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Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr [[1988]] im Genre [[Country-Musik|Country–Musik]].

== Ereignisse ==
* 21. Mai – Im New Yorker [[Madison Square Garden]] findet ein großes Country–Musik–Konzert statt. Teilnehmer sind: [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]], [[The Judds]], [[George Strait]] und [[Randy Travis]].<ref>{{Internetquelle |url=https://rolandnote.com/people.php?scode=timeline&keyword=Judds&sorting=DESC&page=13 |titel=RolandNote.com: The Ultimate Country Music Database |abruf=2021-11-14}}</ref>
* [[Time Life|Time–Life Records]] veröffentlicht den ersten Teil der „Country USA“ Serie. Die Serie sollte schließlich 23 Jahrgänge von 1950 bis 1972 umfassen.
* Für die Fernsehserie [[Großstadtrevier]] schrieb [[Truck Stop]] das [[Großstadtrevier (Lied)|gleichnamige Titellied]]. Obwohl die Serie 1986 Premiere hatte, erschien das Lied erst in diesem Jahr als [[B-Seite]] der Single ''Tanz mit mir''

== Top Hits des Jahres ==

=== Jahresendcharts ===
Dies ist die Top 10 der Year–End–Charts, die vom [[Billboard (Magazin)|Billboard]]–Magazin erhoben wurde.<ref>{{Internetquelle |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/hot-country-songs |titel=Hot Country Songs - Year-End |abruf=2021-11-09}}</ref>

# ''Don't Close Your Eyes'' – [[Keith Whitley]]
# ''If You Change Your Mind'' – [[Rosanne Cash]]
# ''Set 'Em Up Joe'' – [[Vern Gosdin]]
# ''Strong Enough to Bend'' – [[Tanya Tucker]]
# ''Bluest Eyes in Texas'' – [[Restless Heart]]
#
# ''I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried'' – [[Rodney Crowell]]
# ''If It Don’t Come Easy'' – [[Tanya Tucker]]
# ''I'm Gonna Get You'' – [[Eddy Raven]]
# ''Joe Knows How to Live'' – [[Eddy Raven]]

