# 1984 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1984.

## Events

* June 22 — The movie Rhinestone, starring Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone, is released to universally negative reviews. The much-hyped movie – about a singer's effort to transform a New York City taxicab driver into a country star within two weeks – flops, but still produces several hit singles, most notably the No. 1 hit "Tennessee Homesick Blues".
* July 28 — With his No. 1 hit "Angel in Disguise", Earl Thomas Conley becomes the first artist in any genre to have four Billboard chart-topping songs from the same album. The album in question is Don't Make it Easy For Me, and in addition to "Angel in Disguise" and the title track, Conley also hit with 1983's "Your Love's on the Line" and "Holding Her and Loving You". The feat is part of Conley's impressive 1980s streak, where he enjoyed 16 No. 1 hits through 1989.
* September 11 — Barbara Mandrell is seriously injured in a car accident. She suffers multiple injuries and takes an 18-month sabbatical from performing to recover.

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

| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
| 4 | 4 | After All | Ed Bruce |
| 10 | 6 | All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| 6 | — | America | Waylon Jennings |
| 1 | 1 | Angel in Disguise | Earl Thomas Conley |
| 10 | 20 | Another Motel Memory | Shelly West |
| 1 | 1 | As Long as I'm Rockin' with You | John Conlee |
| 3 | 2 | Atlanta Blue | The Statler Brothers |
| 5 | 7 | Attitude Adjustment | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| 3 | 2 | B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love | Eddie Rabbitt |
| 7 | 10 | Between Two Fires | Gary Morris |
| 19 | 26 | Boys Like You | Gail Davies |
| 3 | 2 | Buried Treasure | Kenny Rogers |
| 5 | 3 | Candy Man | Charly McClain & Mickey Gilley |
| 1 | 1 | Chance of Lovin' You | Earl Thomas Conley |
| 1 | 1 | City of New Orleans | Willie Nelson |
| 11 | 10 | Crossword Puzzle | Barbara Mandrell |
| 7 | 5 | Denver | Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers |
| 9 | 4 | Diamond in the Dust | Mark Gray |
| 12 | 11 | Disenchanted | Michael Martin Murphey |
| 1 | 1 | Don't Cheat in Our Hometown | Ricky Skaggs |
| 1 | 2 | Don't Make It Easy for Me | Earl Thomas Conley |
| 8 | 14 | Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) | Joe Stampley |
| 36 | 20 | Downtown | Dolly Parton |
| 18 | — | Dream On Texas Ladies | Rex Allen, Jr. |
| 10 | 8 | Drinkin' My Way Back Home | Gene Watson |
| 26 | 13 | Drivin' Wheel | Emmylou Harris |
| 1 | 12 | Elizabeth | The Statler Brothers |
| 11 | 14 | Evening Star | Kenny Rogers |
| 2 | 7 | Ev'ry Heart Should Have One | Charley Pride |
| 1 | 1 | Everyday | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 10 | 16 | Faithless Love | Glen Campbell |
| 3 | 5 | Fool's Gold | Lee Greenwood |
| 10 | 18 | Forever Again | Gene Watson |
| 14 | 30 | Forever You | The Whites |
| 5 | 13 | Forget About Me | The Bellamy Brothers |
| 10 | 16 | Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling | The Whites |
| 1 | 1 | Give Me One More Chance | Exile |
| 7 | — | God Bless the USA | Lee Greenwood |
| 10 | 8 | God Must Be a Cowboy | Dan Seals |
| 10 | 8 | God Won't Get You | Dolly Parton |
| 1 | 1 | Going, Going, Gone | Lee Greenwood |
| 17 | 15 | Had a Dream (For the Heart) | The Judds |
| 3 | 18 | Happy Birthday Dear Heartache | Barbara Mandrell |
