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data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="جرج استریت – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جرج استریت" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82" title="Джордж Стрейт – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Джордж Стрейт" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="جرج استریت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جرج استریت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80_%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8" title="조지 스트레이트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="조지 스트레이트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%27_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98" title="ג'ורג' סטרייט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'ורג' סטרייט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%9F_%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%82" title="Џорџ Стрејт – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Џорџ Стрејт" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="جورج سترايت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جورج سترايت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B6_%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%82" title="Жорж Стрэйт – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Жорж Стрэйт" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88" title="ジョージ・ストレイト – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジョージ・ストレイト" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%9F_%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%82" title="Џорџ Стрејт – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Џорџ Стрејт" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="George Strait" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" 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Tour</a>, circa 2014.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">George Harvey Strait Sr.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1952-05-18) May 18, 1952 (age 72) <a href="/wiki/Poteet,_Texas" title="Poteet, Texas">Poteet, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pearsall,_Texas" title="Pearsall, Texas">Pearsall, Texas</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBego20017-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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"counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neotraditional_country" title="Neotraditional country">Neotraditional country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_country_music" title="Texas country music">Texas country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_swing" title="Western swing">Western swing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honky-tonk#music" title="Honky-tonk">honky-tonk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Singer</li> <li>songwriter</li> <li>actor</li> <li>record producer</li> <li>rancher</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td 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href="/wiki/D_Records" title="D Records">D Records</a><a href="#cite_note-erlewineart-2">[2]</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ace_in_the_Hole_Band" title="Ace in the Hole Band">Ace in the Hole Band</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Norma Strait</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1971)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.georgestrait.com">www.georgestrait.com</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold;">Military career</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service / branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1971–1975</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Army-USA-OR-04a_(Army_greens).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Army-USA-OR-04a_%28Army_greens%29.svg/23px-Army-USA-OR-04a_%28Army_greens%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Army-USA-OR-04a_%28Army_greens%29.svg/35px-Army-USA-OR-04a_%28Army_greens%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Army-USA-OR-04a_%28Army_greens%29.svg/46px-Army-USA-OR-04a_%28Army_greens%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="93" data-file-height="108" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Corporal#United_States_Army" title="Corporal">Corporal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="25th Infantry Division (United States)">25th Infantry Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schofield_Barracks" title="Schofield Barracks">Schofield Barracks</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Strait has sold over 120 million records worldwide, making him one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists" title="List of best-selling music artists">best-selling music artists</a> of all time.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> He holds the <a href="/wiki/RIAA" class="mw-redirect" title="RIAA">RIAA</a> record for most certified albums by any artist, with 33 different albums that are certified platinum or gold.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> Considering singles and albums, he has a total of 20 multi-platinum, 33 platinum and 24 gold certification. According to the RIAA, Strait is the 12th best-selling album recording artist in the United States overall selling over 70 million records across the United States.<a href="#cite_note-RIAA-Albums-5">[5]</a> He is credited for pioneering the <a href="/wiki/Neotraditional_country" title="Neotraditional country">neotraditional country</a> style in the 1980s,<a href="#cite_note-dicaire-6">[6]</a> famed for his authentic cowboy image and roots-oriented sound at a time when the <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a> music industry was dominated by <a href="/wiki/Country_pop" title="Country pop">country pop</a> crossover acts. Given his influence on the genre, Strait has been nicknamed the "<a href="/wiki/Honorific_nicknames_in_popular_music" title="Honorific nicknames in popular music">King of Country Music</a>" by writers and music critics.<a href="#cite_note-UDiscoverMusic-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-dedekker-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-garcia-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-cp-villalva-10">[10]</a> He currently holds the record for the most number one songs on all charts by an artist, in any genre of music.<a href="#cite_note-UDiscoverMusic-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-radio-60-11">[11]</a> Strait's career in country music began performing with his band <a href="/wiki/Ace_in_the_Hole_Band" title="Ace in the Hole Band">Ace in the Hole</a> in Texas <a href="/wiki/Honky-tonk" title="Honky-tonk">honky-tonks</a> in the 1970s, recording tracks for the <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Independent_record_label" title="Independent record label">independent record label</a> <a href="/wiki/D_Records" title="D Records">D Records</a>.<a href="#cite_note-erlewineart-2">[2]</a> Strait's success began when his first single "<a href="/wiki/Unwound_(song)" title="Unwound (song)">Unwound</a>" was a hit in 1981, helping introduce the neotraditional movement to the mainstream. During the 1980s, seven of his albums reached number one on the country charts. In the 2000s, he was named Artist of the Decade by the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">Academy of Country Music</a>, elected into the <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Hall of Fame">Country Music Hall of Fame</a>, and won his first Grammy award for the album <a href="/wiki/Troubadour_(George_Strait_album)" title="Troubadour (George Strait album)">Troubadour</a>. Strait was named <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards" title="Country Music Association Awards">CMA</a> Entertainer of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 2013, and <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">ACM</a> Entertainer of the Year in 1990 and 2014. He has been nominated for more CMA and ACM awards and has more wins in both categories than any other artist. Strait has been known for his touring career beginning when he designed a 360-degree configuration and introduced festival style tours.<a href="#cite_note-billboard-waddell-12">[12]</a> His final concert for <a href="/wiki/The_Cowboy_Rides_Away_Tour" title="The Cowboy Rides Away Tour">The Cowboy Rides Away Tour</a> at <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Stadium" title="AT&T Stadium">AT&T Stadium</a> drew 104,793 people, setting a new record for the largest indoor concert in North America.<a href="#cite_note-dmn-tipping-13">[13]</a> In mid-2024, Strait set the record for the largest ticketed concert for a single act in U.S. history, with over 110,905 people at <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Field" title="Kyle Field">Kyle Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/College_Station,_Texas" title="College Station, Texas">College Station, Texas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> He additionally was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> in the same year for its class of 2025.<a href="#cite_note-simmerman-16">[16]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</div> George Harvey Strait Sr. was born on May 18, 1952, in <a href="/wiki/Poteet,_Texas" title="Poteet, Texas">Poteet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBego20017-1">[1]</a> to John Byron Strait Sr. (January 11, 1922 – June 4, 2013),<a href="#cite_note-cmt-father-17">[17]</a> and Doris Jean Couser (June 26, 1930 – January 30, 2010). He grew up in nearby <a href="/wiki/Pearsall,_Texas" title="Pearsall, Texas">Pearsall</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Frio_County,_Texas" title="Frio County, Texas">Frio County</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBego20017-1">[1]</a> where his father was a junior high school mathematics teacher and the owner of a 2,000-acre (810 ha) cattle ranch outside of <a href="/wiki/Big_Wells,_Texas" title="Big Wells, Texas">Big Wells</a>, Texas.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBego20017-1">[1]</a> The family worked at the ranch on the weekends and in the summers.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBego20017-1">[1]</a> When George was in the fourth grade, his father and mother were divorced, and his mother moved away with his sister, Pency. George and his brother John "Buddy" Jr. (1950–2009) grew up with their father.<a href="#cite_note-cmt-about-18">[18]</a> For most of his early life, George was in ranching alongside his older brother Buddy and his father John.<a href="#cite_note-CMHOF-19">[19]</a> Strait began his musical career while attending Pearsall High School, where he performed in a <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a> <a href="/wiki/Garage_rock" title="Garage rock">garage band</a>, known as the Stoics, taking most of their influence and inspiration from <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a> and other <a href="/wiki/British_Invasion" title="British Invasion">British Invasion</a>-era rock groups.<a href="#cite_note-erlewinebio-20">[20]</a> "The Beatles were big," Strait confirmed. "I listened to them a lot and that whole bunch of groups that were popular then." He performed in other rock bands during his high school tenure.<a href="#cite_note-CMHOF-19">[19]</a> His musical preference soon turned to country with singers <a href="/wiki/Hank_Thompson_(musician)" title="Hank Thompson (musician)">Hank Thompson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Frizzell" title="Lefty Frizzell">Lefty Frizzell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Wills" title="Bob Wills">Bob Wills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> influencing his style. Strait did not tune in to and listen to country music radio often as a youth, usually selecting the news and the farmer's report instead. His introduction to country music came mostly by way of live performances, which according to Strait could be heard in every town in Texas.<a href="#cite_note-usa-mccafferty-21">[21]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage_and_military_service">Marriage and military service</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Marriage and military service">edit</a>]</div> He eloped with his high school sweetheart, Norma Voss after their high school graduation.<a href="#cite_note-CMHOF-19">[19]</a> The couple initially married in <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> on December 4, 1971. In the same year, he enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Infantryman" class="mw-redirect" title="Infantryman">infantryman</a>. While stationed at <a href="/wiki/Schofield_Barracks" title="Schofield Barracks">Schofield Barracks</a> adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Wahiawa,_Hawaii" title="Wahiawa, Hawaii">Wahiawa, Hawaii</a>, as part of the <a href="/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="25th Infantry Division (United States)">25th Infantry Division</a>, George auditioned and began performing with an Army-sponsored country music band, Rambling Country, which also played off-base under the name Santee.<a href="#cite_note-CMHOF-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> On October 6, 1972, while still in Hawaii, George and Norma had their first child, Jenifer.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> He served in the United States Army from 1971 to 1975 and ultimately attained the rank of corporal.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Higher education">edit</a>]</div> After George Strait was honorably discharged from the Army in 1975, he enrolled at Southwest Texas State University (now <a href="/wiki/Texas_State_University" title="Texas State University">Texas State University</a>) in <a href="/wiki/San_Marcos,_Texas" title="San Marcos, Texas">San Marcos</a>. He graduated with a degree in agriculture.<a href="#cite_note-swt-25">[25]</a> He was also presented an honorary doctoral degree by his alma mater–Texas State University in San Marcos–in a private ceremony on May 26, 2006.<a href="#cite_note-swt-25">[25]</a> Strait is a loyal alumnus of the college; in 1985 he established an endowment fund for the development and operation of the Freeman Ranch for agricultural purposes, land and wildlife management, and gifts of scholarships.<a href="#cite_note-swt-25">[25]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_career">Music career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Music career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1970s">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheatham_Street_Warehouse_West_Entrance_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Cheatham_Street_Warehouse_West_Entrance_2020.jpg/220px-Cheatham_Street_Warehouse_West_Entrance_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Cheatham_Street_Warehouse_West_Entrance_2020.jpg/330px-Cheatham_Street_Warehouse_West_Entrance_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Cheatham_Street_Warehouse_West_Entrance_2020.jpg/440px-Cheatham_Street_Warehouse_West_Entrance_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1811" data-file-height="1207" /></a><figcaption>George Strait had his first performance at <a href="/wiki/Cheatham_Street_Warehouse" title="Cheatham Street Warehouse">Cheatham Street Warehouse</a> in <a href="/wiki/San_Marcos,_Texas" title="San Marcos, Texas">San Marcos, Texas</a> on October 13, 1975.<a href="#cite_note-cheathamhistory-26">[26]</a></figcaption></figure> During his college years, Strait joined the country band Stoney Ridge, answering a flyer the band posted around campus looking for a new vocalist. Strait renamed the group the <a href="/wiki/Ace_in_the_Hole_Band" title="Ace in the Hole Band">Ace in the Hole Band</a>, and quickly became the lead; they began to perform at different <a href="/wiki/Honky-tonk" title="Honky-tonk">honky-tonks</a> and bars around south and central Texas, traveling as far east as <a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Texas" title="Huntsville, Texas">Huntsville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>.