=== Nummer–1–Hits ===
* 9. Januar – ''I Can't Get Close Enough'' – [[Exile (Band)|Exile]]
* 16. Januar – ''One Friend'' – [[Dan Seals]]
* 23. Januar – ''Where Do the Nights Go'' – [[Ronnie Milsap]]
* 30. Januar – ''Goin' Gone'' – [[Kathy Mattea]]
* 6. Februar – ''Wheels'' – [[Restless Heart]]
* 13. Februar – ''Tennessee Flat Top Box'' – [[Rosanne Cash]]
* 20. Februar – ''Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star'' – [[Merle Haggard]]
* 27. Februar – ''I Won't Take Less Than Your Love'' – [[Paul B. Davis|Paul Davis]], [[Tanya Tucker]], and [[Paul Overstreet]]
* 5. März – ''Face to Face'' – [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]] featuring [[K.T. Oslin]]
* 21. März – ''Too Gone Too Long'' – [[Randy Travis]]
* 19. März – ''Life Turned Her That Way'' – [[Ricky Van Shelton]]
* 26. März – ''Turn It Loose'' – [[The Judds]]
* 2. April – ''Love Will Find Its Way to You'' – [[Reba McEntire]]
* 19. April – ''Famous Last Words of a Fool'' – [[George Strait]]
* 16. April – ''I Wanna Dance With You'' – [[Eddie Rabbitt]]
* 23. April – ''I'll Always Come Back'' – [[K.T. Oslin]]
* 30. April – ''It's Such a Small World'' – [[Rodney Crowell]] mit [[Rosanne Cash]]
* 7. Mai – ''[[Cry! Cry! Cry!|Cry, Cry, Cry]]'' – [[Highway 101 (band)|Highway 101]]
* 14. Mai – ''I'm Gonna'' – [[Eddy Raven]]
* 21. Mai – ''Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses'' – [[Kathy Mattea]]
* 4. Juni – ''What She is (is a Woman in Love)'' – [[Earl Thomas Conley]]
* 11. Juni – ''I Told You So'' – [[Randy Travis]]
* 25. Juni – ''He's Back and I'm Blue'' – [[Desert Rose Band]]
* 2. Juli – ''If It Don't Come Easy'' – [[Tanya Tucker]]
* 9. Juli – ''Fallin' Again –'' [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]]
* 16. Juli – ''If You Change Your Mind'' – [[Rosanne Cash]]
* 23. Juli – ''Set 'Em Up Joe'' –[[Vern Gosdin]]
* 30. Juli – D''on't We All Have the Right'' – [[Ricky Van Shelton]]
* 6. August – ''Baby Blue'' – [[George Strait]]
* 13. August – ''Don't Close Your Eyes'' – [[Keith Whitley]]
* 20. August – ''Bluest Eyes in Texas'' – [[Restless Heart]]
* 27. August – ''[[The Wanderer]]'' – [[Eddie Rabbitt]]
* 3. September – ''I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried'' – [[Rodney Crowell]]
* 10. September – ''(Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes'' – [[Highway 101]]
* 17. September – ''Joe Knows How to Live'' – [[Eddy Raven]]
* 24. September – ''Addicted –'' [[Dan Seals]]
* 1. Oktober – ''We Believe in Happy Endings –'' [[Earl Thomas Conley]] mit [[Emmylou Harris]]
* 8. Oktober – ''Honky Tonk Moon'' – [[Randy Travis]]
* 15. Oktober – ''Streets of Bakersfield'' – [[Dwight Yoakam]] mit [[Buck Owens]]
* 22. Oktober – ''Strong Enough to Bend'' – [[Tanya Tucker]]
* 29. Oktober – ''Gonna Take a Lot of River'' – [[The Oak Ridge Boys]]
* 5. November – ''Darlene'' – [[T. Graham Brown]]
* 12. November – ''Runaway Train'' – [[Rosanne Cash]]
* 19. November – ''I'll Leave This World Loving You'' – [[Ricky Van Shelton]]
* 3. Dezember – ''I Know How He Feels'' – [[Reba McEntire]]
* 10. Dezember – ''If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')'' – [[George Strait]]
* 17. Dezember – ''A Tender Lie'' – [[Restless Heart]]
* 24. Dezember – ''[[When You Say Nothing at All]]'' – [[Keith Whitley]]

