Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1985 im Genre Country-Musik.

• Ein Artikel der New York Times erklärt die Country-Musik für „tot“.^[1]
• Die Country Music Association vergibt erstmals die Auszeichnung Music Video of the Year. Hank Williams, Jr. ist mit seinem Video All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight erster Preisträger^[2]

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.^[3]

1. Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night) – Ronnie Milsap
2. Dixie Road – Lee Greenwood
3. Real Love – Dolly Parton with Kenny Rogers
4. Radio Heart – Charly McClain
5. Highwayman – Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
6. She's Single Again – Janie Fricke
7. I'm for Love – Hank Williams, Jr.
8. Modern Day Romance – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
9. Fallin' in Love – Sylvia
10. Forgiving You Was Easy – Willie Nelson

• 5. Januar – Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait
• 12. Januar – The Best Year of My Life – Eddie Rabbitt
• 19. Januar – How Blue – Reba McEntire
• 26. Januar – (There's A) Fire in the Night – Alabama
• 2. Februar – A Place to Fall Apart – Merle Haggard, Janie Fricke
• 9. Februar – Ain't She Something Else – Conway Twitty
• 16. Februar – Make My Life With You – Oak Ridge Boys
• 23. Februar – Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On – Mel McDaniel
• 2. März – Baby Bye-Bye – Gary Morris
• 9. März – My Only Love – Statler Brothers
• 16. März – Crazy For Your Love – Exile
• 23. März – Seven Spanish Angels – Ray Charles, Willie Nelson
• 30. März – Crazy – Kenny Rogers
• 6. April – Country Girls – John Schneider
• 13. April – Honor Bound – Earl Thomas Conley
• 20. April – I Need More of You – Bellamy Brothers
• 27. April – Girls Night Out – The Judds
• 4. Mai – There's No Way – Alabama
• 11. Mai – Somebody Should Leave – Reba McEntire
• 18. Mai – Step That Step – Sawyer Brown
• 25. Mai – Radio Heart – Charly McClain
• 1. Juni – Don't Call Him a Cowboy – Conway Twitty
• 8. Juni – Natural High – Merle Haggard
• 15. Juni – Country Boy – Ricky Skaggs
• 22. Juni – Little Things – Oak Ridge Boys
• 29. Juni – She Keeps the Home Fires Burning – Ronnie Milsap
• 6. Juli – She's a Miracle – Exile
• 13. Juli – Forgiving You Was Easy – Willie Nelson
• 20. Juli – Dixie Road – Lee Greenwood
• 27. Juli – Love Don't Care – Earl Thomas Conley
• 3. August – 40 Hour Week (For a Livin') – Alabama
• 10. August – I'm For Love – Hank Williams Jr.
• 17. August – Highwayman – Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash
• 24. August – Real Love – Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton
• 31. August – Love is Alive – The Judds
• 7. September – I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me – Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill
• 14. September – Modern Day Romance – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• 21. September – I Fell in Love Again Last Night – Forester Sisters
• 28. September – Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night) – Ronnie Milsap
• 12. Oktober – Meet Me in Montana – Dan Seals, Marie Osmond
• 19. Oktober – You Make Me Want to Make You Mine – Juice Newton
• 26. Oktober – Touch a Hand, Make a Friend – Oak Ridge Boys
• 2. November – Some Fools Never Learn – Steve Wariner
• 9. November – Can't Keep a Good Man Down – Alabama
• 16. November – Hang on to Your Heart – Exile
• 23. November – I'll Never Stop Loving You – Gary Morris
• 30. November – Too Much on My Heart – Statler Brothers
• 7. Dezember – I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose) – Lee Greenwood
• 14. Dezember – Nobody Falls Like a Fool – Earl Thomas Conley
• 21. Dezember – The Chair – George Strait
• 28. Dezember – Have Mercy – The Judds

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.^[4]

