32nd TNN/Music City News Country Awards

32nd TNN/Music City News Country Awards
Date	June 15, 1998
Location	Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee
Hosted by	Jeff Foxworthy
Most awards	Billy Ray Cyrus (5)
Most nominations	Billy Ray Cyrus Alan Jackson George Strait (6 each)
Television/radio coverage
Network	TNN

The 32nd TNN/Music City News Country Awards was held on June 15, 1998, at the Grand Ole Opry House, in Nashville, Tennessee . The ceremony was hosted by Jeff Foxworthy.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown in bold.^[1][2]

Entertainer of the Year	Album of the Year
Neal McCoy Garth Brooks Billy Ray Cyrus Alan Jackson George Strait	The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus: Cover to Cover — Billy Ray Cyrus Carrying Your Love with Me — George Strait Everything I Love — Alan Jackson Making Plans — Ricky Van Shelton You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs — LeAnn Rimes
Female Artist of the Year	Male Artist of the Year
Lorrie Morgan Patty Loveless Martina McBride LeAnn Rimes Trisha Yearwood	Billy Ray Cyrus Vince Gill Alan Jackson George Strait Ricky Van Shelton
Vocal Group or Duo of the Year	Vocal Band of the Year
Brooks & Dunn Oak Ridge Boys The Kinleys The Lynns The Statlers	Sawyer Brown Alabama BlackHawk Diamond Rio The Mavericks
Single of the Year	Song of the Year
"It's All the Same to Me" — Billy Ray Cyrus "Between the Devil and Me" — Alan Jackson "Carrying Your Love with Me" — George Strait "How Do I Live" — Trisha Yearwood "It's Your Love" — Tim McGraw and Faith Hill	"It's All the Same to Me" — Kerry Kurt Phillips and Jerry Laseter "Carrying Your Love with Me" — Jeff Stevens and Steve Bogard "How Do I Live" — Diane Warren "It's Your Love" — Stephony Smith "There Goes" — Alan Jackson
Male Star of Tomorrow	Female Star of Tomorrow
Trace Adkins James Bonamy Paul Brandt Michael Peterson Kevin Sharp	Lee Ann Womack Deana Carter The Lynns Lila McCann Mindy McCready
Comedian of the Year	Video of the Year
Gary Chapman Bill Engvall Jeff Foxworthy Mike Snider Ray Stevens	"Three Little Words" — Billy Ray Cyrus "Carrying Your Love with Me" — George Strait "It's Your Love" — Tim McGraw and Faith Hill "The Shake" — Neal McCoy "Who's Cheatin' Who" — Alan Jackson
Vocal Collaboration of the Year
"What If I Said" — Anita Cochran and Steve Wariner "Helping Me Get Over You" — Lari White and Travis Tritt "In Another's Eyes" — Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks "It's Your Love" — Tim McGraw and Faith Hill "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" — Patty Loveless and George Jones
Living Legend Award
Porter Wagoner
Minnie Pearl Award
Reba McEntire

See also

• CMT Music Awards

References

1. "TNN MUSIC CITY NEWS COUNTRY AWARDS NOMINEES". News & Record. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
2. "Awards mend Billy Ray Cyrus' achy breaky heart". Herald-Journal. June 16, 1998. pp. 3, 8.