Album of the Year

• Alabama - Feels So Right
• Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
• Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache
• The Oak Ridge Boys - Fancy Free

Band of the Year - Non-Touring

• Desperados/Johnny Mosby/Jonie Mosby
• Ed Mattos/Sound Company
• Jimmy Snyder/Palomino Riders
• Bayou City Beats/Freddy Biano
• Geary Hanley Band

Band of the Year - Touring

• Merle Haggard/The Strangers
• Willie Nelson & Family Band
• Charlie Daniels Band Lyrics
• Asleep at the Wheel/Ray Benson
• Mickey Gilley/Urban Cowboy Band

Best Bass

• Joe Osborn
• Curtis Stone
• Emory Gordy
• Mike Leech
• Red Wootten

Best Drums

• Buddy Harmon
• James Burton
• Jerry Kroon
• Al Bruno
• Larrie Londin
• Biff Adam
• Archie Francis

Best Fiddle

• Johnny Gimble
• Charlie Daniels Band Lyrics
• Doug Kershaw
• Byron Berline
• Doug Atwell

Best Piano / Keyboard

• Hargus Robbins
• Floyd Cramer
• Glen D. Hardin
• Billy Liebert
• John Hobbs

Best Steel Guitar

• Buddy Emmons
• Ralph Mooney
• Lloyd Green
• Sonny Garrish
• J.D. Maness
• Sneaky Pete

Entertainer of the Year

• Alabama Lyrics
• Dolly Parton Lyrics
• Kenny Rogers Lyrics
• Barbara Mandrell Lyrics
• Oak Ridge Boys Lyrics

Female Vocalist of the Year

• Barbara Mandrell Lyrics
• Emmylou Harris Lyrics
• Rosanne Cash Lyrics
• Sylvia
• Lacy J. Dalton

Guitar

• Phil Bauch
• Thumbs Carlisle
• Grady Martin
• Roy Nichols

Jim Reeves Memorial Award

• Al Gallico

Male Vocalist of the Year

• Merle Haggard Lyrics
• Kenny Rogers Lyrics
• George Jones Lyrics
• Hank Williams Jr. Lyrics
• Ronnie Milsap Lyrics

New Female Vocalist of the Year

• Juice Newton Lyrics
• Terry Gregory
• Tricia Johns
• Kippi Brannon
• Judy Bailey

New Male Vocalist of the Year

• Ricky Skaggs Lyrics
• Earl Thomas Conley Lyrics
• Eddy Raven
• Lee Greenwood Lyrics
• John Schneider Lyrics

Pioneer Award

• Leo Fender

Single Record of the Year

• Oak Ridge Boys - Elvira Lyrics
• Barbara Mandrell - I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool
• David Frizzell & Shelley West - You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma
• Ronnie Milsap - There's No Getting Over Me
• Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache Lyrics

Song of the Year

• Larry Collins, Sandy Pinkard - You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma
• Jan Crutchfield - It Turns Me Inside Out
• Jim Hurt, Tim DuBois - Love in the First Degree
• Merle Haggard - My Favorite Memory Lyrics
• Randy Owen - Feels So Right

Specialty Instrument

• Charlie McCoy
• Buck Trent
• Smokey Rogers
• John Hartford
• Terry McMillian
• Danny Davis

Tex Ritter Award

• Any Which Way You Can
• Stand By Your Man
• Take This Job and Shove It
• Coward of the County

Vocal Duet of the Year

• David Frizzell & Shelly West
• Joe Stampley & Moe Bandy
• Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
• Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon
• Don Williams & Emmylou Harris

Vocal Group of the Year

• Alabama Lyrics
• The Statler Brothers Lyrics
• Oak Ridge Boys Lyrics
• Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
• Tompall & Glaser Brothers