Nashville - Strait wins third CMA ‘entertainer of year’
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George Strait won the coveted entertainer of the year prize at the Country Music Association awards on Wednesday, while Blake Shelton took home the album of the year and male vocalist of the year awards.
Strait, 61, won the top prize for the third time and for the first time since 1990.
Strait, who has said he will retire from touring next year, has won 17 CMA awards. Strait won back-to-back entertainer of the year trophies in 1989 and 1990.
“What? Oh my gosh, never in a million years,” a surprised Strait said. “This blows me away, I cannot believe it. ... This means the world to me, I appreciate it.”
Strait, who shot to prominence in 1981 with a back-to-roots sound, released his 27th album, “Love Is Everything,” this year.
Shelton, Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan were also nominated for entertainer of the year.
Shelton, who has become a crossover star since joining the judging panel on the TV singing contest “The Voice” in 2011, was honored as male vocalist of the year and album of the year for “Based on a True Story...”
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