# 1990 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1990.

## Events

* January 20 — Billboard magazine begins basing the Hot Country Singles chart entirely on radio airplay through Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS), which uses a computerized system to detect actual radio spins. The number of chart positions is reduced from 100 to 75. The new system has an immediate effect on how long the year's biggest songs stay at No. 1:
** February 3 — "Nobody’s Home" by Clint Black becomes the first three-week No. 1 since Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever, Amen" in 1987.
** April 7 — Travis' "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" breaks the four-week barrier, the first since 1978's "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
** July 7 — "Love Without End, Amen" by George Strait is Billboard's first five-week No. 1 song, matching 1977's "Here You Come Again" by Dolly Parton. Incidentally, "Love Without End, Amen" is Strait's first multi-week chart-topper, after his first 18 No. 1s had spent just one week on top.
    Just 23 songs would reach the chart's summit in 1990, 13 of them multi-weekers; this was fewer than half the number that reached the top of the chart a year earlier, and the fewest since 1972.

### No dates

* The Smithsonian Institution releases Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, a 100-track, four-volume set including the most important and notable songs in the genre's history, from 1924 to 1987. The set, which includes an 84-page booklet by historian Bill Malone, replaces the Smithsonian's eight-volume, 143-track set – titled The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music – issued in 1981. The release of Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection continues a trend towards chronicling the genre's history via compact disc during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Time-Life Music's Country USA series continued to issue new albums, while Columbia Records issues its five-volume Country Classics series during the summer. Rhino Records also releases ten volumes of Billboard Top Country Singles, each depicting the top 10 songs from the years 1959 through 1968.