=== 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/1988-01-01 |titel=Hot Country Songs Chart |werk=Billboard.com |abruf=2021-11-13}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width="50" |<small>US</small>
! width="250" |Single
! width="150" |Künstler
|-
| align="center" |9
|''Always Late with Your Kisses''
|[[Dwight Yoakam]]
|-
| align="center" |8
|''Americana''
|[[Moe Bandy]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Another Place, Another Time''
|[[Don Williams (Sänger)|Don Williams]]
|-
| align="center" |2
|''Baby I'm Yours''
|[[Steve Wariner]]
|-
| align="center" |15
|''The Best I Know How''
|[[The Statler Brothers]]
|-
| align="center" |10
|''Blue Love''
|[[The O’Kanes]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Blue to the Bone''
|[[Sweethearts of the Rodeo]]
|-
| align="center" |10
|''Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues''
|[[Charlie Daniels|Charlie Daniels Band]]
|-
| align="center" |4
|''Button Off My Shirt''
|[[Ronnie Milsap]]
|-
| align="center" |9
|''Chill Factor''
|[[Merle Haggard]]
|-
| align="center" |6
|''Chiseled in Stone''
|[[Vern Gosdin]]
|-
| align="center" |4
|''Crying Shame''
|[[Michael Johnson (Countrysänger)|Michael Johnson]]
|-
| align="center" |7
|''Desperately''
|[[Don Williams (Sänger)|Don Williams]]
|-
| align="center" |4
|''Do You Believe Me Now''
|[[Vern Gosdin]]
|-
| align="center" |10
|''Don't Give Candy to a Stranger''
|[[Larry Boone]]
|-
| align="center" |11
|''Everybody's Sweetheart''
|[[Vince Gill]]
|-
| align="center" |6
|''The Factory''
|[[Kenny Rogers]]
|-
| align="center" |4
|''The Gift''
|[[The McCarters]]
|-
| align="center" |2
|''Give a Little Love''
|[[The Judds]]
|-
| align="center" |8
|''Givers and Takers''
|[[S-K-O|S–K–O]]
|-
| align="center" |7
|''Goodbye Time''
|[[Conway Twitty]]
|-
| align="center" |4
|''Heaven Can't Be Found''
|[[Hank Williams Jr.]]
|-
| align="center" |14
|''High Ridin' Heroes''
|[[David Lynn Jones]] with [[Waylon Jennings]]
|-
| align="center" |12
|''I Didn't (Every Chance I Had)''
|[[Johnny Rodriguez]]
|-
| align="center" |8
|''I Don't Have Far to Fall''
|[[Skip Ewing]]
|-
| align="center" |28
|''I Give You Music''
|[[The McCarters]]
|-
| align="center" |7
|''I Have You''
|[[Glen Campbell]]
|-
| align="center" |2
|''I Should Be with You''
|[[Steve Wariner]]
|-
| align="center" |12
|''I Still Believe''
|[[Lee Greenwood]]
|-
| align="center" |18
|''I Want a Love Like That''
|[[Judy Rodman]]
|-
| align="center" |7
|''I Will Whisper Your Name''
|[[Michael Johnson (Countrysänger)|Michael Johnson]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today''
|[[Barbara Mandrell]]
|-
| align="center" |9
|''I Wouldn't Be a Man''
|[[Don Williams (Sänger)|Don Williams]]
|-
| align="center" |6
|''I'll Give You All My Love Tonight''
|[[The Bellamy Brothers]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow''
|[[Billy Joe Royal]]
|-
| align="center" |13
|''I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio''
|[[Charley Pride]]
|-
| align="center" |3
|''I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl''
|[[Michael Martin Murphey]]
|-
| align="center" |18
|''I'm Tired''
|[[Ricky Skaggs]]
|-
| align="center" |2
|''I've Been Lookin‘''
|[[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
|-
| align="center" |10
|''If My Heart Had Windows''
|[[Patty Loveless]]
|-
| align="center" |16
|''If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now''
|[[Waylon Jennings]]
|-
| align="center" |8
|''If the South Woulda Won''
|[[Hank Williams, Jr.|Hank Williams Jr.]]
|-
| align="center" |17
|''It Keeps Right on Hurtin‘''
|[[Billy Joe Royal]]
|-
| align="center" |8
|''It's Only Make Believe''
|[[Ronnie McDowell]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Just Lovin' You''
|[[The O’Kanes]]
|-
| align="center" |9
|''Just One Kiss''
|[[Exile (US-amerikanische Band)|Exile]]
|-
| align="center" |4
|''The Last Resort''
|[[T. Graham Brown]]
|-
| align="center" |9
|''Letter Home''
|[[The Forester Sisters]]
|-
| align="center" |18
|''A Little Bit Closer''
|[[Tom Wopat]]
|-
| align="center" |2
|''A Little Bit in Love''
|[[Patty Loveless]]
|-
| align="center" |20
|''Louisiana Rain''
|[[John Wesley Ryles]]
|-
| align="center" |3
|''Love Helps Those''
|Paul Overstreet
