1985 in country music
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See also: 1984 in country music, 1985 in music, other events of 1985, 1986 in country music, 1980s in music and the List of years in Country Music
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Events
Top Hits of the Year
No. 1 Hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- January 5 – "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" – George Strait
- January 12 – "The Best Year of My Life" – Eddie Rabbitt
- January 19 – "How Blue" – Reba McEntire
- January 26 – "(There's a) Fire in the Night" – Alabama
- February 2 – "A Place to Fall Apart" – Merle Haggard and Janie Fricke
- February 9 – "Ain't She Something Else" – Conway Twitty
- February 16 – "Make My Life With You" – Oak Ridge Boys
- February 23 – "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" – Mel McDaniel
- March 2 – "Baby Bye-Bye" – Gary Morris
- March 9 – "My Only Love" – Statler Brothers
- March 16 – "Crazy For Your Love" – Exile
- March 23 – "Seven Spanish Angels" – Ray Charles and Willie Nelson
- March 30 – "Crazy" – Kenny Rogers
- April 6 – "Country Girls" – John Schneider
- April 13 – "Honor Bound" – Earl Thomas Conley
- April 20 – "I Need More of You" – Bellamy Brothers
- April 27 – "Girls Night Out" - The Judds
- May 4 – "There's No Way" – Alabama
- May 11 – "Somebody Should Leave" – Reba McEntire
- May 18 – "Step That Step" – Sawyer Brown
- May 25 – "Radio Heart" – Charly McClain
- June 1 – "Don't Call Him a Cowboy" – Conway Twitty
- June 8 – "Natural High" – Merle Haggard
- June 15 – "Country Boy" – Ricky Skaggs
- June 22 – "Little Things" – Oak Ridge Boys
- June 29 – "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning" – Ronnie Milsap
- July 6 – "She's a Miracle" – Exile
- July 13 – "Forgiving You Was Easy" – Willie Nelson
- July 20 – "Dixie Road" – Lee Greenwood
- July 27 – "Love Don't Care (Whose Heart it Breaks)" – Earl Thomas Conley
- August 3 – "Forty Hour Week (For a Livin')" – Alabama
- August 10 – "I'm For Love" – Hank Williams Jr.
- August 17 – "Highwayman" – Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash
- August 24 – "Real Love" – Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
- August 31 – "Love is Alive" – The Judds
- September 7 – "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" – Rosanne Cash
- September 14 – "Modern Day Romance" – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- September 21 – "I Fell in Love Again Last Night" – Forester Sisters
- September 28 – "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" – Ronnie Milsap
- October 12 – "Meet Me in Montana" – Dan Seals and Marie Osmond
- October 19 – "You Make Me Want to Make You Mine" – Juice Newton
- October 26 – "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" – Oak Ridge Boys
- November 2 – "Some Fools Never Learn" – Steve Wariner
- November 9 – "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" – Alabama
- November 16 – "Hang On to Your Heart" – Exile
- November 23 – "I'll Never Stop Loving You" – Gary Morris
- November 30 – "Too Much on My Heart" – Statler Brothers
- December 7 – "I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)" – Lee Greenwood
- December 14 – "Nobody Falls Like a Fool" – Earl Thomas Conley
- December 21 – "The Chair" – George Strait
- December 28 – "Have Mercy" – The Judds
Other Major Hits
Top New Album Releases
Births
Deaths
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
Major Awards
Grammy Awards
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer Of The Year -- [[Alabama (Band)* Alabama]]
- Song Of The Year -- "Lost In The Fifties" - Ronnie Milsap - Fredericke Darris, Michael Reid, Troy Seals
- Single Of The Year -- "Highwayman" - Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
- Album Of The Year -- Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind - George Strait
- Top Male Vocalist -- George Strait
- Top Female Vocalist -- Reba McEntire
- Top Vocal Duo -- The Judds
- Top Vocal Group -- Alabama
- Top New Male Vocalist -- Randy Travis
- Top New Female Vocalist -- Judy Rodman
- Video Of The Year -- "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" - [[George Jones (Musiker)* George Jones]]
