Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award
The Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award, instituted in 2012 during the 46th CMA Awards, is given by the Country Music Association. The presentation of the award is intended to "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".[1]
The award, first presented to Willie Nelson, and named after him, was designed by Chicago manufacturer R.S. Owens & Company. The trophy was built resembling the "bullet shape" of a regular CMA award, formed by two aluminum struts that support a bronze medallion on top, with the entire structure attached to a walnut base.[2]
Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Notes | Tribute Performers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Willie Nelson | Nine-time CMA winner (including the 1979 Entertainer of the Year) Member of the Country Music Hall of Fame Sixty Eight studio albums Thirty Three Number One singles Eleven-time Grammy winner 1998 Kennedy Center Honors recipient |
Lady Antebellum - Always on My Mind and Crazy Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and Mickey Raphael - Whiskey River Tim McGraw and Faith Hill - Good Hearted Woman Willie Nelson (with Shelton, Urban, Hill, McGraw and Lady Antebellum) - On the Road Again |
| 2013 | Kenny Rogers | Five-time CMA Awards winner Member of the Country Music Hall of Fame Thirty Seven studio albums Thirty Number One singles Three-time Grammy winner |
Jennifer Nettles - Sweet Music Man Rascal Flatts - Just Dropped In Darius Rucker - The Gambler Kenny Rogers (with Nettles) - Islands in the Stream |
| 2015 | Johnny Cash | Nine-time CMA winner (including the 1969 Entertainer of the Year) Member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Rock and Roll and Gospel Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry Fifty Five studio albums Thirteen Number One singles Eighteen-time Grammy winner and 1996 Kennedy Center Honors recipient |
Willie Nelson - I Walk the Line Hank Williams Jr. - Ring of Fire Travis Tritt and Sheryl Crow - Jackson Kris Kristofferson - Folsom Prison Blues Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (with Nelson, Kristofferson, Williams Jr., Tritt and Crow ) - Will the Circle Be Unbroken? |
| 2016 | Dolly Parton | Nine-time CMA Awards winner (including the 1978 Entertainer of the Year) Member of the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame Forty Three studio albums Twenty Five Number One singles Seven-time Grammy winner, two-time Oscar nominee and 2006 Kennedy Center Honors recipient |
Jennifer Nettles (with Pentatonix) - Jolene Reba McEntire - 9 to 5 Kacey Musgraves - Here You Come Again Carrie Underwood and Martina McBride (with Nettles, Musgraves and McEntire) - I Will Always Love You |
References
- ^ "Kenny Rogers Presented With the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award". CMA World. Country Music Association. November 8, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
- ^ Green, Cassie (November 12, 2013). "R.S. Owens Completes Willie Nelson's CMA Lifetime Achievement Award". A&E magazine. NBM, Inc. Retrieved April 25, 2014.