# 1987 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1987.

## Events

* June 13 — Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever, Amen" spends three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It is the first multi-week chart-topping song since "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" by Ronnie Milsap spent two weeks atop the chart in September 1985; in that time span, 85 other songs had been No. 1. Only three other songs during the 1980s — all of them in 1980 — would spend more than two weeks at No. 1, owing much to how Billboard compiled the chart data at the time.
* September — Dolly Parton's TV variety series, Dolly, premieres on ABC in September. Despite strong ratings in its early weeks, the show was panned by critics and viewership declined. The series was cancelled at the end of the 1987–1988 season.

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* 46-year-old singer-songwriter K.T. Oslin becomes the success story of the year with her hit "80s Ladies", a Grammy Award-winner which tells the story of three childhood friends who stay together through an era of social change. The song spawns an award-winning video and, despite only reaching No. 7 on the Hot Country Singles chart, was one of the most played songs of the year. Oslin's rise to fame in her mid-40s came at a time when mainstream country radio was beginning to shun older female artists for younger, more attractive stars.

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

| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
| 7 | 4 | 80's Ladies | K. T. Oslin |
| 86 | 17 | Ain't No Cure for Love | Jennifer Warnes |
| 1 | 1 | All My Ex's Live in Texas | George Strait |
| 1 | 1 | Am I Blue | George Strait |
| 16 | 35 | American Me | S-K-O |
| 4 | — | Another World | Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris |
| 2 | 2 | Baby's Got a Hold on Me | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 1 | — | Baby's Got a New Baby | S-K-O |
| 4 | 8 | The Bed You Made for Me | Highway 101 |
| 10 | 9 | Bonnie Jean (Little Sister) | David Lynn Jones |
| 1 | 1 | Born to Boogie | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| 9 | 4 | Brilliant Conversationalist | T. Graham Brown |
| 1 | 1 | Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You | The O'Kanes |
| 6 | 1 | The Carpenter | John Conlee |
| 4 | 7 | Chains of Gold | Sweethearts of the Rodeo |
| 16 | 30 | Changin' Partners | Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers |
| 13 | 14 | Child Support | Barbara Mandrell |
| 5 | 3 | Cinderella | Vince Gill |
| 10 | 23 | Cowboy Man | Lyle Lovett |
| 3 | 7 | Crazy from the Heart | The Bellamy Brothers |
| 4 | — | Crazy Over You | Foster & Lloyd |
| 7 | 5 | Crime of Passion | Ricky Van Shelton |
| 1 | 2 | Cry Myself to Sleep | The Judds |
| 9 | 12 | Daddies Need to Grow Up Too | The O'Kanes |
| 10 | 10 | Deep River Woman | Lionel Richie with Alabama |
| 85 | 17 | Didn't You Go and Leave Me | Rosemary Sharp |
| 1 | 3 | Do Ya | K. T. Oslin |
| 4 | 5 | Domestic Life | John Conlee |
| 10 | 4 | Don't Be Cruel | The Judds |
| 1 | 1 | Don't Go to Strangers | T. Graham Brown |
| 20 | 19 | Don't Touch Me There | Charly McClain |
| 4 | 7 | A Face in the Crowd | Michael Martin Murphey and Holly Dunn |
