George Strait

Sadly, Jenifer was killed in an automobile accident in 1986 at the age of thirteen. #2 Senorita USA #25,. He is still married to Norma and lives on a ranch near Cotulla, Texas. #2 Rock Your Body USA #5, U.K. are avid team ropers and Strait hosts the annual George Strait Team Roping Classic. #2 Cry Me A River USA #3, U.K. He and George Jr. Like I Love You USA #11, U.K.

Strait enjoys fishing and riding motorcycles. (Solo). In 2004, Strait topped the Astrodome attendance with 68,679 people coming to his rodeo concert at the larger stadium. (With Nsync). The rodeo event moved to Reliant Stadium in 2003. He has also started work on his motion picture debut, the thriller Edison, due in 2005. The event set the record for paid attendance at the Astrodome with 68,266 people. Timberlake began dating Cameron Diaz in 2004.

Since 1983, Strait has often appeared at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and recorded his album For the Last Time: Live From the Astrodome the last time the rodeo was staged at the Astrodome in 2002. The FCC announced an investigation. He also appeared as himself in The Horse Whisperer (1998) and Grand Champion (2002). Jackson released a taped apology, using the "wardrobe malfunction" phrase. Timberlake issued a scripted apology of his own while accepting his first Grammy. He had a bit part in The Soldier (1982) and starred in Pure Country (1992). CBS, the NFL, and MTV, which produced the halftime show, denied all responsibility under a hailstorm of controversy, calling the incident a "wardrobe malfunction". Strait has acted in two feature films. In the course of the performance, he tore off a part of her costume, baring her right breast.

He also holds the career record for Country Music Association (CMA) nominations with seventy-three. In January 2004, during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, Timberlake performed with Janet Jackson before an audience of over 100 million. As of late 2004, Strait has had a record 50 #1 country singles. Like Spears and Aguilera, Timberlake has traded the squeaky-clean image created by his handlers for a far-more raunchy persona, as typified by his staged groping of Kylie Minogue's backside as they performed a duet later that year. He was one of the best-selling country singers of the 1980s, and one of the few from that decade who survived the influx of pop-country singers like Garth Brooks in the early 1990s. He supported the album by touring with Christina Aguilera on the Stripped tour, which ran throughout 2003. This was followed by "Down and Out" and then a whole series of #1 singles, beginning with "Fool Hearted Memory" in 1982 (see 1982 in music). It reached #2 on the US Billboard chart, and both it and the single "Cry Me A River" won 2004 Grammy Awards.

"Unwound" was his first single and his first Top Ten hit. In 2002, Timberlake released his debut solo album, Justified, to critical acclaim and impressive sales. It was also in 1981 that his second child, George Jr., was born. Spears made more headlines when she disclosed the pair had been intimate; she had once publicly vowed she would "save herself" for marriage. Strait has stayed with MCA throughout his career. Both were wildly popular teen idols, and their relationship and breakup made headlines. In 1981, Strait went to Nashville, Tennessee to team with MCA and try a solo act. Timberlake began dating fellow Club member Britney Spears after *NSYNC took off and Spears began her pop career.

An operator of one of the bars the band had played had connections at MCA Records. His career started after a childhood stint on the American television talent show Star Search when he became a cast member of the Mickey Mouse Club teen-age variety show. While playing with the band at night, Strait managed a cattle ranch during the day. Timberlake has dated Britney Spears and Cameron Diaz, and became notorious for baring the breast of Janet Jackson during the 2004 Superbowl half-time show. In the late 1970s, the band recorded several singles in a Houston studio that were released under the Dallas, Texas based "D" record label, but the band ultimately failed (though they do still play as George Strait's touring band under the same name). Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American singer who came to fame as a vocalist in the pop band *NSYNC. They gained a regional following and opened for national acts such as The Texas Playboys. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) (song "P.O.P.") with *NSYNC.

The band played honky tonks and bars around south and central Texas and as far east as Huntsville and Houston. Crossroads (2002) (song "Bye Bye Bye") with *NSYNC. While attending SWTSU, he joined the Ace in the Hole Band. Bad Boys 2 (2003) (song "Love Don't Love Me"). He graduated in 1979 with a degree in agriculture. Justified (2002). After leaving the army in 1975, Strait went back to school at Southwest Texas State University (SWTSU) in San Marcos, Texas. Celebrity (2001).

While still in Hawaii, George and Norma had their first child, a daughter, Jenifer in 1972. No Strings Attached (2000). During the stint in the army, he began performing with an Army sponsored band, Rambling Country (who played off the base under the name Santee), when he was stationed in Hawaii. Home For Christmas (1998). In 1971, he enlisted in the United States Army. Nsync (1998). They repeated their vows in a church in Texas a few weeks later.

After graduating from high school, Strait enrolled in college but dropped out and eloped to Mexico with his high school sweetheart, Norma. Strait counts country singers Merle Haggard, George Jones, Bob Wills and Hank Williams as his early influences. He began playing with a rock band in high school, but his preference turned to country music. His mother left the family taking his sister with her while he and his brother remained with his father.

When he was fourth grade, Strait's parents divorced. The Straits would leave Pearsall on the weekends and the summers to work at the family's 2,000 acre (8 kmē) cattle ranch outside Big Wells, Texas. His father, John, was a Junior High math teacher. Strait was born in Poteet, Texas and grew up in Pearsall, Texas.

George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country singer. 27, 2004. Retrieved Aug. George Strait's Official Web Site (http://www.georgestrait.com/awards.asp).

"Awards". 27, 2004. Retrieved Aug. George Strait's Official Web Site (http://www.georgestrait.com/discography_main.asp).

"Discography". CMA - Male Vocalist of the Year (1985). CMA - Male Vocalist of the Year (1986). CMA - Album of the Year (Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind) (1985).

CMA - Entertainer of the Year (1989). CMA - Entertainer of the Year (1990). CMA - Album of the Year (Blue Clear Sky) (1996). CMA - Single of the Year (Check Yes or No) (1996).

CMA - Male Vocalist of the Year (1996). CMA - Album of the Year (Carrying Your Love With Me) (1997). CMA - Male Vocalist of the Year (1997). Strait Country (1981).

Strait From The Heart (1982). Right Or Wrong (1983). Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind (1984). Greatest Hits (1986).

Something Special (1985). #7 (1986). Merry Christmas Strait To You (1986). Ocean Front Property (1987).

II (1987). Greatest Hits Vol. If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' (1988). Beyond the Blue Neon (1989).