Musician Kenny Chesney poses with his award for "Entertainer of the Year" on stage in the press room during the 42nd Annual CMA Awards at the Sommet Center on November 12, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jemal Countess/WireImage)
Portrait of the band Sawyer Brown, left to right, Joe Smyth, Greg Hubbard, Mark Miller, Bobby Randall, and Jim Scholten at Farm Aid 2 in Austin, Texas, July 4, 1986. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
Actor, singer, songwriter, musician, Kris Kristofferson wearing a white T shirt, jeans and boots, holding a Budweiser beer, sheet music and an acoustic twelve string guitar with posters and album covers on the wall in the office of Combine Studios in Nashville, Tennessee in 1970. (Photo by Al Clayton/Getty Images).
BLOOMINGTON, MN. – MARCH 1982: Country music singer Loretta Lynn performing at the Carlton Celebrity Room in Bloomington, Minn., March 31, 1982. (Minneapolis Star photo by Tom Sweeney/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – FEBRUARY 24: Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins perform at The Grand Ole Opry on February 24, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Vince Gill at NBC's "Opry 100: A Live Celebration" held at The Grand Ole Opry House on March 19, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Tammie Arroyo/Variety via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS – APRIL 19: Musician George Strait performs onstage during Brooks & Dunn's The Last Rodeo Show at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 19, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/ACMA2010/Getty Images for ACMA)