US	Single	Artist
8	All Tangled Up in Love	Gus Hardin
8	Angel in Your Arms	Barbara Mandrell
5	Betty's Bein' Bad	Sawyer Brown
3	Between Blue Eyes and Jeans	Conway Twitty
15	Blue Highway	John Conlee
15	Break Away	Gail Davies
13	California	Keith Stegall
9	Carolina in the Pines	Michael Martin Murphey
5	The Cowboy Rides Away	George Strait
9	Cry Just a Little Bit	Sylvia
15	Desperados Waiting for a Train	The Highwaymen
20	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Vern Gosdin
8	Doncha?	T. G. Sheppard
3	Don't Call It Love	Dolly Parton
2	Drinkin‘ and Dreamin‘	Waylon Jennings
20	Eye of a Hurricane	John Anderson
2	Fallin' in Love	Sylvia
5	The Fireman	George Strait
7	The First Word in Memory Is Me	Janie Fricke
17	The Girl Most Likely To	B. J. Thomas
7	Got No Reason Now for Goin' Home	Gene Watson
15	Hallelujah, I Love You So	George Jones with Brenda Lee
6	Have I Got a Deal for You	Reba McEntire
19	Heart Don't Do This to Me	Loretta Lynn
8	Heart Trouble	Steve Wariner
3	Hello Mary Lou	The Statler Brothers
2	High Horse	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
10	I Never Made Love (Till I Made It with You)	Mac Davis
8	I Wanna Hear It from You	Eddy Raven
5	I Wanna Say Yes	Louise Mandrell
10	I Want Everyone to Cry	Restless Heart
20	I'd Dance Every Dance with You	The Kendalls
10	I'm Gonna Leave You Tomorrow	John Schneider
10	I'm the One Mama Warned You About	Mickey Gilley
20	If It Ain't Love	Ed Bruce
12	If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)	The Whites
10	If It Weren't for Him	Vince Gill
15	If That Ain't Love	Lacy J. Dalton
16	If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me	Jimmy Buffett
5	In a New York Minute	Ronnie McDowell
12	It Ain't Gonna Worry My Mind	Ray Charles and Mickey Gilley
19	It Should Have Been Love by Now	Barbara Mandrell & Lee Greenwood
10	It's a Short Walk from Heaven to Hell	John Schneider
15	It’s All Over Now	John Anderson
20	It's Time for Love	Don Williams
10	Kern River	Merle Haggard
4	A Lady Like You	Glen Campbell
9	Lasso the Moon	Gary Morris
19	The Legend and the Man	Conway Twitty
16	Leona	Sawyer Brown
6	Let It Roll (Let It Rock)	Mel McDaniel
16	Let Me Down Easy	Jim Glaser
2	Lie to You for Your Love	The Bellamy Brothers
5	A Long and Lasting Love	Crystal Gayle
14	(Love Always) Letter to Home	Glen Campbell
9	Love Talks	Ronnie McDowell
10	Major Moves	Hank Williams Jr.
8	Maybe My Baby	Louise Mandrell
4	Me Against the Night	Crystal Gayle
14	Me and Paul	Willie Nelson
20	The Mississippi Squirrel Revival	Ray Stevens
2	My Baby's Got Good Timing	Dan Seals
9	My Old Yellow Car	Dan Seals
19	My Toot Toot	Rockin’ Sidney
3	Nobody Wants to Be Alone	Crystal Gayle
2	Old Hippie	The Bellamy Brothers
4	One Owner Heart	T. G. Sheppard
5	Only in My Mind	Reba McEntire
9	Operator, Operator	Eddy Raven
10	Pretty Lady	Keith Stegall
9	Rollin' Lonely	Johnny Lee
12	Save the Last Chance	Johnny Lee
11	She Used to Love Me a Lot	David Allan Coe
6	She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye	Eddie Rabbitt
9	She's Gonna Win Your Heart	Eddy Raven
2	She's My Rock	George Jones
2	She's Single Again	Janie Fricke
19	Size Seven Round (Made of Gold)	George Jones with Lacy J. Dalton
10	Slow Burning Memory	Vern Gosdin
4	Somebody Else's Fire	Janie Fricke
2	Something in My Heart	Ricky Skaggs
6	Sometimes When We Touch	Mark Gray & Tammy Wynette
5	Stand Up	Mel McDaniel
10	(That's What You Do) When You're in Love	The Forester Sisters
7	There's No Love in Tennessee	Barbara Mandrell
19	They Never Had to Get Over You	Johnny Lee
14	Thing About You	Southern Pacific with Emmylou Harris
4	This Ain't Dallas	Hank Williams Jr.
14	Two Old Cats Like Us	Ray Charles with Hank Williams Jr.
3	Used to Blue	Sawyer Brown
2	Walkin' a Broken Heart	Don Williams
10	Waltz Me to Heaven	Waylon Jennings
4	Warning Sign	Eddie Rabbitt
3	What I Didn't Do	Steve Wariner
8	What She Wants	Michael Martin Murphey
17	When Givin' Up Was Easy	Ed Bruce
14	White Line	Emmylou Harris
3	Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes	George Jones
5	With Just One Look in Your Eyes	Charly McClain (with Wayne Massey)
7	Working Man	John Conlee
10	A World Without Love	Eddie Rabbitt
2	Years After You	John Conlee
20	You Can't Run Away from Your Heart	Lacy J. Dalton
7	You Make Me Feel Like a Man	Ricky Skaggs
3	You Turn Me On (Like a Radio)	Ed Bruce
10	You're Going Out of My Mind	T. G. Sheppard
9	You've Got a Good Love Comin‘	Lee Greenwood
10	You've Got Something on Your Mind	Mickey Gilley

