George Strait has had a very successful career and an important role in the country music industry. Often referred to as "The King of Country Music", George Strait has a very long award list under his belt. Every one of Straits albums have at least made it to the gold status, with a lot of his albums having a higher award. That is a very impressive statistic.

• 2007 - Single record of the year - Give it away
• 2007 - Single song of the year - Give it away
• 2006 - CMA's Hall of Fame Inductee
• 2005 - CMA's all time record for most career nominations - 73.
• CMA's Vocalist of the Year 5 times and the only artist in history to be honored in two different decades.
• 2004 CMT's 100 Best Country Love Songs - I Cross My Heart was #9.
• 2003 - ACM Gene Wee Award for Special Achievement - recorgnizing his recording breaking 50 #1 hits

The list goes on and on of Strait's achievements and awards.

There are a lot of factors that contribute to this great country music artist. Besides his staff, crew, band, incredible voice, good looks, ect - Strait is a real cowboy.

He keeps his songs country. He is truly country at heart and lives the country cowboy lifestyle. He rides horses, lives on a ranch and team ropes. He just stands up on the stage and sings.

Every year at his ranch in TX he holds the George Strait Team Roping Classic which draws in a lot of people and competitors to his ranch. His fans, the people that live the country lifestyle can relate to his songs and his music since that is what he sings about. There is no other country music artist out there that can come close to his achievements in the country music world. People have a lot of respect and admiration to George Strait.