The sixth Annual American Music Awards were held January 12, 1979.
Winners and nominees
Subcategory Winner NomineesPop/Rock Category Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Barry Manilow Andy Gibb Billy Joel Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Linda Ronstadt Barbra Streisand Donna Summer Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group Bee Gees Fleetwood Mac Foreigner Favorite Pop/Rock Album Grease Soundtrack Rumours – Fleetwood Mac Saturday Night Fever – Soundtrack Favorite Pop/Rock Song "Three Times a Lady" – Commodores "Stayin' Alive" – Bee Gees "You Light Up My Life" – Debby BooneSoul/R&B Category Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist Teddy Pendergrass Lou Rawls Johnny Mathis Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Natalie Cole Roberta Flack Donna Summer Favorite Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group Earth Wind and Fire Commodores The Emotions Favorite Soul/R&B Album Saturday Night Fever – Bee Gees Life Is a Song Worth Singing – Teddy Pendergrass All 'n' All – Earth, Wind & Fire Favorite Soul/R&B Song "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" – Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams "Our Love" – Natalie Cole "Use Ta Be My Girl" – The O'JaysCountry Category Favorite Country Male Artist Kenny Rogers Merle Haggard Ronnie Milsap Favorite Country Female Artist Crystal Gayle Loretta Lynn Linda Ronstadt Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group The Statler Brothers The Oak Ridge Boys Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Favorite Country Album Ten Years of Gold – Kenny Rogers Here You Come Again – Dolly Parton Simple Dreams – Linda Ronstadt Favorite Country Song "Blue Bayou" – Linda Ronstadt "Here You Come Again" – Dolly Parton "Take This Job and Shove It" – Johnny PaycheckDisco Category Favorite Disco Male Artist Isaac Hayes Peter Brown Teddy Pendergrass Favorite Disco Female Artist Donna Summer Pattie Brooks Linda Clifford Favorite Disco Band/Duo/Group Village People Silver Convention The Trammps Favorite Disco Album Live and More – Donna Summer Super Nature – Cerrone Thank God It's Friday – Soundtrack Favorite Disco Song "Last Dance" – Donna Summer "Shame" – Evelyn King "Macho Man" – The Village People MeritPerry Como
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