CRB Announces Creation Of New "Garth Brooks "No Fences" Industry Honor

(Nashville, Tenn. – November 3, 2022) Country Radio Broadcasters has announced the establishment of a new industry honor, the Garth Brooks ‘No Fences’ Award. Presented by CRB and inspired by the influential career of Garth Brooks, and his groundbreaking 1990 No Fences album release, the newly established honor will recognize an individual in the Country music industry who has boldly demonstrated innovation, creativity, and tenacity.

Recipients of the Garth Brooks 'No Fences' Award will have defied traditional standards and practices, positively changed the face of the industry, and established higher standards for measuring success. Additionally, their achievements will have expanded the Country music industry’s profile on a national level, not only for their benefit but for the industry as a whole, for a sustained duration and with proven significant impact.The inaugural recipient of this newly established award will be honored at a future CRS, with a blue-ribbon committee comprised of CRB board members and representatives of Brooks’ team evaluating candidates based on the criteria articulated above.

Additionally, Brooks will appear at CRS 2023 on Monday, March 13, for an exclusive and rare conversation to discuss the collaboration with CRS and the last several years.