| Entertainer of the Year | Album of the Year |
|---|
| - It Was Almost Like A Song — Ronnie Milsap
- Country Boy — Don Williams
- Heaven's Just A Sin Away — The Kendalls
- Here You Come Again — Dolly Parton
- Waylon and Willie — Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
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| Male Vocalist of the Year | Female Vocalist of the Year |
|---|
- Don Williams
- Larry Gatlin
- Ronnie Milsap
- Willie Nelson
- Kenny Rogers
| - Crystal Gayle
- Janie Fricke
- Emmylou Harris
- Barbara Mandrell
- Dolly Parton
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| Vocal Group of the Year | Vocal Duo of the Year |
|---|
- Oak Ridge Boys
- Dave & Sugar
- The Kendalls
- Original Texas Playboys
- Statler Brothers
| - Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
- Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
- Janie Fricke and Johnny Duncan
- Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
- Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke
- Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
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| Single of the Year | Song of the Year |
|---|
- "Heaven's Just A Sin Away" — The Kendalls
- "Blue Bayou" — Linda Ronstadt
- "Here You Come Again" — Dolly Parton
- "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" — Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
- "Take This Job And Shove It" — Johnny Paycheck
| - "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" — Richard Leigh
- "Heaven's Just A Sin Away" — Jerry Gillespie
- "It Was Almost Like A Song" — Hal David and Archie Jordan
- "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" — Ed Bruce and Patsy Bruce
- "Take This Job And Shove It" — David Allan Coe
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| Instrumental Group of the Year | Instrumentalist of the Year |
|---|
- Oak Ridge Boys Band
- Asleep At The Wheel
- Charlie Daniels Band
- Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
- Chet Atkins and Les Paul
| - Roy Clark
- Chet Atkins
- Johnny Gimble
- Charlie McCoy
- Jerry Reed
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