| 2 | 2 | Fallin' for You for Years | Conway Twitty |
| 8 | 11 | Fallin' Out | Waylon Jennings |
| 7 | 5 | Fire in the Sky | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 1 | 1 | Fishin' in the Dark | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 7 | 11 | Forever | The Statler Brothers |
| 1 | 1 | Forever and Ever, Amen | Randy Travis |
| 16 | 18 | Full Grown Fool | Mickey Gilley |
| 7 | 10 | Girls Ride Horses Too | Judy Rodman |
| 13 | 18 | Give Back My Heart | Lyle Lovett |
| 1 | 3 | Give Me Wings | Michael Johnson |
| 18 | 23 | God Will | Lyle Lovett |
| 8 | 10 | Goodbye's All We've Got Left | Steve Earle |
| 10 | 11 | Gotta Get Away | Sweethearts of the Rodeo |
| 9 | 6 | Gotta Have You | Eddie Rabbitt |
| 2 | 3 | Half Past Forever (Till I'm Blue in the Heart) | T. G. Sheppard |
| 6 | 6 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Glen Campbell (with Steve Wariner) |
| 10 | — | Hard Livin' | Keith Whitley |
| 14 | 50 | Have I Got Some Blues for You | Charley Pride |
| 18 | 39 | He's Letting Go | Baillie & the Boys |
| 9 | 25 | Homecoming '63 | Keith Whitley |
| 17 | 12 | House of Blue Lights | Asleep at the Wheel |
| 1 | 1 | How Do I Turn You On | Ronnie Milsap |
| 1 | 3 | I Can't Win for Losin' You | Earl Thomas Conley |
| 1 | 1 | I Know Where I'm Going | The Judds |
| 14 | 19 | I Only Wanted You | Marie Osmond |
| 2 | 2 | I Prefer the Moonlight | Kenny Rogers |
| 2 | 2 | I Want to Know You Before We Make Love | Conway Twitty |
| 1 | 1 | I Will Be There | Dan Seals |
| 1 | 1 | I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever) | Randy Travis |
| 10 | 24 | I'll Be the One | The Statler Brothers |
| 5 | 9 | I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | Judy Rodman |
| 2 | 1 | I'll Come Back as Another Woman | Tanya Tucker |
| 4 | 15 | I'll Never Be in Love Again | Don Williams |
| 1 | 1 | I'll Still Be Loving You | Restless Heart |
| 9 | 24 | If There's Any Justice | Lee Greenwood |
| 1 | 1 | It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow) | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 31 | 7 | It Won't Hurt | Dwight Yoakam |
| 8 | 12 | It's Only Over for You | Tanya Tucker |
| 2 | 3 | Julia | Conway Twitty |
| 1 | 3 | Kids of the Baby Boom | The Bellamy Brothers |
| 37 | 20 | Killbilly Hill | Southern Pacific |
| 1 | 2 | The Last One to Know | Reba McEntire |
| 1 | 1 | Leave Me Lonely | Gary Morris |
| 4 | 5 | Let the Music Lift You Up | Reba McEntire |
| 16 | 17 | Let's Do Something | Vince Gill |
| 7 | 3 | Little Sister | Dwight Yoakam |
| 8 | 1 | Little Ways | Dwight Yoakam |
| 1 | 1 | A Long Line of Love | Michael Martin Murphey |
| 10 | 7 | Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This | Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White |
| 2 | 3 | Love Me Like You Used To | Tanya Tucker |
| 6 | 5 | Love Reunited | The Desert Rose Band |
| 2 | 2 | Love Someone Like Me | Holly Dunn |
| 6 | 4 | Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me | John Schneider |
| 1 | 1 | Lynda | Steve Wariner |
| 1 | 1 | Make No Mistake, She's Mine | Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap |
| 11 | 7 | Mama's Rockin' Chair | John Conlee |
| 1 | 1 | Maybe Your Baby's Got the Blues | The Judds |
| 4 | 6 | Midnight Girl/Sunset Town | Sweethearts of the Rodeo |
