# Country-Musik 1983

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1983 im Genre Country-Musik.

## Top Hits des Jahres
### Nummer-1-Hits

Die folgende Liste umfasst die Nummer-eins-Hits der Billboard Hot Country Songs des US-amerikanischen Musikmagazines Billboard chronologisch nach Wochenplatzierung.
* 8. Januar – Can't Even Get the Blues – Reba McEntire
* 15. Januar – Going Where the Lonely Go – Merle Haggard
* 22. Januar – (Lost His Love) On Our Last Date – Emmylou Harris
* 29. Januar – Talk to Me – Mickey Gilley
* 5. Februar – Inside – Ronnie Milsap
* 12. Februar – ’Til I Gain Control Again – Crystal Gayle
* 19. Februar – Fakin' Love – T.G. Sheppard und Karen Brooks
* 26. Februar – Why Baby Why – Charley Pride
* 5. März – If Hollywood Don't Need You – Don Williams
* 12. März – The Rose – Conway Twitty
* 19. März – I Wouldn't Change You If I Could – Ricky Skaggs
* 26. März – Swingin‘ – John Anderson
* 21. April – When I'm Away From You – Bellamy Brothers
* 9. April – We've Got Tonight – Kenny Rogers und Sheena Easton
* 16. April – Dixieland Delight – Alabama
* 23. April – American Made – Oak Ridge Boys
* 30. April – You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving – Reba McEntire
* 7. Mai – Jose Cuervo – Shelly West
* 14. Mai – Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love – B.J. Thomas
* 21. Mai – Common Man – John Conlee
* 28. Mai – You Take Me for Granted – Merle Haggard
* 4. Juni – Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will) – Waylon Jennings
* 11. Juni – Our Love is on the Faultline – Crystal Gayle
* 18. Juni – You Can't Run From Love – Eddie Rabbitt
* 25. Juni – Fool For Your Love – Mickey Gilley
* 2. Juli – Love is on a Roll – Don Williams
* 9. Juli – Highway 40 Blues – Ricky Skaggs
* 16. Juli – The Closer You Get – Alabama
* 23. Juli – Pancho and Lefty – Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
* 30. Juli – I Always Get Lucky With You – George Jones
* 6. August – Your Love's on the Line – Earl Thomas Conley
* 13. August – He's a Heartache (Looking For a Place to Happen) – Janie Fricke
* 20. August – Love Song – Oak Ridge Boys
* 27. August – You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation – Ronnie McDowell
* 3. September – A Fire I Can't Put Out – George Strait
* 10. September – I'm Only in it For the Love – John Conlee
* 17. September – Night Games – Charley Pride
* 24. September – Baby What About You – Crystal Gayle
* 11. Oktober – New Looks From an Old Lover – B.J. Thomas
* 8. Oktober – Don't You Know How Much I Love You – Ronnie Milsap
* 15. Oktober – Paradise Tonight – Charly McClain und Mickey Gilley
* 22. Oktober – Lady Down on Love – Alabama
* 29. Oktober – Islands in the Stream – Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
* 12. November – Somebody's Gonna Love You – Lee Greenwood
* 19. November – One of a Kind, Pair of Fools – Barbara Mandrell
* 26. November – Holding Her and Loving You – Earl Thomas Conley
* 3. Dezember – A Little Good News – Anne Murray
* 10. Dezember – Tell Me a Lie – Janie Fricke
* 17. Dezember – Black Sheep – John Anderson
* 24. Dezember – Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You) – Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers

