This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1993.
Overview of the events of 1993 in country music
Major awards
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Passionate Kisses", Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Ain't That Lonely Yet", Dwight Yoakam
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Hard Workin' Man", Brooks & Dunn
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Does He Love You", Reba McEntire and Linda Davis
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Red Wing", Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins, Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Marty Stuart, Reuben "Lucky Oceans" Gosfield & Vince Gill
- Best Country Song — "Passionate Kisses", Lucinda Williams (Performer: Mary Chapin Carpenter)
- Best Bluegrass Album — Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go, The Nashville Bluegrass Band
Juno Awards
Academy of Country Music
ARIA Awards
(presented in Sydney on April 14, 1993)
Canadian Country Music Association
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Vince Gill
- Song of the Year — "I Still Believe in You", Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (Performer: Vince Gill)
- Single of the Year — "Chattahoochee", Alan Jackson
- Album of the Year — I Still Believe in You, Vince Gill
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
- Vocal Group of the Year — Diamond Rio
- Horizon Award — Mark Chesnutt
- Music Video of the Year — "Chattahoochee", Alan Jackson (Director: Martin Kahan)
- Vocal Event of the Year — "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair", George Jones (featuring Clint Black, Garth Brooks, T. Graham Brown, Mark Chesnutt, Joe Diffie, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis and Travis Tritt)
- Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor