Album of the Year

• Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind
• Merle Haggard - Branded Man
• Glen Campbell - Burning Bridges
• Wynn Stewart - It's Such a Pretty World Today

Best Bandleader / Band

• The Buck Owen's Buckaroos Lyrics
• Wynn Stewart/Tourist
• Carl Cotner
• Billy Mize/The Tennesseans
• Merle Haggard/The Strangers

Best Bass

• Red Wootten
• Curly Harris
• Bob Moore
• Jerry Ward
• Doyle Holly

Best Drums

• Pee Wee Adams
• Muddy Berry
• Helen 'Peaches' Price
• Jerry Wiggins
• Biff Adams

Best Fiddle

• Billy Armstrong
• Harold Hensley
• Carl Cotner
• Joe Maphis
• Jimmy Bryant

Best Lead Guitar

• Jimmy Bryant
• Joe Maphis
• Phil Baugh
• Glen Campbell Lyrics
• Billy Strange

Best Piano

• Earl Ball
• Billy Liebert
• Jimmy Pruitt
• Clyde Griffin
• Glen D. Hardin

Best Steel Guitar

• Red Rhodes
• Carl West
• Noel Boggs
• Tom Brumley
• Ralph Mooney

Best Television Personality

• Billy Mize
• Lynn Anderson Lyrics
• Johnny Bond
• Cathie Taylor
• Randy Boone

Country Music Man of the Year

• Joey Bishop

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Lynn Anderson Lyrics
• Cathie Taylor
• Bonnie Owens Lyrics
• Lucille Starr
• Bonnie Guitar

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Glen Campbell Lyrics
• Dean Martin Lyrics
• Merle Haggard Lyrics
• Wynn Stewart Lyrics
• Billy Mize
• Buck Owens Lyrics

Most Promising Female Vocalist

• Bobbie Gentry Lyrics
• Beth Moore
• Sandy Knox
• Faye Hardin
• Sharon Leighton

Most Promising Male Vocalist

• Jerry Inman
• Glenn Garrison
• Robert Mitchum
• Cliff Crawford
• Tom Tall

Single Record of the Year

• Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billy Joe
• Merle Haggard - Branded Man Lyrics
• Glen Campbell - Burning Bridges Lyrics
• Gosdin Brothers - Hangin' On

Song of the Year

• Dale Noe - It's Such a Pretty World Today
• Merle Haggard - Branded Man Lyrics
• Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billy Joe
• Roger Miller - Walkin' In The Sunshine Lyrics

Vocal Duet of the Year

• Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard
• Joe Maphis & Rose Lee Mpahis
• Canadian Sweethearts
• Gosdin Brothers
• Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra
• Johnny Mosby & Jonie Mosby

Vocal Group of the Year

• Sons Of The Pioneers Lyrics
• Dillards
• Jack Halloran Singers
• Cliffie Stone Singers