Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1978 im Genre Country-Musik.

• 7. Januar – Take This Job and Shove It – Johnny Paycheck
• 21. Januar – What a Difference You've Made in My Life – Ronnie Milsap
• 28. Januar – Out of My Head and Back in My Bed – Loretta Lynn
• 11. Februar – I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love – Larry Gatlin with Brothers & Friends
• 18. Februar – Don't Break the Heart That Loves You – Margo Smith
• 4. März – Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys – Waylon Jennings und Willie Nelson
• 1. April – Ready for the Times to Get Better – Crystal Gayle
• 8. April – Someone Loves You Honey – Charley Pride
• 22. April – Every Time Two Fools Collide – Kenny Rogers und Dottie West
• 6. Mai – It's All Wrong But It's All Right – Dolly Parton
• 20. Mai – She Can But Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime) – Johnny Duncan
• 27. Mai – Do You Know You Are My Sunshine – Statler Brothers
• 10. Juni – Georgia on My Mind – Willie Nelson
• 17. Juni – Two More Bottles of Wine – Emmylou Harris
• 24. Juni – I'll Be True to You – Oak Ridge Boys
• 1. Juli – It Only Hurts for a Little While – Margo Smith
• 8. Juli – I Believe in You – Mel Tillis
• 15. Juli – Only One Love in My Life – Ronnie Milsap
• 5. August – Love or Something Like It – Kenny Rogers
• 12. August – You Don't Love Me Anymore – Eddie Rabbitt
• 19. August – Talking in Your Sleep – Crystal Gayle
• 2. September – Blue Skies – Willie Nelson
• 9. September – I've Always Been Crazy – Waylon Jennings
• 30. September – Heartbreaker – Dolly Parton
• 21. Oktober – Tear Time – Dave & Sugar
• 28. Oktober – Let's Take the Long Way Around the World – Ronnie Milsap
• 4. November – Sleeping Single in a Double Bed – Barbara Mandrell
• 25. November – Sweet Desire – The Kendalls
• 2. Dezember – I Just Want to Love You – Eddie Rabbitt
• 9. Dezember – On My Knees – Charlie Rich and Janie Fricke
• 16. Dezember – The Gambler – Kenny Rogers

• Another Goodbye – Donna Fargo
• Do I Love You (Yes in Every Way) – Donna Fargo
• Night Time Magic – Larry Gatlin

• Country Soul – Mel Street
• Only One Love in My Life – Ronnie Milsap
• Heartbreaker – Dolly Parton
• Oh Brother! – Larry Gatlin
• Let's Keep it That Way – Anne Murray
• Stardust – Willie Nelson

• Grandpa Jones

• Joe Allison
• Hank Snow
• Don Wayne^[1]

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Crystal Gayle – Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Kenny Rogers – Lucille
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Kendalls – Heaven's Just a Sin Away
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – Hargus Pig Robbins – Country Instrumentalist of the Year
• Best Country Song – Autor: Richard Leigh – Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Crystal Gayle^[2]

• Entertainer of the Year – Dolly Parton
• Song of the Year – Lucille – Kenny Rogers – Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum
• Single of the Year – Lucille – Kenny Rogers
• Album of the Year – Kenny Rogers – Kenny Rogers
• Top Male Vocalist – Kenny Rogers
• Top Female Vocalist – Crystal Gayle
• Top Vocal Group – Statler Brothers
• Top New Male Vocalist – Eddie Rabbitt
• Top New Female Vocalist – Debby Boone

• Entertainer of the Year – Dolly Parton
• Song Of The Year – Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue – Richard Leigh
• Single Of The Year – Heaven’s Just A Sin Away – The Kendalls
• Album Of The Year – It Was Almost Like A Song – Ronnie Milsap
• Male Vocalist Of The Year – Don Williams
• Female Vocalist Of The Year – Crystal Gayle
• Vocal Duo Of The Year – Kenny Rogers / Dottie West
• Vocal Group Of The Year – Oak Ridge Boys
• Instrumentalist Of The Year – Roy Clark
• Instrumental Group Of The Year – Oak Ridge Boys Band

• Favorite Country Male Artist – Conway Twitty
• Favorite Country Female Artist – Loretta Lynn
• Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
• Favorite Country Album – New Harvest...First Gathering – Dolly Parton
• Favorite Country Song – Lucille – Kenny Rogers

1. ↑ NaSHOF Inductees By Year. In: Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. 13. August 2022, abgerufen am 12. Oktober 2022 (englisch). 
2. ↑ Grammy Awards 1978. In: Awards & Shows. Abgerufen am 30. Juni 2022 (englisch).