Charley Pride to Receive CMA Lifetime Achievement Award

Charley Pride is a true country music legend, and he’s definitely deserving of praise. Charley will receive the 2020 Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the 54th annual CMA Awards on November 11.

Charley Pride has “scored 29 No. 1s on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart — follows such recipients as Kenny Rogers (2013), Johnny Cash (2015), Dolly Parton (2016), Kris Kristofferson (2019) and, of course, Nelson himself (2012).”

The Country Music Association only gives this award to an artist who has reached the highest levels in country music, as a performer and humanitarian; and that’s Charley Pride!

Join us in congratulating to our 2020 Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award recipient—trailblazing Country Music star, former #CMAawards Entertainer of the Year winner and Country Music Hall of Fame member, #CharleyPride! ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/IYtOxRyLIq

— CMA Country Music (@CountryMusic) October 22, 2020

“Pride was named CMA entertainer of the year in 1971 and was the first Black man to co-host the CMA Awards in 1975, with Glen Campbell. The three-time Grammy winner was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1993 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.” He is very deserving of this honor, and any others that he earns. Read Billboard’s full article here.

The 54th annual CMA Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire and Darius Rucker, will air Nov. 11 on ABC at 7pm our time. Click here for on the CMA’s!

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