### Weitere große Hits

* Amarillo By Morning – George Strait
* Everything's Beautiful in its Own Way – Dolly Parton und Willie Nelson
* Flight 309 to Tennessee – Shelly West
* Foolin‘ – Johnny Rodriguez
* Going Downhill – John Anderson
* Hard Candy Christmas – Dolly Parton
* Hey Bartender – Johnny Lee
* How Could I Love Her So Much – Johnny Rodriguez
* I.O.U. – Lee Greenwood
* I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before) – Earl Thomas Conley
* I Love Her Mind – Bellamy Brothers
* Leave Them Boys Alone – Hank Williams Jr. (mit Ernest Tubb und Waylon Jennings)
* Midnight Fire – Steve Wariner
* Nobody But You – Don Williams
* Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely) – Statler Brothers
* The Ride – David Allan Coe
* Save Me – Louise Mandrell
* Scarlet Fever – Kenny Rogers
* Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love On Me) – George Jones
* Snapshot – Sylvia
* Stranger in My House – Ronnie Milsap
* Tennessee Whiskey – George Jones
* Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More) – Tom Jones
* What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life) – Merle Haggard
* What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her – Gene Watson
* Why Do We Want What We Know We Can't Have – Reba McEntire
* The Wind Beneath My Wings – Gary Morris
* You've Got a Lover – Ricky Skaggs

## Alben
### Nummer-1-Alben

Die folgende Liste umfasst die Nummer-eins-Hits der Billboard Top Country Albums des US-amerikanischen Musikmagazines Billboard chronologisch nach Wochenplatzierung.
* 1. Januar – Mountain Music – Alabama
* 9. April – Panco & Lefty – Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
* 16. April – The Closer You Get... – Alabama
* 29. Oktober – Eyes That See in the Dark – Kenny Rogers

### Weitere Alben

* American Made – Oak Ridge Boys
* Don't Cheat in Our Hometown – Ricky Skaggs
* Don't Make it Easy for Me – Earl Thomas Conley
* Even the Strong Get Lonely – Tammy Wynette
* Heart to Heart – Merle Haggard
* A Little Good News – Anne Murray
* Lost in the Feeling – Conway Twitty
* Right or Wrong – George Strait
* Shine On – George Jones
* Take it to the Limit – Waylon Jennings und Willie Nelson
* That's the Way Love Goes – Merle Haggard
* Tougher Than Leather – Willie Nelson
* Waylon and Company – Waylon Jennings
* We've Got Tonight – Kenny Rogers
* Without a Song – Willie Nelson

## Geboren

* 10. März – Carrie Underwood
* 30. Juni – Cole Swindell
* 10. November – Miranda Lambert
* 29. Dezember – Jessica Andrews

## Gestorben

* 2. April Cliff Carlisle
* 20. Oktober – Merle Travis

## Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames
### Country Music Hall of Fame

* Little Jimmy Dickens

### Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

* W. C. Handy
* Loretta Lynn
* Beasley Smith

## Die bedeutendsten Auszeichnungen
### Grammy Awards

* Beste weibliche Gesangsdarbietung – Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Female) – Break It to Me Gently – Juice Newton
* Beste männliche Gesangsdarbietung – Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Male) – Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson
* Beste Countrydarbietung eines Duos oder einer Gruppe mit Gesang (Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal) – Mountain Music – Alabama
* Bestes Darbietung eines Countryinstrumentals (Best Country Instrumental Performance) Alabama Jubilee – Roy Clark
* Bester Countrysong (Best Country Song) – Alway On My Mind von Autoren: Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Interpret Willie Nelson

### Academy of Country Music Awards

* Entertainer Of The Year – Alabama
* Song Of The Year – Are The Good Times Really Over – Interpret: Merle Haggard – Autor: Merle Haggard
* Single Of The Year – Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson
* Album Of The Year – Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson
* Top Male Vocalist – Ronnie Milsap
* Top Female Vocalist – Sylvia
* Top Vocal Duo – Shelly West and David Frizzell
* Top Vocal Group – Alabama
* Top New Male Vocalist – Michael Martin Murphey
* Top New Female Vocalist – Karen Brooks

### Country Music Association Awards

* Entertainer of the Year – Alabama
* Song Of The Year – Always On My Mind – J.Christopher / W.Carson / M.James
* 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 / Willie Nelson
* Vocal Group Of The Year – Alabama
* Instrumentalist Of The Year – Chet Atkins
* Horizon Award – John Anderson
* Instrumental Group Of The Year – Ricky Skaggs Band

### American Music Awards

* Favorite Country Male Artist – Kenny Rogers
* Favorite Country Female Artist – Barbara Mandrell
* Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Alabama
* Favorite Country Album – Always on My Mind – Willie Nelson
* Favorite Country Song – Love Will Turn You Around – Kenny Rogers
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