Country-Musik 1982

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 9. Januar – "Fourteen Carat Mind" – Gene Watson
• 16. Januar – "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World" – Ronnie Milsap
• 23. Januar – "Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night" – Conway Twitty
• 30. Januar – "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" – Juice Newton
• 6. Februar – "Lonely Nights" – Mickey Gilley
• 13. Februar – "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" – Eddie Rabbitt
• 20. Februar – "Only One You" – T.G. Sheppard
• 27. Februar – "Lord, I Hope This Day is Good" – Don Williams
• 6. März – "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had" – Ed Bruce
• 13. März – "Blue Moon With Heartache" – Rosanne Cash
• 20. März – "Mountain of Love" – Charley Pride
• 27. März – "She Left Love All Over Me" – Razzy Bailey
• 3. April – "Bobbie Sue" – Oak Ridge Boys
• 10. April – "Big City" – Merle Haggard
• 17. April – "The Clown" – Conway Twitty
• 24. April – "Crying My Heart Out Over You" – Ricky Skaggs
• 1. Mai – "Mountain Music" – Alabama
• 8. Mai – "Always on My Mind" – Willie Nelson
• 22. Mai – "Just to Satisfy You" – Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
• 5. Juni – "Finally" – T.G. Sheppard
• 12. Juni – "For All the Wrong Reasons" – Bellamy Brothers
• 19. Juni – "Slow Hand" – Conway Twitty
• 3. Juli – "Any Day Now" – Ronnie Milsap
• 10. Juli – "Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby" – Janie Fricke
• 17. Juli – "'Till You're Gone" – Barbara Mandrell
• 24. Juli – "Take Me Down" – Alabama
• 31. Juli – "I Don't Care" – Ricky Skaggs
• 7. August – "Honky Tonkin'" – Hank Williams Jr.
• 14. August – "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" – David Frizzell
• 21. August – "Nobody" – Sylvia
• 28. August – "Fool Hearted Memory" – George Strait
• 4. September – "Love Will Turn You Around" – Kenny Rogers
• 11. September – "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" – Jerry Reed
• 25. September – "What's Forever For" – Michael Martin Murphy
• 2. Oktober – "Put Your Dreams Away" – Mickey Gilley
• 9. Oktober – "(A Taste of) Yesterday's Wine" – Merle Haggard und George Jones
• 16. Oktober – "I Will Always Love You" – Dolly Parton
• 23. Oktober – "He Got You" – Ronnie Milsap
• 30. Oktober – "Close Enough to Perfect" – Alabama
• 6. November – "You're So Good When You're Bad" – Charley Pride
• 13. November – "Heartbroke" – Ricky Skaggs
• 20. November – "War is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" – T.G. Sheppard
• 27. November – "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" – Janie Fricke
• 4. Dezember – "You and I" – Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle
• 11. Dezember – "Redneck Girl" – Bellamy Brothers
• 18. Dezember – "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong" – Earl Thomas Conley
• 25. Dezember – "Wild and Blue" – John Anderson

Alben (Auswahl)

• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Soundtrack – Dolly Parton (RCA)
• Bobbie Sue – Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)
• Family & Friends – Ricky Skaggs (Sugar Hill)
• Highway & Heartaches – Ricky Skaggs (Epic/CBS)
• Love Will Turn You Around – Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
• Mountain Music – Alabama (RCA)
• Strait to the Heart – George Strait (MCA)

Geboren

• 28. August – LeAnn Rimes

Gestorben

• 8. Dezember – Marty Robbins (57), vielseitiger Künstler mit mehr als dreißigjähriger Karriere

Neue Mitglieder der Country Music Hall of Fame

• Lefty Frizzell (1928–1975)
• Roy Horton (1914–2003)
• Marty Robbins (1925–1982)

Wichtige Auszeichnungen

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year – Alabama
• Song Of The Year – "Are The Good Times Really Over" – Merle Haggard – Merle Haggard
• Single Of The Year – "Always On My Mind" – Willie Nelson
• Album Of The Year – Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson
• Top Male Vocalist – Ronnie Milsap
• Top Female Vocalist – Sylvia
• Top Vocal Duo – Shelly West and David Frizzell
• Top Vocal Group – Alabama
• Top New Male Vocalist – Michael Martin Murphey
• Top New Female Vocalist – Karen Brooks

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year – Alabama
• Song Of The Year – "Always On My Mind" – J.Christopher / W.Carson / M.James
• Single Of The Year – "Always On My Mind" – Willie Nelson
• Album Of The Year – Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson
• Male Vocalist Of The Year – Ricky Skaggs
• Female Vocalist Of The Year – Janie Fricke
• Vocal Duo Of The Year – David Frizzell / Shelly West
• Vocal Group Of The Year – Alabama
• Instrumentalist Of The Year – Chet Atkins
• Horizon Award – Ricky Skaggs
• Instrumental Group Of The Year – Alabama