George Strait To Receive 2024 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award

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George Strait. Photo: Peggy Sirota

George Strait will be honored with the 2024 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award during the 58th annual CMA Awards next Wednesday (Nov. 20). A star-studded performance by several Strait admirers is set follow the presentation.

The CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an iconic artist who has attained the highest degree of recognition in country music, and achieved both national and international prominence and stature through concert performances, humanitarian efforts, philanthropy, streaming numbers, record sales and public representation at the highest level. They have also positively impacted and contributed to the growth of the genre over the course of many years as well as made an unprecedented historical impact on fans and the industry alike. Past recipients include Nelson (2012), Kenny Rogers (2013), Johnny Cash (2015), Dolly Parton (2016), Kris Kristofferson (2019), Charley Pride (2020), Loretta Lynn (2021) and Alan Jackson (2022).

Spanning more than 40 years, Strait’s career has consisted of 60 No. 1 singles and 33 Platinum or multi-Platinum-selling albums. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame member has been praised for his ability to collide comfortable and worn with fresh and exciting every time he steps on stage or into the studio. He is the only act in history to have a top 10 hit every year for over three decades, and has sold more than 70 million albums and earned over 60 major entertainment industry awards. Having notched 17 CMA Award wins, including three CMA Entertainer of the Year awards (1989, 1990, 2013), Strait is the most-nominated artist with 83 total CMA Award nominations.

“There have been few other artists as authentically Texas and authentically country as George Strait, and country music fans all over the world have been better for it,” says Sarah Trahern, CMA CEO. “As a three-time CMA Entertainer of the Year and the most-nominated artist of all time, he serves as an inspiration and icon to many of the great, new artists we know today. I am thrilled we are awarding him with this deserving honor.”

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