• Angeln entspannt – Truck Stop
• Happy Birthday / Wir zwei – Truck Stop
• Mein Wohnmobil / Er liebt nur Video – Flophouse String Band^[5]
• Der Stuntman – Volker Lechtenbrink (deutschsprachige Version von The Unknown Stuntman – Lee Majors)^[6]
• Der Tramp / Einsamkeit – Bernd Hifinger & Twilight

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.^[7]

1. 40 Hour Week – Alabama
2. Why Not Me – The Judds
3. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait
4. Country Boy – Ricky Skaggs
5. Friendship – Ray Charles
6. Kentucky Hearts – Exile
7. Five-O – Hank Williams, Jr.
8. Treadin’ Water – Earl Thomas Conley
9. Me and Paul – Willie Nelson
10. Greatest Hits 2 – Oak Ridge Boys

• 5. Januar – Kentucky Hearts – Exile
• 19. Januar – Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait
• 2. Februar – Why Not Me – The Judds
• 23. Februar – Country Boy – Ricky Skaggs
• 16. März – Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait
• 23. März – Friendship – Ray Charles
• 30. März – 40 Hour Week – Alabama
• 22. Juni – Five-O – Hank Williams, Jr.
• 3. August – 40 Hour Week – Alabama
• 17. August – Five-O – Hank Williams, Jr.
• 7. September – Greatest Hits Vol. 2 – Ronnie Milsap
• 28. September – Highwayman – The Highwaymen
• 5. Oktober – Greatest Hits Vol. 2 – Ronnie Milsap
• 19. Oktober – Partners in Rhyme – The Statler Brothers
• 26. Oktober – Greatest Hits Vol. 2 – Ronnie Milsap
• 7. Dezember – Rhythm & Romance – Rosanne Cash
• 14. Dezember – Something Special – George Strait
• 21. Dezember – Anything Goes – Gary Morris
• 28. Dezember – The Heart of the Matter – Kenny Rogers

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
8	Alabama Christmas	Alabama	RCA
8	The Ballad of Sally Rose	Emmylou Harris	Warner Bros.
7	Centerfield	John Fogerty	Warner Bros.
7	Don't Call Him a Cowboy	Conway Twitty	Warner Bros.
4	The Forester Sisters	The Forester Sisters	Warner Bros.
4	Greatest Hits	George Strait	MCA
4	Greatest Hits	Lee Greenwood	MCA
10	Half Nelson	Willie Nelson	Columbia
2	Hang on to Your Heart	Exile	Epic
10	Howard & David	The Bellamy Brothers	Curb/MCA
8	Kern River	Merle Haggard	Epic
7	Last Mango in Paris	Jimmy Buffett	MCA
4	Let It Roll	Mel McDaniel	Capitol
17	Love Is What We Make It	Kenny Rogers	Liberty
3	Me and Paul	Willie Nelson	Columbia
13	My Toot Toot	Rockin’ Sidney	Epic
17	Nobody Wants to Be Alone	Crystal Gayle	Warner Bros.
12	Old Flame	Juice Newton	RCA
20	One Good Night Deserves Another	Steve Wariner	MCA
19	One Step Closer	Sylvia	RCA
9	Partners, Brothers and Friends	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Warner Bros.
15	Radio Heart	Charly McClain	Epic
9	Real Love	Dolly Parton	RCA
10	Restless Heart	Restless Heart	RCA
2	Sawyer Brown	Sawyer Brown	Capitol/Curb
3	Shakin‘	Sawyer Brown	Capitol/Curb
3	Step On Out	The Oak Ridge Boys	MCA
6	Sweet Dreams – The Life and Times of Patsy Cline (Soundtrack)	Patsy Cline	MCA
16	There's No Stopping Your Heart	Marie Osmond	Capitol/Curb
15	Trying to Outrun the Wind	John Schneider	MCA
6	Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?	George Jones	Epic

• Bear Family 10 Years Anniversary Festival 1985 – Sampler
• Erfolge, oder auch Taxi nach Texas – Martin Lauer (Kompilation)
• In Concert – Truck Stop
• Räder – Western Union
• Sieben Dinge braucht der Cowboy – Bruce Low^[8]
• Siebentausend Rinder – Peter Hinnen (Kompilation)

