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Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr [[1985]] im Genre [[Country-Musik]].

== Events ==
* Ein Artikel der ''[[New York Times]]'' erklärt die Country-Musik für „tot“.<ref>{{Internetquelle |autor=Trigger |url=https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/back-to-the-future-1985-and-the-year-country-music-died/ |titel=Back To The Future: 1985 and the Year Country Music Died |datum=2015-10-22 |sprache=en-US |abruf=2022-05-04}}</ref>
* Die [[Country Music Association]] vergibt erstmals die Auszeichnung ''Music Video of the Year''. [[Hank Williams, Jr.]] ist mit seinem Video ''All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight'' erster Preisträger<ref>{{Internetquelle |url=https://societyofrock.com/steven-tyler-and-buddy-guy-all-my-rowdy-friends-are-coming-over-tonight-live/ |titel=Steven Tyler and Buddy Guy - "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" Live |sprache=en-US |abruf=2022-05-04}}</ref>

== Top Hits des Jahres ==

=== Jahresendcharts ===
Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom [[Billboard (Magazin)|Billboard]]-Magazin erhoben wurde.<ref>{{Literatur |Autor=Nielsen Business Media Inc |Titel=Billboard |Verlag=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |Datum=1985-12-28 |Seiten=51 |Online=https://books.google.de/books?id=uyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT53&dq=year+end+charts+country+1985&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwirsJHwy8b3AhWGQvEDHS7zArEQ6AF6BAgBEAI#v=onepage&q=year%20end%20charts%20country%201985&f=false |Abruf=2022-05-04}}</ref>

# ''Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)'' – [[Ronnie Milsap]]
# ''Dixie Road'' – [[Lee Greenwood]]
# ''Real Love'' – [[Dolly Parton]] with [[Kenny Rogers]]
# ''Radio Heart'' – [[Charly McClain]]
# ''Highwayman'' – [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[Kris Kristofferson]]
# ''She's Single Again'' – [[Janie Fricke]]
# ''I'm for Love'' – [[Hank Williams, Jr.]]
# ''Modern Day Romance'' – [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
# ''Fallin' in Love'' – [[Sylvia (Sängerin)|Sylvia]]
# ''Forgiving You Was Easy'' – [[Willie Nelson]]

