie
| Main Street
|-
| align="center"| 32
| On My Own Again
| David Frizzell
| Viva
|-
| align="center"| 35
| One Particular Harbour
| Jimmy Buffett
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 32
| Over Easy
| Terri Gibbs
| MCA
|-
| align="center"| 34
| Ready
| Jerry Reed
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 40
| Rebel Heart
| Dan Seals
| Liberty
|-
| align="center"| 26
| Red Hot
| Shelly West
| Viva
|-
| align="center"| 54
| Those Were the Days
| Gary Stewart & Dean Dillon
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 30
| Today My World Slipped Away
| Vern Gosdin
| AMI
|-
| align="center"| 26
| Too Hot to Sleep
| Louise Mandrell
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 48
| Viva Porter Wagoner
| Porter Wagoner
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 48
| What Can I Say
| Gail Davies
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 29
| Wish You Were Here Tonight
| Ray Charles
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 64
| Work It out with Chet Atkins C.G.P.
| Chet Atkins
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 35
| You're Not Leavin' Here Tonight
| Ed Bruce
| MCA
|}
On television
Regular series
- Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated)
- That Nashville Music (1970–1985, syndicated)
Specials
Births
- January 29 — Eric Paslay, singer-songwriter of the 2010s.
- March 10 — Carrie Underwood, 2005 American Idol winner, boosting her career.
- June 20 — Grace Potter, rock singer who crossed-over to country with duets with Kenny Chesney.
- June 30 — Cole Swindell, singer-songwriter of the 2010s.
- July 2 — Michelle Branch, member of The Wreckers.
- July 12 — Kimberly Perry, lead singer of The Band Perry.
- October 3 — Drake White, singer known for his single Livin' the Dream.
- November 10 — Miranda Lambert, member of Pistol Annies.
- December 12 — Katrina Elam, singer-songwriter of the 2000s.
- December 29 — Jessica Andrews, popular teen singer of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Deaths
- April 6 — Cliff Carlisle, 79, country yodeler of the 1930s and steel guitar pioneer.
- October 20 — Merle Travis, 65, singer and composer of classic songs such as "Sixteen Tons", "Dark as a Dungeon", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette." (heart attack)
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
- Little Jimmy Dickens (1920–2015)
Major awards
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "A Little Good News", Anne Murray
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "I.O.U.", – Lee Greenwood
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "The Closer You Get", Alabama
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Fireball", New South
- Best Country Song — "Stranger in My House," Mike Reid (Performer: Ronnie Milsap)
Juno Awards
- Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Eddie Eastman
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Anne Murray
- Country Group or Duo of the Year — The Good Brothers
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — Alabama
- Song of the Year — "The Wind Beneath My Wings", Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar (Performer: Gary Morris)
- Single of the Year — "Islands in the Stream", Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
- Album of the Year — The Closer You Get..., Alabama
- Top Male Vocalist — Lee Greenwood
- Top Female Vocalist — Janie Fricke
- Top Vocal Duo — Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
- Top Vocal Group — Alabama
- Top New Male Vocalist — Jim Glaser
- Top New Female Vocalist — Gus Hardin
Canadian Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Family Brown
- Male Artist of the Year — Dick Damron
- Female Artist of the Year — Marie Bottrell
- Group of the Year — Family Brown
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Raised on Country Music", Family Brown (Performer: Family Brown)
- Single of the Year — "Raised on Country Music", Family Brown
- Album of the Year — Raised on Country Music, Family Brown
- Vista Rising Star Award — Kelita Haverland
- Duo of the Year — Donna & LeRoy Anderson
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Alabama
- Song of the Year — "Always on My Mind", Johnny Christopher, Wayne Carson Thompson and Mark James (Performer: Willie Nelson)
- Single of the Year — "Swingin'", John Anderson
- Album of the Year — The Closer You Get..., Alabama
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Lee Greenwood
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Janie Fricke
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson
- Vocal Group of the Year — Alabama
- Horizon Award — John Anderson
- Instrumentalist of the Year — Chet Atkins
- Instrumental Group of the Year — Ricky Skaggs Band
See also
- Country Music Association
- Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
Further reading
- Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
- Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 ()
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 ()
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.
External links
- Country Music Hall of Fame
- CMT Founder's Site