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{{Infobox award
|name=6th Academy of Country and Western Music Awards
|image=
|caption=
|date=March 22, 1971
|location=[[Hollywood Palladium]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
|most_nominations=[[Merle Haggard]] (6)
|most_wins=[[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]] (3)
|network=
|host=[[Dick Clark]]
|ratings=
|previous=5th
|main=[[Academy of Country Music Awards|ACM]]
|next=[[7th Academy of Country and Western Music Awards|7th]]}}
The '''6th Academy of Country and Western Music Awards''' ceremony was held on March 22, 1971, at [[Hollywood Palladium]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. It was hosted by [[Dick Clark]].
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== Winners and nominees ==
Winners are shown in '''bold'''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-lPAAAAIBAJ&dq=7th+Academy+of+Country+and+Western+Music+Awards&pg=PA6&article_id=6482,2342293|title=Merle Haggard wins country music awards|newspaper=The Bulletin|page=10|date=March 23, 1971}}</ref>
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! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Entertainer of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Album of the Year
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* '''[[Merle Haggard]]'''
** [[Glen Campbell]]
** [[Johnny Cash]]
** [[Elvis Presley]]
** [[Charley Pride]]
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* '''''[[For the Good Times (Ray Price album)|For the Good Times]]'' ''—'' [[Ray Price (singer)|Ray Price]]'''
** ''[[A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)|A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World]]'' ''—'' [[Merle Haggard]]
** ''[[Charley Pride's 10th Album]]'' ''—'' [[Charley Pride]]
** ''[[The Fightin' Side of Me (album)|Fightin' Side of Me]]'' ''—'' Merle Haggard
** ''[[The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album]]'' ''—'' [[Glen Campbell]]
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! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Top Female Vocalist of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Top Male Vocalist of the Year
|-
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* '''[[Lynn Anderson]]'''
** [[Bobbie Gentry]]
** [[Loretta Lynn]]
** [[Dolly Parton]]
** [[Tammy Wynette]]
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* '''[[Merle Haggard]]'''
** [[Glen Campbell]]
** [[Ray Price (singer)|Ray Price]]
** [[Charley Pride]]
** [[Marty Robbins]]
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! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Country Comedy Act of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Top Vocal Group of the Year
|-
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* '''[[Roy Clark]]'''
** [[Don Bowman (singer)|Don Bowman]]
** [[Homer and Jethro]]
** [[Junior Samples]]
** [[Sheb Wooley]]
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* '''The Kimberleys'''
** [[The Glaser Brothers]]
** [[Johnny & Jonie Mosby]]
** [[Sons of the Pioneers]]
** [[Porter Wagoner]] and [[Dolly Parton]]
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! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Single Record of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Song of the Year
|-
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* '''"[[For the Good Times (song)|For the Good Times]]"''' ''—'' '''[[Ray Price (singer)|Ray Price]]'''
** "[[The Fightin' Side of Me]]" ''—'' [[Merle Haggard]]
** "[[Help Me Make It Through the Night]]" ''—'' [[Sammi Smith]]
** "[[Rose Garden (song)|Rose Garden]]" ''—'' [[Lynn Anderson]]
** "[[Snowbird (song)|Snowbird]]" ''—'' [[Anne Murray]]
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* '''"[[For the Good Times (song)|For the Good Times]]"''' ''—'' '''[[Kris Kristofferson]]'''
** "[[The Fightin' Side of Me]]" ''—'' [[Merle Haggard]]
** "[[Help Me Make It Through the Night]]" ''—'' Kris Kristofferson
** "[[Rose Garden (song)|Rose Garden]]" ''—'' [[Joe South]]
** "[[Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down]]" ''—'' Kris Kristofferson
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Most Promising Male Vocalist
! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Most Promising Female Vocalist
|-
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* '''[[Buddy Alan]]'''
** [[Tony Booth (musician)|Tony Booth]]
** Mayf Nutter
** [[Red Stegall]]
** Bobby Wayne
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* '''[[Sammi Smith]]'''
** Lynn Harper
** Jae Judy Kay
** [[Anne Murray]]
** [[Susan Raye]]
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! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Pioneer Award
|-
| colspan="2" |
* '''[[Patsy Montana]]'''
* '''[[Tex Ritter]]'''
|}
== References ==
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[[Category:Academy of Country Music Awards]]
[[Category:1971 in American music]]
[[Category:1971 music awards]]
[[Category:1971 awards in the United States]]
[[Category:March 1971 events in the United States]]