|-
| align="center" |4
|''Love of a Lifetime''
|[[Larry Gatlin|Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Lyin' in His Arms Again''
|The Forester Sisters
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Mama Knows''
|[[Shenandoah (Band)|Shenandoah]]
|-
| align="center" |14
|''Midnight Highway''
|[[Southern Pacific (Band)|Southern Pacific]]
|-
| align="center" |13
|''Money''
|[[K. T. Oslin]]
|-
| align="center" |11
|''My Baby's Gone''
|[[Sawyer Brown]]
|-
| align="center" |2
|''New Shade of Blue''
|[[Southern Pacific (Band)|Southern Pacific]]
|-
| align="center" |7
|''No More One More Time''
|[[Jo-El Sonnier|Jo–El Sonnier]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Oh What a Love''
|[[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
|-
| align="center" |2
|''Old Folks''
|[[Ronnie Milsap]] & [[Mike Reid (Musiker)|Mike Reid]]
|-
| align="center" |2
|''One Step Forward''
|[[The Desert Rose Band]]
|-
| align="center" |4
|''One True Love''
|[[The O’Kanes]]
|-
| align="center" |11
|''Only Love Can Save Me Now''
|[[Crystal Gayle]]
|-
| align="center" |10
|''Out of Sight and on My Mind''
|[[Billy Joe Royal]]
|-
| align="center" |6
|''Please, Please Baby''
|[[Dwight Yoakam]]
|-
| align="center" |9
|''Real Good Feel Good Song''
|[[Mel McDaniel]]
|-
| align="center" |9
|''Rebels Without a Clue''
|[[Bellamy Brothers|The Bellamy Brothers]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Santa Fe''
|[[Bellamy Brothers|The Bellamy Brothers]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Satisfy You''
|[[Sweethearts of the Rodeo]]
|-
| align="center" |9
|''Saturday Night Special''
|[[Conway Twitty]]
|-
| align="center" |9
|''She Doesn't Cry Anymore''
|[[Shenandoah (Band)|Shenandoah]]
|-
| align="center" |17
|''She's No Lady''
|[[Lyle Lovett]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This''
|[[Charley Pride]]
|-
| align="center" |16
|''Some Old Side Road''
|[[Keith Whitley]]
|-
| align="center" |8
|''[[Moon Over Naples|Spanish Eyes]]''
|[[Willie Nelson]] with [[Julio Iglesias]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Still Within the Sound of My Voice''
|[[Glen Campbell]]
|-
| align="center" |7
|''Strangers Again''
|[[Holly Dunn]]
|-
| align="center" |2
|''Summer Wind''
|[[The Desert Rose Band]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Sunday Kind of Love''
|[[Reba McEntire]]
|-
| align="center" |8
|''Sure Thing''
|[[Foster & Lloyd]]
|-
| align="center" |16
|''Talkin' to Myself Again''
|[[Tammy Wynette]]
|-
| align="center" |4
|''Talkin' to the Wrong Man''
|[[Michael Martin Murphey]] (with [[Ryan Murphey]])
|-
| align="center" |9
|''Tear–Stained Letter''
|[[Jo-El Sonnier|Jo–El Sonnier]]
|-
| align="center" |8
|''Tell Me True''
|[[Juice Newton]]
|-
| align="center" |18
|''Texas in 1880''
|[[Foster & Lloyd]]
|-
| align="center" |17
|''Thanks Again''
|[[Ricky Skaggs]]
|-
| align="center" |6
|''That’s My Job''
|[[Conway Twitty]]
|-
| align="center" |9
|''That’s That''
|[[Michael Johnson (Countrysänger)|Michael Johnson]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''That's What Your Love Does to Me''
|[[Holly Dunn]]
|-
| align="center" |2
|''This Missin' You Heart of Mine''
|[[Sawyer Brown]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Timeless and True Love''
|[[The McCarters]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''Touch and Go Crazy''
|[[Lee Greenwood]]
|-
| align="center" |5
|''True Heart''
|[[Oak Ridge Boys|The Oak Ridge Boys]]
|-
| align="center" |4
|''Untold Stories''
|[[Kathy Mattea]]
|-
| align="center" |7
|''We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right''
|[[Eddie Rabbitt]]
|-
| align="center" |6
|''What Do You Want from Me This Time''
|[[Foster & Lloyd]]
|-
| align="center" |9
|''Wilder Days''
|[[Baillie & the Boys]]
|-
| align="center" |6
|''Wildflowers''
|[[Dolly Parton]], [[Linda Ronstadt]], Emmylou Harris
|-
| align="center" |4
|''Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)''
|[[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
|-
| align="center" |20
|''You Can't Fall in Love When You're Cryin‘''
|[[Lee Greenwood]]
|-
| align="center" |2
|''Young Country''
|[[Hank Williams, Jr.|Hank Williams Jr.]]
|-
| align="center" |17
|''Your Memory Wins Again''
|[[Skip Ewing]]
|}

