THE 56TH ANNUAL CMA AWARDS WILL PRESENT ALAN JACKSON WITH THE 2022 CMA WILLIE NELSON LIFETIME AWARD

One of the most well-known male country musicians of the 1990s and the early 2000s has been American singer-songwriter Alan Jackson. Among Jackson's numerous professional honors is the CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year, which he won in 1995, 2002, and 2003. Moreover, he was honored with a 2017 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Alan's legendary status as a singer and songwriter grew as a result of his heartfelt homage to the icons of his youth and his audacious acceptance of his heritage. In a distinctive style that is urban and rural, rough and unpolished, and appeals to the sizable portion of the country music audience that considers the past for its musical inspirations, he has successfully merged the old and new throughout his amazing career.

The Country Music Association presents the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, which was established in 2012 during the 46th CMA Awards. The award is given in recognition of "honor an iconic artist who has attained the highest degree of recognition in Country Music (that) achieved both national and international prominence and stature through concert performances, humanitarian efforts, philanthropy, record sales, and public representation at the highest level", with the condition that the recipient "must have positively impacted and contributed to the growth of the genre over time". The Country Music's Greatest Night All-Star Tribute, which features Dierks Bentley, Jon Pardi, Carrie Underwood, and Lainey Wilson, will be aired nationally from Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 8/7c on ABC. The Country Music Association Awards, usually referred to as the CMA Awards or CMAs, are given to country music performers and broadcasters in order to acknowledge exceptional success in the country music industry. The Entertainer of the Year award is given at the Country Music Association Awards, a significant ceremony for recognizing country music artists. It is the ceremony's last award to be received.