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 just smashed another record in his chart-topping musical career.

On Saturday, the Texas native played the largest ticketed concert in U.S. history before a crowd of 110,905 fans, 

The performance at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field in College Station beat out the previous record held by the 

, which jammed before 107,019 attendees during a 1977 show at Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J.

Though Strait nabbed the record for the largest ticketed musical performance, there have been bigger crowds at some 

 held in the U.S., such as the 1986 performance by the 

 to American Songwriter, perhaps the largest audience for a concert in history goes to the reputed 3.5 million fans who crammed onto Brazil’s Copacabana Beach in 1994 to hear Rod Stewart perform.

Strait is no stranger to setting records. The singer has the most No. 1 singles of any artist in any genre and is the only artist to boast a Top 10 hit every year for three decades, Billboard reported.

According to Strait’s website, the country music star also holds more than 

Strait, whose new album “Cowboys and Dreamers” drops in September, 

 in Salt Lake City later this month, followed by concerts in Detroit and Chicago in July. 

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The country music icon played before a crowd of 110,905 fans at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field in College Station on Saturday, according to Billboard.

George Strait sets a new record for the largest ticketed concert in U.S. history

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