=== Deutschsprachige Singles ===

* ''Big White Diesel'' – [[Truck Stop]]
* ''Freunde'' – [[Tom Astor]]
* ''International Airport'' – [[Tom Astor]]
* ''Tanz mit mir'' (B-Seite: ''[[Großstadtrevier (Lied)|Großstadtrevier]])'' – [[Truck Stop]]

== Alben ==

=== Jahres–End–Charts ===
Dies ist die Top 10 der Year–End–Charts, die vom [[Billboard (Magazin)|Billboard]]–Magazin erhoben wurde.<ref>{{Internetquelle |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/top-country-albums |titel=Top Country Albums - Year-End |abruf=2021-11-09}}</ref>

# ''Always & Forever'' – [[Randy Travis]]
# ''Wild Eyed Dream'' – [[Ricky Van Shelton]]
# ''80′s Ladies'' – [[K. T. Oslin]]
# ''Born to Boogie'' – [[Hank Williams, Jr.]]
# ''Greatest Hits Vol. II'' – [[George Strait]]
# ''King’s Record Shop'' – [[Rosanne Cash]]
# ''The Royal Treatment'' – [[Billy Joe Royal]]
# ''If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’'' – [[George Strait]]
# ''The Last One to Know –'' [[Reba McEntire]]
# ''Just Us'' – [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]]

=== Nummer–1–Alben ===
{{Hauptartikel|Liste der Nummer-eins-Country-Alben in den USA (1988)}}
* 26. Dezember 1987 – ''Always & Forever'' – [[Randy Travis]]
* 27. Februar – ''80′s Ladies'' – [[K. T. Oslin]]
* 5. März – ''Wild Eyed Dream'' – [[Ricky Van Shelton]]
* 15. März – ''Always & Forever'' – [[Randy Travis]]
* 16. April – ''Wild Eyed Dream'' – [[Ricky Van Shelton]]
* 23. April – ''If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’'' – [[George Strait]]
* 7. Mai – ''Always & Forever'' – [[Randy Travis]]
* 11. Juni – ''Reba'' – [[Reba McEntire]]
* 6. August – ''Live'' – [[Alabama (Band)|Alabama]]
* 13. August – ''Wild Streak'' – [[Hank Williams, Jr.]]
* 27. August – ''Old 8x10'' – [[Randy Travis]]
* 22. Oktober – ''Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room'' – [[Dwight Yoakam]]
* 29. Oktober – ''Greatest Hits'' – [[The Judds]]
* 5. November – ''Loving Proof'' – [[Ricky Van Shelton]]