| 1 | 2 | The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder | Michael Johnson |
| 1 | 1 | Mornin' Ride | Lee Greenwood |
| 19 | 37 | No Easy Horses | S-K-B |
| 2 | 1 | No Place Like Home | Randy Travis |
| 20 | 7 | Nowhere Road | Steve Earle |
| 1 | 1 | Ocean Front Property | George Strait |
| 9 | 17 | Oh Heart | Baillie & the Boys |
| 11 | — | Old Bridges Burn Slow | Billy Joe Royal |
| 2 | 2 | One for the Money | T. G. Sheppard |
| 1 | 1 | One Promise Too Late | Reba McEntire |
| 4 | 7 | Only When I Love | Holly Dunn |
| 9 | 9 | Plain Brown Wrapper | Gary Morris |
| 76 | 17 | Real Good Heartache | Rosemary Sharp |
| 1 | 1 | Right from the Start | Earl Thomas Conley |
| 3 | 5 | Right Hand Man | Eddy Raven |
| 8 | 6 | The Right Left Hand | George Jones |
| 16 | 14 | The Rock and Roll of Love | Tom Wopat |
| 1 | 1 | Rose in Paradise | Waylon Jennings |
| 6 | 18 | Rough and Rowdy Days | Waylon Jennings |
| 9 | 12 | Señorita | Don Williams |
| 4 | 3 | She Couldn't Love Me Anymore | T. Graham Brown |
| 9 | — | She Thinks That She'll Marry | Judy Rodman |
| 1 | 1 | She's Too Good to Be True | Exile |
| 1 | 1 | Shine, Shine, Shine | Eddy Raven |
| 1 | 1 | Small Town Girl | Steve Wariner |
| 1 | 1 | Snap Your Fingers | Ronnie Milsap |
| 1 | 5 | Somebody Lied | Ricky Van Shelton |
| 5 | 3 | Someone | Lee Greenwood |
| 1 | 1 | Somewhere Tonight | Highway 101 |
| 1 | 2 | Straight to the Heart | Crystal Gayle |
| 20 | — | Susannah | Tom Wopat |
| 37 | 19 | Sweet Little '66 | Steve Earle |
| 10 | 7 | Take the Long Way Home | John Schneider |
| 4 | 3 | Talkin' to the Moon | Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers |
| 7 | 4 | Tar Top | Alabama |
| 3 | 6 | Telling Me Lies | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris |
| 1 | 2 | That Was a Close One | Earl Thomas Conley |
| 3 | 4 | Then It's Love | Don Williams |
| 1 | 2 | This Crazy Love | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 5 | 1 | Those Memories of You | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris |
| 1 | 1 | Three Time Loser | Dan Seals |
| 6 | 10 | Till I'm Too Old to Die Young | Moe Bandy |
| 17 | 35 | Time In | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 1 | 1 | To Know Him Is to Love Him | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris |
| 5 | 4 | Too Many Rivers | The Forester Sisters |
| 6 | 15 | Train of Memories | Kathy Mattea |
| 2 | 2 | Twenty Years Ago | Kenny Rogers |
| 1 | 1 | The Way We Make a Broken Heart | Rosanne Cash |
| 1 | 1 | The Weekend | Steve Wariner |
| 1 | 1 | What Am I Gonna Do About You | Reba McEntire |
| 9 | 7 | What Can I Do with My Heart | Juice Newton |
| 20 | 10 | When a Woman Cries | Janie Fricke |
| 2 | 1 | Whiskey, If You Were a Woman | Highway 101 |
| 1 | 1 | Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right) | Restless Heart |
| 15 | 24 | Why I Don't Know | Lyle Lovett |
| 1 | 3 | You Again | The Forester Sisters |
| 11 | — | You Haven't Heard the Last of Me | Moe Bandy |
| 1 | 1 | You Still Move Me | Dan Seals |
| 2 | 5 | You're My First Lady | T. G. Sheppard |
| 3 | 6 | You're Never Too Old for Young Love | Eddy Raven |
| 5 | — | You're the Power | Kathy Mattea |
| 1 | 1 | "You've Got" the Touch | Alabama |
| 12 | 13 | Your Love | Tammy Wynette |

