Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American
country
A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, whi ...
singer and guitarist. Born in
Longview, Texas
Longview is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and county seat of Gregg County; a small part of Longview extends into the western portion of neighboring Harrison County. Longview is located in East Texas, where Interstate 20 and U.S. Highways ...
, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place on the television program ''
Nashville Star'', a singing competition which aired on the
USA Network
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. Outside her solo career, she is a member of the
Pistol Annies formed in 2011 alongside
Ashley Monroe
Ashley Lauren Monroe (born September 10, 1986) is an American country music singer-songwriter.
Monroe has released two solo singles, "Satisfied" and "I Don't Want To" (which featured Brooks & Dunn singer Ronnie Dunn), that reached the U.S. '' ...
and
Angaleena Presley
Angaleena Loletta McCoy Presley (born September 1, 1976) is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is a member of the country trio Pistol Annies, which was formed in 2011 with Miranda Lambert and Ashley Monroe, and has released two sol ...
. Lambert has been honored by the
Grammy Awards
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, the
Academy of Country Music Awards
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and the
Country Music Association Awards
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. Lambert has been honored with more
Academy of Country Music Awards
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than any artist in history.
Lambert's second and major-label debut album ''
Kerosene
Kerosene, paraffin, or lamp oil is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum. It is widely used as a fuel in aviation as well as households. Its name derives from el, κηρός (''keros'') meaning " wax", and was re ...
'' (2005) was certified
Platinum
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Pla ...
in the United States and produced the singles "Me and Charlie Talking", "Bring Me Down", "
Kerosene
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" and "New Strings". All four singles reached the top 40 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Country Songs
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sa ...
. Her second album, ''
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' is an American romantic musical comedy-drama television series that premiered on October 12, 2015, on The CW and ran for four seasons, ending on April 5, 2019. The series was created, written, and directed by Rachel Blo ...
'', was released in early 2007. Three of its singles ("
Famous in a Small Town", "
Gunpowder & Lead" and "
More Like Her
"More Like Her" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released in September 2008 as the fourth single from her album ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend''. It is the only single from the album to be written s ...
") peaked within the top 20 on the country songs chart, with "Gunpowder & Lead" becoming her first top 10 entry in July 2008. Her third album, ''
Revolution
In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...
'', was released in September 2009. Two of its songs – "
The House That Built Me
"The House That Built Me" is a song written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin, and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. Blake Shelton was originally set to record the song, but when Lambert heard it, she emotionally reacte ...
" and "
Heart Like Mine" – topped the Hot Country Songs chart.
2011's ''
Four the Record
''Four the Record'' is the fourth studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Miranda Lambert. It was released on November 1, 2011, by RCA Records Nashville. This was her first studio album to be released from that label after a ...
'' included the singles "
Baggage Claim
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", "
Over You", "
Fastest Girl in Town", "
Mama's Broken Heart" and "
All Kinds of Kinds
"All Kinds of Kinds" is a song recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released in June 2013 as the fifth and final single from Lambert's album ''Four the Record''. As of October 9, 2013, the single had sold 100,000 copie ...
". Lambert released her fifth album, ''
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish , a diminutive of "silver".
Pla ...
'', in 2014.
["Miranda Lambert preps fifth album", '' Salt Lake Tribune'', March 13, 2014, p. B6] The record won the
Grammy Award for Best Country Album, and the album's lead single "
Automatic" reached the top five on the Country charts. Her sixth studio album, ''
The Weight of These Wings'', was released on November 18, 2016, and subsequently certified
Platinum
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Pla ...
by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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(RIAA).
Her seventh studio album, ''
Wildcard'', was released on November 1, 2019, and went on to win the
Grammy Award for Best Country Album in early 2021. Three singles from the album ("
It All Comes out in the Wash", "
Bluebird
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...
", "
Settling Down
"Settling Down" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released on September 21, 2020, as the third single from Lambert's seventh studio album ''Wildcard''.
Lambert performed the song live at t ...
") reached the top 20 of the country music charts, and the album's second official single "
Bluebird
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...
" became Lambert's first song to top the Billboard Country Airplay Chart as a solo artist since 2012.
In 2021, she announced her collaborative record with fellow singer-songwriters
Jon Randall and
Jack Ingram, ''
The Marfa Tapes'', which was released on May 7, 2021, to vast critical acclaim, given its departure from Lambert's usual sound and its acoustic, stripped-back feel. Lambert released her eighth solo album ''
Palomino
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'' on April 29, 2022. The same year she was listed on
100 Most Influential People
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by
Time
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.
