We are so excited to have at our Minot Gala, Artist of the Year, Greg Hager! Greg is signed with Nashville label MFG Records. In 2019, he released STATE OF MIND. The title track "State Of Mind" was the #1 song on the worldwide Western Music Charts for over 12 weeks. The album was in the top 30 for over 9 months. Greg puts on a show that the industry calls "listening entertainment." He is a story-singer, and uses his original songs to weave a journey for every audience – Songs about life, living, love, cattle, country, and faith. Greg has recorded and released nine CD’s in Nashville. Five of his albums are “positive” Western-styled cowboy and country story songs, one Christmas album, and two albums of Country Gospel. He even released an EP in Japanese.

He was nominated for induction into the 2022 Class at North Dakota Cowboy Hall Of Fame, in Western Entertainment.

Awarded the Artist of the Year in 2021 with the Academy of Western Artists.

Awarded the Entertainer of the Year in 2019 with the Cowboy Country Music Association.