George Strait recently signed a five-year recording contract, but has announced that this will be his last year on tour – a date in Dallas this summer will be his last scheduled live performance.
Fellow Strait fans may find that sad to hear, but George just might need that tour bus to carry all his awards back to the ranch.
He received the Founders Award at the ASCAP Country Awards on Monday, then last night he was named Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards. That’s the third time he has been named Entertainer of the Year by the 60,000+ CMA voters – he won back-to-back awards in 1989 and 90.
His long and successful career has made George the CMA’s most nominated artist, and each of the other people nominated in the Entertainer of the Year category this year - Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton - once opened for Strait on the road early in their careers.
Shortly before the CMA's voting period opened, billboards began to pop up in Nashville with a picture of Strait and the words "Entertainer of a lifetime." It's a title that sticks. Strait's in his fourth decade as a top draw, has a record 60 No. 1 country hits and can still sell out arenas as he's been doing on his "The Cowboy Rides Away" tour.
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