1979 Country Music Association Awards

The 1979 Country Music Association Awards, 13th Ceremony, was held on October 8, 1979, at the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CMA Award winner Kenny Rogers.

Winners and nominees

Winners in Bold.

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Willie Nelson * Crystal Gayle * Barbara Mandrell * Kenny Rogers * Statler Brothers	The Gambler — Kenny Rogers * Armed and Crazy — Johnny Paycheck * One for The Road — Willie Nelson and Leon Russell * Rose Colored Glasses — John Conlee * The Originals — Statler Brothers
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Kenny Rogers * John Conlee * Larry Gatlin * Willie Nelson * Don Williams	Barbara Mandrell * Janie Fricke * Crystal Gayle * Emmylou Harris * Anne Murray
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
The Statler Brothers * Charlie Daniels Band * Dave & Sugar * The Kendalls * The Oak Ridge Boys	Kenny Rogers and Dottie West * Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn * Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius * Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke * Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"The Devil Went Down To Georgia" — Charlie Daniels Band * "Amanda" — Waylon Jennings * "If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right" — Barbara Mandrell * "The Gambler" — Kenny Rogers * "You Needed Me" — Anne Murray	"The Gambler" — Don Schlitz * "Amanda" — Bob McDill * "Every Which Way But Loose" — Milton Brown, Steven Dorff and Thomas Garrett * "She Believes In Me" — Steve Gibb * "Talking In Your Sleep" — Bobby R. Woods and Roger Cook
Instrumental Group of the Year	Instrumentalist of the Year
Charlie Daniels Band * Asleep At the Wheel * Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass * Gatlin Family & Friends * Chet Atkins and Les Paul	Charlie Daniels * Chet Atkins * Roy Clark * Buddy Emmons * Charlie McCoy

Country Music Hall of Fame