1968 Country Music Association Awards


The 1968 Country Music Association Awards, 2nd Ceremony, was held on November 20, 1968, at the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Dale Evans and Roy Rogers.

Winners and nominees

Winners in Bold.
Entertainer of the YearAlbum of the Year
Glen Campbell
At Folsom PrisonJohnny Cash
  • * By the Time I Get to PhoenixGlen Campbell
  • * D-I-V-O-R-C-ETammy Wynette   
  • * Gentle on My Mind — Glen Campbell
  • * The Best of Merle HaggardMerle Haggard
  • Male Vocalist of the YearFemale Vocalist of the Year
    Glen Campbell
  • * Eddy Arnold
  • * Johnny Cash
  • * Merle Haggard
  • * Charley Pride
  • Tammy Wynette
  • * Lynn Anderson
  • * Loretta Lynn
  • * Dolly Parton
  • * Jeannie C. Riley
  • Vocal Group of the YearComedian of the Year
    Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
  • * Bill Anderson and Jan Howard
  • * Archie Campbell and Lorene Mann
  • * Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
  • * The Stoneman Family
  • Ben Colder
  • * Don Bowman
  • * Archie Campbell
  • * Homer & Jethro
  • * Minnie Pearl
  • Single of the YearSong of the Year
    "Harper Valley PTA" — Jeannie C. Riley
  • * "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" — Glen Campbell
  • * "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" — Tammy Wynette
  • * "Folsom Prison Blues" — Johnny Cash
  • * "Honey" — Bobby Goldsboro
  • "Honey" — Bobby Russell
  • * "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" — Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman
  • * "Harper Valley PTA" — Tom T. Hall
  • * "Little Green Apples" — Bobby Russell
  • * "Skip a Rope" — Jack Moran, Glenn Douglas Tubb
  • Instrumental Group of the YearInstrumentalist of the Year
    The Buckaroos
  • * Po' Boys
  • * The Stoneman Family
  • * Texas Troubadours
  • * Wagon Masters
  • Chet Atkins
  • * Glen Campbell
  • * Roy Clark
  • * Floyd Cramer
  • * Boots Randolph