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He has earned more than 150 major music industry awards \u2013 including 22 Academy of Country Music Awards, 17 Country Music Association Awards (including the <em>Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award<\/em>), a pair of Grammys, ASCAP\u2019s Founders and Golden Note Awards, and the NSAI\u2019s <em>Kris Kristofferson Lifetime Achievement Award<\/em>. 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