| 15 | 19 | He Broke Your Memory Last Night | Reba McEntire |
| 1 | 1 | Honey (Open That Door) | Ricky Skaggs |
| 9 | 29 | I Call It Love | Mel McDaniel |
| 1 | 1 | I Can Tell By the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight) | Vern Gosdin |
| 6 | 6 | I Could'a Had You | Leon Everette |
| 9 | 6 | I Could Use Another You | Eddy Raven |
| 1 | 1 | I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song) | Conway Twitty |
| 2 | 1 | I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love | Crystal Gayle |
| 1 | 1 | I Don't Want to Be a Memory | Exile |
| 7 | 6 | I Dream of Women Like You | Ronnie McDowell |
| 8 | 4 | I Got a Million of 'Em | Ronnie McDowell |
| 1 | 1 | I Got Mexico | Eddy Raven |
| 1 | 1 | I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 10 | 17 | I Hurt for You | Deborah Allen |
| 3 | 3 | I Love Only You | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 4 | 4 | I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up) | Waylon Jennings |
| 3 | 2 | I Never Quite Got Back (From Loving You) | Sylvia |
| 17 | 22 | I Still Do | Bill Medley |
| 14 | 12 | I Wish I Could Write You a Song | John Anderson |
| 7 | 8 | I'm Not Through Loving You Yet | Louise Mandrell |
| 1 | 1 | I've Been Around Enough to Know | John Schneider |
| 13 | — | I've Been Rained on Too | Tom Jones |
| 2 | 1 | I've Been Wrong Before | Deborah Allen |
| 9 | 6 | If All the Magic Is Gone | Mark Gray |
| 10 | 10 | If I Could Only Dance with You | Jim Glaser |
| 8 | 6 | If the Fall Don't Get You | Janie Fricke |
| 1 | 1 | If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) | Alabama |
| 9 | 6 | In My Dreams | Emmylou Harris |
| 1 | 2 | In My Eyes | John Conlee |
| 14 | 32 | In the Midnight Hour | Razzy Bailey |
| 13 | 40 | It's a Be Together Night | David Frizzell & Shelly West |
| 20 | 38 | Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart | Gail Davies |
| 5 | 37 | Just a Little Love | Reba McEntire |
| 3 | 2 | The Lady Takes the Cowboy Everytime | Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers |
| 10 | 28 | Left Side of the Bed | Mark Gray |
| 10 | 10 | Let Somebody Else Drive | John Anderson |
| 1 | 9 | Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room | Merle Haggard |
| 1 | 1 | Let's Fall to Pieces Together | George Strait |
| 1 | 1 | Let's Stop Talkin' About It | Janie Fricke |
| 4 | 3 | Lonely Women Make Good Lovers | Steve Wariner |
| 1 | 2 | Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 11 | 13 | Maggie's Dream | Don Williams |
| 12 | 11 | Make My Day | T. G. Sheppard with Clint Eastwood |
| 1 | 1 | Mama He's Crazy | The Judds |
| 3 | 4 | Man of Steel | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| 2 | 1 | Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile | David Allan Coe |
| 15 | 35 | My Baby's Gone | The Kendalls |
| 6 | 2 | Never Could Toe the Mark | Waylon Jennings |
| 7 | 10 | New Patches | Mel Tillis |
| 10 | 1 | Nothing Like Falling in Love | Eddie Rabbitt |
| 8 | 20 | One Takes the Blame | The Statler Brothers |
| 2 | 1 | Only a Lonely Heart Knows | Barbara Mandrell |
| 5 | 1 | Ozark Mountain Jubilee | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 10 | 12 | Pins & Needles | The Whites |
| 9 | 9 | Pledging My Love | Emmylou Harris |
| 9 | 11 | The Power of Love | Charley Pride |
| 6 | 9 | Prisoner of the Highway | Ronnie Milsap |
| 8 | 5 | P.S. I Love You | Tom T. Hall |
| 19 | 30 | Radio Land | Michael Martin Murphey |
