Introduction Country music is one of the significant parts of the American culture. Considered as the music for farmers and rednecks, country music is very popular in the USA as it is a simple and understandable to any American combination of beautiful music and nice lyrics. It has always been popular disregarding the situation in the country, political, or social issues, wars, and the economy declines. The musical history of the 20th century is full of outstanding country music performers. However, George Strait is known today as the phenomenon in this sphere. He is considered one of the most successful country music performers in the history of the USA. Strait is 63, and he is still active. The hard work and strong will have made George Strait such a productive and popular country performer in the USA. The 1980s The professional career of George Strait as the country music performer started in 1981 with his first song that became one the hits of that time, “Unwound” (Erlewine par. 3; Welky & Keckhaver 29). Before that, Strait and his country band called Ace in the Hole had played Rock’n’Roll music for several years already (Waddell par. 8). There were several records made for the label D, based in Dallas few years before his first hit, but they were not successful. Strait attempted to become a country singer in Nashville, but it did not go well. Only in 1979, when he met Erv Woolsey, the former worker of MCA Records and the owner of the bar where they had met, Strait received the chance to become the professional country music singer. During the next years after his start, he managed to record several other hits that reached the top ranks of the national country music charts. In total, Strait released about 30 singles that became great hits (Erlewine par. 4). The 1980s can be characterized as the time of Strait’s domination in the country music area. His diligence was worthy of even more admiration when in 1986, his 13-years-old daughter was killed in the car accident and for a while, Strait avoided the media and tried to stay away from the scene (Dukes par. 1). The audience was thrilled by the work of George Strait, and his albums many times were recognized as platinum and gold back then. The 1990s In 1992, Strait had a leading role in the movie Pure Country. In 1996, the set of four disks that included the retrospective of his career and called “Strait Out of the Box,” became “one of the five biggest-selling box sets in popular music history” (Erlewine par. 4). The albums that reached the top lines of the national charts had been released one after another: “Carrying Your Love with Me” in 1997, “One Step at a Time” in 1998, “Always Never the Same” in 1999, and “George Strait” in 2000 (Erlewine par. 4; The Famous People par. 13). His hard work and unique talent were the reasons of such a tremendous and continuous success in the 1990s. During the decade, Strait managed to produce the greatest number of his singles that became the hits of all times. It should be noted that it was the time when such a new phenomenal star as Garth Brooks came to the scene (Erlewine par. 5). George Strait managed to keep his tempo, and he did not lose the audience of his admirers in such competitive environment. The 2000s until Present Days George Strait decided to start the 2000s from the experiments in his work. The album called “The Road Less Travelled” included a