Kris

Kristofferson

#

82

82

Ranking
BIRTHDATE

Jun 22, 1936

BIRTHPLACE

Brownsville

,

TX

,

USA

Age

88

HEIGHT
HEIGHT

6

'

0

"

HEIGHT
DIED

Sep 28, 2024

Kristofferson changed the language of country music, with extraordinary internal rhymes, Shakespearean iambic pentameter, and socially progressive subject matters that found the personal within the political. He was an Oxford scholar, a defensive back, a bartender, a Golden Gloves boxer, a gandy dancer, a forest-fighter, a road crew member, and an Army Ranger who flew helicopters. He was a peacenik, a revolutionary, an actor, a superstar, a Casanova, and a family man. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and has received lifetime achievement honors from BMI, The Recording Academy, the Country Music Association, and the Academy of Country Music, among many others.

Socials

Awards

Year

Year

Name

Name

Award

Award

Nominated

Nominated

Result

Result

1984

1984

Academy Awards

Academy Awards

Best Original Score

Best Original Score

Songwriter

Songwriter

Nominated

Nominated

1973

1973

Academy of Country Music Awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

Song of the Year

Song of the Year

Why Me

Why Me

Nominated

Nominated

1974

1974

Academy of Country Music Awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

Song of the Year

Song of the Year

One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time

Nominated

Nominated

1985

1985

Academy of Country Music Awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

Single of the Year

Single of the Year

Highwayman

Highwayman

Won

Won

1985

1985

Academy of Country Music Awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

Video of the Year

Video of the Year

Highwayman

Highwayman

Nominated

Nominated

1985

1985

Academy of Country Music Awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

Album of the Year

Album of the Year

Highwayman

Highwayman

Nominated

Nominated

2005

2005

Academy of Country Music Awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award

Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award

Himself

Himself

Won

Won

2013

2013

Academy of Country Music Awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

Poets Award

Poets Award

Himself

Himself

Won

Won

1970

1970

Country Music Association Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Song of the Year

Song of the Year

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

Won

Won

1973

1973

Country Music Association Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Song of the Year

Song of the Year

Why Me

Why Me

Nominated

Nominated

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