<a href="#cite_note-album-notes-box-27">[27]</a> They gained a regional following and opened for national acts such as <a href="/wiki/The_Texas_Playboys" class="mw-redirect" title="The Texas Playboys">The Texas Playboys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asleep_at_the_Wheel" title="Asleep at the Wheel">Asleep at the Wheel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-spong-28">[28]</a> Soon his band was given the opportunity to record several Strait-penned singles, including "That Don't Change The Way I Feel About You" and "I Can't Go On Dying Like This" for the Houston-based D Records <a href="/wiki/Independent_record_label" title="Independent record label">independent label</a>. However, the songs never achieved wide recognition, and Strait continued to manage his family cattle ranch during the day to make some extra cash.<a href="#cite_note-album-notes-box-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-erlewine-29">[29]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asleep_at_the_Wheel_1976.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Asleep_at_the_Wheel_1976.JPG/220px-Asleep_at_the_Wheel_1976.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Asleep_at_the_Wheel_1976.JPG/330px-Asleep_at_the_Wheel_1976.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Asleep_at_the_Wheel_1976.JPG/440px-Asleep_at_the_Wheel_1976.JPG 2x" data-file-width="593" data-file-height="843" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Western_swing" title="Western swing">Western swing</a> band <a href="/wiki/Asleep_at_the_Wheel" title="Asleep at the Wheel">Asleep at the Wheel</a>, pictured here in 1976, featured George Strait as an opening act during his early years performing in the 1970s. Asleep at the Wheel has in return, been an opening act for Strait in later years.<a href="#cite_note-spong-28">[28]</a></figcaption></figure> While he continued to play with his band, without any real connections to the recording industry, Strait became friends with Erv Woolsey, who operated one of the bars in which the Ace in the Hole band played and who had previously worked for the major label <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA Records</a>. Woolsey convinced some of his <a href="/wiki/Music_Row" title="Music Row">Music Row</a> (Nashville) connections to come to Texas and to listen to Strait and his band play. Impressed with the performance but concerned that they could not market the Western swing sound that the band featured, they left without offering a deal. After several unsuccessful trips to Nashville in search of a record deal in which Strait was turned down by every label in town, he considered giving up music altogether. He was offered a job designing <a href="/wiki/Cattle-pen" class="mw-redirect" title="Cattle-pen">cattle pens</a> and decided to take it. He gave the band notice that he was leaving, but after a discussion with his wife, she convinced him to give pursuing music one more year. Not long afterward, a major label, <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a>, signed Strait to a recording contract in February 1981. The initial deal was for one song. If the single did well, the label would consider doing an album.<a href="#cite_note-billboard-1981-30">[30]</a> The Ace in the Hole band remained with Strait, performing as the backup and touring band for the now solo career of Strait.<a href="#cite_note-erlewine-29">[29]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1980s">edit</a>]</div> In the spring of 1981, Strait released his first single for MCA Records, titled "<a href="/wiki/Unwound_(song)" title="Unwound (song)">Unwound</a>", which climbed to number six on the Billboard <a href="/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" title="Hot Country Songs">Hot Country Songs</a> chart that year and was included on his debut album <a href="/wiki/Strait_Country" title="Strait Country">Strait Country</a>. The record featured two other singles including "Down and Out", a number 16 hit for Strait, and "<a href="/wiki/If_You%27re_Thinking_You_Want_a_Stranger_(There%27s_One_Coming_Home)" title="If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)">If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)</a>".<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-erlewine-31">[31]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2006-07-28_-_United_States_-_Wyoming_-_Cody_-_Rodeo_-_Cowboy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/2006-07-28_-_United_States_-_Wyoming_-_Cody_-_Rodeo_-_Cowboy.jpg/220px-2006-07-28_-_United_States_-_Wyoming_-_Cody_-_Rodeo_-_Cowboy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/2006-07-28_-_United_States_-_Wyoming_-_Cody_-_Rodeo_-_Cowboy.jpg/330px-2006-07-28_-_United_States_-_Wyoming_-_Cody_-_Rodeo_-_Cowboy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/2006-07-28_-_United_States_-_Wyoming_-_Cody_-_Rodeo_-_Cowboy.jpg/440px-2006-07-28_-_United_States_-_Wyoming_-_Cody_-_Rodeo_-_Cowboy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2539" data-file-height="1691" /></a><figcaption>"Amarillo by Morning," which tells the story of a Texas <a href="/wiki/Rodeo" title="Rodeo">rodeo</a> cowboy, was originally recorded and written by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Stafford" title="Terry Stafford">Terry Stafford</a> in 1973. In 1982, Strait recorded the song with a more <a href="/wiki/Western_music_(North_America)" title="Western music (North America)">Western</a>-based instrumentation. The song has become a signature song associated with Strait; it has been referred as one of the greatest country songs of all time.<a href="#cite_note-wocABM-32">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-tennbestcoiuntry-33">[33]</a></figcaption></figure> Strait Country was hailed by critics as being a "new-traditionalist" breakthrough that broke the trend of pop-influenced country prevalent at the time.<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-erlewine-31">[31]</a> The critically acclaimed <a href="/wiki/Strait_from_the_Heart" title="Strait from the Heart">Strait from the Heart</a>, his second album, was released in 1982 and featured the first number-one single of his career, "<a href="/wiki/Fool_Hearted_Memory" title="Fool Hearted Memory">Fool Hearted Memory</a>" and the top-five <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">Western</a> ballad "<a href="/wiki/Amarillo_by_Morning_(song)" title="Amarillo by Morning (song)">Amarillo by Morning</a>" which was originally sung and written by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Stafford" title="Terry Stafford">Terry Stafford</a> in 1973. It later became one of Strait's <a href="/wiki/Signature_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Signature song">signature songs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-dawson-34">[34]</a> In 1983, Strait made his first appearance at the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Livestock_Show_and_Rodeo" title="Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo">Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo</a>, when the headlining star, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rabbitt" title="Eddie Rabbitt">Eddie Rabbitt</a> became sick with the flu. Performing at that rodeo has since become a mainstay throughout his career. He has made more than 20 appearances at the rodeo and played for more than one million fans. Strait recorded 17 number ones during the decade, including a string of five that lasted from 1983 to 1984<a href="#cite_note-cmt-lp-discography-35">[35]</a> from his next two albums <a href="/wiki/Right_or_Wrong_(George_Strait_album)" title="Right or Wrong (George Strait album)">Right or Wrong</a>, his first number-one album and the CMA award-winning <a href="/wiki/Does_Fort_Worth_Ever_Cross_Your_Mind" title="Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind">Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind</a>. The next year, he won the CMA award for top male vocalist, and released his first <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(George_Strait_album)" title="Greatest Hits (George Strait album)">greatest hits compilation</a>, which featured songs from his first three albums. Also in 1985, Strait released <a href="/wiki/Something_Special_(George_Strait_album)" title="Something Special (George Strait album)">Something Special</a>, the third-straight number-one album of his career, featuring the number-one single "<a href="/wiki/The_Chair_(song)" title="The Chair (song)">The Chair</a>".<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-erlewine-31">[31]</a> In 1986, Strait repeated as the CMA vocalist of the year and released his fourth number-one album <a href="/wiki/7_(George_Strait_album)" title="7 (George Strait album)">#7</a>. Strait and his family were struck with tragedy when his 13-year-old daughter, Jenifer, was killed in a one-car, alcohol-unrelated accident in 1986. She was riding in a <a href="/wiki/Ford_Mustang" title="Ford Mustang">Ford Mustang</a> driven by Gregory Wilson Allen, 18, of <a href="/wiki/Staples,_Texas" title="Staples, Texas">Staples, Texas</a>. Allen was charged with a class A misdemeanor for vehicular homicide. Mike Cox, spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety in Austin, said, "The responding trooper determined the cause of accident to be excessive speed and that the car did not negotiate the turn properly. Jenifer was riding in the front passenger seat, and none of the four occupants was wearing seat belts at the time.<a href="#cite_note-philly-daughter-36">[36]</a> When the vehicle flipped over onto its passenger's side, Jenifer was partially ejected, killing her on impact.<a href="#cite_note-philly-daughter-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-straight-fever-37">[37]</a> The incident caused George to greatly limit his contact with the media. He stopped doing interviews for many years after the accident; he and his family did not wish to discuss Jenifer's death.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> George Strait's grief did not hinder his performance, however, or his output; as he released 11 straight number-one hits, starting with "<a href="/wiki/Nobody_in_His_Right_Mind_Would%27ve_Left_Her" title="Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her">Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her</a>" in 1986 and ending with "<a href="/wiki/Ace_in_the_Hole_(George_Strait_song)" title="Ace in the Hole (George Strait song)">Ace in the Hole</a>" in 1989.<a href="#cite_note-cmt-lp-discography-35">[35]</a> The singles spanned four albums including #7, <a href="/wiki/Ocean_Front_Property" title="Ocean Front Property">Ocean Front Property</a> in 1987, <a href="/wiki/If_You_Ain%27t_Lovin%27_You_Ain%27t_Livin%27" title="If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'">If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'</a> in 1988, and 1989's <a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Blue_Neon" title="Beyond the Blue Neon">Beyond the Blue Neon</a>, all of which reached the number one spot on country album charts. Ocean Front Property was the first country album to ever debut at number one on the charts by any artist. The streak included such songs as "<a href="/wiki/Ocean_Front_Property_(song)" title="Ocean Front Property (song)">Ocean Front Property</a>", "<a href="/wiki/All_My_Ex%27s_Live_in_Texas" title="All My Ex's Live in Texas">All My Ex's Live in Texas</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Famous_Last_Words_of_a_Fool" title="Famous Last Words of a Fool">Famous Last Words of a Fool</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/Baby_Blue_(George_Strait_song)" title="Baby Blue (George Strait song)">Baby Blue</a>". Strait finished the decade by winning the CMA Entertainer of the Year award in 1989. One year later, he won the award again.<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-erlewine-31">[31]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1990s">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Strait_on_stage.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/George_Strait_on_stage.jpg/170px-George_Strait_on_stage.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/George_Strait_on_stage.jpg/255px-George_Strait_on_stage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/George_Strait_on_stage.jpg/340px-George_Strait_on_stage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2336" data-file-height="3504" /></a><figcaption>Strait performing live at the <a href="/wiki/1st_Mariner_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Mariner Arena">1st Mariner Arena</a>, Baltimore, Maryland on April 7, 2008</figcaption></figure> Strait began the decade with the release of his 10th studio album, <a href="/wiki/Livin%27_It_Up_(album)" title="Livin' It Up (album)">Livin' It Up</a>, which featured two number-one hits, including "<a href="/wiki/Love_Without_End,_Amen" title="Love Without End, Amen">Love Without End, Amen</a>", his first multiweek hit, and "<a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Come_to_Expect_It_From_You" class="mw-redirect" title="I've Come to Expect It From You">I've Come to Expect It From You</a>". Both songs remained first for five weeks in 1990. <a href="/wiki/Chill_of_an_Early_Fall" title="Chill of an Early Fall">Chill of an Early Fall</a> shortly followed in 1991, and received positive reviews. <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a> noted that the album marked a shift for Strait from "repeating himself" in his previous works to producing different material.<a href="#cite_note-ew-nash-39">[39]</a> It produced the number-one songs "<a href="/wiki/If_I_Know_Me" title="If I Know Me">If I Know Me</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/You_Know_Me_Better_Than_That" title="You Know Me Better Than That">You Know Me Better Than That</a>", but ended his streak of 31 straight top-10 hits with the cover of "<a href="/wiki/Lovesick_Blues" title="Lovesick Blues">Lovesick Blues</a>", which peaked at number 24. The record blocked his run of eight top-charting albums with its peak of number four. In the spring of 1992, <a href="/wiki/Holding_My_Own" title="Holding My Own">Holding My Own</a> was released. It did not produce any number ones, but did include two top-five songs, including "<a href="/wiki/So_Much_Like_My_Dad" title="So Much Like My Dad">So Much Like My Dad</a>". Later in 1992, Strait played the main character in the film <a href="/wiki/Pure_Country" title="Pure Country">Pure Country</a>, and released the film's soundtrack. It was his most successful studio album, producing such hits as "<a href="/wiki/Heartland_(George_Strait_song)" title="Heartland (George Strait song)">Heartland</a>", "<a href="/wiki/I_Cross_My_Heart" title="I Cross My Heart">I Cross My Heart</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/When_Did_You_Stop_Loving_Me" title="When Did You Stop Loving Me">When Did You Stop Loving Me</a>", and peaked at number one and number six respectively on the Country and <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a> album charts. The success continued with his next album, <a href="/wiki/Easy_Come,_Easy_Go_(George_Strait_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Easy Come, Easy Go (George Strait album)">Easy Come, Easy Go</a> in 1993, which reached the top five on the Billboard 200 and featured the hits "I'd Like to Have That One Back", "The Man in Love with You", and the number-one title track.<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-erlewine-31">[31]</a> His next four albums, including <a href="/wiki/Lead_On" title="Lead On">Lead On</a> in 1994, <a href="/wiki/Blue_Clear_Sky" title="Blue Clear Sky">Blue Clear Sky</a> in 1996, <a href="/wiki/Carrying_Your_Love_with_Me" title="Carrying Your Love with Me">Carrying Your Love with Me</a> in 1997, and 1998's <a href="/wiki/One_Step_at_a_Time_(George_Strait_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="One Step at a Time (George Strait album)">One Step at a Time</a>, all charted at number one, with Blue Clear Sky claiming the spot on its debut week, and Carrying Your Love with Me peaking at number one on the Billboard 200 for the first time in Strait's career. This series of albums produced eight number-one singles for Strait, including "<a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Make_a_Heart_Love_Somebody" title="You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody">You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Carried_Away_(George_Strait_song)" title="Carried Away (George Strait song)">Carried Away</a>", "<a href="/wiki/One_Night_at_a_Time" title="One Night at a Time">One Night at a Time</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/I_Just_Want_to_Dance_with_You" title="I Just Want to Dance with You">I Just Want to Dance with You</a>".