=== Nummer-1-Hits (Billboard) ===
* 5. Januar – ''Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind'' – [[George Strait]]
* 12. Januar – ''The Best Year of My Life'' – [[Eddie Rabbitt]]
* 19. Januar – ''How Blue'' – [[Reba McEntire]]
* 26. Januar – ''(There's A) Fire in the Night'' – [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]]
* 2. Februar – ''A Place to Fall Apart'' – [[Merle Haggard]], [[Janie Fricke]]
* 9. Februar – ''Ain't She Something Else'' – [[Conway Twitty]]
* 16. Februar – ''Make My Life With You'' – [[Oak Ridge Boys]]
* 23. Februar – ''Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On'' – [[Mel McDaniel]]
* 2. März – ''Baby Bye-Bye'' – [[Gary Morris]]
* 9. März – ''My Only Love'' – [[Statler Brothers]]
* 16. März – ''Crazy For Your Love'' – [[Exile (Band)|Exile]]
* 23. März – ''Seven Spanish Angels'' – [[Ray Charles]], [[Willie Nelson]]
* 30. März – ''Crazy'' – [[Kenny Rogers]]
* 6. April – ''Country Girls'' – [[John Schneider]]
* 13. April – ''Honor Bound'' – [[Earl Thomas Conley]]
* 20. April – ''I Need More of You'' – [[Bellamy Brothers]]
* 27. April – ''Girls Night Out'' – [[The Judds]]
* 4. Mai – ''There's No Way'' – [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]]
* 11. Mai – ''Somebody Should Leave'' – [[Reba McEntire]]
* 18. Mai – ''Step That Step'' – [[Sawyer Brown]]
* 25. Mai – ''Radio Heart'' – [[Charly McClain]]
* 1. Juni – ''Don't Call Him a Cowboy'' – [[Conway Twitty]]
* 8. Juni – ''Natural High'' – [[Merle Haggard]]
* 15. Juni – ''Country Boy'' – [[Ricky Skaggs]]
* 22. Juni – ''Little Things'' – [[Oak Ridge Boys]]
* 29. Juni – ''She Keeps the Home Fires Burning'' – [[Ronnie Milsap]]
* 6. Juli – ''She's a Miracle'' – [[Exile (Band)|Exile]]
* 13. Juli – ''Forgiving You Was Easy'' – [[Willie Nelson]]
* 20. Juli – ''Dixie Road'' – [[Lee Greenwood]]
* 27. Juli – ''Love Don't Care'' – [[Earl Thomas Conley]]
* 3. August – ''40 Hour Week (For a Livin')'' – [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]]
* 10. August – ''I'm For Love'' – [[Hank Williams Jr.]]
* 17. August – ''[[Highwayman (Lied)|Highwayman]]'' – [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Johnny Cash]]
* 24. August – ''Real Love'' – [[Kenny Rogers]], [[Dolly Parton]]
* 31. August – ''Love is Alive'' – [[The Judds]]
* 7. September – ''I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me'' – [[Rosanne Cash]], [[Vince Gill]]
* 14. September – ''Modern Day Romance'' – [[The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
* 21. September – ''I Fell in Love Again Last Night'' – [[Forester Sisters]]
* 28. September – ''Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)'' – [[Ronnie Milsap]]
* 12. Oktober – ''Meet Me in Montana'' – [[Dan Seals]], [[Marie Osmond]]
* 19. Oktober – ''You Make Me Want to Make You Mine'' – [[Juice Newton]]
* 26. Oktober – ''Touch a Hand, Make a Friend'' – [[Oak Ridge Boys]]
* 2. November – ''Some Fools Never Learn'' – [[Steve Wariner]]
* 9. November – ''Can't Keep a Good Man Down'' – [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]]
* 16. November – ''Hang on to Your Heart'' – [[Exile (Band)|Exile]]
* 23. November – ''I'll Never Stop Loving You'' – [[Gary Morris]]
* 30. November – ''Too Much on My Heart'' – [[Statler Brothers]]
* 7. Dezember – ''I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)'' – [[Lee Greenwood]]
* 14. Dezember – ''Nobody Falls Like a Fool'' – [[Earl Thomas Conley]]
* 21. Dezember – ''The Chair'' – [[George Strait]]
* 28. Dezember – ''Have Mercy'' – [[The Judds]]

