George Strait will receive the 2024 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award

The Country Music Association is set to honor three-time CMA Award winner George Strait with the 2024 CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award during the upcoming 58th Annual CMA Awards, which will air Nov. 20 on ABC from the Bridgestone Arena of Nashville. . Straight will receive his award following a performance by several artists celebrating his enduring influence on the genre.

“There have been few other artists as quintessentially Texas and quintessentially country as George Strait, and country music fans around the world have been better for it,” Sarah Trahern, CMA chief executive, said in a statement. “As a three-time CMA Entertainer of the Year and the most nominated artist of all time, he serves as an inspiration and icon for many of the great, young artists we know today. I am thrilled to be presenting him with this well-deserved honor.”

During his four-plus decades in music, Strait earned 33 platinum or multi-platinum albums and charted 44 No. 1 in Bulletin boardHot Country Songs Chart. He won the CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 2013 and has a total of 17 CMA Award wins. He is also the most nominated artist with 83 total CMA Award nominations and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.

The CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an iconic artist who has achieved the highest degree of recognition in country music. The award recognizes those who have achieved both national and international level and stature through concerts, humanitarian efforts, philanthropy, streaming numbers, record sales and public representation at the highest level. The artist who received this award has positively influenced and contributed to the development of the genre over many years and has proven to have an unprecedented historical impact on both fans and the industry.

Past recipients of the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award include Nelson (2012), Kenny Rogers (2013), Johnny Cash (2015), Dolly Parton (2016), Kris Kristofferson (2019), Charley Pride (2020), Loretta Lynn ( 2 ) and Alan Jackson (2022).