American Music Awards of 1977
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Pop/Rock Category

  • Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
    • Elton John
      Elton John
      Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...


  • Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
    • Olivia Newton-John
      Olivia Newton-John
      Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles and 14 of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA...


  • Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group
    • Chicago
      Chicago (band)
      Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had...


  • Favorite Pop/Rock Album
    • Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - The Eagles

  • Favorite Pop/Rock Single
    • "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Lee

Soul/R&B Category

  • Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
    • Stevie Wonder
      Stevie Wonder
      Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...


  • Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist
    • Aretha Franklin
      Aretha Franklin
      Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...


  • Favorite Soul/R&B Band, Duo, or Group
    • Earth Wind and Fire

  • Favorite Soul/R&B Album
    • Songs in the Key of Life
      Songs in the Key of Life
      Songs in the Key of Life is the 13th album by American recording artist Stevie Wonder, released September 28, 1976, on Motown Records. It was the culmination of his "classic period" albums. An ambitious double LP with a 4-song bonus EP, Songs in the Key of Life became among the best-selling and...

      - Stevie Wonder

  • Favorite Soul/R&B Single
    • "You'll Never Find (Another Love Like Mine)" - Lou Rawls
      Lou Rawls
      Louis Allen "Lou" Rawls was an American soul, jazz, and blues singer. He was known for his smooth vocal style: Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game"...

    • "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry

Country Category

  • Favorite Country Male Artist
    • Charley Pride
      Charley Pride
      Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer. His smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early- to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis...


  • Favorite Country Female Artist
    • Loretta Lynn
      Loretta Lynn
      Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...


  • Favorite Country Band, Duo, or Group
    • Conway Twitty
      Conway Twitty
      Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...

       & Loretta Lynn
      Loretta Lynn
      Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...


  • Favorite Country Album
    • Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
      Glen Campbell
      Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...


  • Favorite Country Single
    • "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
      Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
      "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" is a song written by songwriter Fred Rose. Originally performed by Roy Acuff, the song was later recorded by Willie Nelson as part of his 1975 album Red Headed Stranger. Both the song and album would become iconic in country music history, and jump start Nelson's...

      " - Willie Nelson
      Willie Nelson
      Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...

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