=== Weitere Hits ===
Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.<ref>{{Internetquelle |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1985-01-01 |titel=Hot Country Songs Chart |werk=Billboard.com |abruf=2022-03-12}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="50" |<small>US</small>
! style="width:250px;" |Single
! style="width:150px;" |Artist
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |8
|''All Tangled Up in Love''
|[[Gus Hardin]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |8
|''Angel in Your Arms''
|[[Barbara Mandrell]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|''Betty's Bein' Bad''
|[[Sawyer Brown]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|''Between Blue Eyes and Jeans''
|[[Conway Twitty]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|''Blue Highway''
|[[John Conlee]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|''Break Away''
|[[Gail Davies]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |13
|''California''
|[[Keith Stegall]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|''Carolina in the Pines''
|[[Michael Martin Murphey]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|''The Cowboy Rides Away''
|[[George Strait]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|''Cry Just a Little Bit''
|[[Sylvia (Sängerin)|Sylvia]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|''Desperados Waiting for a Train''
|[[The Highwaymen (Countryband)|The Highwaymen]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |20
|''Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)''
|[[Vern Gosdin]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |8
|''Doncha?''
|[[T. G. Sheppard]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|''Don't Call It Love''
|[[Dolly Parton]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''Drinkin‘ and Dreamin‘''
|[[Waylon Jennings]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |20
|''Eye of a Hurricane''
|[[John Anderson (Sänger)|John Anderson]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''Fallin' in Love''
|[[Sylvia (Sängerin)|Sylvia]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|''The Fireman''
|[[George Strait]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |7
|''The First Word in Memory Is Me''
|[[Janie Fricke]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |17
|''The Girl Most Likely To''
|[[B. J. Thomas]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |7
|''Got No Reason Now for Goin' Home''
|[[Gene Watson]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|''Hallelujah, I Love You So''
|[[George Jones (Musiker)|George Jones]] with [[Brenda Lee]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |6
|''Have I Got a Deal for You''
|[[Reba McEntire]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |19
|''Heart Don't Do This to Me''
|[[Loretta Lynn]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |8
|''Heart Trouble''
|[[Steve Wariner]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|''[[Hello Mary Lou]]''
|[[The Statler Brothers]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''High Horse''
|[[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''I Never Made Love (Till I Made It with You)''
|[[Mac Davis]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |8
|''I Wanna Hear It from You''
|[[Eddy Raven]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|''I Wanna Say Yes''
|[[Louise Mandrell]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''I Want Everyone to Cry''
|[[Restless Heart]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |20
|''I'd Dance Every Dance with You''
|[[The Kendalls]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''I'm Gonna Leave You Tomorrow''
|[[John Schneider]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''I'm the One Mama Warned You About''
|[[Mickey Gilley]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |20
|''If It Ain't Love''
|[[Ed Bruce]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |12
|''If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)''
|[[The Whites]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''If It Weren't for Him''
|[[Vince Gill]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|''If That Ain't Love''
|[[Lacy J. Dalton]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |16
|''If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me''
|[[Jimmy Buffett]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|''In a New York Minute''
|[[Ronnie McDowell]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |12
|''It Ain't Gonna Worry My Mind''
|[[Ray Charles]] and [[Mickey Gilley]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |19
|''It Should Have Been Love by Now''
|[[Barbara Mandrell]] & [[Lee Greenwood]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''It's a Short Walk from Heaven to Hell''
|[[John Schneider]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|''[[It’s All Over Now]]''
|[[John Anderson (Sänger)|John Anderson]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |20
|''It's Time for Love''
|[[Don Williams (Sänger)|Don Williams]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''Kern River''
|[[Merle Haggard]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|''A Lady Like You''
|[[Glen Campbell]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|''Lasso the Moon''
|[[Gary Morris]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |19
|''The Legend and the Man''
|[[Conway Twitty]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |16
|''Leona''
|[[Sawyer Brown]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |6
|''Let It Roll (Let It Rock)''
|[[Mel McDaniel]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |16
|''Let Me Down Easy''
|[[Jim Glaser]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''Lie to You for Your Love''