| 1 | 1 | Right or Wrong | George Strait |
| 14 | 7 | The Right Stuff | Charly McClain & Mickey Gilley |
| 14 | 15 | Rock & Roll Shoes | Ray Charles with B. J. Thomas |
| 1 | 1 | Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) | Alabama |
| 13 | 10 | Runaway Heart | Louise Mandrell |
| 3 | 2 | Save the Last Dance for Me | Dolly Parton |
| 7 | 6 | Second Hand Heart | Gary Morris |
| 3 | 3 | Sentimental Ol' You | Charly McClain |
| 3 | 4 | She Sure Got Away with My Heart | John Anderson |
| 1 | 1 | Show Her | Ronnie Milsap |
| 20 | 20 | Silent Partners | David Frizzell & Shelly West |
| 1 | 1 | Slow Burn | T. G. Sheppard |
| 1 | 3 | Somebody's Needin' Somebody | Conway Twitty |
| 1 | 1 | Someday When Things Are Good | Merle Haggard |
| 3 | 5 | Somewhere Down the Line | T. G. Sheppard |
| 1 | 9 | The Sound of Goodbye | Crystal Gayle |
| 1 | 3 | Stay Young | Don Williams |
| 1 | 1 | Still Losing You | Ronnie Milsap |
| 24 | 18 | Stuck on You | Lionel Richie |
| 5 | 2 | Sweet Country Music | Atlanta |
| 8 | 1 | Take It to the Limit | Willie Nelson with Waylon Jennings |
| 1 | 1 | Tennessee Homesick Blues | Dolly Parton |
| 1 | 16 | Thank God for the Radio | The Kendalls |
| 1 | 1 | That's the Thing About Love | Don Williams |
| 1 | 1 | That's the Way Love Goes | Merle Haggard |
| 12 | 33 | There Ain't No Future in This | Reba McEntire |
| 7 | 4 | Three Times a Lady | Conway Twitty |
| 28 | 30 | Till Your Memory's Gone | Bill Medley |
| 1 | 1 | To All the Girls I've Loved Before | Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson |
| 3 | 5 | To Me | Barbara Mandrell & Lee Greenwood |
| 19 | 29 | Together Again | Kenny Rogers & Dottie West |
| 19 | 14 | Tonight I'm Here with Someone Else | Karen Brooks |
| 4 | 1 | Too Good to Stop Now | Mickey Gilley |
| 15 | 32 | Too Late to Go Home | Johnny Rodriguez |
| 1 | 1 | Turning Away | Crystal Gayle |
| 3 | 1 | Two Car Garage | B. J. Thomas |
| 1 | 1 | Uncle Pen | Ricky Skaggs |
| 24 | 19 | Victims of Goodbye | Sylvia |
| 4 | 2 | Way Back | John Conlee |
| 6 | 7 | We Didn't See a Thing | Ray Charles with George Jones |
| 10 | 9 | What Would Your Memories Do | Vern Gosdin |
| 19 | — | Whatever Turns You On | Keith Stegall |
| 1 | 1 | When We Make Love | Alabama |
| 8 | 8 | Where's the Dress | Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley |
| 10 | 15 | The Whole World's in Love When You're Lonely | B. J. Thomas |
| 12 | 16 | Why Goodbye | Steve Wariner |
| 4 | 6 | Why Lady Why | Gary Morris |
| 1 | 3 | Why Not Me | The Judds |
| 7 | 5 | Will It Be Love by Morning | Michael Martin Murphey |
| 11 | 3 | Without a Song | Willie Nelson |
| 1 | 1 | Woke Up in Love | Exile |
| 12 | 12 | Woman Your Love | Moe Bandy |
| 6 | 45 | World's Greatest Lover | The Bellamy Brothers |
| 18 | — | Wounded Hearts | Mark Gray |
| 1 | 1 | The Yellow Rose | Johnny Lee with Lane Brody |
| 9 | 6 | (You Bring Out) The Wild Side of Me | Dan Seals |
| 1 | 2 | You Could've Heard a Heart Break | Johnny Lee |
| 1 | 1 | You Look So Good in Love | George Strait |
| 3 | 4 | You Made a Wanted Man of Me | Ronnie McDowell |
| 20 | 27 | You Were a Good Friend | Kenny Rogers |
| 1 | 3 | You're Gettin' to Me Again | Jim Glaser |
| 9 | — | You're Welcome to Tonight | Lynn Anderson with Gary Morris |
| 2 | 1 | You've Really Got a Hold on Me | Mickey Gilley |
| 3 | 6 | You've Still Got a Place in My Heart | George Jones |
| 1 | 1 | Your Heart's Not in It | Janie Fricke |