<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-erlewine-31">[31]</a> During this period, Strait also released a four-disc, box-set career retrospective, <a href="/wiki/Strait_Out_of_the_Box" title="Strait Out of the Box">Strait Out of the Box</a>, in 1995, which also included two new songs, the top 5 hit "<a href="/wiki/I_Know_She_Still_Loves_Me" title="I Know She Still Loves Me">I Know She Still Loves Me</a>" and the No.1 hit "<a href="/wiki/Check_Yes_or_No" title="Check Yes or No">Check Yes or No</a>". It became the second-best selling box set ever with shipments of 8 million in the United States. He was named as the CMA's Top Male Vocalist in 1997 and 1998.<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-erlewine-31">[31]</a> Starting in 1997, and continuing until 2001, Strait headlined the George Strait Country Music Festival, which included artists such as <a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Faith_Hill" title="Faith Hill">Faith Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a>, and others.<a href="#cite_note-allmusic-erlewine-31">[31]</a> In an effort to introduce these acts to as many fans as possible, the festival promised not to visit any market more than twice. It played only a small number of dates, usually no more than 20 a year, but still managed to be the ninth-biggest grossing tour of 1998.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> Strait completed the decade with the album <a href="/wiki/Always_Never_the_Same_(George_Strait_album)" title="Always Never the Same (George Strait album)">Always Never the Same</a> in 1999, which peaked at number two on country charts and matched the cross-over success of Pure Country by reaching number six on the Billboard 200. The record produced the hits "<a href="/wiki/What_Do_You_Say_to_That" title="What Do You Say to That">What Do You Say to That</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Meanwhile_(George_Strait_song)" title="Meanwhile (George Strait song)">Meanwhile</a>", and the number-one "<a href="/wiki/Write_This_Down_(song)" title="Write This Down (song)">Write This Down</a>". Reviews of the album's material were generally mixed, but Entertainment Weekly observed that at this point in his career, Strait could record the "most lightweight" material and "make it soar" on the radio with his "grace".<a href="#cite_note-ew-nash-39">[39]</a> All in all, Strait scored 17 number-one hits on the Billboard country airplay charts in the decade, and carried his successes into the next century.<a href="#cite_note-cmt-about-18">[18]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2000s">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Strait_2013_5.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/George_Strait_2013_5.JPG/220px-George_Strait_2013_5.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/George_Strait_2013_5.JPG/330px-George_Strait_2013_5.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/George_Strait_2013_5.JPG/440px-George_Strait_2013_5.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4200" data-file-height="2800" /></a><figcaption>Strait on the Cowboy Rides Away Tour, XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut, February 23, 2013</figcaption></figure> Strait released a <a href="/wiki/George_Strait_(album)" title="George Strait (album)">self-titled album</a> in 2000, which despite a number-one and number-seven showing on the country and Billboard 200 album charts, respectively, produced no number-one singles, and was the first studio album of his career to not be certified platinum. The singles "Go On" and "If You Can Do Anything Else" were released from the record, with both peaking in the top five. In May 2001, <a href="/wiki/The_Road_Less_Traveled_(George_Strait_album)" title="The Road Less Traveled (George Strait album)">The Road Less Traveled</a> was released. Reviews for the album were mostly positive; <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> described it as sticking to the formula, "but adds a few twists that make it superior to his last few releases."<a href="#cite_note-rs-dresdale-41">[41]</a> It featured "vocal processing", and was considered by some critics as an experimental album.<a href="#cite_note-erlewine-29">[29]</a> Three singles were released from it, two of which reached number one, including "<a href="/wiki/She%27ll_Leave_You_with_a_Smile" title="She'll Leave You with a Smile">She'll Leave You with a Smile</a>", his 50th on combined charts and "<a href="/wiki/Living_and_Living_Well" title="Living and Living Well">Living and Living Well</a>", both of which reached the top 30 of <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a>, with the former peaking at number 23, Strait's highest rank on the chart. The single "<a href="/wiki/Run_(George_Strait_song)" title="Run (George Strait song)">Run</a>" peaked at number two and reached number 34 on the Billboard 100. Strait released two records in 2003. <a href="/wiki/For_the_Last_Time:_Live_from_the_Astrodome" title="For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome">For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome</a> was a recording of the last <a href="/wiki/Houston_Livestock_Show_and_Rodeo" title="Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo">Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo</a> to take place in the <a href="/wiki/Astrodome" title="Astrodome">Astrodome</a>. The performance itself set the record for paid attendance at the venue, with 68,266 people, breaking Latin superstar <a href="/wiki/Selena" title="Selena">Selena</a>'s previous record of about 67,000 in 1995.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> His next album, <a href="/wiki/Honkytonkville" title="Honkytonkville">Honkytonkville</a> was described as "a fiery set of hard country", and was praised "for its mixture of the old Strait with his modern, superstar self."<a href="#cite_note-erlewine-29">[29]</a> It did not produce any number ones for Strait, but included the hits "<a href="/wiki/Cowboys_Like_Us" title="Cowboys Like Us">Cowboys Like Us</a>" and a cover of <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Robison" title="Bruce Robison">Bruce Robison</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Desperately_(George_Strait_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Desperately (George Strait song)">Desperately</a>". His 2004 performance at Reliant Stadium set a new rodeo attendance record, with 68,679 spectators. That year, he issued a greatest hits package billed as <a href="/wiki/50_Number_Ones" title="50 Number Ones">50 Number Ones</a>, chronicling the number-one hits of his career from all charts, starting with "Fool Hearted Memory" and ending with "She'll Leave You With a Smile." A new track, "<a href="/wiki/I_Hate_Everything_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="I Hate Everything (song)">I Hate Everything</a>", was also included, and became his 51st overall number one in 2004. The next year, <a href="/wiki/Somewhere_Down_in_Texas" title="Somewhere Down in Texas">Somewhere Down in Texas</a> arrived, which produced the hit "You'll Be There", marking Strait's first appearance on the adult contemporary chart. The next year, he embarked on a tour that included only 18 performances, but grossed over $15 million. He attributed this success to the fact that his band and he are "musically very tight", have a large pool of songs to draw from, and perform those songs very similarly to how they sound on their albums.<a href="#cite_note-gactv-stark-43">[43]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Strait_2014_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/George_Strait_2014_3.jpg/170px-George_Strait_2014_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/George_Strait_2014_3.jpg/255px-George_Strait_2014_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/George_Strait_2014_3.jpg/340px-George_Strait_2014_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2450" data-file-height="3422" /></a><figcaption>Strait on the Cowboy Rides Away Tour, XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut, February 23, 2013</figcaption></figure> On October 3, 2006, Strait marked his 30th year in the music industry with the release of a new album titled <a href="/wiki/It_Just_Comes_Natural" title="It Just Comes Natural">It Just Comes Natural</a>. The album was recorded in Key West, Florida, in Jimmy Buffett's Shrimp Boat Sound Studio (said to be a better recording location due to lack of allergy flare-ups during recording process), which was also the recording location of Troubadour.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] It featured 15 new songs. Strait's long-time friend and songwriter, <a href="/wiki/Dean_Dillon" title="Dean Dillon">Dean Dillon</a>, co-wrote two of the songs on the album. It received generally positive reviews from critics. <a href="/wiki/People_(magazine)" title="People (magazine)">People</a>, in their four-star review, remarked, "If ever there was a natural in country music, it's Strait," while <a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a> raved that "he continues to make such consistent quality look easy". The first single from the album, "<a href="/wiki/Give_It_Away_(George_Strait_song)" title="Give It Away (George Strait song)">Give It Away</a>" reached number one, making one of its co-writers, country legend "Whispering Bill" Anderson, the first songwriter to have a number-one hit in five different decades. The title track, "<a href="/wiki/It_Just_Comes_Natural_(song)" title="It Just Comes Natural (song)">It Just Comes Natural</a>" became his 42nd Billboard number one.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In 2007, "<a href="/wiki/Wrapped_(George_Strait_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrapped (George Strait song)">Wrapped</a>" reached number one on the <a href="/wiki/Mediabase_24/7" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediabase 24/7">Mediabase 24/7</a> country music charts, giving Strait his 55th overall number-one single. From January through April of that year, Strait headlined a 23-date arena tour with country-music legend <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> and then-newcomer <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a>. He released a new album titled <a href="/wiki/Troubadour_(George_Strait_album)" title="Troubadour (George Strait album)">Troubadour</a> on April 1, 2008. The CD contained 12 tracks, including a duet with <a href="/wiki/Patty_Loveless" title="Patty Loveless">Patty Loveless</a> and another with long-time songwriter Dean Dillon. The lead single from the album, "<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_God_Today" title="I Saw God Today">I Saw God Today</a>", debuted at number 19 on the Radio and Records and Billboard charts. It is the highest debut ever for a single from Strait and the fourth-highest debut for a song in country-music history. Troubadour debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 album charts, selling over 160,000 copies in its first week of release. "<a href="/wiki/River_of_Love" title="River of Love">River of Love</a>", the third single from the album, became his 57th number-one song in 2009.<a href="#cite_note-cmt-morris-44">[44]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Strait_2014_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/George_Strait_2014_2.jpg/220px-George_Strait_2014_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/George_Strait_2014_2.jpg/330px-George_Strait_2014_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/George_Strait_2014_2.jpg/440px-George_Strait_2014_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4057" /></a><figcaption>Strait on the Cowboy Rides Away Tour at the Prudential Center in <a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a>, March 1, 2014</figcaption></figure> In April 2009, Strait was honored by the Academy of Country Music with the Artist of the Decade Award, which was presented to Strait by the previous ACM Artist of the Decade, <a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a>. In June of that year, he headlined the first event at the new Dallas <a href="/wiki/Cowboys_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Cowboys Stadium">Cowboys Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Texas" title="Arlington, Texas">Arlington, Texas</a>. Strait's single "<a href="/wiki/Living_for_the_Night" title="Living for the Night">Living for the Night</a>" was released on May 28, 2009, and was written by Strait, his son Bubba, and Dean Dillon. The song was the lead single from his album <a href="/wiki/Twang_(album)" title="Twang (album)">Twang</a>, released on August 11, 2009. Twang was certified gold for selling over 500,000 copies.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] By 2009, he broke <a href="/wiki/Conway_Twitty" title="Conway Twitty">Conway Twitty</a>'s previous record for the most number-one hits on <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" title="Hot Country Songs">Hot Country Songs</a> chart when his 44 number one singles surpassed Twitty's 40.<a href="#cite_note-billboard-2010-45">[45]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2010s">edit</a>]</div> In 2010, Billboard ranked Strait number one in the top-25 country artists of the past 25 years.<a href="#cite_note-billboard-2009-46">[46]</a> On September 6, 2011, Strait released the album, <a href="/wiki/Here_for_a_Good_Time_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Here for a Good Time (album)">Here for a Good Time</a>, which yielded two number-one singles—"<a href="/wiki/Here_for_a_Good_Time_(song)" title="Here for a Good Time (song)">Here for a Good Time</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Love%27s_Gonna_Make_It_Alright" title="Love's Gonna Make It Alright">Love's Gonna Make It Alright</a>"—bringing Strait's number-one singles total to 59. The album's third single, "<a href="/wiki/Drinkin%27_Man" title="Drinkin' Man">Drinkin' Man</a>", was less successful, peaking at number 37. In October 2012, Strait released the single "<a href="/wiki/Give_It_All_We_Got_Tonight" title="Give It All We Got Tonight">Give It All We Got Tonight</a>",<a href="#cite_note-gs-give-47">[47]</a> which was included on his album <a href="/wiki/Love_Is_Everything_(George_Strait_album)" title="Love Is Everything (George Strait album)">Love Is Everything</a>, released on May 14, 2013. The song initiated a "60 for 60" movement by Strait's label, to make the song his 60th number-one single on all country charts while he was still 60 years old.<a href="#cite_note-theboot-thompson-48">[48]</a> The song reached the top of the <a href="/wiki/Mediabase" title="Mediabase">Mediabase</a> charts in May 2013. The album's next single, "<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_(George_Strait_song)" title="I Believe (George Strait song)">I Believe</a>", reached number 50 on the U.S. Country Airplay chart, making it Strait's first single to miss the top 40. Strait won the 2013 CMA Entertainer of the Year award. In November 2013, Billboard presented Strait with its Legend of Live honor during the 10th annual <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Touring_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard Touring Awards">Billboard Touring Awards</a> ceremony.<a href="#cite_note-cmt-legend-49">[49]</a> The award honors the concert industry's top artist based on Billboard's Boxscore chart and box-office performance.<a href="#cite_note-music-row-hollabaugh-50">[50]</a> Strait is the first country artist to receive Billboard's highest touring accolade.<a href="#cite_note-usatoday-mansfield-51">[51]</a> On April 19, 2015, Strait made a guest appearance at the 2015 ACM Awards, he performed "All My Ex's Lives in Texas" and his new single "<a href="/wiki/Let_It_Go_(George_Strait_song)" title="Let It Go (George Strait song)">Let it Go</a>".<a href="#cite_note-people-mcafee-52">[52]</a> In 2016, Strait was selected as one of 30 artists to perform on "Forever Country", for a mash-up track of "<a href="/wiki/Take_Me_Home,_Country_Roads" title="Take Me Home, Country Roads">Take Me Home, Country Roads</a>", "<a href="/wiki/On_the_Road_Again_(Willie_Nelson_song)" title="On the Road Again (Willie Nelson song)">On the Road Again</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/I_Will_Always_Love_You" title="I Will Always Love You">I Will Always Love You</a>", which celebrates 50 years of the <a href="/wiki/CMA_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="CMA Awards">CMA Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> In 2018, Strait released a single called "Codigo", after a brand of <a href="/wiki/Tequila" title="Tequila">tequila</a> produced by a company in which he had invested.