Ronnie Milsap - Industry Awards and Honors

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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