### Singles released by Canadian artists

| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
| — | 15 | Change of Heart | Paul Weber |
| — | 17 | The Closest Thing to You | Terry Carisse |
| — | 14 | Get Along Little Doggie | Dallas Harms |
| — | 16 | Hand Me Down Heart | Roni Sommers |
| — | 10 | Heart on the Run | Carroll Baker |
| — | 19 | I Can't Say No | Paul Weber |
| — | 6 | If This Is Love | Ronnie Prophet with Glory-Anne Carriere |
| 1 | 1 | Just Another Woman in Love | Anne Murray |
| — | 9 | Leader of the Band | Mercey Brothers |
| — | 8 | Love at Last Sight | Mercey Brothers |
| — | 19 | Midnight Invitation | Terry Sumsion |
| 1 | 1 | Nobody Loves Me Like You Do | Anne Murray & Dave Loggins |
| — | 7 | Nothing Good About Goodbye | Gilles Godard with Kelita Haverland |
| — | 19 | Railroad Man | Murray McLauchlan |
| — | 18 | Red River Flood | Murray McLauchlan |
| 56 | 5 | Repeat After Me | Family Brown |
| — | 16 | Song for Davey | Albert Hall |

## Top new album releases

| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
| 8 | Atlanta Blue | The Statler Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 18 | The Best of Don Williams Volume III | Don Williams | MCA |
| 20 | The Best of Michael Martin Murphey | Michael Martin Murphey | EMI America |
| 22 | The Best Year of My Life | Eddie Rabbitt | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Blue Highway | John Conlee | MCA |
| 18 | By Heart | Conway Twitty | Warner Bros. |
| 13 | Cafe Carolina | Don Williams | MCA |
| 1 | City of New Orleans | Willie Nelson | Columbia |
| 8 | Clean Cut | Barbara Mandrell | MCA |
| 25 | Conway's Latest Greatest Hits Volume 1 | Conway Twitty | Warner Bros. |
| 1 | Country Boy | Ricky Skaggs | Epic |
| 1 | Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind | George Strait | MCA |
| 25 | Doin' What I Feel | Leon Everette | RCA |
| 24 | EB 84 | The Everly Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 3 | Eye of a Hurricane | John Anderson | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Faded Blue | Gary Morris | Warner Bros. |
| 17 | The First Word in Memory | Janie Fricke | Columbia |
| 22 | Forever You | The Whites | MCA |
| 1 | Friendship | Ray Charles | Columbia |
| 21 | The Good Ol' Boys – Alive and Well | Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley | Columbia |
| 7 | The Great Pretender | Dolly Parton | RCA |
| 2 | Greatest Hits 2 | The Oak Ridge Boys | MCA |
| 3 | He Thinks He's Ray Stevens | Ray Stevens | MCA |
| 4 | Heart Over Mind | Anne Murray | Capitol |
| 21 | Heartaches, Love & Stuff | Gene Watson | MCA |
| 9 | Houston to Denver | Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers | Columbia |
| 7 | It Takes Believers | Mickey Gilley & Charly McClain | Epic |
| 1 | It's All in the Game | Merle Haggard | Epic |
| 23 | Just a Little Love | Reba McEntire | MCA |
| 22 | Just Divorced | David Allan Coe | Columbia |
| 1 | Kentucky Hearts | Exile | Epic |
| 25 | Ladies' Choice | George Jones | Epic |
| 1 | Major Moves | Hank Williams, Jr. | Curb/Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Meant for Each Other | Barbara Mandrell & Lee Greenwood | MCA |
| 21 | Music from Songwriter | Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson | Columbia |
| 13 | My Kind of Country | Reba McEntire | MCA |
| 20 | Never Could Toe the Mark | Waylon Jennings | RCA |
| 12 | Once Upon a Christmas | Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton | RCA |
| 10 | One More Try for Love | Ronnie Milsap | RCA |
| 8 | Pictures | Atlanta | MCA |
| 8 | Plain Dirt Fashion | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris | Emmylou Harris | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | Restless | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA |
| 18 | Riddles in the Sand | Jimmy Buffett | MCA |
| 1 | Roll On | Alabama | RCA |
| 24 | San Antone | Dan Seals | Capitol |
| 17 | There Is a Season | Vern Gosdin | Compleat |
| 23 | 'Til the Bars Burn Down | Johnny Lee | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Too Good to Stop Now | John Schneider | MCA |
| 2 | Treadin' Water | Earl Thomas Conley | RCA |
| 9 | What About Me? | Kenny Rogers | RCA |
| 1 | Why Not Me | The Judds | Curb/RCA |
| 23 | Workin' for a Livin' | Johnny Lee | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | You've Got a Good Love Comin' | Lee Greenwood | MCA |
| 17 | You've Still Got a Place in My Heart | George Jones | Epic |