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Cowboy_Rides_Away_Tour">The Cowboy Rides Away Tour</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The Cowboy Rides Away Tour">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Cowboy_Rides_Away_Tour" title="The Cowboy Rides Away Tour">The Cowboy Rides Away Tour</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Strait_2013_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/George_Strait_2013_2.JPG/220px-George_Strait_2013_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/George_Strait_2013_2.JPG/330px-George_Strait_2013_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/George_Strait_2013_2.JPG/440px-George_Strait_2013_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3150" data-file-height="2147" /></a><figcaption>Strait on the Cowboy Rides Away Tour, XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut, February 23, 2013</figcaption></figure> On September 26, 2012, Strait announced that he was retiring from touring, and that his Cowboy Rides Away Tour would be his last.<a href="#cite_note-cowboy-rides-away-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-musicrow-skates-56">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-gs-tour-dates-57">[57]</a> Tickets for both arenas and stadiums on the Cowboy Rides Away Tour sold out in a matter of hours. The tour started on January 18, 2013, in <a href="/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" title="Lubbock, Texas">Lubbock, Texas</a>, and was divided into two legs: 21 concerts in 2013 and 26 concerts in 2014. The tour ended in Arlington, Texas, on June 7, 2014. Strait was supported on the tour by his longtime 11-member touring group, the <a href="/wiki/Ace_in_the_Hole_Band" title="Ace in the Hole Band">Ace in the Hole Band</a>. For the 2013 leg, <a href="/wiki/Martina_McBride" title="Martina McBride">Martina McBride</a> was the opening performer.<a href="#cite_note-cowboy-rides-away-55">[55]</a> On January 9, 2014, Strait initiated the second leg of the tour, which featured the opening performers <a href="/wiki/Jason_Aldean" title="Jason Aldean">Jason Aldean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Church" title="Eric Church">Eric Church</a>, Martina McBride, <a href="/wiki/Miranda_Lambert" title="Miranda Lambert">Miranda Lambert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Big_Town" title="Little Big Town">Little Big Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Ann_Womack" title="Lee Ann Womack">Lee Ann Womack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Young_(singer)" title="Chris Young (singer)">Chris Young</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Dunn" title="Ronnie Dunn">Ronnie Dunn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Asleep_at_the_Wheel" title="Asleep at the Wheel">Asleep at the Wheel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-billboard-duffy-58">[58]</a> Many of these performers gathered together for the tour's final concert in Arlington, Texas on June 7, before 104,793 fans - at the time the largest ticketed attendance ever at a single-headlining act concert in the United States. Strait would then break his own record, ten years later. The concert also set a record for the largest gross at a single-show country concert, $18,194,374, and broke the 33-year-old record as well for "largest indoor concert ever," easily surpassing the 87,500 fans who attended the December 5, 1981, <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">Rolling Stones</a> concert at the New Orleans <a href="/wiki/Caesars_Superdome" title="Caesars Superdome">Superdome</a> (opening acts, <a href="/wiki/The_Neville_Brothers" title="The Neville Brothers">The Neville Brothers</a>, followed by <a href="/wiki/George_Thorogood" title="George Thorogood">George Thorogood and the Destroyers</a>). A live album recorded from the final concert in Arlington titled <a href="/wiki/The_Cowboy_Rides_Away:_Live_from_AT%26T_Stadium" title="The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium">The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium</a> was released on September 16, 2014, with DVD/CDs of the concert being released on November 10, 2014, with <a href="/wiki/Walmart" title="Walmart">Walmart</a> exclusively releasing a deluxe edition including two CDs, as well. This deluxe DVD is the entire over three-hour concert and the accompanying two CDs have 28 of the 40 songs sung that night.<a href="#cite_note-theboot-stefano-59">[59]</a> On August 29, 2014, the <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Television">Country Music Television</a> channel broadcast a two-hour concert special of the event titled George Strait: The Cowboy Rides Away.<a href="#cite_note-theboot-stefano-59">[59]</a> This CMT concert special had <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>1+1⁄4 hours of music from the concert and interviews. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2020s">edit</a>]</div> Strait broke the record for most fans at a U.S. concert by a single headlining act on Saturday, June 15, 2024, with a concert at <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Field" title="Kyle Field">Kyle Field</a> at <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University" title="Texas A&M University">Texas A&M University</a> in <a href="/wiki/College_Station,_Texas" title="College Station, Texas">College Station, Texas</a>, with 110,905 fans in attendance. The record was previously held by <a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">The Grateful Dead</a> who had 107,019 fans in attendance at their 1977 show at Raceway Park in New Jersey.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> The show also set a new record for Texas A&M’s Kyle Field for most fans at a single event. The previous record was on October 11, 2014, with 110,633 fans, for a <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies_football" title="Texas A&M Aggies football">Texas A&M football</a> game against <a href="/wiki/Ole_Miss_Rebels_football" title="Ole Miss Rebels football">Ole Miss</a>.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Musical_style">Musical style</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Musical style">edit</a>]</div> Strait's style of <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> has been largely labeled as <a href="/wiki/Neotraditional_country" title="Neotraditional country">neotraditional country</a>, which relies on traditional instrumentation in country music, i.e. <a href="/wiki/Fiddle" title="Fiddle">fiddle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pedal_steel_guitar" title="Pedal steel guitar">pedal steel guitar</a>.<a href="#cite_note-UTexasCMP-62">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-dicaire-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-neotradsilva-63">[63]</a> His style has also been labeled as <a href="/wiki/Texas_country_music" title="Texas country music">Texas country</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_swing" title="Western swing">Western swing</a>,<a href="#cite_note-erlewineart-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-UTexasCMP-62">[62]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Honky_tonk_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Honky tonk music">honky-tonk</a>.<a href="#cite_note-UTexasCMP-62">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-erlewineart-2">[2]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_strait_2005_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/George_strait_2005_cropped.jpg/170px-George_strait_2005_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/George_strait_2005_cropped.jpg/255px-George_strait_2005_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/George_strait_2005_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="258" data-file-height="364" /></a><figcaption>Strait at the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Stock_Show_%26_Rodeo" title="San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo">San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo</a> in 2005</figcaption></figure> Strait eloped in Mexico with his high school sweetheart Norma in December 1971.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Their first child, Jenifer, was born on October 6, 1972. Their son, George Harvey Strait Jr., known as "Bubba", was born in 1981.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Jenifer was killed in an automobile accident in San Marcos on June 25, 1986, at age 13. The family set up the Jenifer Lyn Strait Foundation, which donates money to children's charities in the San Antonio area.<a href="#cite_note-rachel-joy-scott-66">[66]</a> George Strait Jr., who is a graduate of <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas A&M">Texas A&M</a>, competed as a <a href="/wiki/Professional_Rodeo_Cowboys_Association" title="Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association">Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association</a> <a href="/wiki/Team_roping" title="Team roping">team-roping</a> competitor.<a href="#cite_note-wgna-strait-heir-67">[67]</a> Strait was able to watch his son compete at the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Livestock_Show_and_Rodeo" title="Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo">Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo</a> in 2006 shortly before taking the stage for his own performance.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> On April 10, 2009, John Byron "Buddy" Strait, who was George's older brother, died at the age of 58. Since 2010, Strait has served as spokesman for the <a href="/wiki/Wrangler_(brand)" title="Wrangler (brand)">Wrangler</a> National Patriot program, a campaign designed to raise awareness and funds for America's wounded and fallen military veterans and their families.<a href="#cite_note-american-profile-vets-69">[69]</a> Strait says, "I've been a part of the Wrangler family for a long time... when they came to me with the idea for supporting fallen and wounded American veterans and their families, I knew I wanted to get involved."<a href="#cite_note-american-profile-vets-69">[69]</a> He also appeared in commercials for <a href="/wiki/Tractor_Supply_Company" title="Tractor Supply Company">Tractor Supply Company</a>.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> In February 2012, Strait became a grandfather when George Strait Jr. and his wife Tamara had their first child, a son, George Harvey Strait III.<a href="#cite_note-after-midnight-garner-71">[71]</a> From 1983 through 2017, Strait hosted a prestigious, annual team-roping event; The George Strait Team Roping Classic. It was originally held in <a href="/wiki/Kingsville,_Texas" title="Kingsville, Texas">Kingsville, Texas</a>, but then took place for several years at the <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Rose_Palace" title="San Antonio Rose Palace">San Antonio Rose Palace</a>.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Strait_Auctions_his_Boots_for_the_Troops.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/George_Strait_Auctions_his_Boots_for_the_Troops.jpg/220px-George_Strait_Auctions_his_Boots_for_the_Troops.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/George_Strait_Auctions_his_Boots_for_the_Troops.jpg/330px-George_Strait_Auctions_his_Boots_for_the_Troops.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/George_Strait_Auctions_his_Boots_for_the_Troops.jpg/440px-George_Strait_Auctions_his_Boots_for_the_Troops.jpg 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="557" /></a><figcaption>Vaqueros del Mar 5, George Strait auctions off his boots for the troops: George Strait (in orange cap), <a href="/wiki/Tom_Cusick" title="Tom Cusick">Tom Cusick</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Feherty" title="David Feherty">David Feherty</a></figcaption></figure> Strait owns a Gulfstream G450 business jet; its tail number is N518GS.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> His personal aircraft is housed at the Landmark Aviation facility in San Antonio. He teamed up with Texas Governor <a href="/wiki/Greg_Abbott" title="Greg Abbott">Greg Abbott</a> to help with disaster relief efforts in the wake of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey" title="Hurricane Harvey">Hurricane Harvey</a> which devastated coastal areas of Texas.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> Strait along with long-time friend and business partner <a href="/wiki/Tom_Cusick" title="Tom Cusick">Tom Cusick</a> created the Vaqueros Del Mar (Cowboys of the Sea) Invitational Golf Tournament and Concert held annually at Strait and Cusick's <a href="/wiki/Texas_Hill_Country" title="Texas Hill Country">Texas Hill Country</a> resort Tapatio Springs Resort near <a href="/wiki/Boerne,_Texas" title="Boerne, Texas">Boerne, Texas</a>. The Invitational raises money for <a href="/wiki/David_Feherty" title="David Feherty">David Feherty</a>'s Troops First Foundation, benefiting wounded servicemen, servicewomen and their families. Since its beginning in 2012, more than US$5 million have been raised by the events.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> In January 2018, George Strait was named the 2018 Texan of the Year by the Texas Legislative Conference, a statewide group of business and political leaders. Strait was honored for his fundraising efforts in the wake of the widespread flooding following Hurricane Harvey.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Discography">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/George_Strait_albums_discography" title="George Strait albums discography">George Strait albums discography</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Strait_singles_discography" title="George Strait singles discography">George Strait singles discography</a></div> In more than 30 years of recording, all of which have been spent with MCA Records, George Strait has garnered 61 number-one songs on all country charts (including Mediabase 24/7, the former <a href="/wiki/Radio_%26_Records" title="Radio & Records">Radio & Records</a> chart, and the now-defunct Gavin Report chart), and has more number-one hits than any other artist in a single genre. His 44 Billboard country number-one hits are a record, four more than <a href="/wiki/Conway_Twitty" title="Conway Twitty">Conway Twitty</a>'s total that includes several duets with <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a>.<a href="#cite_note-american-chronicle-stark-80">[80]</a> Additionally, Strait is also the first artist in the history of Billboard to have at least one single enter the top 10 of a Billboard chart for 30 consecutive years, starting in 1981 when his debut single "Unwound" peaked at number six on the Hot Country Singles chart. All of his top-10 singles have been on that chart.<a href="#cite_note-cmt-30-consecutive-81">[81]</a> Strait has sold more than 70 million records in the United States alone,<a href="#cite_note-riaa-top-selling-82">[82]</a> and his certifications from the RIAA include 13 multiplatinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums.<a href="#cite_note-riaa-top-awarded-83">[83]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strait_Country" title="Strait Country">Strait Country</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strait_from_the_Heart" title="Strait from the Heart">Strait from the Heart</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Right_or_Wrong_(George_Strait_album)" title="Right or Wrong (George Strait album)">Right or Wrong</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Does_Fort_Worth_Ever_Cross_Your_Mind" title="Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind">Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Something_Special_(George_Strait_album)" title="Something Special (George Strait album)">Something Special</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_(George_Strait_album)" title="7 (George Strait album)">#7</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_Front_Property" title="Ocean Front Property">Ocean Front Property</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/If_You_Ain%27t_Lovin%27_You_Ain%27t_Livin%27" title="If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'">If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Blue_Neon" title="Beyond the Blue Neon">Beyond the Blue Neon</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livin%27_It_Up_(album)" title="Livin' It Up (album)">Livin' It Up</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chill_of_an_Early_Fall" title="Chill of an Early Fall">Chill of an Early Fall</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holding_My_Own" title="Holding My Own">Holding My Own</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pure_Country_(soundtrack)" title="Pure Country (soundtrack)">Pure Country</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easy_Come_Easy_Go_(George_Strait_album)" title="Easy Come Easy Go (George Strait album)">Easy Come Easy Go</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lead_On" title="Lead On">Lead On</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Clear_Sky" title="Blue Clear Sky">Blue Clear Sky</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrying_Your_Love_with_Me" title="Carrying Your Love with Me">Carrying Your Love with Me</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Step_at_a_Time_(George_Strait_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="One Step at a Time (George Strait album)">One Step at a Time</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Always_Never_the_Same_(George_Strait_album)" title="Always Never the Same (George Strait album)">Always Never the Same</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait_(album)" title="George Strait (album)">George Strait</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Road_Less_Traveled_(George_Strait_album)" title="The Road Less Traveled (George Strait album)">The Road Less Traveled</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honkytonkville" title="Honkytonkville">Honkytonkville</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somewhere_Down_in_Texas" title="Somewhere Down in Texas">Somewhere Down in Texas</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It_Just_Comes_Natural" title="It Just Comes Natural">It Just Comes Natural</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troubadour_(George_Strait_album)" title="Troubadour (George Strait album)">Troubadour</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twang_(album)" title="Twang (album)">Twang</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Here_for_a_Good_Time" title="Here for a Good Time">Here for a Good Time</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_Is_Everything_(George_Strait_album)" title="Love Is Everything (George Strait album)">Love Is Everything</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_Beer_Conversation" title="Cold Beer Conversation">Cold Beer Conversation</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honky_Tonk_Time_Machine" title="Honky Tonk Time Machine">Honky Tonk Time Machine</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboys_and_Dreamers" title="Cowboys and Dreamers">Cowboys and Dreamers</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Filmography">edit</a>]</div> Strait has acted in several films. He had a <a href="/wiki/Bit_part" title="Bit part">bit part</a> in <a href="/wiki/The_Soldier_(1982_film)" title="The Soldier (1982 film)">The Soldier</a> (1982) and starred in <a href="/wiki/Pure_Country_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pure Country (film)">Pure Country</a> (1992). He also appeared as himself in <a href="/wiki/Grand_Champion" title="Grand Champion">Grand Champion</a> (2002). The film Pure Country featured George Strait in the lead role as Dusty Chandler, a famous country singer who strays too far from his country roots and traditional sound. It provided the opportunity for Strait to branch out from his own traditional country sound for a more rock-and-roll approach. The film had little success at the box office and took in only $15 million, but the soundtrack also called Pure Country, produced several hit singles for Strait. It has become his best-selling album to date. Strait had a limited role in the sequel to Pure Country, Pure Country 2: The Gift.<a href="#cite_note-cmt-new-film-84">[84]</a> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:50px;">Year </th> <th style="width:200px;">Title </th> <th style="width:200px;">Role </th></tr> <tr> <td>1982</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Soldier_(1982_film)" title="The Soldier (1982 film)">The Soldier</a></td> <td>Himself </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pure_Country_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pure Country (film)">Pure Country</a></td> <td>Wyatt "Dusty" Chandler </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grand_Champion" title="Grand Champion">Grand Champion</a></td> <td>Himself </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Hill" title="King of the Hill">King of the Hill</a></td> <td>Voice of Cornell </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pure_Country_2:_The_Gift" title="Pure Country 2: The Gift">Pure Country 2: The Gift</a></td> <td>Himself </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Honors and awards">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hall_of_Fame_Rotunda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Hall_of_Fame_Rotunda.jpg/170px-Hall_of_Fame_Rotunda.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Hall_of_Fame_Rotunda.jpg/255px-Hall_of_Fame_Rotunda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Hall_of_Fame_Rotunda.jpg/340px-Hall_of_Fame_Rotunda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>George Strait <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Hall of Fame">Country Music Hall of Fame</a> plaque</figcaption></figure> Strait holds the record for most number-one albums and singles, gold albums, platinum albums, and multiplatinum albums in the history of country music, and is 11th in the most number-one albums in all other genres. Strait is third only to <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> with the most gold and platinum albums in the history of music.<a href="#cite_note-theboot-betts-85">[85]</a> Strait has been certified as the 12th-best selling artist in American history, with career record sales of 70 million in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-gather-billboard-record-86">[86]</a> Strait has held the world record for most number one hit singles across all charts and genres with 60 number-one hits since 2013,<a href="#cite_note-UDiscoverMusic-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-radio-60-11">[11]</a> and is the only artist in the history of music of any kind to have a top-10 hit every year for 30 years. He is also second all-time in top-10 hits in the history of music, currently five away from breaking the all-time record held by <a href="/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a>, who had 92 in his historic career. Strait has won 22 <a href="/wiki/CMA_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="CMA Awards">CMA Awards</a>, including consecutive Entertainer of the Year honors in 1989 and 1990, and also just recently won that same honor in 2013 (and is the only artist to win the top honor in three different decades) and holds the career record for CMA nominations (as a whole) and the most consecutively of all time. As of 2009, he holds the record for the most CMA awards. Strait also holds those same records for wins and nominations for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a>. Strait was elected into the <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Hall of Fame">Country Music Hall of Fame</a> in 2006, performing his then-latest number-one hit "Give it Away" right before accepting his replica Hall of Fame plaque at the 40th CMA Awards. He was only the second artist (after Eddy Arnold in 1966) to be inducted into the Hall of Fame while still actively recording and producing chart-topping hits and albums. As of June 8, 2010, Strait was named the top country-music artist of the past 25 years according to Billboard. In October 2008, the Academy of Country Music Awards named Strait their Artist of the Decade for the 2000s. He was presented the award by the previous winner Garth Brooks. Past winners of the award are <a href="/wiki/Marty_Robbins" title="Marty Robbins">Marty Robbins</a> (1960s), <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a> (1970s), <a href="/wiki/Alabama_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama (American band)">Alabama</a> (1980s), and <a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1990s).<a href="#cite_note-gs-awards-87">[87]</a> With the win of the entertainer-of-the-year award in 2013, he is the only artist to ever win that award in three different decades and also was the oldest winner. The win is currently the longest span between wins for that award, as well. Strait is also tied with Merle Haggard for the most male vocalist-of-the-year awards. On June 1, 2013, Strait appeared at the Alamodome, in <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, Texas, before 70,000 fans in the last concert of the first half of his two-year farewell tour. <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Texas" title="Governor of Texas">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Rick_Perry" title="Rick Perry">Rick Perry</a>, who was in attendance with First Lady <a href="/wiki/Anita_Thigpen_Perry" title="Anita Thigpen Perry">Anita Thigpen Perry</a>, announced that May 18, Strait's birthday, would be George Strait Day in Texas each year.<a href="#cite_note-mysanantonio-saldana-88">[88]</a> In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Strait at number 156 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:5%;">Year </th> <th style="width:30%;">Award </th> <th style="width:30%;">Category </th> <th style="width:30%;">Work </th> <th style="width:5%;" class="unsortable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style>Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">Academy of Country Music</a> </td> <td>Top Male Vocalist </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a> </td> <td>Male Vocalist of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td>Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Top Male Vocalist </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td>Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td>Music City News Country </td> <td>Male Artist of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Male Vocalist of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td>Billboard Year-End Awards </td> <td>Top Country Artist </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td>Billboard Year-End Awards </td> <td>Top Country Artist </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Top Male Vocalist </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Entertainer of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td>Special </td> <td>Connie B. Gay Award </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Entertainer of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td>Special </td> <td>Presidential American Success Award </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Entertainer of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td>Radio & Records </td> <td>Country Performer of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td>American Music Awards </td> <td>Favorite Country Male Artist </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Tex Ritter Movie of the Year </td> <td>Pure Country </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Single of the Year </td> <td>"Check Yes or No" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Composers,_Authors_and_Publishers" title="American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers">ASCAP</a> </td> <td>Voice Of Music Award </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>TNN/Music City News </td> <td>Video of the Year </td> <td>"Check Yes or No" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>TNN/Music City News </td> <td>Single of the Year </td> <td>"Check Yes or No" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>TNN/Music City News </td> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td>Lead On </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>Music City News Country </td> <td>Single of the Year </td> <td>"Check Yes or No" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Single of the Year </td> <td>"Check Yes or No" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td>Blue Clear Sky </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Male Vocalist of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Top Male Vocalist </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td>Blue Clear Sky </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>Radio & Records </td> <td>Best Single </td> <td>"Check Yes or No" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>Radio & Records </td> <td>Best Male Vocalist </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td>Radio & Records </td> <td>Most Valuable Performer </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>TNN/Music City News </td> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td>Blue Clear Sky </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Male Vocalist of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td>Carrying Your Love With Me </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Music_Awards" title="American Music Awards">American Music Awards</a> </td> <td>Favorite Country Album </td> <td>Blue Clear Sky </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Top Male Vocalist </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td>Carrying Your Love With Me </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>Radio & Records </td> <td>Best Album </td> <td>Blue Clear Sky </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>Radio & Records </td> <td>Best Male Vocalist </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Male Vocalist of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td>American Music Awards </td> <td>Favorite Country Male Artist </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td>American Music Awards </td> <td>Favorite Country Album </td> <td>Carrying Your Love With Me </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td>Radio & Records </td> <td>Best Male Vocalist </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>Country Weekly Golden Pick Awards </td> <td>Favorite Song </td> <td>"I Just Want to Dance with You" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>Country Weekly Golden Pick Awards </td> <td>Favorite Line Dance Song </td> <td>"I Just Want to Dance with You" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>Country Weekly Golden Pick Awards </td> <td>Favorite Video Entertainer </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>Country Weekly Golden Pick Awards </td> <td>Favorite Male Artist </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>Country Weekly Golden Pick Awards </td> <td>Favorite Entertainer </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>Country Weekly / <a href="/wiki/The_Nashville_Network" title="The Nashville Network">TNN</a>/CMT Music Awards </td> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td>One Step at a Time </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>Country Weekly / TNN/CMT Music Awards </td> <td>Impact Artist of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>Country Weekly / TNN/CMT Music Awards </td> <td>Single of the Year </td> <td>"Write This Down" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>Country Weekly / TNN/CMT Music Awards </td> <td>Male Artist of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>Country Weekly / TNN/CMT Music Awards </td> <td>Entertainer of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>Country Weekly / TNN/CMT Music Awards </td> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td>Always Never The Same </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Vocal Event of the Year </td> <td>"Murder on Music Row" (with Alan Jackson) </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Song of the Year </td> <td>"Murder On Music Row" (awarded to songwriters) </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_Weekly" title="Country Weekly">Country Weekly</a> </td> <td>Favorite Collaborative Song </td> <td>"Designated Drinker" (with Alan Jackson) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> 40 Greatest Men of Country Music </td> <td>Ranked No. 9[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Special Achievement Award (in recognition of 50 No. 1 Songs) </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td>Special Award </td> <td>National Medal of Arts </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td>Cheyenne Frontier Days </td> <td>Hall of Fame </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Musical Event of the Year </td> <td>"Good News, Bad News" (with Lee Ann Womack) </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td>Honorary Doctoral Degree </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_State_University%E2%80%93San_Marcos" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas State University–San Marcos">Texas State University–San Marcos</a> </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Hall of Fame">Country Music Hall of Fame</a> </td> <td>Inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Hall of Fame">Country Music Hall of Fame</a> </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Single Record of the Year (artist) </td> <td>"Give It Away" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Single Record of the Year (producer) </td> <td>"Give It Away" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Song of the Year (artist) </td> <td>"Give It Away" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Song of the Year </td> <td>"Give It Away" (awarded to songwriter <a href="/wiki/Jamey_Johnson" title="Jamey Johnson">Jamey Johnson</a>) </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td>It Just Comes Natural (for artist and producer) </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Single of the Year </td> <td>"I Saw God Today" </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td>Troubadour </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Country Album </td> <td>Troubadour </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Artist of the Decade </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard.com</a> </td> <td>Top Country Artist of the Past 25 Years </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_Radio_Broadcasters" title="Country Radio Broadcasters">Country Radio Broadcasters Inc.</a> </td> <td>Country Radio Broadcasters Career Achievement Award </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td>ASCAP </td> <td>ASCAP Founders Award </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Touring_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard Touring Awards">Billboard Touring Awards</a> </td> <td>Legend of Live Award </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td>Country Music Association </td> <td>Entertainer of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-cma-awards-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>Entertainer of the Year </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td>50th Anniversary Milestone Award Winner </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td>Academy of Country Music </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cliffie_Stone" title="Cliffie Stone">Cliffie Stone</a> Icon Award </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-amc-winners-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard Music Award">Billboard Music Awards</a> </td> <td>Top Country Tour </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Cowboy_%26_Western_Heritage_Museum" title="National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum">National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum</a> </td> <td>Western Heritage Awards </td> <td>Lifetime Achievement Award </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2024 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> </td> <td>Inducted into Hollywood Walk of Fame Class of 2025 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-simmerman-16">[16]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/58th_Annual_Country_Music_Association_Awards" title="58th Annual Country Music Association Awards">Country Music Association Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award">Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Strait&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading 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style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strait_Country" title="Strait Country">Strait Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strait_from_the_Heart" title="Strait from the Heart">Strait from the Heart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Right_or_Wrong_(George_Strait_album)" title="Right or Wrong (George Strait album)">Right or Wrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Does_Fort_Worth_Ever_Cross_Your_Mind" title="Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind">Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Something_Special_(George_Strait_album)" title="Something Special (George Strait album)">Something Special</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_(George_Strait_album)" title="7 (George Strait album)">#7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ocean_Front_Property" title="Ocean Front Property">Ocean Front Property</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/If_You_Ain%27t_Lovin%27_You_Ain%27t_Livin%27" title="If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'">If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Blue_Neon" title="Beyond the Blue Neon">Beyond the Blue Neon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livin%27_It_Up_(album)" title="Livin' It Up (album)">Livin' It Up</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chill_of_an_Early_Fall" title="Chill of an Early Fall">Chill of an Early Fall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holding_My_Own" title="Holding My Own">Holding My Own</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pure_Country_(soundtrack)" title="Pure Country (soundtrack)">Pure Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easy_Come_Easy_Go_(George_Strait_album)" title="Easy Come Easy Go (George Strait album)">Easy Come Easy Go</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lead_On" title="Lead On">Lead On</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Clear_Sky" title="Blue Clear Sky">Blue Clear Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrying_Your_Love_with_Me" title="Carrying Your Love with Me">Carrying Your Love with Me</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Step_at_a_Time_(George_Strait_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="One Step at a Time (George Strait album)">One Step at a Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Always_Never_the_Same_(George_Strait_album)" title="Always Never the Same (George Strait album)">Always Never the Same</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait_(album)" title="George Strait (album)">George Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Road_Less_Traveled_(George_Strait_album)" title="The Road Less Traveled (George Strait album)">The Road Less Traveled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honkytonkville" title="Honkytonkville">Honkytonkville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somewhere_Down_in_Texas" title="Somewhere Down in Texas">Somewhere Down in Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/It_Just_Comes_Natural" title="It Just Comes Natural">It Just Comes Natural</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troubadour_(George_Strait_album)" title="Troubadour (George Strait album)">Troubadour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twang_(album)" title="Twang (album)">Twang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Here_for_a_Good_Time" title="Here for a Good Time">Here for a Good Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_Is_Everything_(George_Strait_album)" title="Love Is Everything (George Strait album)">Love Is Everything</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_Beer_Conversation" title="Cold Beer Conversation">Cold Beer Conversation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honky_Tonk_Time_Machine" title="Honky Tonk Time Machine">Honky Tonk Time Machine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowboys_and_Dreamers" title="Cowboys and Dreamers">Cowboys and Dreamers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilation albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(George_Strait_album)" title="Greatest Hits (George Strait album)">Greatest Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Volume_Two_(George_Strait_album)" title="Greatest Hits Volume Two (George Strait album)">Greatest Hits Volume Two</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Strait_Hits" title="Ten Strait Hits">Ten Strait Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strait_Out_of_the_Box" title="Strait Out of the Box">Strait Out of the Box</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latest_Greatest_Straitest_Hits" title="Latest Greatest Straitest Hits">Latest Greatest Straitest Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Masters_%E2%80%93_The_Millennium_Collection:_The_Best_of_George_Strait" title="20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Strait">20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Masters_%E2%80%93_The_Christmas_Collection:_The_Best_of_George_Strait" title="20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of George Strait">20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of George Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50_Number_Ones" title="50 Number Ones">50 Number Ones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_More_Hits" title="22 More Hits">22 More Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icon_(George_Strait_album)" title="Icon (George Strait album)">Icon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icon_2" title="Icon 2">Icon 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strait_Out_of_the_Box:_Part_2" title="Strait Out of the Box: Part 2">Strait Out of the Box: Part 2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Christmas albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_Strait_to_You!" title="Merry Christmas Strait to You!">Merry Christmas Strait to You!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merry_Christmas_Wherever_You_Are" title="Merry Christmas Wherever You Are">Merry Christmas Wherever You Are</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresh_Cut_Christmas" title="Fresh Cut Christmas">Fresh Cut Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classic_Christmas_(George_Strait_album)" title="Classic Christmas (George Strait album)">Classic Christmas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/For_the_Last_Time:_Live_from_the_Astrodome" title="For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome">For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Texas_Stadium" title="Live at Texas Stadium">Live at Texas Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cowboy_Rides_Away:_Live_from_AT%26T_Stadium" title="The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium">The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait_singles_discography" title="George Strait singles discography">Singles discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait_albums_discography" title="George Strait albums discography">Albums discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_in_the_Hole_Band" title="Ace in the Hole Band">Ace in the Hole Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cowboy_Rides_Away_Tour" title="The Cowboy Rides Away Tour">The Cowboy Rides Away Tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-solo" aria-labelledby="George_Strait_singles239" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:George_Strait_singles" title="Template:George Strait singles"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:George_Strait_singles" title="Template talk:George Strait singles"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:George_Strait_singles" title="Special:EditPage/Template:George Strait singles"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="George_Strait_singles239" class="fn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> singles</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait_albums_discography" title="George Strait albums discography">Albums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait_singles_discography" title="George Strait singles discography">Singles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_in_the_Hole_Band" title="Ace in the Hole Band">Ace in the Hole Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cowboy_Rides_Away_Tour" title="The Cowboy Rides Away Tour">The Cowboy Rides Away Tour</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Unwound_(song)" title="Unwound (song)">Unwound</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Down_and_Out_(George_Strait_song)" title="Down and Out (George Strait song)">Down and Out</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_You%27re_Thinking_You_Want_a_Stranger_(There%27s_One_Coming_Home)" title="If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)">If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fool_Hearted_Memory" title="Fool Hearted Memory">Fool Hearted Memory</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Marina_del_Rey_(song)" title="Marina del Rey (song)">Marina del Rey</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Amarillo_by_Morning_(song)" title="Amarillo by Morning (song)">Amarillo by Morning</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Fire_I_Can%27t_Put_Out" title="A Fire I Can't Put Out">A Fire I Can't Put Out</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Look_So_Good_in_Love" title="You Look So Good in Love">You Look So Good in Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Right_or_Wrong_(1921_song)" title="Right or Wrong (1921 song)">Right or Wrong</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Fall_to_Pieces_Together" title="Let's Fall to Pieces Together">Let's Fall to Pieces Together</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Does_Fort_Worth_Ever_Cross_Your_Mind_(song)" title="Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (song)">Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Cowboy_Rides_Away" title="The Cowboy Rides Away">The Cowboy Rides Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Fireman_(song)" title="The Fireman (song)">The Fireman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Chair_(song)" title="The Chair (song)">The Chair</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27re_Something_Special_to_Me" title="You're Something Special to Me">You're Something Special to Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nobody_in_His_Right_Mind_Would%27ve_Left_Her" title="Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her">Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It_Ain%27t_Cool_to_Be_Crazy_About_You" title="It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You">It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ocean_Front_Property_(song)" title="Ocean Front Property (song)">Ocean Front Property</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_My_Ex%27s_Live_in_Texas" title="All My Ex's Live in Texas">All My Ex's Live in Texas</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Am_I_Blue_(George_Strait_song)" title="Am I Blue (George Strait song)">Am I Blue</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Famous_Last_Words_of_a_Fool" title="Famous Last Words of a Fool">Famous Last Words of a Fool</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Baby_Blue_(George_Strait_song)" title="Baby Blue (George Strait song)">Baby Blue</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_You_Ain%27t_Lovin%27_(You_Ain%27t_Livin%27)" title="If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')">If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Baby%27s_Gotten_Good_at_Goodbye" title="Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye">Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What%27s_Going_On_in_Your_World" title="What's Going On in Your World">What's Going On in Your World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ace_in_the_Hole_(George_Strait_song)" title="Ace in the Hole (George Strait song)">Ace in the