1982 Country Music Association Awards

The 1982 Country Music Association Awards, 16th Ceremony, was held on October 11, 1982, at the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CMA Award winners Mac Davis and Barbara Mandrell.

1982 Country Music Association Awards
Date	October 11, 1982
Location	Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by	Mac Davis Barbara Mandrell
Most awards	Alabama (3)
Most nominations	Alabama (5) Willie Nelson (5)
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

Winners and nominees

Winners in Bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Alabama Barbara Mandrell Willie Nelson Oak Ridge Boys Ricky Skaggs	Always On My Mind — Willie Nelson Big City — Merle Haggard Bobbie Sue — Oak Ridge Boys Mountain Music — Alabama Still The Same Ole Me — George Jones
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Ricky Skaggs Merle Haggard George Jones Ronnie Milsap Willie Nelson	Janie Fricke Rosanne Cash Emmylou Harris Barbara Mandrell Juice Newton
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
Alabama Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Oak Ridge Boys Statler Brothers Tompall and the Glaser Brothers	David Frizzell and Shelly West Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Don Williams and Emmylou Harris George Jones and Merle Haggard Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"Always On My Mind" — Willie Nelson "Crying My Heart Out Over You" — Ricky Skaggs "I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home" — David Frizzell "It Turns Me Inside Out" — Lee Greenwood "Love In The First Degree" — Alabama	"Always On My Mind " — Johnny Christopher, Wayne Carson, and Mark James "Elvira " — Dallas Frazier "I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home " — Dewayne Blackwell "It Turns Me Inside Out " — Jan Crutchfield "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma " — Larry Collins and Sandy Pinkard
Horizon Award	Instrumentalist of the Year
Ricky Skaggs John Anderson Rosanne Cash David Frizzell Lee Greenwood	Chet Atkins Floyd Cramer Johnny Gimble Charlie McCoy Hargus "Pig" Robbins
Instrumental Group of the Year
Alabama Charlie Daniels Band Grand Ole Opry Staff Band Oak Ridge Boys Band Ricky Skaggs Band

Hall of Fame

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
Lefty Frizzell Roy Horton Marty Robbins