Early life
Miranda Leigh Lambert was born November 10, 1983,
to Rick and Bev (née Hughes) Lambert in
Longview, Texas
Longview is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and county seat of Gregg County; a small part of Longview extends into the western portion of neighboring Harrison County. Longview is located in East Texas, where Interstate 20 and U.S. Highways ...
,
and was raised in
Lindale, Texas. She was named after her great-grandmother, Lucy Miranda.
[''Us Weekly'', March 30, 2011,]
25 Things You Don't Know About Me: Miranda Lambert
". Accessed June 1, 2014. She has one younger brother.
Her parents met while Bev was attending camp at
Southern Methodist University
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and Rick was an on-campus undercover narcotics officer, and they got together a few years later. Rick is a former
Dallas
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police officer who played in a country-rock group called Contraband in the 1970s. Rick and Bev later became
private detectives and even worked on the high-profile case of the impeachment of President
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again ...
. After the oil crisis dampened the economy in Texas, her family lost everything.
After the downturn, things got better and her parents began a faith-based ministry and offered their home as a shelter for the victims of domestic violence and their children. Miranda has said that this experience fueled her music and that her song "Gunpowder & Lead" is a reflection of that.
While still in high school, Lambert made her professional singing debut with "The Texas Pride Band".
[Maerz, Melissa. "Country's Rebel Girl Grows Up". ''Entertainment Weekly'' 1180 (2011): 32. MasterFILE Complete. Web. September 14, 2012] She also fronted the
house band
A house band is a group of musicians, often centrally organized by a band leader, who regularly play at an establishment.
It is widely used to refer both to the bands who work on entertainment programs on television or radio, and to bands which ...
at the Reo Palm Isle in
Longview, Texas
Longview is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and county seat of Gregg County; a small part of Longview extends into the western portion of neighboring Harrison County. Longview is located in East Texas, where Interstate 20 and U.S. Highways ...
, a long-running venue that had presented legends such as
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the " King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His ener ...
and
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ''Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and ''Stardust'' (1978 ...
, and the place where
Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn are an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. The duo was founded in 1990 through the suggestion of Tim DuBois. Before their formation, both members were so ...
started out as the house band.
Music career
2000–2003: Career beginnings, self-titled debut album, and ''Nashville Star''
At 16, Lambert appeared on the Johnnie High Country Music Revue in
Arlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Tarrant County. It forms part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a principal city of the metropolis and region ...
, the same talent show that had helped launch the career of
LeAnn Rimes
Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a country music artist at age 13 with 1996's "Blue". She has since crossed over into pop, contemporary Chri ...
. Lambert then acquired a recording session in
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and ...
, but left the studio after she became frustrated with the "pop" type of music presented to her. She went back to Texas in 2000 and asked her father to teach her how to play guitar, so she could write her own songs.
[Texas Wrangler, Page 3]
, Washington Post May 15, 2007. Retrieved November 28, 2011. In 2001, she released her self-titled debut album which consisted of 10 tracks.
In 2002, Dusty Meador hired Lambert to perform at Tye Phelps' country music restaurant and venue Love and War in Texas. Lambert continued to perform around the Texas Music Scene opening for Cooder Graw, Kevin Fowler, and Jack Ingram. In 2003, she auditioned for the talent competition ''
Nashville Star'', where she earned a third-place finish behind
Buddy Jewell and John Arthur Martinez. During her 9-week stay on ''Nashville Star'', Lambert caught the attention of the show's judge and Sony Music executive, Tracy Gershon, who later convinced the label to sign her.
2004–2008: ''Kerosene'' and ''Crazy Ex- Girlfriend''
On September 15, 2003, she signed with
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical m ...
.
[Fabian, Shelly]
"'Nashville Star' Gave Buddy Jewell and Miranda Lambert Big Career Boosts"
. '' About.com''. Her debut single, "Me and Charlie Talking", co-written by her father and Heather Little, was released in summer of 2004 as the lead single to her debut album, titled ''
Kerosene
Kerosene, paraffin, or lamp oil is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid which is derived from petroleum. It is widely used as a fuel in aviation as well as households. Its name derives from el, κηρός (''keros'') meaning " wax", and was re ...