Hole</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Overnight_Success_(song)" title="Overnight Success (song)">Overnight Success</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Without_End,_Amen" title="Love Without End, Amen">Love Without End, Amen</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Drinking_Champagne" title="Drinking Champagne">Drinking Champagne</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Come_to_Expect_It_from_You" title="I've Come to Expect It from You">I've Come to Expect It from You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Know_Me" title="If I Know Me">If I Know Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Know_Me_Better_Than_That" title="You Know Me Better Than That">You Know Me Better Than That</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Chill_of_an_Early_Fall" title="The Chill of an Early Fall">The Chill of an Early Fall</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lovesick_Blues" title="Lovesick Blues">Lovesick Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gone_as_a_Girl_Can_Get" title="Gone as a Girl Can Get">Gone as a Girl Can Get</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/So_Much_Like_My_Dad" title="So Much Like My Dad">So Much Like My Dad</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Cross_My_Heart" title="I Cross My Heart">I Cross My Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Heartland_(George_Strait_song)" title="Heartland (George Strait song)">Heartland</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_Did_You_Stop_Loving_Me" title="When Did You Stop Loving Me">When Did You Stop Loving Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Easy_Come,_Easy_Go_(George_Strait_song)" title="Easy Come, Easy Go (George Strait song)">Easy Come, Easy Go</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27d_Like_to_Have_That_One_Back" title="I'd Like to Have That One Back">I'd Like to Have That One Back</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Bug_(George_Jones_song)" title="Love Bug (George Jones song)">Lovebug</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Man_in_Love_with_You" title="The Man in Love with You">The Man in Love with You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Big_One_(George_Strait_song)" title="The Big One (George Strait song)">The Big One</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Make_a_Heart_Love_Somebody" title="You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody">You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Adalida" title="Adalida">Adalida</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lead_On_(song)" title="Lead On (song)">Lead On</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Check_Yes_or_No" title="Check Yes or No">Check Yes or No</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Know_She_Still_Loves_Me" title="I Know She Still Loves Me">I Know She Still Loves Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blue_Clear_Sky_(song)" title="Blue Clear Sky (song)">Blue Clear Sky</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Carried_Away_(George_Strait_song)" title="Carried Away (George Strait song)">Carried Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Can_Still_Make_Cheyenne" title="I Can Still Make Cheyenne">I Can Still Make Cheyenne</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Mountain_(George_Jones_song)" title="King of the Mountain (George Jones song)">King of the Mountain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/One_Night_at_a_Time" title="One Night at a Time">One Night at a Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Carrying_Your_Love_with_Me_(song)" title="Carrying Your Love with Me (song)">Carrying Your Love with Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Today_My_World_Slipped_Away" title="Today My World Slipped Away">Today My World Slipped Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Round_About_Way" title="Round About Way">Round About Way</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Just_Want_to_Dance_with_You" title="I Just Want to Dance with You">I Just Want to Dance with You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/True_(George_Strait_song)" title="True (George Strait song)">True</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Really_Shouldn%27t_Be_Doing_This" title="We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This">We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Meanwhile_(George_Strait_song)" title="Meanwhile (George Strait song)">Meanwhile</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Write_This_Down_(song)" title="Write This Down (song)">Write This Down</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Do_You_Say_to_That" title="What Do You Say to That">What Do You Say to That</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Best_Day_(George_Strait_song)" title="The Best Day (George Strait song)">The Best Day</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Go_On_(George_Strait_song)" title="Go On (George Strait song)">Go On</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Make_Me_Come_Over_There_and_Love_You" title="Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You">Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_You_Can_Do_Anything_Else" title="If You Can Do Anything Else">If You Can Do Anything Else</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Run_(George_Strait_song)" title="Run (George Strait song)">Run</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Living_and_Living_Well" title="Living and Living Well">Living and Living Well</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/She%27ll_Leave_You_with_a_Smile" title="She'll Leave You with a Smile">She'll Leave You with a Smile</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tell_Me_Something_Bad_About_Tulsa" title="Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa">Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cowboys_Like_Us" title="Cowboys Like Us">Cowboys Like Us</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Desperately_(Bruce_Robison_song)" title="Desperately (Bruce Robison song)">Desperately</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Hate_Everything" title="I Hate Everything">I Hate Everything</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27ll_Be_There" title="You'll Be There">You'll Be There</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/She_Let_Herself_Go" title="She Let Herself Go">She Let Herself Go</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Seashores_of_Old_Mexico" title="The Seashores of Old Mexico">The Seashores of Old Mexico</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Give_It_Away_(George_Strait_song)" title="Give It Away (George Strait song)">Give It Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It_Just_Comes_Natural_(song)" title="It Just Comes Natural (song)">It Just Comes Natural</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wrapped_(Bruce_Robison_song)" title="Wrapped (Bruce Robison song)">Wrapped</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/How_%27bout_Them_Cowgirls" title="How 'bout Them Cowgirls">How 'bout Them Cowgirls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Saw_God_Today" title="I Saw God Today">I Saw God Today</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Troubadour_(song)" title="Troubadour (song)">Troubadour</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/River_of_Love" title="River of Love">River of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Living_for_the_Night" title="Living for the Night">Living for the Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Twang_(song)" title="Twang (song)">Twang</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Gotta_Get_to_You" title="I Gotta Get to You">I Gotta Get to You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Breath_You_Take" title="The Breath You Take">The Breath You Take</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Here_for_a_Good_Time_(song)" title="Here for a Good Time (song)">Here for a Good Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love%27s_Gonna_Make_It_Alright" title="Love's Gonna Make It Alright">Love's Gonna Make It Alright</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Drinkin%27_Man" title="Drinkin' Man">Drinkin' Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Give_It_All_We_Got_Tonight" title="Give It All We Got Tonight">Give It All We Got Tonight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_(George_Strait_song)" title="I Believe (George Strait song)">I Believe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Got_a_Car" title="I Got a Car">I Got a Car</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_It_Go_(George_Strait_song)" title="Let It Go (George Strait song)">Let It Go</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cold_Beer_Conversation_(song)" title="Cold Beer Conversation (song)">Cold Beer Conversation</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Every_Little_Honky_Tonk_Bar" title="Every Little Honky Tonk Bar">Every Little Honky Tonk Bar</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Murder_on_Music_Row" title="Murder on Music Row">Murder on Music Row</a>" (w/ <a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey,_Good_Lookin%27_(song)" title="Hey, Good Lookin' (song)">Hey, Good Lookin'</a>" (w/ <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Buffett" title="Jimmy Buffett">Jimmy Buffett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clint_Black" title="Clint Black">Clint Black</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a>, Alan Jackson and <a href="/wiki/Toby_Keith" title="Toby Keith">Toby Keith</a>)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shiftwork_(song)" title="Shiftwork (song)">Shiftwork</a>" (w/ Kenny Chesney)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Everybody_Wants_to_Go_to_Heaven" title="Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven">Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Awards_for_George_Strait91" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed 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Parton</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama (American band)">Alabama</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama (American band)">Alabama</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama (American band)">Alabama</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama (American band)">Alabama</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama (American band)">Alabama</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1988)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reba_McEntire" title="Reba McEntire">Reba McEntire</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shania_Twain" title="Shania Twain">Shania Twain</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Chicks" title="The Chicks">Dixie Chicks</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toby_Keith" title="Toby Keith">Toby Keith</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toby_Keith" title="Toby Keith">Toby Keith</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood">Carrie Underwood</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood">Carrie Underwood</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2013)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Aldean" title="Jason Aldean">Jason Aldean</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Aldean" title="Jason Aldean">Jason Aldean</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Aldean" title="Jason Aldean">Jason Aldean</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood">Carrie Underwood</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rhett" title="Thomas Rhett">Thomas Rhett</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miranda_Lambert" title="Miranda Lambert">Miranda Lambert</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Stapleton" title="Chris Stapleton">Chris Stapleton</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lainey_Wilson" title="Lainey Wilson">Lainey Wilson</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="American_Music_Award_for_Favorite_Country_Male_Artist57" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a> (1990)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1997)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toby_Keith" title="Toby Keith">Toby Keith</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toby_Keith" title="Toby Keith">Toby Keith</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_Brown" title="Kane Brown">Kane Brown</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_Brown" title="Kane Brown">Kane Brown</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_Brown" title="Kane Brown">Kane Brown</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kane_Brown" title="Kane Brown">Kane Brown</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Wallen" title="Morgan Wallen">Morgan Wallen</a> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="CMA_Album_of_the_Year156" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #bbb3b2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/There_Goes_My_Everything_(album)" title="There Goes My Everything (album)">There Goes My Everything</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Greene" title="Jack Greene">Jack Greene</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/At_Folsom_Prison" title="At Folsom Prison">Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/At_San_Quentin" title="At San Quentin">Johnny Cash At San Quentin</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okie_from_Muskogee" title="Okie from Muskogee">Okie from Muskogee</a> – <a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Strangers_(American_band)" title="The Strangers (American band)">the Strangers</a> (1970)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">1971−1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_Won%27t_Mention_It_Again_(album)" title="I Won't Mention It Again (album)">I Won't Mention It Again</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Price_(singer)" title="Ray Price (singer)">Ray Price</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Let_Me_Tell_You_About_a_Song" title="Let Me Tell You About a Song">Let Me Tell You About a Song</a> – <a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Strangers_(American_band)" title="The Strangers (American band)">the Strangers</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Behind_Closed_Doors_(Charlie_Rich_album)" title="Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich album)">Behind Closed Doors</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rich" title="Charlie Rich">Charlie Rich</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Very_Special_Love_Song" title="A Very Special Love Song">A Very Special Love Song</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rich" title="Charlie Rich">Charlie Rich</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Legend_in_My_Time" title="A Legend in My Time">A Legend in My Time</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanted!_The_Outlaws" title="Wanted! The Outlaws">Wanted! The Outlaws</a> – <a href="/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jessi_Colter" title="Jessi Colter">Jessi Colter</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tompall_Glaser" title="Tompall Glaser">Tompall Glaser</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap_Live" title="Ronnie Milsap Live">Ronnie Milsap Live</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It_Was_Almost_Like_a_Song_(album)" title="It Was Almost Like a Song (album)">It Was Almost Like a Song</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gambler_(album)" title="The Gambler (album)">The Gambler</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_Miner%27s_Daughter_(soundtrack)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal Miner's Daughter (soundtrack)">Coal Miner's Daughter</a> – Various artists (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">1981−1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_Believe_in_You_(Don_Williams_album)" title="I Believe in You (Don Williams album)">I Believe in You</a> – <a href="/wiki/Don_Williams" title="Don Williams">Don Williams</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Always_on_My_Mind_(Willie_Nelson_album)" title="Always on My Mind (Willie Nelson album)">Always on My Mind</a> – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Closer_You_Get..." title="The Closer You Get...">The Closer You Get</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Good_News_(album)" title="A Little Good News (album)">A Little Good News</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anne_Murray" title="Anne Murray">Anne Murray</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Does_Fort_Worth_Ever_Cross_Your_Mind" title="Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind">Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind</a> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_the_Fifties_Tonight" title="Lost in the Fifties Tonight">Lost in the Fifties Tonight</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Always_%26_Forever_(Randy_Travis_album)" title="Always & Forever (Randy Travis album)">Always And Forever</a> – <a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Born_to_Boogie_(album)" title="Born to Boogie (album)">Born to Boogie</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken:_Volume_Two" title="Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two">Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band" title="Nitty Gritty Dirt Band">Nitty Gritty Dirt Band</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickin%27_on_Nashville" title="Pickin' on Nashville">Pickin' on Nashville</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Kentucky_Headhunters" title="The Kentucky Headhunters">The Kentucky Headhunters</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">1991−2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No_Fences" title="No Fences">No Fences</a> – <a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ropin%27_the_Wind" title="Ropin' the Wind">Ropin' the Wind</a> – <a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I_Still_Believe_in_You_(album)" title="I Still Believe in You (album)">I Still Believe in You</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_Thread:_The_Songs_of_the_Eagles" title="Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles">Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles</a> – Various artists (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/When_Fallen_Angels_Fly" title="When Fallen Angels Fly">When Fallen Angels Fly</a> – <a href="/wiki/Patty_Loveless" title="Patty Loveless">Patty Loveless</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Clear_Sky" title="Blue Clear Sky">Blue Clear Sky</a> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrying_Your_Love_with_Me" title="Carrying Your Love with Me">Carrying Your Love with Me</a> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everywhere_(Tim_McGraw_album)" title="Everywhere (Tim McGraw album)">Everywhere</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A_Place_in_the_Sun_(Tim_McGraw_album)" title="A Place in the Sun (Tim McGraw album)">A Place in the Sun</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fly_(Dixie_Chicks_album)" title="Fly (Dixie Chicks album)">Fly</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Chicks" title="The Chicks">The Dixie Chicks</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">2001−2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou%3F_(soundtrack)" title="O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)">O Brother, Where Art Thou?</a> – Various artists (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drive_(Alan_Jackson_album)" title="Drive (Alan Jackson album)">Drive</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_IV:_The_Man_Comes_Around" title="American IV: The Man Comes Around">American IV: The Man Comes Around</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/When_the_Sun_Goes_Down_(Kenny_Chesney_album)" title="When the Sun Goes Down (Kenny Chesney album)">When the Sun Goes Down</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/There%27s_More_Where_That_Came_From" title="There's More Where That Came From">There's More Where That Came From</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lee_Ann_Womack" title="Lee Ann Womack">Lee Ann Womack</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_Well_Wasted" title="Time Well Wasted">Time Well Wasted</a> – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/It_Just_Comes_Natural" title="It Just Comes Natural">It Just Comes Natural</a> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troubadour_(George_Strait_album)" title="Troubadour (George Strait album)">Troubadour</a> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fearless_(Taylor_Swift_album)" title="Fearless (Taylor Swift album)">Fearless</a> – <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolution_(Miranda_Lambert_album)" title="Revolution (Miranda Lambert album)">Revolution</a> – <a href="/wiki/Miranda_Lambert" title="Miranda Lambert">Miranda Lambert</a> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">2011−2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/My_Kinda_Party" title="My Kinda Party">My Kinda Party</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jason_Aldean" title="Jason Aldean">Jason Aldean</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_(Eric_Church_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief (Eric Church album)">Chief</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Church" title="Eric Church">Eric Church</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Based_on_a_True_Story..." title="Based on a True Story...">Based on a True Story...</a> – <a href="/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platinum_(Miranda_Lambert_album)" title="Platinum (Miranda Lambert album)">Platinum</a> – <a href="/wiki/Miranda_Lambert" title="Miranda Lambert">Miranda Lambert</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traveller_(Chris_Stapleton_album)" title="Traveller (Chris Stapleton album)">Traveller</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stapleton" title="Chris Stapleton">Chris Stapleton</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Misunderstood" title="Mr. Misunderstood">Mr. Misunderstood</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eric_Church" title="Eric Church">Eric Church</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/From_A_Room:_Volume_1" title="From A Room: Volume 1">From A Room: Volume 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stapleton" title="Chris Stapleton">Chris Stapleton</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Hour_(Kacey_Musgraves_album)" title="Golden Hour (Kacey Musgraves album)">Golden Hour</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves" title="Kacey Musgraves">Kacey Musgraves</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girl_(Maren_Morris_album)" title="Girl (Maren Morris album)">Girl</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maren_Morris" title="Maren Morris">Maren Morris</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/What_You_See_Is_What_You_Get_(Luke_Combs_album)" title="What You See Is What You Get (Luke Combs album)">What You See Is What You Get</a> – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #bbb3b2;width:1%">2021−2030</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Starting_Over_(Chris_Stapleton_album)" title="Starting Over (Chris Stapleton album)">Starting Over</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chris_Stapleton" title="Chris Stapleton">Chris Stapleton</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Growin%27_Up_(Luke_Combs_album)" title="Growin' Up (Luke Combs album)">Growin' Up</a> – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_Bottom_Country" title="Bell Bottom Country">Bell Bottom Country</a> - <a href="/wiki/Lainey_Wilson" title="Lainey Wilson">Lainey Wilson</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leather_(album)" title="Leather (album)">Leather</a> - <a href="/wiki/Cody_Johnson" title="Cody Johnson">Cody Johnson</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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href="/wiki/Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Clark" title="Roy Clark">Roy Clark</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rich" title="Charlie Rich">Charlie Rich</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Denver" title="John Denver">John Denver</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Tillis" title="Mel Tillis">Mel Tillis</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Skaggs" title="Ricky Skaggs">Ricky Skaggs</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reba_McEntire" title="Reba McEntire">Reba McEntire</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a> (1988)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> (1989)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_%26_Dunn" title="Brooks & Dunn">Brooks & Dunn</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shania_Twain" title="Shania Twain">Shania Twain</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Chicks" title="The Chicks">Dixie Chicks</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jackson" title="Alan Jackson">Alan Jackson</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Chesney" title="Kenny Chesney">Kenny Chesney</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Paisley" title="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a> (2012)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Urban" title="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Church" title="Eric Church">Eric Church</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lainey_Wilson" title="Lainey Wilson">Lainey Wilson</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Wallen" title="Morgan Wallen">Morgan Wallen</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="CMA_Male_Vocalist_of_the_Year95" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" 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title="Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year">CMA Male Vocalist of the Year</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Greene" title="Jack Greene">Jack Greene</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rich" title="Charlie Rich">Charlie Rich</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Milsap" title="Ronnie Milsap">Ronnie Milsap</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waylon_Jennings" title="Waylon Jennings">Waylon Jennings</a> (1975)</li> 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Hall</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Statler_Brothers" title="The Statler Brothers">The Statler Brothers</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Stoneman" title="Ernest Stoneman">Ernest Stoneman</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Clark" title="Roy Clark">Roy Clark</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell" title="Barbara Mandrell">Barbara Mandrell</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_McCoy" title="Charlie McCoy">Charlie McCoy</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_(2000s)420" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed 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class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a>, cultural programming division</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claes_Oldenburg" title="Claes Oldenburg">Claes Oldenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman" title="Itzhak Perlman">Itzhak Perlman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Ailey_American_Dance_Theater" title="Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater">Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolfo_Anaya" title="Rudolfo Anaya">Rudolfo Anaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Douglas" title="Kirk Douglas">Kirk Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Frankenthaler" title="Helen Frankenthaler">Helen Frankenthaler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Jamison" title="Judith Jamison">Judith Jamison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma" title="Yo-Yo Ma">Yo-Yo Ma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Knoll_Bassett" class="mw-redirect" title="Florence Knoll Bassett">Florence Knoll Bassett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trisha_Brown" title="Trisha Brown">Trisha Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_de_Montebello" title="Philippe de Montebello">Philippe de Montebello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uta_Hagen" title="Uta Hagen">Uta Hagen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Halprin" title="Lawrence Halprin">Lawrence Halprin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Hirschfeld" title="Al Hirschfeld">Al Hirschfeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ming_Cho_Lee" title="Ming Cho Lee">Ming Cho Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smokey_Robinson" title="Smokey Robinson">William "Smokey" Robinson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin_City_Limits" title="Austin City Limits">Austin City Limits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Cleary" title="Beverly Cleary">Beverly Cleary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafe_Esquith" title="Rafe Esquith">Rafe Esquith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Farrell" title="Suzanne Farrell">Suzanne Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Howard" title="Ron Howard">Ron Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle_Choir" title="Tabernacle Choir">Tabernacle Choir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Slatkin" title="Leonard Slatkin">Leonard Slatkin</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">George Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_W._Mellon_Foundation" title="Andrew W. Mellon Foundation">Andrew W. Mellon Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Floyd" title="Carlisle Floyd">Carlisle Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Hart_(sculptor)" title="Frederick Hart (sculptor)">Frederick Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hecht" title="Anthony Hecht">Anthony Hecht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ruthven_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Ruthven (artist)">John Ruthven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Scully" title="Vincent Scully">Vincent Scully</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twyla_Tharp" title="Twyla Tharp">Twyla Tharp</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Auchincloss" title="Louis Auchincloss">Louis Auchincloss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_DePreist" title="James DePreist">James DePreist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paquito_D%27Rivera" title="Paquito D'Rivera">Paquito D'Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Garment" title="Leonard Garment">Leonard Garment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Johnston" title="Ollie Johnston">Ollie Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wynton_Marsalis" title="Wynton Marsalis">Wynton Marsalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts" title="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts">Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Ramirez" title="Tina Ramirez">Tina Ramirez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Bolcom" title="William Bolcom">William Bolcom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyd_Charisse" title="Cyd Charisse">Cyd Charisse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_DeCarava" title="Roy DeCarava">Roy DeCarava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelmina_Holladay" title="Wilhelmina Holladay">Wilhelmina Holladay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interlochen_Center_for_the_Arts" title="Interlochen Center for the Arts">Interlochen Center for the Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erich_Kunzel" title="Erich Kunzel">Erich Kunzel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preservation_Hall_Jazz_Band" title="Preservation Hall Jazz Band">Preservation Hall Jazz Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Rabassa" title="Gregory Rabassa">Gregory Rabassa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Schreckengost" title="Viktor Schreckengost">Viktor Schreckengost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Stanley" title="Ralph Stanley">Ralph Stanley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morten_Lauridsen" title="Morten Lauridsen">Morten Lauridsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Scott_Momaday" title="N. 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