### Other top albums

| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
| 47 | Building Bridges | Larry Willoughby | Atlantic America |
| 33 | By Request | George Jones | Epic |
| 55 | Can't Slow Down | Lionel Richie | Motown |
| 42 | Can't Wait All Night | Juice Newton | RCA |
| 29 | Charly | Charly McClain | Epic |
| 31 | Christmas at Our House | Barbara Mandrell | MCA |
| 56 | Day by Day | McGuffey Lane | Atlantic America |
| 55 | Do I Ever Cross Your Mind | Ray Charles | Columbia |
| 43 | Duets | Kenny Rogers, Sheena Easton Dottie West & Kim Carnes | Liberty |
| 55 | Easy Street | The Wright Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 63 | Fallen Angel | Gus Hardin | RCA |
| 45 | First Time Live | George Jones | Epic |
| 35 | Foolin' with Fire | Johnny Rodriguez | Epic |
| 46 | For the Record: The First 10 Years | David Allan Coe | Columbia |
| 55 | A Golden Celebration | Elvis Presley | RCA |
| 45 | Golden Duets–The Best of Frizzell & West | David Frizzell & Shelly West | Viva |
| 28 | Greatest Hits | John Anderson | Warner Bros. |
| 64 | Greatest Hits | Juice Newton | Capitol |
| 40 | Hearts on Fire | Karen Brooks | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | Highrollin' | The Maines Brothers Band | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 41 | His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...) | Merle Haggard | Epic |
| 41 | Homecoming | Ed Bruce | RCA |
| 41 | I Could Use Another You | Eddy Raven | RCA |
| 58 | I Still Do | Bill Medley | RCA |
| 54 | I'm Not Through Loving You Yet | Louise Mandrell | RCA |
| 33 | In Session | David Frizzell & Shelly West | Viva |
| 41 | Julio | Julio Iglesias | Columbia |
| 63 | Karen | Karen Taylor-Good | Mesa |
| 42 | Kathy Mattea | Kathy Mattea | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 52 | Let Me Be the First | Deborah Allen | RCA |
| 30 | Letter to Home | Glen Campbell | Atlantic America |
| 34 | Little by Little | Gene Watson | MCA |
| 40 | Love Is on the Radio | Tom Jones | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 26 | Magic | Mark Gray | Columbia |
| 64 | Mel McDaniel with Oklahoma Wind | Mel McDaniel | Capitol |
| 36 | The Midnight Hour | Razzy Bailey | RCA |
| 45 | Motel Matches | Moe Bandy | Columbia |
| 42 | Natural Dreams | Tom T. Hall | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 62 | New Beginnings | David Wills | RCA |
| 34 | New Patches | Mel Tillis | MCA |
| 26 | One Owner Heart | T. G. Sheppard | Warner Bros. |
| 57 | One Way Rider | The Osmond Brothers | Warner Bros./Curb |
| 49 | Power of Love | Charley Pride | RCA |
| 32 | Rhinestone (Soundtrack) | Dolly Parton and various artists | RCA |
| 40 | Shining | B. J. Thomas | Columbia |
| 65 | Soft Talk | Mac Davis | Casablanca |
| 40 | Surprise | Sylvia | RCA |
| 56 | Ten Years of Hits | Mickey Gilley | Epic |
| 33 | This Ol' Piano | Mark Gray | Columbia |
| 34 | Too Good to Stop Now | Mickey Gilley | Epic |
| 64 | Turn Me Loose | Vince Gill | RCA |
| 27 | Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | Waylon Jennings | RCA |
| 57 | Where Is a Woman to Go | Gail Davies | RCA |
| 33 | Willing | Ronnie McDowell | Epic |
| 47 | Writers in Disguise | Pinkard & Bowden | Warner Bros. |
| 61 | You and I – Classic Country Duets | Various Artists | Warner Bros. |