|[[Bellamy Brothers|The Bellamy Brothers]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|''A Long and Lasting Love''
|[[Crystal Gayle]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |14
|''(Love Always) Letter to Home''
|[[Glen Campbell]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|''Love Talks''
|[[Ronnie McDowell]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''Major Moves''
|[[Hank Williams, Jr.|Hank Williams Jr.]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |8
|''Maybe My Baby''
|[[Louise Mandrell]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|''Me Against the Night''
|[[Crystal Gayle]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |14
|''Me and Paul''
|[[Willie Nelson]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |20
|''The Mississippi Squirrel Revival''
|[[Ray Stevens (Musiker)|Ray Stevens]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''My Baby's Got Good Timing''
|[[Dan Seals]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|''My Old Yellow Car''
|Dan Seals
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |19
|''My Toot Toot''
|[[Rockin’ Sidney]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|''Nobody Wants to Be Alone''
|[[Crystal Gayle]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''Old Hippie''
|[[Bellamy Brothers|The Bellamy Brothers]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|''One Owner Heart''
|[[T. G. Sheppard]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|''Only in My Mind''
|[[Reba McEntire]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|''Operator, Operator''
|[[Eddy Raven]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''Pretty Lady''
|[[Keith Stegall]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|''Rollin' Lonely''
|[[Johnny Lee]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |12
|''Save the Last Chance''
|Johnny Lee
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |11
|''She Used to Love Me a Lot''
|[[David Allan Coe]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |6
|''She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye''
|[[Eddie Rabbitt]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|''She's Gonna Win Your Heart''
|Eddy Raven
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''She's My Rock''
|[[George Jones (Musiker)|George Jones]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''She's Single Again''
|[[Janie Fricke]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |19
|''Size Seven Round (Made of Gold)''
|[[George Jones (Musiker)|George Jones]] with [[Lacy J. Dalton]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''Slow Burning Memory''
|[[Vern Gosdin]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|''Somebody Else's Fire''
|Janie Fricke
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''Something in My Heart''
|[[Ricky Skaggs]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |6
|''Sometimes When We Touch''
|[[Mark Gray (Countrysänger)|Mark Gray]] & [[Tammy Wynette]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|''Stand Up''
|[[Mel McDaniel]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''(That's What You Do) When You're in Love''
|[[The Forester Sisters]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |7
|''There's No Love in Tennessee''
|[[Barbara Mandrell]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |19
|''They Never Had to Get Over You''
|[[Johnny Lee]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |14
|''Thing About You''
|[[Southern Pacific (Band)|Southern Pacific]] with [[Emmylou Harris]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|''This Ain't Dallas''
|[[Hank Williams, Jr.|Hank Williams Jr.]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |14
|''Two Old Cats Like Us''
|[[Ray Charles]] with [[Hank Williams, Jr.|Hank Williams Jr.]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|''Used to Blue''
|[[Sawyer Brown]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''Walkin' a Broken Heart''
|[[Don Williams (Sänger)|Don Williams]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''Waltz Me to Heaven''
|[[Waylon Jennings]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|''Warning Sign''
|[[Eddie Rabbitt]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|''What I Didn't Do''
|[[Steve Wariner]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |8
|''What She Wants''
|[[Michael Martin Murphey]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |17
|''When Givin' Up Was Easy''
|[[Ed Bruce]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |14
|''White Line''
|[[Emmylou Harris]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|''Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes''
|[[George Jones (Musiker)|George Jones]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |5
|''With Just One Look in Your Eyes''
|[[Charly McClain]] (with [[Wayne Massey]])
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |7
|''Working Man''
|[[John Conlee]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''A World Without Love''
|[[Eddie Rabbitt]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''Years After You''
|John Conlee
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |20
|''You Can't Run Away from Your Heart''
|[[Lacy J. Dalton]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |7
|''You Make Me Feel Like a Man''
|[[Ricky Skaggs]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|''You Turn Me On (Like a Radio)''
|[[Ed Bruce]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''You're Going Out of My Mind''
|[[T. G. Sheppard]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|''You've Got a Good Love Comin‘''
|[[Lee Greenwood]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''You've Got Something on Your Mind''
|[[Mickey Gilley]]
|}