### Singles released by Canadian artists

| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
| — | 8 | All I Really Need | Audie Henry |
| 20 | 10 | Are You Still in Love with Me | Anne Murray |
| — | 6 | Arms That Love (Hearts That Don't) | Carroll Baker |
| — | 19 | Better Off Alone | The Good Brothers |
| — | 9 | Cowboy Pride | Ian Tyson |
| — | 10 | Death and Taxes and Me Lovin' You | Carroll Baker |
| — | 15 | Denim Blue Eyes | Sylvia Tyson |
| — | 14 | Diamonds in the Dark | Cameron Molloy with Silver Weasel |
| — | 9 | Heroes | Mercey Brothers |
| — | 10 | I Love You More | Family Brown |
| — | 20 | I've Found Someone Too | Anita Perras |
| — | 16 | Listen to My Heart | Stoker Bros |
| — | 11 | New Fool at an Old Game | Michelle Wright |
| — | 9 | No Holiday in L.A. | Ronnie Prophet |
| — | 13 | None of the Feeling Is Gone | Terry Carisse with Michelle Wright |
| — | 3 | Old Photographs | Terry Carisse |
| — | 8 | Raised by the Radio | Mercey Brothers |
| 84 | 11 | Roller Coaster | Alibi |
| — | 13 | Say When | Tim Taylor |
| — | 14 | Small Talk | Glory-Anne Carriere |
| — | 10 | Starting Forever Again | Terry Carisse |
| — | 15 | Taste of Romance | Bootleg |
| — | 20 | Too Short a Ride | Sylvia Tyson |
| — | 14 | True Blue | Anne Lord |
| — | 1 | Try | Blue Rodeo |
| — | 10 | Walk in the Rain Tonight | Gary Fjellgaard |
| — | 20 | What a Fool I'd Be | Colleen Peterson |

## Top new album releases

| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
| 16 | 10 | Asleep at the Wheel | Epic |
| 14 | 20 Greatest Hits | Don Williams | MCA |
| 1 | 80's Ladies | K. T. Oslin | RCA |
| 18 | After All This Time | Charley Pride | 16th Avenue |
| 1 | Always & Forever | Randy Travis | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | American Faces | John Conlee | Columbia |
| 23 | Angel Band | Emmylou Harris | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | The Best | Dan Seals | Capitol |
| 25 | Borderline | Conway Twitty | MCA |
| 1 | Born to Boogie | Hank Williams, Jr. | Curb/Warner Bros. |
| 23 | Brilliant Conversationalist | T. Graham Brown | Capitol |
| 8 | Chill Factor | Merle Haggard | Epic |
| 17 | Come On Joe | Jo-El Sonnier | RCA |
| 22 | Cornerstone | Holly Dunn | MTM |
| 21 | Country Rap | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA |
| 25 | Crackin' Up | Ray Stevens | MCA |
| 24 | The Desert Rose Band | The Desert Rose Band | Curb/MCA |
| 15 | Exit 0 | Steve Earle & The Dukes | MCA |
| 2 | Greatest Hits | Reba McEntire | MCA |
| 22 | Greatest Hits | John Schneider | MCA |
| 25 | Greatest Hits | Steve Wariner | MCA |
| 1 | Greatest Hits Volume Two | George Strait | MCA |
| 19 | Hangin' Tough | Waylon Jennings | MCA |
| 1 | Hank Live | Hank Williams, Jr. | Curb/Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Harmony | Anne Murray | Capitol |
| 13 | Heart & Soul | Ronnie Milsap | RCA |
| 20 | Heartbeat | The Oak Ridge Boys | MCA |
| 1 | Heartland | The Judds | Curb/RCA |
| 7 | Highway 101 | Highway 101 | Warner Bros. |
| 1 | Hillbilly Deluxe | Dwight Yoakam | Reprise |
| 24 | Hits | Gary Morris | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Hold On | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | I Prefer the Moonlight | Kenny Rogers | RCA |
| 14 | Island in the Sea | Willie Nelson | Columbia |
| 1 | Just Us | Alabama | RCA |
| 6 | King's Record Shop | Rosanne Cash | Columbia |
| 3 | The Last One to Know | Reba McEntire | MCA |
| 23 | Lone Star State of Mind | Nanci Griffith | MCA |
| 10 | Love Me Like You Used To | Tanya Tucker | Capitol |
| 22 | A Man Called Hoss | Waylon Jennings | MCA |
| 9 | Maple Street Memories | The Statler Brothers | Mercury |
| 1 | Ocean Front Property | George Strait | MCA |
| 18 | Rainbow | Dolly Parton | Columbia |
| 18 | Right Hand Man | Eddy Raven | RCA |
| 5 | The Royal Treatment | Billy Joe Royal | Atlantic |
| 13 | Shelter from the Night | Exile | Epic |
| 16 | Somewhere in the Night | Sawyer Brown | Capitol/Curb |
| 24 | Sure Feels Good | Barbara Mandrell | EMI America |
| 14 | Too Wild Too Long | George Jones | Epic |
| 1 | Trio | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | Untasted Honey | Kathy Mattea | Mercury |
| 13 | The Way Back Home | Vince Gill | RCA |
| 25 | What If We Fall in Love? | Crystal Gayle & Gary Morris | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Where the Fast Lane Ends | The Oak Ridge Boys | MCA |
| 1 | Wild-Eyed Dream | Ricky Van Shelton | Columbia |
| 13 | You Again | The Forester Sisters | Warner Bros. |
| 10 | You Haven't Heard the Last of Me | Moe Bandy | Curb |

