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.
Winners and nominees Winners in Bold. Entertainer of the YearAlbum 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 |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Male Vocalist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Female Vocalist of the Year |- | valign="top" | Ricky Skaggs Merle Haggard George Jones Ronnie Milsap Willie Nelson | valign="top" | Janie Fricke Rosanne Cash Emmylou Harris Barbara Mandrell Juice Newton |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Vocal Group of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Vocal Duo of the Year |- | valign="top" | Alabama Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Oak Ridge Boys Statler Brothers Tompall and the Glaser Brothers | valign="top" | 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 |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Single of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Song of the Year |- | valign="top" | "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 PinkardHorizon AwardInstrumentalist of the Year Ricky Skaggs John Anderson Rosanne Cash David Frizzell Lee Greenwood Chet Atkins Floyd Cramer Johnny Gimble Charlie McCoy Hargus "Pig" RobbinsInstrumental 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
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