This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1986.
See also: List of number-one country singles of 1986 (U.S.) and List of number-one country hits of 1986 (Canada).
US | CAN | Single | Artist | |
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91 | 9 | Being a Fool Again | Audie Henry | |
— | 15 | Call Me Up | Rae Palmer | |
— | 16 | Fiddlin' Man | Whiskey Jack | |
— | 13 | Forget About Me | Anne Lord | |
— | 4 | He's My Gentle Man | Audie Henry | |
— | 10 | Heads You Win (Tails I Lose) | Anita Perras | |
— | 8 | Hot on the Heels of Love | The Haggertys | |
— | 6 | I'll Never Get Over You | Anne Lord | |
— | 13 | I'm Best at Lovin' You | Murray McLauchlan | |
— | 9 | I'm Taking Care of Myself | Carroll Baker | |
— | 5 | In My Arms Tonight | Bootleg | |
— | 9 | It's Times Like This | Carol Martyn | |
— | 18 | Love Crazy | Gilles Godard | |
— | 6 | Love Sweet Love | Terry Carisse | |
— | 16 | Lovin' the Night Away | Terry Sumsion | |
1 | 1 | Now and Forever (You and Me) | Anne Murray | |
— | 8 | Pretty Diamond Ring | Mercey Brothers | |
— | 9 | Reach Out and Touch Her | Harvey Henry | |
— | 14 | Rise Against the Wind | Dick Damron with Ginny Mitchell | |
— | 19 | Something Good | Anita Perras with Tim Taylor | |
— | 14 | Stealer of Hearts | Ronnie Prophet | |
— | 17 | Summer Nights | The Ellis Family Band | |
— | 6 | Take a Little Chance on Love | Mercey Brothers | |
— | 15 | Two Hearts in a Lonely Mind | Jules | |
80 | 8 | What If It's Right | Family Brown | |
— | 18 | You Can't Hide from Love | Stoker Bros |
See also: List of number-one country albums of 1986 (U.S.).
US | Album | Artist | Record Label | |
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34 | All Tied Up in Love | Ronnie McDowell | MCA | |
53 | American Vagabond | William Lee Golden | MCA | |
59 | The Boys Are Back in Town | The Maines Brothers Band | Mercury/PolyGram | |
65 | Chance | Chance | Mercury/PolyGram | |
50 | Christmas Again | The Oak Ridge Boys | MCA | |
65 | Christmas with Ronnie Milsap | Ronnie Milsap | RCA | |
49 | Everybody Knows I'm Yours | Jim Glaser | MCA/Noble Vision | |
37 | Fallin' for You for Years | Conway Twitty | Warner Bros. | |
47 | Fire at First Sight | The Kendalls | MCA | |
29 | Floridays | Jimmy Buffett | MCA | |
30 | The Girls Next Door | Girls Next Door | MTM | |
48 | Greatest Hits | Vern Gosdin | Compleat | |
27 | Greatest Hits Volume Two | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA | |
32 | Highway Diner | Lacy J. Dalton | Columbia | |
29 | Holly Dunn | Holly Dunn | MTM | |
26 | It Still Rains in Memphis | T. G. Sheppard | Columbia | |
35 | Killbilly Hill | Southern Pacific | Warner Bros. | |
26 | L.A. to Miami | Keith Whitley | RCA | |
34 | Marty Stuart | Marty Stuart | Columbia | |
62 | Memphis Sessions | Rick Nelson | Epic | |
53 | Moments | Barbara Mandrell | MCA | |
66 | New Grass Revival | New Grass Revival | Capitol | |
29 | New Moves | Don Williams | Capitol | |
53 | Night Things | Ed Bruce | RCA | |
40 | One and Only | Mickey Gilley | Epic | |
35 | Patty Loveless | Patty Loveless | MCA | |
27 | Perfume, Ribbons & Pearls | The Forester Sisters | Warner Bros. | |
56 | Portrait of a Singer | Ray Price | Step One | |
31 | Radio Gospel Favorites | The Statler Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram | |
40 | Reba Nell McEntire | Reba McEntire | Mercury/PolyGram | |
31 | Repossessed | Kris Kristofferson | Mercury/PolyGram | |
57 | Robin Lee | Robin Lee | Evergreen | |
40 | Rose of My Heart | Nicolette Larson | MCA | |
39 | Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet | S-K-O | MTM | |
70 | The Shoppe | The Shoppe | MTM | |
31 | Son of the South | David Allan Coe | Columbia | |
49 | Starting New Memories | Gene Watson | Epic | |
38 | Street Language | Rodney Crowell | Columbia | |
59 | Thank God for the Radio… And All the Hits | The Kendalls | Mercury/PolyGram | |
35 | That Feeling Inside | Mark Gray | Columbia | |
54 | Think About Love | Dolly Parton | RCA | |
46 | Tonight We Ride | Michael Martin Murphey | Warner Bros. | |
52 | Too Old to Grow Up | Pake McEntire | RCA | |
28 | When Love Is Right | Charly McClain & Wayne Massey | Epic | |
26 | Wings | Michael Johnson | RCA | |
50 | Winners | Donna Fargo | Mercury/PolyGram |