=== Weitere Alben ===
Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in die Top 20 der US-Country-Album-Charts gekommen sind.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!<small>US</small>
!Album
!Künstler
!Record Label
|-
| align="center" |4
|''Big Dreams in a Small Town''
|[[Restless Heart]]
|RCA
|-
| align="center" |7
|''Chiseled in Stone''
|[[Vern Gosdin]]
|Columbia
|-
| align="center" |12
|''Comin' Home to Stay''
|[[Ricky Skaggs]]
|Epic
|-
| align="center" |7
|''Copperhead Road''
|[[Steve Earle]]
|MCA
|-
| align="center" |8
|''Diamonds & Dirt''
|[[Rodney Crowell]]
|Columbia
|-
| align="center" |8
|''Don't Close Your Eyes''
|[[Keith Whitley]]
|RCA
|-
| align="center" |8
|''Highway 101, Volume 2''
|[[Highway 101 (band)|Highway 101]]
|Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center" |16
|''Homesick Heroes''
|[[Charlie Daniels|The Charlie Daniels Band]]
|Epic
|-
| align="center" |7
|''Honky Tonk Angel''
|[[Patty Loveless]]
|MCA
|-
| align="center" |20
|''I Should Be with You''
|[[Steve Wariner]]
|MCA
|-
| align="center" |9
|''Monongahela''
|[[The Oak Ridge Boys]]
|MCA
|-
| align="center" |11
|''One Time, One Night''
|[[Sweethearts of the Rodeo]]
|Columbia
|-
| align="center" |12
|''Pontiac''
|[[Lyle Lovett]]
|Curb/MCA
|-
| align="center" |6
|''Rage On''
|[[Dan Seals]]
|Capitol
|-
| align="center" |11
|''River of Time''
|[[Michael Martin Murphey]]
|Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center" |9
|''Shadowland''
|[[k.d. lang]]
|Sire
|-
| align="center" |9
|''Strong Enough to Bend''
|[[Tanya Tucker]]
|Capitol
|-
| align="center" |2
|''This Woman''
|[[K. T. Oslin]]
|RCA
|-
| align="center" |21
|''Tired of the Runnin‘''
|[[The O’Kanes]]
|Columbia
|-
| align="center" |6
|''What a Wonderful World''
|[[Willie Nelson]]
|Columbia
|}

=== Deutschsprachige Alben ===

* ''Fest im Sattel'' – [[Truck Stop]] (2LP)
* ''Ich möcht’ so gern Dave Dudley hör’n'' – [[Truck Stop]] (Kompilation)
* ''Ruf Teddybär Eins-Vier'' – [[Jonny Hill]] (Kompilation)

== Geboren ==
* 15. März: [[Wesley MacInnes]]
* 30. März: [[Jordan Davis]]
* 29. April: [[Michael Ray (Sänger)|Michael Ray]]
* 24. Mai: [[Billy Gilman]]
* 20. Juli: [[Julianne Hough]]
* 16. August: [[Lisa McHugh]]
* 21. August: [[Kacey Musgraves]]
* 17. November: [[The Band Perry|Reid Perry]]

== Gestorben ==
* 29. Februar: [[Vaughn Horton]]
* 24. August: [[Nat Stuckey]]
* 20. September: [[Leon McAuliffe]]
* 6. Dezember: [[Roy Orbison]]

== Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames ==

=== [[Country Music Hall of Fame]] ===
* [[Loretta Lynn]]
* [[Roy Rogers]]

=== [[Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame]] ===
* [[Jack Feeney]]

=== [[ARIA Hall of Fame]] ===
* [[Slim Dusty]]

=== [[Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame]] ===
* [[Hoagy Carmichael]]

== Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen ==
=== [[Grammy Awards 1988|Grammy Awards]] ===
* '''[[Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance|Best Country Vocal Performance, Female]]''' – ''80's Ladies'' – [[K.T. Oslin]]
* '''[[Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance|Best Country Vocal Performance, Male]]''' – ''Always & Forever'' – [[Randy Travis]]
* '''[[Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal]]''' – ''[[Trio (Album)|Trio]]'' – [[Dolly Parton]], [[Linda Ronstadt]], and [[Emmylou Harris]]
* '''[[Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals|Best Country Vocal Collaboration]]''' – [[Ronnie Milsap]] und [[Kenny Rogers]]
* '''[[Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance|Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Solist)]]''' – ''String Of Pars'' – [[Asleep At The Wheel]]
* '''[[Grammy Award for Best Country Song|Best Country Song]]''' – ''Forever And Ever, Amen'' – [[Don Schlitz]] und [[Paul Overstreet]] – Interpret: Randy Travis<ref>{{Internetquelle |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1988/grammys.htm |titel=30st Grammy Awards - 1988 |werk=Rock On The Net |sprache=en |abruf=2022-06-21}}</ref>

