Pop Album Awards
Top Country Crossover Group Top AOR Duo
1 Charlie Daniels Band - Epic 1 Blues Brothers - Atlantic 2 Marshall Tucker Band - Warner Bros. 2 Willie Nelson & Leon Russell - Columbia 3 Statler Brothers - Mercury 3 Daryl Hall & John Oates - RCA 4 Oak Ridge Boys - MCA 5 Asleep at the Wheel - Capitol Top Instrumentalist Top Black Contemporary Crossover Group 1 Herb Alpert - A&M 2 Frank Mills - Polydor 1 Earth Wind & Fire - ARC/Columbia 3 Spyro Gyra - Infinity 2 Chic - Atlantic 3 Commodores - Motown Top New Duo 4 Sister Sledge - Cotillion 1 Blues Brothers - Atlantic 5 Jacksons - Epic 2 McFadden & Whitehead - Philadelphia International Top Jazz Soloists 3 Bell & James - A&M 4 Chanson - Ariola 1 George Benson - Warner Bros. 5 Millie Jackson & Isaac Hayes - Polydor 2 Herb Alpert - A&M 3 Bob James - Tappan Zee/Columbia Top Disco Duo Crossover 4 Grover Washington Jr. - Elektra 1 Peaches & Herb - MVP/Polydor 5 Joe Sample - MCA 2 McFadden & Whitehead - Philadelphia International Top Soundtrack 3 Bell & James - A&M 4 Chanson - Ariola 1 The Kids Are Alright - MCA 2 The Main Event - Columbia Top A/C Duo 3 The Muppet Movie - Atlantic 1 Peaches & Herb - MVP/Polydor 4 Hair - RCA 2 Captain & Tennille - Casablanca 5 Superman - Warner Bros. 3 Pink Lady - Elektra/Curb 6 Quadrophenia - Polydor 7 Every Which Way But Loose - Elektra Most Promising Duo 8 Manhattan - Columbia 1 Blues Brothers - Atlantic 9 Midnight Express - Casablanca 2 McFadden & Whitehead - Philadelphia International 10 More American Graffiti - MCA 3 Chanson - Ariola Top Disco Crossover Group Top Instrumentalist
1 Chic - Atlantic 1 Herb Alpert - A&M 2 Sister Sledge - Cotillion/Atlantic 2 Frank Mills - Polydor 3 Village People - Casablanca 3 Spyro Gyra - Infinity 4 Jacksons - Epic 4 Bob James - Tappan Zee/Columbia 5 GO - Arista 5 Grover Washington Jr. - Elektra Top Mixed Groups Top Disco Instrumental Crossover 1 Chic - Atlantic 1 Herb Alpert - A&M 2 Blondie - Chrysalis 2 Giorgio Moroder - Casablanca 3 Fleetwood Mac - Warner Bros. 4 Abba - Atlantic Top New Comedy/Novelty 5 Patti Smith Group - Arista 1 Robin Williams - Casablanca Top Jazz Crossover Groups
1 Crusaders - MCA Special Encore Awards 2 Spyro Gyra - Infinity 3 Weather Report - ARC/Columbia Male 4 Jeff Lorber Fusion - Arista 1 Michael Jackson - Epic 5 Seawind - A&M 2 John Stewart - RSO Female
1 Gloria Gaynor - Polydor Top Black Contemporary Duo Crossover 2 Dionne Warwick - Arista 1 Peaches & Herb - MVP/Polydor Group 2 Ashford & Simpson - Warner Bros. 3 McFadden & Whitehead - Philadelphia International 1 Kool and the Gang - De-Lite/Mercury 4 Bell & James - A&M 2 Poco - MCA 5 Chanson - Ariola Duo
Top Country Duo Crossover 1 Peaches & Herb - MVP/Polydor 1 Willie Nelson & Leon Russell - Columbia 2 Kenny Rogers & Dottie West - United Artists Instrumentalists 3 Kendalls - Ovation 1 Herb Alpert - A&M
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