=== Deutschsprachige Singles ===

* ''Angeln entspannt'' – [[Truck Stop]]
* ''Happy Birthday / Wir zwei'' – [[Truck Stop]]
* ''Mein Wohnmobil / Er liebt nur Video –'' [[Flophouse String Band]]<ref>{{Internetquelle |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1815990-Flophouse-String-Band-Mein-Wohnmobil-Er-Liebt-Nur-Video |titel=Flophouse String Band - Mein Wohnmobil / Er Liebt Nur Video |sprache=de |abruf=2022-05-04}}</ref>
* ''Der Stuntman'' – [[Volker Lechtenbrink]] (deutschsprachige Version von ''The Unknown Stuntman –'' [[Lee Majors]])<ref>{{Internetquelle |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5154489-Volker-Lechtenbrink-Der-Stuntman |titel=Volker Lechtenbrink - Der Stuntman |werk=[[Discogs]] |sprache=de |abruf=2022-05-04}}</ref>
* ''Der Tramp / Einsamkeit'' – [[Bernd Hifinger]] & [[Twilight (deutsche Band)|Twilight]]

== Alben (Auswahl) ==

=== Jahresendcharts ===
Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom [[Billboard (Magazin)|Billboard]]-Magazin erhoben wurde.<ref>{{Literatur |Autor=Nielsen Business Media Inc |Titel=Billboard |Verlag=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |Datum=1985-12-28 |Seiten=54 |Online=https://books.google.de/books?id=uyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT53&dq=year+end+charts+country+1985&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwirsJHwy8b3AhWGQvEDHS7zArEQ6AF6BAgBEAI#v=onepage&q=year%20end%20charts%20country%201985&f=false |Abruf=2022-05-04}}</ref>

# ''40 Hour Week'' – [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]]
# ''Why Not Me'' – [[The Judds]]
# ''Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind'' – [[George Strait]]
# ''Country Boy'' – [[Ricky Skaggs]]
# ''Friendship'' – [[Ray Charles]]
# ''Kentucky Hearts'' – [[Exile (US-amerikanische Band)|Exile]]
# ''Five-O'' – [[Hank Williams, Jr.]]
# ''Treadin’ Water'' – [[Earl Thomas Conley]]
# ''Me and Paul'' – [[Willie Nelson]]
# ''Greatest Hits 2 – [[Oak Ridge Boys]]''

=== Nummer-1-Hits (Alben) ===
{{Hauptartikel|Liste der Nummer-eins-Country-Alben in den USA (1985)}}
* 5. Januar – ''Kentucky Hearts'' – [[Exile (US-amerikanische Band)|Exile]]
* 19. Januar – ''Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind'' – [[Reba McEntire|George Strait]]
* 2. Februar – ''Why Not Me'' – [[The Judds]]
* 23. Februar – ''Country Boy'' – [[Ricky Skaggs]]
* 16. März – ''Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind'' – [[Reba McEntire|George Strait]]
* 23. März – ''Friendship'' – [[Ray Charles]]
* 30. März – ''40 Hour Week'' – [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]]
* 22. Juni – ''Five-O'' – [[Hank Williams, Jr.]]
* 3. August – ''40 Hour Week'' – [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]]
* 17. August – ''Five-O'' – [[Hank Williams, Jr.]]
* 7. September – ''Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' – [[Ronnie Milsap]]
* 28. September – ''Highwayman'' – [[The Highwaymen (Countryband)|The Highwaymen]]
* 5. Oktober – ''Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' – [[Ronnie Milsap]]
* 19. Oktober – ''Partners in Rhyme'' – [[The Statler Brothers]]
* 26. Oktober – ''Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' – [[Ronnie Milsap]]
* 7. Dezember – ''Rhythm & Romance'' – [[Rosanne Cash]]
* 14. Dezember – ''Something Special'' – [[George Strait]]
* 21. Dezember – ''Anything Goes'' – [[Gary Morris]]
* 28. Dezember – ''The Heart of the Matter'' – [[Kenny Rogers]]

