George Strait To Receive CMA’s Lifetime Honor
The CMA has revealed that George Strait will be the 2024 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Strait will accept the honor during The 58th Annual CMA Awards, following an all-star performance by several artists paying tribute to The King of Country Music.
Sarah Trahern, CMA Chief Executive Officer said, “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. 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.”
George’s career, spanning more than 40 years, includes 60 Number One singles and boasts 33 Platinum or Multi-Platinum-selling albums. Strait has sold more than 70 million albums, and earned more than 60 major entertainment industry awards. His 31 studio albums, three live albums, and 11 compilation albums have led to one of Country Music’s most decorated careers with three CMA Entertainer of the Year Awards (1989, 1990, 2013); 17 CMA Award wins, the most-nominated artist with 83 total CMA Award nominations and membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.
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The CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded to an iconic artist who has attained the highest degree of recognition in country music. The award recognizes those who have achieved both national and international prominence and stature through concert performances, humanitarian efforts, philanthropy, record sales, and public representation at the highest level.
The artist receiving this award has positively impacted and contributed to the growth of the genre over the course of many years and has proven to have an unprecedented historical impact on fans and industry alike.
Previous recipients of the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award include Willie Nelson (2012), Kenny Rogers (2013), Johnny Cash (2015), Dolly Parton (2016), Kris Kristofferson (2019), Charley Pride (2020), Loretta Lynn (2021) and Alan Jackson (2022).
The 58th Annual CMA Awards airs Live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, November 20, on ABC.
