23rd Music City News Country Awards explained

23rd Music City News Country Awards
Date:	June 6, 1989
Location:	Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee
Most Nominations:	Ricky Van Shelton (5)
Most Wins:	Ricky Van Shelton (4)
Network:	TNN
Host:	Barbara Mandrell Louise Mandrell Irlene Mandrell
Previous:	22nd
Main:	CMT
Next:	24th

The 23rd Music City News Country Awards was held on June 6, 1989, at the Grand Ole Opry House, in Nashville, Tennessee . The ceremony was hosted by Barbara, Louise, and Irlene Mandrell.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.^{[1] [2]}

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Randy Travis Reba McEntire Ricky Van Shelton The Statlers George Strait	Loving Proof — Ricky Van Shelton Chiseled in Stone — Vern Gosdin If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' — George Strait Old 8x10 — Randy Travis The Statlers' Greatest Hits — The Statlers
Female Artist of the Year	Male Artist of the Year
Reba McEntire Rosanne Cash Kathy Mattea K.T. Oslin Tanya Tucker	Ricky Van Shelton Vern Gosdin George Strait Randy Travis Hank Williams Jr. Dwight Yoakam
Vocal Group of the Year	Vocal Duo of the Year
The Statlers Alabama The Forester Sisters Highway 101 Oak Ridge Boys	The Judds Bellamy Brothers The Everly Brothers The O'Kanes Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Single of the Year	Video of the Year
"I'll Leave This World Loving You" — Ricky Van Shelton "Chiseled in Stone" — Vern Gosdin "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" — Kathy Mattea "Gonna Take a Lot of River" — Oak Ridge Boys "Let's Get Started If We're Gonna Break My Heart" — The Statlers	"I'll Leave This World Loving You" — Ricky Van Shelton "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" — Kathy Mattea "Gonna Take a Lot of River" — Oak Ridge Boys "I Told You So" — Randy Travis "Streets of Bakersfield" — Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens
Star of Tomorrow	Vocal Collaboration of the Year
Patty Loveless Rodney Crowell Holly Dunn Keith Whitley Dwight Yoakam	Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens Rodney Crowell and Rosanne Cash Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White Tanya Tucker, Paul Davis, and Paul Overstreet
Gospel Act of the Year	Comedian of the Year
The Whites The Cathedrals The Chuck Wagon Gang Cumberland Boys Fox Brothers	Ray Stevens Andy Andrews Jerry Clower Shotgun Red Williams and Ree
Instrumentalist of the Year	TV Series of the Year
Ricky Skaggs Chet Atkins Roy Clark Charlie Daniels Mike Snider	Nashville Now Austin City Limits Dolly Hee Haw This Week in Country Music
TV Special of the Year
A Country Music Celebration: 30th Anniversary of the Country Music Association Grand Ole Opry Live Special Hee Haw Anniversary Merle Haggard: Poet of the Common Man USO Celebrity Tour: Lee Greenwood
Living Legend Award
Johnny Cash

See also

• CMT Music Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: June 6, 1989 . Travis, Shelton receive top country music honors . Toledo Blade.
2. News: Shelton, Travis top country awards. The Pittsburgh Press. B9. June 6, 1989.