George Strait Special Raised $750,000
When George Strait was honored earlier this year as the ACM’s Artist of the Decade, the ticket sales (to the tune of $750,000!) were donated to ACM’s Lifting Lives charity. Fellow country music artists including Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Jamey Johnson, Taylor Swift, Lee Ann Womack and many others gathered in Las Vegas to pay tribute to the king of country music.
“The artists who gave of their time in April are the reason we can make this announcement today. They put their time and energy into the Artist of the Decade taping, and they asked for nothing in return. They showed up, they blew the doors off the house and the ratings through the roof, reaching millions of fans with the message of ACM Lifting Lives,” said ACM Executive Director Bob Romeo.