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Billboard Reveals Most Honored Country Recording of All Time

by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey | July 8, 2020

Billboard put together a unique list of the Most Honored Country Recordings of All Time.

Using criteria that included awards from the Academy of Country Music (ACM), Country Music Association (CMA), Recording Academy (Grammy) and more, Billboard deduced that George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today” is the most honored country song of all time.

Of course, this is an unofficial recognition . . . but it’s still pretty cool.

“He Stopped Loving Her Today,” which was penned by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman, is celebrating its 40th anniversary of topping the Billboard Hot Country Chart on July 5, 1980.

“He Stopped Loving Her Today” has earned many of country music’s most coveted honors, including:

ACM Single Record of the Year, 1980
ACM Song of the Year, 1980
CMA Single of the Year, 1980
CMA Song of the Year, 1980
CMA Song of the Year, 1981
Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, 1981
Grammy Hall of Fame, 2007
Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry, 2008

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