George Strait is Billboard’s No. 1 ranked artist on their top 25 list for country music artists from the last 25 years. The list headed by Strait includes Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire and Garth Brooks in the top 5. Billboard compiled the list to celebrate country music’s big week with the CMT Music Awards and Billboard’s Country Summit. They combed the Top Country Albums and Billboard Hot Country Songs charts to come up with a ranking of the top 25 country music artists from the past 25 years, from 1985 to 2010.

This fall, George Strait will be performing a run of concerts, including 11 visits across the U.S along with some of the top stars of country music. Lee Ann Womack and Reba McEntire will be joining Strait during his first show. The concert will be held in Columbus, Ohio on September 9. The tour will have shows in Minnesota, New York, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee before wrapping up on October 22 at Fargo, North Dakota.

George Strait, country superstar entertainer, has proven once again that he can top artists, including himself, from any genre. Fans of Strait’s bought tickets in record numbers for his show on Saturday at San Antonio’s Alamo Dome. The ticket sales numbers for the venue in fact surpassed all others, including his 1997 numbers. The concert this year features special guests Randy Rogers Band, Lee Ann Womack and Reba McEntire. A total of 51,000 tickets have been sold. The George Strait Country Music Festival of 1997 was the previous record holder with 47,000 tickets sold.

Lee Ann Womack has been added to the list of performers for George Strait’s forthcoming headlining tour to support “Twang,” his latest album. The outing, which will also feature Reba McEntire, will be kicking off in Baltimore on January 26. Dates have been set so far through a performance in Des Moines, IA on April 10 with visits to 18 cites in between.

George Strait, who currently is backing his newly released studio album “Twang,” will next year be teaming up with Reba McEntire, fellow country star, for a tour of US arenas. The outing for the two country award winning stars will be kicking off in Baltimore on January 22 and followed up with visits to 18 cities across the country. The trek will wrap up in Des Moines, IA on April 10.

“Twang,” the new album from George Strait, country superstar, during the first week it was out in stores outsold all of the competition. “Twang” sold 155,000 copies during its first week and became the first set since the death of Michael Jackson to top both Top Comprehensive Albums and Billboard’s 200 charts in the same week.

A soirée the size of Texas is being planned for honoring George Strait as Artist of the Decade from the Academy of Country Music. A concert will take place on April 6 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and feature a lineup of all stars including Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Sugarland, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith and Faith Hill. CBS-TV will be airing the concert later on.

George Strait has been announced by team officials as the headliner for the opening event at the new football stadium of the Dallas Cowboys. Reba McEntire will be joining Strait for the opening event on June 6 for the 80,000 seating capacity venue located in Arlington, TX. Dancer/singer Julianne Hough and songwriter/singer Blake Shelton will also be on hand. Show tickets will be going on sale on February 28.

The heat has just been turned up by George Strait for his spring/summer trek. He has added Blake Shelton, one of the Sexiest Men Alive according to People magazine. Shelton will be joining Julianne Hough, two time champion of the “Dancing With The Stars” competition and previously announced opener for Strait’s shows. The trek will kick off in Hidalgo, TX on May 9.