### Other top albums

| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
| 29 | After Midnight | Janie Frickie | Columbia |
| 37 | Ain't No Binds | The Whites | MCA |
| 32 | Americana | Michael Martin Murphey | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | Angel with a Lariat | k.d. lang | Sire |
| 48 | Back to Basics | Mickey Gilley | Epic |
| 27 | Baillie & the Boys | Baillie & the Boys | RCA |
| 53 | The Best of Crystal Gayle | Crystal Gayle | Warner Bros. |
| 41 | Blue Skies Again | John Anderson | MCA |
| 51 | Break the Routine | The Kendalls | Step One |
| 63 | Celebration | Janie Frickie | Columbia |
| 66 | A Christmas Card | The Forester Sisters | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | A Christmas Tradition | Various Artists | Warner Bros. |
| 49 | Christmas Time with The Judds | The Judds | Curb/RCA |
| 47 | Country Collection | Various Artists | K-Tel |
| 48 | Country Now | Various Artists | K-Tel |
| 50 | Crazy from the Heart | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA |
| 69 | A Crystal Christmas | Crystal Gayle | Warner Bros. |
| 59 | Emotion | Juice Newton | RCA |
| 33 | Foster & Lloyd | Foster & Lloyd | RCA |
| 43 | Greatest Hits | Mel McDaniel | Capitol |
| 59 | Greatest Hits | Sylvia | RCA |
| 41 | Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | Ray Stevens | MCA |
| 62 | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | Ray Stevens | MCA |
| 28 | Hard Times on Easy Street | David Lynn Jones | Mercury |
| 43 | Higher Ground | Tammy Wynette | Epic |
| 54 | Honky Tonk Crazy | Gene Watson | Epic |
| 38 | If There's Any Justice | Lee Greenwood | MCA |
| 29 | It's a Crazy World | Steve Wariner | MCA |
| 36 | Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town | Johnny Cash | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 54 | Larry Boone | Larry Boone | Mercury |
| 63 | The Lonesome Jubilee | John Mellencamp | Mercury |
| 50 | A Matter of Life... and Death | David Allan Coe | Columbia |
| 72 | Merry Christmas to You | Reba McEntire | MCA |
| 54 | Modern Times | Johnny Paycheck | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 52 | No Easy Horses | S-K-B | MTM |
| 47 | One for the Money | T. G. Sheppard | Columbia |
| 55 | The Only One | O. B. McClinton | Epic |
| 71 | The Patsy Cline Story | Patsy Cline | MCA |
| 29 | A Place Called Love | Judy Rodman | MTM |
| 49 | Rattlesnake Annie | Rattlesnake Annie | Columbia |
| 60 | Romeo's Escape | Dave Alvin | Epic |
| 65 | Rosie Flores | Rosie Flores | Reprise |
| 31 | Seashores of Old Mexico | Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson | Epic |
| 35 | Still I Stay | Charly McClain | Epic |
| 32 | Still within the Sound of My Voice | Glen Campbell | MCA |
| 26 | Super Hits | George Jones | Epic |
| 39 | Walking the Line | Merle Haggard, George Jones & Willie Nelson | Epic |
| 42 | What a Girl Next Door Could Do | Girls Next Door | MTM |
| 41 | You Ain't Seen the Last of Me | John Schneider | MCA |