## Top hits of the year
### Singles released by American artists

| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
| 17 | 29 | Ain't Necessarily So | Willie Nelson |
| 15 | 16 | Ain't Nobody's Business | Hank Williams Jr. |
| 11 | — | American Boy | Eddie Rabbitt |
| 2 | 1 | Back in My Younger Days | Don Williams |
| 14 | 18 | Back Where I Come From | Mac McAnally |
| 9 | 10 | The Battle Hymn of Love | Kathy Mattea & Tim O'Brien |
| 15 | 19 | Black Coffee | Lacy J. Dalton |
| 12 | 21 | Black Velvet | Robin Lee |
| 5 | 4 | Born to Be Blue | The Judds |
| 11 | 11 | Bring Back Your Love to Me | Earl Thomas Conley |
| 1 | 1 | Chains | Patty Loveless |
| 2 | 5 | Chasin' That Neon Rainbow | Alan Jackson |
| 1 | 1 | Come Next Monday | K. T. Oslin |
| 2 | 4 | Crazy in Love | Conway Twitty |
| 1 | 1 | The Dance | Garth Brooks |
| 5 | 4 | Dancy's Dream | Restless Heart |
| 7 | 3 | The Domino Theory | Steve Wariner |
| 6 | 11 | Don't Go Out | Tanya Tucker with T. Graham Brown |
| 4 | 3 | Drinking Champagne | George Strait |
| 15 | 54 | Dumas Walker | The Kentucky Headhunters |
| 4 | 3 | Fast Movin' Train | Restless Heart |
| 8 | 4 | A Few Ole Country Boys | Randy Travis & George Jones |
| 30 | — | Fit to Be Tied Down | Conway Twitty |
| 1 | 9 | Five Minutes | Lorrie Morgan |
| 5 | 7 | Fool Such as I | Baillie & the Boys |
| 6 | 5 | Fourteen Minutes Old | Doug Stone |
| 1 | 1 | Friends in Low Places | Garth Brooks |
| 5 | 2 | Ghost in This House | Shenandoah |
| 10 | 16 | Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin' | Hank Williams Jr. |
| 1 | 1 | Good Times | Dan Seals |
| 16 | 16 | Guardian Angels | The Judds |
| 1 | 1 | Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart | Randy Travis |
| 4 | 7 | He Talks to Me | Lorrie Morgan |
| 2 | 1 | He Walked on Water | Randy Travis |
| 25 | 6 | He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You) | Ricky Skaggs |
| 13 | 5 | Heartbreak Hurricane | Ricky Skaggs |
| 1 | 1 | Help Me Hold On | Travis Tritt |
| 3 | 1 | Here in the Real World | Alan Jackson |
| 8 | 6 | Hillbilly Rock | Marty Stuart |
| 2 | 2 | Holdin' a Good Hand | Lee Greenwood |
| 1 | 1 | Home | Joe Diffie |
| 26 | 12 | Honky Tonk Blues | Pirates of the Mississippi |
| 20 | 15 | Hummingbird | Ricky Skaggs |
| 9 | 4 | I Can't Turn the Tide | Baillie & the Boys |
| 7 | 8 | I Could Be Persuaded | The Bellamy Brothers |
| 3 | 3 | I Fell in Love | Carlene Carter |
| 31 | 17 | I Go to Pieces | Southern Pacific |
| 2 | 1 | I Meant Every Word He Said | Ricky Van Shelton |
| 8 | 14 | I Watched It All (On My Radio) | Lionel Cartwright |
| 4 | 5 | I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box) | Doug Stone |
| 2 | 1 | I'm Gonna Be Somebody | Travis Tritt |
| 3 | 3 | I'm Over You | Keith Whitley |
| 1 | 1 | I've Come to Expect It from You | George Strait |
| 1 | 1 | I've Cried My Last Tear for You | Ricky Van Shelton |
| 6 | 4 | If Looks Could Kill | Rodney Crowell |
| 6 | 5 | If You Could Only See Me Now | T. Graham Brown |
| 23 | 15 | If You Want to Be My Woman | Merle Haggard |
| 13 | 18 | In Another Lifetime | The Desert Rose Band |
| 12 | 6 | In My Eyes | Lionel Cartwright |
| 10 | 6 | Island | Eddy Raven |
| 1 | 1 | It Ain't Nothin' | Keith Whitley |
| 32 | 32 | It's Lonely Out Tonite | Eddie Rabbitt |
| 5 | 9 | It's You Again | Skip Ewing |
| 1 | 1 | Jukebox in My Mind | Alabama |
| 4 | 11 | Just as Long as I Have You | Don Williams |
| 17 | 19 | Keep It in the Middle of the Road | Exile |
| 7 | 6 | Leave It Alone | The Forester Sisters |
| 7 | 7 | Little Girl | Reba McEntire |
| 21 | 14 | Love Is Strange | Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton |
| 1 | 1 | Love on Arrival | Dan Seals |
| 1 | 1 | Love Without End, Amen | George Strait |
| 3 | 1 | Many a Long & Lonesome Highway | Rodney Crowell |
| 25 | 17 | Maybe | Kenny Rogers (with Holly Dunn) |
| 18 | 9 | Moonshadow Road | T. Graham Brown |
| 2 | 2 | My Arms Stay Open All Night | Tanya Tucker |
| 7 | 6 | My Heart Is Set on You | Lionel Cartwright |
| 22 | 12 | My Past Is Present | Rodney Crowell |
| 3 | 7 | Never Knew Lonely | Vince Gill |
| 1 | 1 | Next to You, Next to Me | Shenandoah |
| 20 | 4 | The Night's Too Long | Patty Loveless |
| 1 | 1 | No Matter How High | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 1 | 1 | Nobody's Home | Clint Black |
| 2 | 3 | Nobody's Talking | Exile |
| 2 | 1 | Not Counting You | Garth Brooks |
| 3 | 1 | Nothing's News | Clint Black |
| 8 | 19 | Oh Lonesome Me | The Kentucky Headhunters |
| 13 | 7 | Oklahoma Swing | Vince Gill with Reba McEntire |
| 5 | 3 | On Down the Line | Patty Loveless |
| 1 | 1 | On Second Thought | Eddie Rabbitt |
| 8 | 14 | One Man Woman | The Judds |
| 8 | 7 | Overnight Success | George Strait |
| 3 | 2 | Pass It On Down | Alabama |
| 23 | 16 | Perfect | Baillie & the Boys |
| 8 | 13 | Precious Thing | Steve Wariner |
| 28 | 23 | Put Some Drive in Your Country | Travis Tritt |
| 4 | 3 | Put Yourself in My Shoes | Clint Black |
| 33 | 19 | Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night | Sawyer Brown |
| 7 | 8 | Quittin' Time | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 3 | 4 | Richest Man on Earth | Paul Overstreet |
| 10 | 6 | Right in the Wrong Direction | Vern Gosdin |
| 8 | 6 | Runnin' with the Wind | Eddie Rabbitt |
| 17 | 33 | Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue | Billy Joe Royal |
| 6 | 5 | See If I Care | Shenandoah |
| 2 | 2 | Seein' My Father in Me | Paul Overstreet |
| 2 | 13 | She Came from Fort Worth | Kathy Mattea |
| 12 | 15 | Simple Man | Charlie Daniels Band |
| 14 | 11 | Someone Else's Trouble Now | Highway 101 |
| 14 | 8 | Something of a Dreamer | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 6 | 18 | Sooner or Later | Eddy Raven |
| 1 | 1 | Southern Star | Alabama |
| 6 | 3 | Start All Over Again | The Desert Rose Band |
| 2 | 1 | Statue of a Fool | Ricky Van Shelton |
| 10 | 6 | Story of Love | The Desert Rose Band |
| 2 | 1 | Stranger Things Have Happened | Ronnie Milsap |
| 18 | — | Tell Me Why | Jann Browne |
| 4 | 3 | That Just About Does It | Vern Gosdin |
| 8 | 4 | There You Are | Willie Nelson |
| 14 | 19 | This Ain't My First Rodeo | Vern Gosdin |
| 11 | 9 | This Side of Goodbye | Highway 101 |
| 13 | 13 | 'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose | Keith Whitley & Lorrie Morgan |
| 2 | 3 | Till I Can't Take It Anymore | Billy Joe Royal |
| 39 | 18 | Till I See You Again | Kevin Welch |
| 26 | 19 | Time's Up | Southern Pacific & Carlene Carter |
| 3 | 1 | Too Cold at Home | Mark Chesnutt |
| 2 | 1 | Walk On | Reba McEntire |
| 1 | 1 | Walkin' Away | Clint Black |
| 4 | 5 | Walkin', Talkin', Cryin', Barely Beatin' Broken Heart | Highway 101 |
| 3 | 2 | Walking Shoes | Tanya Tucker |
| 3 | 3 | Wanted | Alan Jackson |
| 20 | 16 | Western Girls | Marty Stuart |
| 2 | 5 | When I Call Your Name | Vince Gill |
| 5 | 10 | When I Could Come Home to You | Steve Wariner |
| 10 | 11 | When It's Gone | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 40 | 18 | When Love Comes Callin' | Sawyer Brown |
| 21 | 17 | When Somebody Loves You | Restless Heart |
| 10 | 13 | Where've You Been | Kathy Mattea |
| 1 | 1 | Who's Lonely Now | Highway 101 |
| 5 | 2 | Wrong | Waylon Jennings |
| 7 | 5 | Yet | Exile |
| 1 | 1 | You Lie | Reba McEntire |
| 1 | 1 | You Really Had Me Going | Holly Dunn |