• 05. Januar: Tim Montana
• 20. Januar: Brantley Gilbert
• 20. Mai: Jon Pardi
• 12. Juni: Chris Young
• 26. August: Brian Kelley
• 01. September: Charlie Worsham
• 19. September: Chase Rice

• 17. Juli: Wynn Stewart (51)
• 11. Oktober: Tex Williams

• Flatt and Scruggs
  • Lester Flatt
  • Earl Scruggs

• Don Messer
• Hank Snow

• Bob McDill
• Carl Perkins

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Emmylou Harris – In My Dreams
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Merle Haggard – That's The Way Love Goes
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – The Judds – Mama He's Crazy
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – Ricky Skaggs – Wheel Hoss
• Best Country Song – Steve Goodman – City Of New Orleans, (Interpret Willie Nelson)^[9]

• Country Male Vocalist of the Year – Murray McLauchlan
• Country Female Vocalist of the Year – Anne Murray
• Country Group or Duo of the Year – Family Brown

• Entertainer Of The Year – Alabama
• Song Of The Year – Why Not Me – The Judds – Harlan Howard, Brent Maher, Sonny Throckmorton
• Single Of The Year – To All The Girls I've Loved Before – Willie Nelson, Julio Iglesias
• Album Of The Year – Roll On – Alabama
• Top Male Vocalist – George Strait
• Top Female Vocalist – Reba McEntire
• Top Vocal Duo – The Judds
• Top Vocal Group – Alabama
• Top New Male Vocalist – Vince Gill
• Top New Female Vocalist – Nicolette Larson
• Video Of The Year – All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight – Hank Williams, Jr.

• Entertainer of the Year – Dick Damron
• Male Artist of the Year – Terry Carisse
• Female Artist of the Year – Carroll Baker
• Group of the Year – The Mercey Brothers
• SOCAN Song of the Year – Counting the I Love You's, Terry Carisse, Bruce Rawlins (Interpret: Terry Carisse)
• Single of the Year – Riding on the Wind, Gary Fjellgaard
• Album of the Year – Closest Thing to You, Terry Carisse
• Top Selling Album – Once Upon a Christmas, Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
• Vista Rising Star Award – Ginny Mitchell
• Duo of the Year – Anita Perras and Tim Taylor

• Instrumental Group of the Year – Ricky Skaggs Band
• Instrumentalist of the Year – Chet Atkins
• Entertainer of the Year – Ricky Skaggs
• Male Vocalist of the Year – George Strait
• Female Vocalist of the Year – Reba McEntire
• Horizon Award – Sawyer Brown
• Vocal Group of the Year – The Judds
• Vocal Duo of the Year – Dave Loggins und Anne Murray
• Album of the Year – George Strait
• Song of the Year – Lee Greenwood
• Single of the Year – The Judds
• Music Video of the Year – All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight – Hank Williams Jr. (Regisseur: John Goodhue)

• Favorite Country Male Artist – Kenny Rogers
• Favorite Country Female Artist – Barbara Mandrell
• Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Alabama
• Favorite Country Album – Eyes That See in the Dark – Kenny Rogers
• Favorite Country Song – Islands in the Stream – Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
• Favorite Country Video – A Little Good News – Anne Murray
• Favorite Country Male Video Artist – Willie Nelson
• Favorite Country Female Video Artist – Anne Murray
• Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group Video Artist – The Oak Ridge Boys

1. ↑ Trigger: Back To The Future: 1985 and the Year Country Music Died. 22. Oktober 2015, abgerufen am 4. Mai 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
2. ↑ Steven Tyler and Buddy Guy - "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" Live. Abgerufen am 4. Mai 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
3. ↑ Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 28. Dezember 1985, S. 51 (google.de [abgerufen am 4. Mai 2022]). 
4. ↑ Hot Country Songs Chart. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 12. März 2022. 
5. ↑ Flophouse String Band - Mein Wohnmobil / Er Liebt Nur Video. Abgerufen am 4. Mai 2022. 
6. ↑ Volker Lechtenbrink - Der Stuntman. In: Discogs. Abgerufen am 4. Mai 2022. 
7. ↑ Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 28. Dezember 1985, S. 54 (google.de [abgerufen am 4. Mai 2022]). 
8. ↑ Bruce Low - Sieben Dinge Braucht Der Cowboy. Abgerufen am 4. Mai 2022. 
9. ↑ 27st Grammy Awards - 1985. In: Rock On The Net. Abgerufen am 22. Juni 2022 (englisch).