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Industry Honors:

Country Music Hall of Fame, 2006

Grammy Awards

• Best Country Performance by Duo or Group: Mountain Music, 1982
• Best Country Performance by Duo or Group: The Closer You Get, 1983

Country Music Association Awards

• Album: The Closer You Get, 1983
• Entertainer: 1982, 1983, 1984
• Instrumental Group: 1981, 1982
• Vocal Group: 1981, 1982, 1983

Academy of Country Music Awards

• Album: Feels So Right, 1981
• Album: The Closer You Get, 1983
• Album: Roll On, 1984
• Entertainer: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
• Top Vocal Group: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985

RIAA Certifications:

Albums

5x Platinum

• Mountain Music, 1982
• Greatest Hits, 1986
• For the Record: 41 #1 Hits, 1998

4x Platinum

• Feels So Right, 1981
• The Closer You Get, 1983
• Roll On, 1984

2x Platinum

• My Home’s in Alabama, 1981
• 40 Hour Week, 1985
• Christmas, 1985
• Greatest Hits Volume III, 1994

Platinum

• The Touch, 1986
• Just Us, 1987
• Live, 1988
• Southern Star, 1989
• Pass it On Down, 1990
• Greatest Hits II, 1991
• American Pride, 1992
• Cheap Seats, 1993
• In Pictures, 1995
• Dancin’ on the Boulevard, 1997

Gold

• Super Hits, 1996
• Twentieth Century, 1999

Singles

Gold

• Old Alabama (with Brad Paisley), 2011

Writers

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