### Singles released by Canadian artists

| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
| — | 20 | After All | Anita Perras |
| — | 20 | Ain't No Trains to Nashville | Dick Damron |
| — | 9 | Always Hum a Song in Your Soul | Morris P. Rainville |
| — | 4 | Bachelor Girl | George Fox |
| — | 12 | The Colour of Your Collar | Gary Fjellgaard |
| — | 19 | Couldn't See the Gold | Tommy Hunter with Janie Fricke |
| — | 10 | Daddy, Sing to Me | Lisa Brokop |
| — | 10 | Dreamin' Ain't Cheatin' | Carroll Baker |
| 5 | 6 | Feed This Fire | Anne Murray |
| 62 | 3 | Goodbye, So Long, Hello | Prairie Oyster |
| — | 9 | Here Comes My Baby | Anita Perras |
| — | 3 | How Many Times | Family Brown |
| — | 17 | I Broke His Heart | Jenny Lee West |
| 70 | 5 | I Don't Hurt Anymore | Prairie Oyster |
| — | 9 | I Want to Fly | Errol Ranville |
| — | 9 | I'll Accept the Rose | Rita MacNeil |
| — | 10 | In My Heart | Gary Fjellgaard with Linda Kidder |
| — | 10 | Lime Rickey | George Fox |
| — | 14 | Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young | The Good Brothers |
| — | 10 | Luck in My Eyes | k.d. lang |
| — | 16 | Never Be Sorry | Greg Paul |
| 32 | 4 | New Kind of Love | Michelle Wright |
| — | 10 | No Trespassing | George Fox |
| — | 19 | Once the Magic's Gone | Cindi Cain |
| — | 13 | Pioneers | Family Brown |
| — | 8 | Quittin' Time | Michael Dee |
| — | 9 | Rosanne | Albert Hall |
| — | 17 | Rumour | Dan Rogers |
| — | 10 | She Told Me So | The Good Brothers |
| — | 17 | Since the Rain | Ian Tyson |
| — | 7 | Somewhere on the Island | Gary Fjellgaard |
| — | 6 | Start of Something New | Terry Carisse with Tracey Brown |
| — | 10 | This Time | Patricia Conroy |
| 55 | 9 | Three Days | k.d. lang |
| — | 10 | Touch My Heart | Anita Perras |
| — | 17 | Why Do I Think of You Today | Rita MacNeil |
| 72 | 14 | Woman's Intuition | Michelle Wright |

## Top new album releases

| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
| 21 | 10 Years of Greatest Hits | Vern Gosdin | Columbia |
| 11 | America (The Way I See It) | Hank Williams, Jr. | Curb/Warner Bros. |
| 23 | Black Velvet | Robin Lee | Atlantic |
| 8 | A Collection of Hits | Kathy Mattea | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 3 | Country Club | Travis Tritt | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | Cowboy Songs | Michael Martin Murphey | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Doug Stone | Doug Stone | Epic |
| 24 | Duets | Emmylou Harris | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | The Eagle | Waylon Jennings | Epic |
| 11 | Extra Mile | Shenandoah | Columbia |
| 6 | Fast Movin' Train | Restless Heart | RCA Nashville |
| 5 | Greatest Hits | Keith Whitley | RCA Nashville |
| 4 | Here in the Real World | Alan Jackson | Arista Nashville |
| 1 | Heroes & Friends | Randy Travis | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Highwayman 2 | The Highwaymen | Columbia |
| 19 | I Fell in Love | Carlene Carter | Reprise |
| 21 | I Watched It on the Radio | Lionel Cartwright | MCA Nashville |
| 7 | If There Was a Way | Dwight Yoakam | Reprise |
| 23 | Interiors | Rosanne Cash | Columbia |
| 20 | Laredo | Steve Wariner | MCA Nashville |
| 1 | Livin' It Up | George Strait | MCA Nashville |
| 2 | Lone Wolf | Hank Williams, Jr. | Curb/Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Love Can Build a Bridge | The Judds | RCA/Curb |
| 5 | Love in a Small Town | K. T. Oslin | RCA Nashville |
| 21 | Love Is Strange | Kenny Rogers | Reprise |
| 1 | No Fences | Garth Brooks | Capitol Nashville |
| 13 | On Arrival | Dan Seals | Capitol Nashville |
| 12 | On Down the Line | Patty Loveless | MCA Nashville |
| 24 | Out of the Shadows | Billy Joe Royal | Atlantic |
| 17 | Pages of Life | Desert Rose Band | Curb/MCA Nashville |
| 3 | Pass It on Down | Alabama | RCA Nashville |
| 12 | Pirates of the Mississippi | Pirates of the Mississippi | Capitol Nashville |
| 1 | Put Yourself in My Shoes | Clint Black | RCA Nashville |
| 2 | Rumor Has It | Reba McEntire | MCA Nashville |
| 1 | RVS III | Ricky Van Shelton | Columbia |
| 11 | Shooting Straight in the Dark | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Columbia |
| 18 | Tennessee Woman | Tanya Tucker | Capitol Nashville |
| 25 | Texas Tornados | Texas Tornados | Reprise |
| 23 | A Thousand Winding Roads | Joe Diffie | Epic |
| 12 | Too Cold at Home | Mark Chesnutt | MCA Nashville |
| 12 | Young Man | Billy Dean | SBK/Liberty |