=== Weitere Alben ===
Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!<small>US</small>
!Album
!Artist
!Record Label
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |8
|''Alabama Christmas''
|[[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]]
|RCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |8
|''The Ballad of Sally Rose''
|[[Emmylou Harris]]
|Warner Bros.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |7
|''Centerfield''
|[[John Fogerty]]
|Warner Bros.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |7
|''Don't Call Him a Cowboy''
|[[Conway Twitty]]
|Warner Bros.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|''The Forester Sisters''
|[[The Forester Sisters]]
|Warner Bros.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|''Greatest Hits''
|[[George Strait]]
|MCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|''Greatest Hits''
|[[Lee Greenwood]]
|MCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''[[Half Nelson (Album)|Half Nelson]]''
|[[Willie Nelson]]
|Columbia
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''Hang on to Your Heart''
|[[Exile (US-amerikanische Band)|Exile]]
|Epic
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''Howard & David''
|[[The Bellamy Brothers]]
|Curb/MCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |8
|''Kern River''
|[[Merle Haggard]]
|Epic
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |7
|''Last Mango in Paris''
|[[Jimmy Buffett]]
|MCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|''Let It Roll''
|[[Mel McDaniel]]
|Capitol
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |17
|''Love Is What We Make It''
|[[Kenny Rogers]]
|Liberty
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|''Me and Paul''
|[[Willie Nelson]]
|Columbia
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |13
|''My Toot Toot''
|[[Rockin’ Sidney]]
|Epic
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |17
|''Nobody Wants to Be Alone''
|[[Crystal Gayle]]
|Warner Bros.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |12
|''Old Flame''
|[[Juice Newton]]
|RCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |20
|''One Good Night Deserves Another''
|[[Steve Wariner]]
|MCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |19
|''One Step Closer''
|[[Sylvia (Sängerin)|Sylvia]]
|RCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|''Partners, Brothers and Friends''
|[[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
|Warner Bros.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|''Radio Heart''
|[[Charly McClain]]
|Epic
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|''Real Love''
|[[Dolly Parton]]
|RCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|''Restless Heart''
|[[Restless Heart]]
|RCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|''Sawyer Brown''
|[[Sawyer Brown]]
|Capitol/Curb
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|''Shakin‘''
|[[Sawyer Brown]]
|Capitol/Curb
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|''Step On Out''
|[[The Oak Ridge Boys]]
|MCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |6
|''[[Sweet Dreams (1985)|Sweet Dreams – The Life and Times of Patsy Cline (Soundtrack)]]''
|[[Patsy Cline]]
|MCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |16
|''There's No Stopping Your Heart''
|[[Marie Osmond]]
|Capitol/Curb
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|''Trying to Outrun the Wind''
|[[John Schneider]]
|MCA
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |6
|''Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?''
|[[George Jones (Musiker)|George Jones]]
|Epic
|}

=== Deutsche oder deutschsprachige Alben ===

* ''[[Bear Family Records|Bear Family]] 10 Years Anniversary Festival 1985 – Sampler''
* ''Erfolge, oder auch Taxi nach Texas'' – [[Martin Lauer]] (Kompilation)
* ''In Concert'' – [[Truck Stop]]
* ''Räder'' – [[Western Union (Band)|Western Union]]
* ''Sieben Dinge braucht der Cowboy'' – [[Bruce Low]]<ref>{{Internetquelle |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7168759-Bruce-Low-Sieben-Dinge-Braucht-Der-Cowboy |titel=Bruce Low - Sieben Dinge Braucht Der Cowboy |sprache=de |abruf=2022-05-04}}</ref>
* ''Siebentausend Rinder'' – [[Peter Hinnen]] (Kompilation)

== Geboren ==

* {{0}}5. Januar: [[Tim Montana]]
* 20. Januar: [[Brantley Gilbert]]
* 20. Mai: [[Jon Pardi]]
* 12. Juni: [[Chris Young (Countrysänger)|Chris Young]]
* 26. August: [[Florida Georgia Line|Brian Kelley]]
* {{0}}1. September: [[Charlie Worsham]]
* 19. September: [[Chase Rice]]

== Gestorben ==

* 17. Juli: [[Wynn Stewart]] (51)
* 11. Oktober: [[Tex Williams]]

== Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames ==

=== [[Country Music Hall of Fame]] ===
* [[Flatt and Scruggs]]
** [[Lester Flatt]]
** [[Earl Scruggs]]

=== [[Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame]] ===
* [[Don Messer]]
* [[Hank Snow]]

=== [[Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame]] ===
* [[Bob McDill]]
* [[Carl Perkins]]

