1987 in country music
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See also: 1986 in country music, 1987 in music, other events of 1987, 1988 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 10 - "Give Me Wings" - Michael Johnson
- January 17 - "What Am I Gonna Do About You" - Reba McEntire
- January 24 - "Cry Myself to Sleep" - The Judds
- January 31 - "You Still Move Me" - Dan Seals
- February 7 - "Leave Me Lonely" - Gary Morris
- February 14 - "How Do I Turn You On" - Ronnie Milsap
- February 21 - "Straight to the Heart" - Crystal Gayle
- February 28 - "I Can't Win for Losin' You" - Earl Thomas Conley
- March 7 - "Mornin' Ride" - Lee Greenwood
- March 14 - "Baby's Got a New Baby" - Schuyler, Knobloch and Overstreet (SKO)
- March 21 - "I'll Still Be Loving You" - Restless Heart
- March 28 - "Small Town Girl" - Steve Wariner
- April 4 - "Ocean Front Property" - George Strait
- April 11 - "You've Got the Touch" - Alabama
- April 18 - "Kids of the Baby Boom" - Bellamy Brothers
- April 25 - "Rose in Paradise" - Waylon Jennings
- May 2 - "Don't Go to Strangers" - T. Graham Brown
- May 9 - "The Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder" - Michael Johnson
- May 16 - "To Know Him is to Love Him" - The Trio (Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Dolly Parton)
- May 23 - "Can't Stop My Heart From Loving You" - The O'Kanes
- May 30 - "It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow)" - Oak Ridge Boys
- June 6 - "I Will Be There" - Dan Seals
- June 13 - "Forever and Ever, Amen" - Randy Travis
- July 4 - "That Was a Close One" - Earl Thomas Conley
- July 11 - "All My Ex's Live in Texas" - George Strait
- July 18 - "I Know Where I'm Going" - The Judds
- July 25 - "The Weekend" - Steve Wariner
- August 1 - "Snap Your Fingers" - Ronnie Milsap
- August 8 - "One Promise Too Late" - Reba McEntire
- August 15 - "A Long Line of Love" - Michael Martin Murphey
- August 22 - "Why Does it Have to Be (Wrong or Right)" - Restless Heart
- August 29 - "Born to Boogie" - Hank Williams Jr.
- September 5 - "She's Too Good to be True" - Exile
- September 12 - "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" - Ronnie Milsap and Kenny Rogers
- September 19 - "This Crazy Love" - Oak Ridge Boys
- September 26 - "Three Time Loser" - Dan Seals
- October 3 - "You Again" - Forester Sisters
- October 10 - "The Way We Make a Broken Heart" - Rosanne Cash
- October 17 - "Fishin' in the Dark" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- October 24 - "Shine, Shine, Shine" - Eddy Raven
- October 31 - "Right From the Start" - Earl Thomas Conley
- November 7 - "Am I Blue" - George Strait
- November 14 - "Maybe Your Baby's Got the Blues" - The Judds
- November 21 - "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" - Randy Travis
- November 28 - "Lynda" - Steve Wariner
- December 5 - "Somebody Lied" - Ricky Van Shelton
- December 12 - "The Last One to Know" - Reba McEntire
- December 19 - "Do Ya'" - K.T. Oslin
- December 26 - "Somewhere Tonight" - Highway 101
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 -- Hank Williams Jr.
- Song Of The Year -- "Forever And Ever Amen" - Randy Travis - Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz
- Single Of The Year -- "Forever And Ever Amen" - Randy Travis
- Album Of The Year -- Trio - Trio
- Top Male Vocalist -- Randy Travis
- Top Female Vocalist -- Reba McEntire
- Top Vocal Duo -- The Judds
- Top Vocal Group -- Highway 101
- Top New Male Vocalist -- Ricky Van Shelton
- Top New Female Vocalist -- K.T. Oslin
- Video Of The Year -- "80's Ladies" - K.T. Oslin