=== [[Juno Awards]] ===
* '''Country Male Vocalist of the Year''' – [[Murray McLauchlan]]
* '''Country Female Vocalist of the Year''' – [[k.d. lang]]
* '''Country Group or Duo of the Year''' – [[Family Brown]]

=== [[Academy of Country Music Awards]] ===
* '''Entertainer Of The Year''' – [[Hank Williams Jr.]]
* '''Song Of The Year''' – ''Forever And Ever Amen'' – [[Randy Travis]] – Autoren: [[Paul Overstreet]], Don Schlitz
* '''Single Of The Year''' – ''Forever And Ever Amen'' – Randy Travis
* '''Album Of The Year''' – ''Trio'' – [[Dolly Parton]], [[Emmylou Harris]] und [[Linda Ronstadt]]
* '''Top Male Vocalist''' – Randy Travis
* '''Top Female Vocalist''' – [[Reba McEntire]]
* '''Top Vocal Duo''' – [[The Judds]]
* '''Top Vocal Group''' – [[Highway 101]]
* '''Top New Male Vocalist''' – [[Ricky Van Shelton]]
* '''Top New Female Vocalist''' – [[K.T. Oslin]]
* '''Video Of The Year''' – ''80's Ladies'' – K.T. Oslin (Regisseur: Jack Cole)

=== [[ARIA Awards]] ===
* '''Best Country Album''' – ''This Town'' – [[Flying Emus]]

=== [[Country Music Association Awards]] ===
* '''Entertainer of the Year''' – [[Hank Williams Jr.]]
* '''Male Vocalist of the Year''' – Randy Travis
* '''Female Vocalist of the Year''' – K. T. Oslin
* '''Horizon Award''' – [[Ricky Van Shelton]]
* '''Vocal Group of the Year''' – Highway 101
* '''Vocal Duo of the Year''' – The Judds
* '''Vocal Event of the Year''' – Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton und Linda Ronstadt
* '''Album of the Year''' – Hank Williams Jr.
* '''Song of the Year''' – K. T. Oslin
* '''Single of the Year''' – Kathy Mattea
* '''Musician of the Year''' – [[Chet Atkins]]

=== [[American Music Awards 1988|American Music Awards]] ===
* [[American Music Award for Favorite Country Male Artist|'''Favorite Country Male Artist''']] – Randy Travis
* [[American Music Award for Favorite Country Female Artist|'''Favorite Country Female Artist''']] – Reba McEntire
* [[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''']] – ''Always & Forever'' – Randy Travis
* [[American Music Award for Favorite Country Song|'''Favorite Country Song''']] – ''Forever and Ever, Amen'' – Randy Travis
* '''Favorite Country Video''' – ''Forever and Ever, Amen'' – Randy Travis

=== [[Canadian Country Music Association]] ===
* '''Entertainer of the Year''' – k.d. lang
* '''Male Artist of the Year''' – [[Ian Tyson]]
* '''Female Artist of the Year''' – k.d. lang
* '''Group of the Year''' – [[Family Brown]]
* '''SOCAN Song of the Year''' – ''One Smokey Rose'', Tim Taylor (Performer: [[Anita Perras]])
* '''Single of the Year''' – ''One Smokey Rose'', Anita Perras
* '''Album of the Year''' – ''Shadowland'', k.d. lang
* '''Top Selling Album''' – ''Always & Forever'', Randy Travis
* '''Vista Rising Star Award''' – [[Blue Rodeo]]
* '''Duo of the Year''' – Anita Perras and Tim Taylor

== Einzelnachweise ==
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