== Die bedeutendsten Auszeichnungen ==
=== [[Grammy Awards 1985|Grammy Awards]] ===
* '''[[Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance|Best Female Country Vocal Performance]]''' – [[Emmylou Harris]] – ''In My Dreams''
* '''[[Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance|Best Male Country Vocal Performance]]''' – [[Merle Haggard]] – ''That's The Way Love Goes''
* '''[[Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group]]''' – [[The Judds]] – ''Mama He's Crazy''
* '''[[Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance|Best Country Instrumental Performance]]''' – [[Ricky Skaggs]] – ''Wheel Hoss''
* '''[[Grammy Award for Best Country Song|Best Country Song]]''' – [[Steve Goodman]] – ''City Of New Orleans'', (Interpret [[Willie Nelson]])<ref>{{Internetquelle |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1985/grammys.htm |titel=27st Grammy Awards - 1985 |werk=Rock On The Net |sprache=en |abruf=2022-06-22}}</ref>

=== [[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''' – [[Family Brown]]

=== [[Academy of Country Music Awards]] ===
* '''Entertainer Of The Year''' – [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]]
* '''Song Of The Year''' – ''Why Not Me'' – [[The Judds]] – Harlan Howard, Brent Maher, Sonny Throckmorton
* '''Single Of The Year''' – ''To All The Girls I've Loved Before'' – [[Willie Nelson]], [[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.]]

=== [[Canadian Country Music Association]] ===
* '''Entertainer of the Year''' – [[Dick Damron]]
* '''Male Artist of the Year''' – [[Terry Carisse]]
* '''Female Artist of the Year''' – [[Carroll Baker (Sängerin)|Carroll Baker]]
* '''Group of the Year''' – [[The Mercey Brothers]]
* '''SOCAN Song of the Year''' – ''Counting the I Love You's'', [[Terry Carisse]], [[Bruce Rawlins]] (Interpret: Terry Carisse)
* '''Single of the Year''' – ''Riding on the Wind'', [[Gary Fjellgaard]]
* '''Album of the Year''' – ''Closest Thing to You'', Terry Carisse
* '''Top Selling Album''' – ''Once Upon a Christmas'', [[Dolly Parton]] & [[Kenny Rogers]]
* '''Vista Rising Star Award''' – [[Ginny Mitchell]]
* '''Duo of the Year''' – [[Anita Perras]] and [[Tim Taylor (Sänger)|Tim Taylor]]

=== [[Country Music Association Awards]] ===
* '''Instrumental Group of the Year''' – Ricky Skaggs Band
* '''Instrumentalist of the Year''' – [[Chet Atkins]]
* '''Entertainer of the Year''' – [[Ricky Skaggs]]
* '''Male Vocalist of the Year''' – George Strait
* '''Female Vocalist of the Year''' – Reba McEntire
* '''Horizon Award''' – [[Sawyer Brown]]
* '''Vocal Group of the Year''' – The Judds
* '''Vocal Duo of the Year''' – [[Dave Loggins]] und [[Anne Murray]]
* '''Album of the Year''' – George Strait
* '''Song of the Year''' – [[Lee Greenwood]]
* '''Single of the Year''' – The Judds
* '''Music Video of the Year''' – ''All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight'' – [[Hank Williams Jr.]] (Regisseur: John Goodhue)

=== [[American Music Awards 1985|American Music Awards]] ===
* [[American Music Award for Favorite Country Male Artist|'''Favorite Country Male Artist''']] – Kenny Rogers
* [[American Music Award for Favorite Country Female Artist|'''Favorite Country Female Artist''']] – [[Barbara Mandrell]]
* [[American Music Award for Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group|'''Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group''']] – Alabama
* [[American Music Award for Favorite Country Album|'''Favorite Country Album''']] – ''Eyes That See in the Dark'' – Kenny Rogers
* [[American Music Award for Favorite Country Song|'''Favorite Country Song''']] – ''[[Islands in the Stream]]'' – Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
* '''Favorite Country Video''' – ''A Little Good News'' – Anne Murray
* '''Favorite Country Male Video Artist''' – Willie Nelson
* '''Favorite Country Female Video Artist''' – Anne Murray
* '''Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group Video Artist''' – [[The Oak Ridge Boys]]

== Einzelnachweise ==
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[[Kategorie:Musik 1985]]
[[Kategorie:Country-Musikjahr|#1985]]

Country-Musik 1985 - Versionsgeschichte

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