Industry Awards and Honors
Academy of Country Music
- 1982 Top Male Vocalist
- 1985 Song of the Year - "Lost in the Fifties Tonight"
- 1988 Instrumentalist of the Year, Keyboards
- 2002 Pioneer Award
Billboard magazine
- 1980 No. 1 Country Song of the Year - "My Heart"
- 1985 No. 1 Country Song of the Year - "Lost in the Fifties Tonight"
Country Music Association
- 1974 Male Vocalist of the Year
- 1975 Album of the Year - "A Legend in My Time"
- 1976 Male Vocalist of the Year
- 1977 Album of the Year - "Ronnie Milsap Live"
- 1977 Entertainer of the Year
- 1977 Male Vocalist of the Year
- 1978 Album of the Year - "It Was Almost Like a Song"
- 1986 Album of the Year - "Lost in the Fifties Tonight
Grammy awards
- 1975 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends"
- 1977 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "(I'm a) Stand By My Woman Man"
- 1982 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"
- 1986 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "Lost in the Fifties Tonight"
- 1987 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "Lost in the Fifties Tonight"
- 1988 Best Country Collaboration with Vocals - "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (w/ Kenny Rogers)
Music City News Country
- 1975 Most Promising Male Artist
Miscellaneous achievements
- 40 No. 1 Hits, 35 of which reached the top spot on the Billboard charts; the remaining 5 topped other trade charts, including Cashbox
- Over 35 million albums sold
- Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1976
- Inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2002
- Awarded the Career Achievement Award by Country Radio Seminar in 2006
- Awarded the 2007 Rocketown Legend Award
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