### Other top albums

| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
| 47 | Blue Jungle | Merle Haggard | Curb |
| 31 | Born for Trouble | Willie Nelson | Columbia |
| 45 | Brand New Dance | Emmylou Harris | Reprise |
| 44 | Breaking New Ground | Wild Rose | Capitol Nashville |
| 41 | Buffalo Zone | Sweethearts of the Rodeo | Columbia |
| 33 | Bumper to Bumper | T. Graham Brown | Capitol Nashville |
| 71 | Christmas Memories | Steve Wariner | MCA Nashville |
| 54 | Come Hold Me | The Forester Sisters | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | County Line | Southern Pacific | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | Crazy in Love | Conway Twitty | MCA Nashville |
| 61 | Different Kind of Fire | Prairie Oyster | RCA Nashville |
| 63 | Down That River Road | Larry Boone | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 27 | Greatest Hits | Highway 101 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | Greatest Hits | Sawyer Brown | Capitol/Curb |
| 35 | Greatest Hits, Volume II | Earl Thomas Conley | RCA Nashville |
| 54 | Greatest Hits Volume III | Conway Twitty | MCA Nashville |
| 57 | Hardin County Line | Mark Collie | MCA Nashville |
| 45 | Have a Little Faith | Jo-El Sonnier | RCA Nashville |
| 47 | Heart Full of Love | Holly Dunn | Warner Bros. |
| 64 | Heart Over Mind | Tammy Wynette | Epic |
| 69 | Holdin' a Good Hand | Lee Greenwood | Capitol Nashville |
| 74 | Home for Christmas | Dolly Parton | Columbia |
| 69 | How 'bout Us | Girls Next Door | Atlantic |
| 63 | Imagine That | The O'Kanes | Columbia |
| 34 | Jersey Boy | Eddie Rabbitt | Capitol Nashville |
| 73 | Keepin' Me Up Nights | Asleep at the Wheel | Arista Nashville |
| 69 | Kevin Welch | Kevin Welch | Reprise |
| 26 | Lacy J. | Lacy J. Dalton | Capitol Nashville |
| 35 | The Lights of Home | Baillie & the Boys | RCA Nashville |
| 57 | Live at Liberty Lunch | Joe Ely | MCA Nashville |
| 43 | Lying to the Moon | Matraca Berg | RCA Nashville |
| 49 | Marsha Thornton | Marsha Thornton | MCA Nashville |
| 75 | Missing You | The Marcy Brothers | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | Music, Memories and You | The Statler Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 27 | Neck and Neck | Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler | Columbia |
| 72 | No Nonsense | Barbara Mandrell | Capitol Nashville |
| 71 | Reality Check | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA Nashville |
| 53 | The Rest of the Dream | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | MCA Nashville |
| 63 | Simple Life | Mac McAnally | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | Still Standing | Exile | Arista Nashville |
| 72 | Stone by Stone | Tim Mensy | Columbia |
| 46 | Tell Me Why | Jann Browne | Curb |
| 62 | Tim Ryan | Tim Ryan | Epic |
| 31 | Tough All Over | Shelby Lynne | Epic |
| 56 | True Love | Don Williams | RCA Nashville |
| 40 | Version of the Truth | Foster & Lloyd | RCA Nashville |
| 64 | Well Travelled Love | Kelly Willis | MCA Nashville |
| 51 | What a Way to Go | Ray Kennedy | Atlantic |
| 65 | When the Night Falls | Black Tie | Bench |
| 66 | Wood, Wind and Stone | David Lynn Jones | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 35 | You Oughta Be Here with Me | George Jones | Epic |
| 47 | You Will | Anne Murray | Capitol |

