21st Music City News Country Awards

21st Music City News Country Awards
21st Music City News Country Awards
Date	June 9, 1987
Location	Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by	Johnny Cash; Marie Osmond; Hank Williams Jr.
Most wins	Randy Travis (4)
Most nominations	The Statlers (6)
Television/radio coverage
Network	Syndication

The 21st Music City News Country Awards was held on June 9, 1987, at the Grand Ole Opry House, in Nashville, Tennessee . The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Cash, Marie Osmond, and Hank Williams Jr.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.^[1]

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
The Statlers Alabama Reba McEntire George Strait Randy Travis	Storms of Life — Randy Travis #7 — George Strait Four for the Show — The Statlers Lost in the Fifties Tonight — Ronnie Milsap Whoever's in New England — Reba McEntire
Female Artist of the Year	Male Artist of the Year
Reba McEntire Janie Fricke Loretta Lynn Barbara Mandrell Kathy Mattea	Randy Travis Lee Greenwood Gary Morris John Schneider George Strait
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
The Statlers Alabama The Forester Sisters Oak Ridge Boys Sawyer Brown	The Judds Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty Barbara Mandrell and Lee Greenwood Marie Osmond and Dan Seals Anita Pointer and Earl Thomas Conley
Gospel Act of the Year	Comedy Act of the Year
The Hee Haw Gospel Quartet Tennessee Ernie Ford Amy Grant Christy Lane Sandi Patti	Ray Stevens Irlene Mandrell Minnie Pearl Shotgun Red Mike Snider
Single of the Year	Video of the Year
"On the Other Hand" — Randy Travis "Bop" — Dan Seals "Count On Me" — The Statlers "She and I" — Alabama "Whoever's in New England" — Reba McEntire	"Whoever's in New England" — Reba McEntire "The Chair" — George Strait "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" — The Judds "She and I" — Alabama "Sweeter and Sweeter" — The Statlers
Star of Tomorrow	TV Series of the Year
Randy Travis T. Graham Brown Kathy Mattea Sawyer Brown Dwight Yoakam	Nashville Now Austin City Limits Grand Ole Opry Live Hee Haw This Week in Country Music
TV Special of the Year
The Statlers Christmas Present Grand Ole Opry Live The Mandrell Sisters & Family Marty Robbins: Super Legend George Strait: Strait From the Heart of Texas
Living Legend Award
George Jones

References

^ "Travis, Statler Brothers big country music winners". The Gadsden Times. June 9, 1987.

[1] "Travis, Statler Brothers big country music winners". The Gadsden Times. June 9, 1987.

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Winners and nominees

See also

References