George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952)
is an American country musicsinger, songwriter, actor, and music producer. George Strait is
known as the "King
of Country" and is considered one of
the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. He is known for
his neotraditionalist countrystyle, cowboy look, and being one of the first and most prominent
country artists to bring country music back to its roots and away from the pop
country era in the 1980s.
Strait's
success began when his first single "Unwound"
was a hit in 1980. During the 1980s, seven of his albums reached number one on
the country charts. In the 2000s, Strait was named Artist of the
Decade by the Academy of Country Music, was
elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and won
his first Grammy award for the album Troubadour. Strait was named CMAEntertainer of the Year in 1989,
1990 and 2013, and ACMEntertainer of the Year in 1990 and
2014. He has been nominated for more CMAand ACMawards and has more wins in both
categories than any other artist.
By 2009, he broke Conway Twitty's
previous record for the most number-one hits on Billboard's
Hot Country Songschart when his 44 number one singles surpassed Twitty's 40. Counting
all music charts, Strait has amassed a total of 60 number-one hits, breaking a
record also previously set by Twitty, giving him more number one songs than any
other artist in any genre of music.
Strait
is also known for his touring career when he designed a 360-degree
configuration and introduced festival style tours. For
example, the Strait Tours earned $99 million in three years. His concert at AT&T Stadiumin Arlington, Texas,
in June 2014 drew 104,793 people, marking a new record for largest indoor
concert in North America.
Strait has sold more than 100 million records
worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artistsof all time. His
certifications from the RIAAinclude 13 multi-platinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums. His
best-selling album is Pure
Country(1992), which sold 6 million (6×platinum).
His highest certified album is Strait
Out of the Box(1995), which sold 2 million copies
(8× Platinum due to being a box set with four CDs). According to the RIAA, Strait is
the 12th best-selling album recording artist in the United States overall.
"Carrying Your Love with Me" is
a song written by Steve Bogard and Jeff
Stevens, and performed by American country musicartist George Strait.
It was released in May 1997 as the second single and title track from his album of the same name. The
song reached the top of the BillboardHot Country Singles & Trackschart. The track was also voted by website Country Universe as
number 200 of the top 400 greatest songs of the 1990s. "Carrying Your Love
with Me" was nominated for Best Male Country Vocal Performanceat the 1998 Grammy Awards.
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