## On television
### Regular series

* Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated)

## Births

* January 8 – Frank Ray, singer known for his 2022 hit "Country'd Look Good on You".
* March 2 — Luke Combs, singer-songwriter of the 2010s.
* March 30 — Thomas Rhett, singer-songwriter, son of singer-songwriter Rhett Akins.
* April 10 — Maren Morris, musician and singer-songwriter known for her 2016 hit "My Church".
* April 24 — Carly Pearce, singer-songwriter of the 2010s.
* May 17 — Kree Harrison, singer and musician, who was the runner-up on the twelfth season of American Idol.
* May 27 — Brett Kissel, Canadian country singer of the 2010s.
* July 23 — Neil Perry, member of The Band Perry.
* July 27 — Cheyenne Kimball, member of Gloriana from 2008–2011.
* October 22 — Dylan Scott, singer known for his hits "My Girl" and "Hooked".

## Deaths

* April 26 – Wesley Rose, 72, president of Acuff-Rose Music publishing.
* August 15 — Lew DeWitt, 52, tenor and founding member of the Statler Brothers (complications from Crohn's disease)
* October 31 — Carl Belew, 59, best known for writing the song "Am I That Easy to Forget" (cancer)

## Hall of Fame inductees
### Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

* Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919–1991)

### Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

* Gordie Tapp
* Ron Sparling

## Major awards
### Grammy Awards

* Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Where've You Been", Kathy Mattea
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "When I Call Your Name", Vince Gill
* Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — Pickin' on Nashville, The Kentucky Headhunters
* Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Poor Boy Blues", Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
* Best Country Instrumental Performance — "So Soft, Your Goodbye", Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
* Best Country Song — "Where've You Been", Don Henry and Jon Vezner
* Best Bluegrass Recording — "I've Got That Old Feeling", Alison Krauss

### Juno Awards

* Country Male Vocalist of the Year — George Fox
* Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Rita MacNeil
* Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster

### Academy of Country Music

* Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks
* Song of the Year — "The Dance", Tony Arata (Performer: Garth Brooks)
* Single of the Year — "Friends in Low Places", Garth Brooks
* Album of the Year — No Fences, Garth Brooks
* Top Male Vocalist — Garth Brooks
* Top Female Vocalist — Reba McEntire
* Top Vocal Duo — The Judds
* Top Vocal Group — Shenandoah
* Top New Male Vocalist — Alan Jackson
* Top New Female Vocalist — Shelby Lynne
* Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Pirates of the Mississippi
* Video of the Year — "The Dance", Garth Brooks (Director: John Lloyd Miller)

### ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on March 26, 1990)
* Best Country Album - Warragul (John Williamson)

### Canadian Country Music Association

* Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — k.d. lang
* Male Artist of the Year — George Fox
* Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
* Group of the Year — Prairie Oyster
* SOCAN Song of the Year — "Pioneers", Barry Brown
* Single of the Year — "Goodbye, So Long, Hello", Prairie Oyster
* Album of the Year — Absolute Torch and Twang, k.d. lang
* Top Selling Album — Rita, Rita MacNeil
* Video of the Year — "Pioneers", Family Brown
* Vista Rising Star Award — Patricia Conroy
* Duo of the Year — Gary Fjellgaard and Linda Kidder

### Country Music Association

* Entertainer of the Year — George Strait
* Song of the Year — "Where've You Been", Don Henry and Jon Vezner (Performer: Kathy Mattea)
* Single of the Year — "When I Call Your Name", Vince Gill
* Album of the Year — Pickin' on Nashville, The Kentucky Headhunters
* Male Vocalist of the Year — Clint Black
* Female Vocalist of the Year — Kathy Mattea
* Vocal Duo of the Year — The Judds
* Vocal Group of the Year — The Kentucky Headhunters
* Horizon Award — Garth Brooks
* Music Video of the Year — "The Dance", Garth Brooks (Director: John Lloyd Miller)
* Vocal Event of the Year — "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose", Lorrie Morgan and Keith Whitley
* Musician of the Year — Johnny Gimble