1969 Country Music Association Awards

The 1969 Country Music Association Awards, 3rd Ceremony, was held on October 15, 1969, at the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by Dale Evans and Roy Rogers.

Winners and nominees

Winners in Bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Johnny Cash * Glen Campbell * Roy Clark * Merle Haggard * Charley Pride	At San Quentin — Johnny Cash * Charley Pride in Person — Charley Pride * Same Train, a Different Time — Merle Haggard * Stand by Your Man — Tammy Wynette * Wichita Lineman — Glen Campbell
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Johnny Cash * Glen Campbell * Merle Haggard * Sonny James * Charley Pride	Tammy Wynette * Lynn Anderson * Loretta Lynn * Dolly Parton * Jeannie C. Riley
Vocal Group of the Year	Comedian of the Year
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash * Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry * Don Gibson and Dottie West * Tompall & the Glaser Brothers * Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton	Archie Campbell * Don Bowman * Roy Clark * Ben Colder * Junior Samples
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"A Boy Named Sue" — Johnny Cash * "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" — Charley Pride * "Daddy Sang Bass" — Johnny Cash * "Galveston" — Glen Campbell * "Games People Play" — Freddy Weller	"The Carroll County Accident" — Bob Ferguson * "Daddy Sang Bass" — Carl Perkins * "Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie" — Wayne Kemp, Red Lane * "Stand by Your Man" — Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette * "When the Grass Grows Over Me" — Don Chapel
Instrumental Group of the Year	Instrumentalist of the Year
Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass * The Buckaroos * Po' Boys * The Stonemans * Texas Troubadours * Wagon Masters	Chet Atkins * Roy Clark * Floyd Cramer * Jerry Reed * Don Rich