## On television
### Regular series

* Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated)
* That Nashville Music (1970–1985, syndicated)

### Specials
## Births

* February 5 – Tyler Farr, singer-songwriter since the mid-2010s, with hits including "Whiskey in My Water" and "Redneck Crazy".
* March 10 – Ruthie Collins, singer-songwriter and recording artist based in Nashville, Tennessee.
* March 30 – Justin Moore, singer-songwriter from the late 2000s onward, who had hits including "Small Town USA" and "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away".
* April 19 – Matt Stell, singer-songwriter better known for his 2019 single "Prayed for You".
* August 3 – Whitney Duncan, country music singer and reality TV contestant.
* November 26 – Mike Gossin, member of Gloriana.
* December 8 – Sam Hunt, singer-songwriter of the 2010s ("Leave the Night On").

## Deaths

* January 28 — Al Dexter, 81, early honky tonk stylist best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama."
* May 11 — Nudie Cohen, 81, famous costume designer for country stars.
* July 30 - Jack Benny Lynn, 34, Son of Loretta Lynn and Oliver Lynn passes away after trying to ford the duck river at his parents Ranch in Hurricane Mills, TN. Lynn was 34 years of age and left behind a wife and 2 children. His mother, Loretta Lynn would not perform for another year after his death.
* September 6 — Ernest Tubb, 70, the "Texas Trubador" and a superstar since the 1940s (emphysema).
* December 26 — Sheila Andrews, 31, late 70s singer with several minor hits.

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

* Ralph S. Peer (1892–1960)
* Floyd Tillman (1914–2003)

### Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

* Wilf Carter
* Tommy Hunter
* Orval Prophet
* William Harold Moon

## Major awards
### Grammy Awards

* Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "In My Dreams", Emmylou Harris
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "That's the Way Love Goes", Merle Haggard
* Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Mama He's Crazy", The Judds
* Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Wheel Hoss", Ricky Skaggs
* Best Country Song — "City of New Orleans", Steve Goodman (Performer: Willie Nelson)

### Juno Awards

* Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Murray McLauchlan
* 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 — "Why Not Me", Harlan Howard, Brent Maher and Sonny Throckmorton (Performer: The Judds)
* Single of the Year — "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias
* Album of the Year — Roll On, Alabama
* Top Male Vocalist — George Strait
* Top Female Vocalist — Reba McEntire
* Top Vocal Duo — The Judds
* Top Vocal Group — Alabama
* Top New Male Vocalist — Vince Gill
* Top New Female Vocalist — Nicolette Larson
* Video of the Year — "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight", Hank Williams, Jr. (Directors: John Goodhue)

### Canadian Country Music Association

* Entertainer of the Year — Ronnie Prophet
* Male Artist of the Year — Terry Carisse
* Female Artist of the Year — Marie Bottrell
* Group of the Year — Family Brown
* SOCAN Song of the Year — "Jesus It's Me Again", Dick Damron (Performer: Dick Damron)
* Single of the Year — "A Little Good News", Anne Murray
* Album of the Year — Repeat After Me, Family Brown
* Top Selling Album — Eyes That See in the Dark, Kenny Rogers
* Vista Rising Star Award — Roni Summers
* Duo of the Year — Glory Anne Carriere and Ronnie Prophet

### Country Music Association

* Entertainer of the Year — Alabama
* Song of the Year — "Wind Beneath My Wings", Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar (Performer: Gary Morris)
* Single of the Year — "A Little Good News", Anne Murray
* Album of the Year — A Little Good News, Anne Murray
* Male Vocalist of the Year — Lee Greenwood
* Female Vocalist of the Year — Reba McEntire
* Vocal Duo of the Year — Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson
* Vocal Group of the Year — The Statler Brothers
* Horizon Award — The Judds
* Instrumentalist of the Year — Chet Atkins
* Instrumental Group of the Year — Ricky Skaggs Band