1987 Amerikan Müzik Ödülleri
Kazananlar ve adaylar

| Alt kategori | Kazanan | Adaylar |  |  |  |  |  |
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Pop/Rock Kategorisi
| En İyi Erkek Pop/Rock Sanatçısı | Lionel Richie | Peter Gabriel  Robert Palmer  David Lee Roth |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Kadın Pop/Rock Sanatçısı | Whitney Houston | Janet Jackson  Tina Turner Madonna |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Pop/Rock Bando/İkili/Grup | Huey Lewis and the News | Genesis  Heart  Van Halen |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Pop/Rock Albümü | Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston | Control - Janet Jackson  Top Gun soundtrack  5150 - Van Halen |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Pop/Rock Şarkısı | "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" - Billy Ocean | "Live To Tell" - Madonna  "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys  "Higher Love" - Steve Winwood |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Pop/Rock Videosu | "Dancing on the Ceiling" - Lionel Richie | "Mad About You" - Belinda Carlisle  "When I Think of You" - Janet Jackson  "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" - Robert Palmer |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Erkek Pop/Rock Video Sanatçısı | Billy Ocean | Peter Gabriel  Howard Jones  Robert Palmer |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Kadın Pop/Rock Video Sanatçısı | Madonna | Belinda Carlisle  Whitney Houston  Janet Jackson |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Pop/Rock Bando/İkili/Grup Video Sanatçısı | Huey Lewis &amp; The News | Culture Club   Run–D.M.C.  Simple Minds |  |  |  |  |  |

Soul/R&B Kategorisi
| En İyi Erkek Soul/R&B Sanatçısı | Lionel Richie | Freddie Jackson  Billy Ocean  Stevie Wonder |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Kadın Soul/R&B Sanatçısı | Whitney Houston | Anita Baker  Janet Jackson  Patti LaBelle |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Soul/R&B Bando/İkili/Grup | New Edition | Atlantic Starr  Cameo  Run-D.M.C. |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Soul/R&amp;B Albümü | Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston | Rapture - Anita Baker  Control - Janet Jackson  Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C. |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Soul/R&amp;B Şarkısı | "Nasty" - Janet Jackson | "Word Up" - Cameo  "Kiss" - Prince  "Rumors" - Timex Social Club |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Soul/R&B Videosu | "The Greatest Love of All" - Whitney Houston | "When I Think of You" - Janet Jackson  "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" - Billy Ocean  "Walk This Way" - Run-D.M.C. |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Erkek Soul/R&B Video Sanatçısı | Lionel Richie | James Brown  Oran "Juice" Jones  Billy Ocean |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Kadın Soul/R&B Video Sanatçısı | Janet Jackson | Aretha Franklin  Whitney Houston  Tina Turner |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Soul/R&B Bando/İkili/Grup Video Sanatçısı | Kool & The Gang | Cameo  The Jets  Run-D.M.C. |  |  |  |  |  |

Country Kategorisi
| En İyi Erkek Country Sanatçısı | Willie Nelson | Ronnie Milsap  George Strait  Hank Williams, Jr. |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Kadın Country Sanatçısı | Barbara Mandrell | Reba McEntire  Juice Newton  Tanya Tucker |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Country Bando/İkili/Grup | Alabama | The Forester Sisters  The Judds  Marie Osmond & Paul Davis |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Country Albümü | Greatest Hits - Alabama | Rockin' with the Rhythm - The Judds  Whoever's in New England - Reba McEntire  Something Special - George Strait |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Country Şarkısı | "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)" - The Judds | "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)" - Dan Seals  "Diggin' Up Bones" - Randy Travis  "You Can Dream of Me" - Steve Wariner |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Country Videosu | "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)" - The Judds | "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" - George Jones  "Whoever's in New England" - Reba McEntire  "Honky Tonk Man" - Dwight Yoakam |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Erkek Country Video Sanatçısı | George Jones | Mel McDaniel  Gary Morris  George Strait |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Kadın Country Video Sanatçısı | Reba McEntire | Janie Fricke  Anne Murray  Marie Osmond |  |  |  |  |  |
| En İyi Country Bando/İkili/Grup Video Sanatçısı | Alabama | The Forester Sisters  The Judds  Sawyer Brown |  |  |  |  |  |

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Elvis Presley