I'm just not going to tour. One point I want to get across to everybody is that I'm still going to make records and I may still do some events. It's not the last time I'm onstage. It's been a part of my life for too long to quit everything. I have done it since the '80s, and I think it's time now to maybe see if I can live without that part.

He also was named as the CMA's Top Male Vocalist in 1997 and 1998. Strait also holds those same records for wins and nominations for the ACM Awards.  1 hits than any other artist in any genre.

His highest certified album is Strait Out of the Box (1995) which sold 2 million copies (8× Multi-Platinum due to being a box set with four CDs). He is known for his unique style of western swing music bar-room ballads honky-tonk style and fresh yet traditional country music. George Strait holds the world record for more number-one hit singles than any other artist in the history of music on any chart or in any genre having recorded 59 number-one hit singles as of 2012.