## On television
### Regular series

* Dolly (1987–1988, ABC)
* Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated)

### Specials
## Births

* January 31 – Tyler Hubbard, member of Florida Georgia Line, a duo of the 2010s.
* May 7 – Russell Dickerson, country performer of the 2010s onward.
* May 21 – Cody Johnson, Texas country singer-songwriter of the 2010s onward ("'Til You Can't").
* August 16 – Dan Smyers, member of Dan + Shay, a rising duo of the 2010s.
* September 25 — Greg Bates, up-and-coming country singer of the early 2010s.
* October 17 – Jameson Rodgers, up-and-coming country singer-songwriter of the early 2020s.

## Deaths

* June 25 – Boudleaux Bryant, 67, songwriter (with wife Felice) of many 1950s and 1960s hits.

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

* Rod Brasfield (1910–1958)

### Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

* Lucille Starr

## Major awards
### Grammy Awards

* Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "80's Ladies", K. T. Oslin
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance — Always & Forever, Randy Travis
* Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — Trio, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
* Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Make No Mistake, She's Mine," Ronnie Milsap and Kenny Rogers
* Best Country Instrumental Performance — "String of Pars," Asleep at the Wheel
* Best Country Song — "Forever and Ever, Amen," Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz (Performer: Randy Travis)

### Juno Awards

* Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Ian Tyson
* Country Female Vocalist of the Year — k.d. lang
* Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster

### Academy of Country Music

* Entertainer of the Year — Hank Williams, Jr.
* Song of the Year — "Forever and Ever, Amen," Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz (Performer: Randy Travis)
* Single of the Year — "Forever and Ever, Amen," Randy Travis
* Album of the Year — Trio, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt
* Top Male Vocalist — Randy Travis
* Top Female Vocalist — Reba McEntire
* Top Vocal Duo — The Judds
* Top Vocal Group — Highway 101
* Top New Male Vocalist — Ricky Van Shelton
* Top New Female Vocalist — K. T. Oslin
* Video of the Year — "80's Ladies", K. T. Oslin (Director: Jack Cole)

### ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on March 2, 1987)
* Best Country Album - Mallee Boy (John Williamson)

### Canadian Country Music Association

* Entertainer of the Year — k.d. lang
* Male Artist of the Year — Ian Tyson
* Female Artist of the Year — Anita Perras
* Group of the Year — Family Brown
* SOCAN Song of the Year — "Heroes" Gary Fjellgaard (Performer: Mercey Brothers)
* Single of the Year — "Navajo Rug", Ian Tyson
* Album of the Year — Cowboyography, Ian Tyson
* Top Selling Album — Storms of Life, Randy Travis
* Vista Rising Star Award — k.d. lang
* Duo of the Year — Anita Perras and Tim Taylor

### Country Music Association

* Entertainer of the Year — Hank Williams, Jr.
* Song of the Year — "Forever and Ever, Amen," Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz (Performer: Randy Travis)
* Single of the Year — "Forever and Ever, Amen," Randy Travis
* Album of the Year — Always & Forever, Randy Travis
* Male Vocalist of the Year — Randy Travis
* Female Vocalist of the Year — Reba McEntire
* Vocal Duo of the Year — Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White
* Vocal Group of the Year — The Judds
* Horizon Award — Holly Dunn
* Music Video of the Year — "My Name Is Bocephus," Hank Williams, Jr. (Directors: Bill Fishman and Preacher Ewing)
* Instrumentalist of the Year — Johnny Gimble