Subcategory | Winner | Nominees |
Pop/Rock Category |
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist | Barry Manilow | Andy Gibb Billy Joel |
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist | Linda Ronstadt | Barbra Streisand Donna Summer |
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group | Bee Gees | Fleetwood Mac Foreigner |
Favorite Pop/Rock Album | Grease Soundtrack | Rumours – Fleetwood Mac Saturday Night Fever – Soundtrack |
Favorite Pop/Rock Song | "Three Times a Lady" – Commodores | "Stayin' Alive" – Bee Gees "You Light Up My Life" – Debby Boone |
Soul/R&B Category |
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist | Teddy Pendergrass Lou Rawls | Johnny Mathis |
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Natalie Cole | Roberta Flack Donna Summer |
Favorite Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group | Earth Wind and Fire | Commodores The Emotions |
Favorite Soul/R&B Album | Saturday Night Fever – Bee Gees | Life Is a Song Worth Singing – Teddy Pendergrass All 'n' All – Earth, Wind & Fire |
Favorite Soul/R&B Song | "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" – Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams | "Our Love" – Natalie Cole "Use Ta Be My Girl" – The O'Jays |
Country Category |
Favorite Country Male Artist | Kenny Rogers | Merle Haggard Ronnie Milsap |
Favorite Country Female Artist | Crystal Gayle | Loretta Lynn Linda Ronstadt |
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group | The Statler Brothers | The Oak Ridge Boys Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson |
Favorite Country Album | Ten Years of Gold – Kenny Rogers | Here You Come Again – Dolly Parton Simple Dreams – Linda Ronstadt |
Favorite Country Song | "Blue Bayou" – Linda Ronstadt | "Here You Come Again" – Dolly Parton "Take This Job and Shove It" – Johnny Paycheck |
Disco Category |
Favorite Disco Male Artist | Isaac Hayes | Peter Brown Teddy Pendergrass |
Favorite Disco Female Artist | Donna Summer | Pattie Brooks Linda Clifford |
Favorite Disco Band/Duo/Group | Village People | Silver Convention The Trammps |
Favorite Disco Album | Live and More – Donna Summer | Super Nature – Cerrone Thank God It's Friday – Soundtrack |
Favorite Disco Song | "Last Dance" – Donna Summer | "Shame" – Evelyn King "Macho Man" – The Village People |
Merit |
Perry Como |