''. The album comprised 12 songs, 11 of which she wrote or co-wrote. The album debuted at number one on the ''Billboard''
Top Country Albums
Top Country Albums is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. The 50-position chart lists the most popular country music albums in the country, calculated weekly by Broadcast Data Systems based on physical sales ...
charts, and eventually gained a Platinum certification by the RIAA for shipments of over one million copies, selling more than 930,000 copies up to July 2008. Overall, the album produced four Top 40 singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts, including the title track which was a Top 20 hit. Lambert also toured with
Keith Urban
Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is an Australian-American musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter known for his work in country music. Recognized with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received fifteen Academy of Country Music Award ...
and
George Strait
George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Strait is considered one of the most influential and popular recording artists of all time. In the 1980s, he was credited for ...
in early 2006. In 2007, she toured with
Dierks Bentley
Frederick Dierks Bentley (; born November 20, 1975) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's '' Modern Day Drifter'', a ...
and
Toby Keith
Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), known professionally as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He released his first four studio albums—1993's '' Toby Keith'', 1994's ''Boomtown'', 19 ...
.
Lambert's second album,
''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'', was released on May 1, 2007. She wrote eight of the album's 11 tracks, including its four singles. Much of the track "Gunpowder & Lead", the album's third single and her highest-charting single, was written while she was taking a concealed handgun class in her home town. Fady Joudah of ''The New Yorker'' said the album proved "she has talent and charisma on a par with
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album ...
, another blond beauty who was once underestimated."
In 2005, at the 40th Annual
Academy of Country Music
The Academy of Country Music (ACM) was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Among the founders were Eddie Miller, Tommy Wiggins, and Mickey and Chris Christensen. They wanted to promote country musi ...
Awards in Las Vegas, Lambert won the
CoverGirl "Fresh Face of Country Music Award". She was also nominated for the
Country Music Association
The Country Music Association (CMA) was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre. The objectives of the organization are to guide and enha ...
's Horizon Award in 2005; in 2007, Lambert also received a
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...
nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her single "Kerosene". She also won the Top New Female Vocalist award at the 2007 ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards. At the 2008 ACM (Academy of Country Music) Awards, ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' won Album of the Year.
2009–2011: ''Revolution''
Lambert released her third album, ''Revolution'', on September 29, 2009. She co-wrote 11 of the album's 15 tracks; the album also includes co-writes from
Dave Haywood and
Charles Kelley of
Lady Antebellum and Blake Shelton.
[Lambert Planning A "Revolution At The Ryman"](_blank)
. MusicRow (August 6, 2009). Retrieved November 28, 2011
''Revolution'' received significant critical praise on its release.
At
Metacritic
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the album received an
average
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score of 85, based on 11 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".
The album also received positive reviews from ''
Rolling Stone
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'', ''
Boston Globe
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'' and ''
Slant Magazine
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''. ''Entertainment Weekly'' called the release "the best mainstream-country album so far this year".
Lambert debuted her new single, "
Dead Flowers", at the 44th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 5, 2009. It was released on May 4, 2009, and was a minor Top 40 hit on the charts. The album's second single, "
White Liar", was released on August 17, 2009, and debuted at No. 50 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. In February 2010, "White Liar" became Lambert's first Top Five hit, reaching a peak of No. 2 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart.
The House That Built Me
"The House That Built Me" is a song written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin, and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. Blake Shelton was originally set to record the song, but when Lambert heard it, she emotionally reacte ...
, the album's third single, was released on March 8, 2010, and became a No. 1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. It stayed there for four weeks, and received platinum certification from the
RIAA
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on July 8, 2010. "
Only Prettier
"Only Prettier" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released in July 2010 as the fourth single from her album ''Revolution''. Co-written with Natalie Hemby, the song has both a country girl a ...
" followed as the album's fourth single in July 2010, and its accompanying music video went viral. The music video for "Only Prettier" featured cameo appearances by fellow country artists
Kellie Pickler
Kellie Dawn Pickler (born June 28, 1986) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television personality. Pickler gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of ''American Idol'' and finished in sixth place. In 2006, she signed ...
,
Laura Bell Bundy
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, and
Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum. In December 2010, "Only Prettier" reached a peak of number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, giving Lambert her seventh Top 20 hit. "Heart Like Mine" was released in January 2011 as the fifth and final single from ''Revolution''. It became Lambert's second Number One hit on the country charts for the chart dated May 28, 2011.
In promotion of ''Revolution'', Lambert launched a headlining tour; ''Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars'' in March 2010, with stops in 22 cities and a performance at the
Bonnaroo Music Festival
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.
[Miranda Lambert News: Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars – The Stops](_blank)
. Mirandalambert.com. Retrieved November 28, 2011
On September 1, 2010, it was announced that Lambert had received a record-setting 9 CMA award nominations. She performed at the 44th Annual Country Music Association Awards on November 10, 2010. She won the CMA Award for Female Vocalist of the Year, and her ''Revolution'' won Album of the Year. Lambert and
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, pop, country, folk, and blues. She has released eleven studio albums, five compilations and three ...
performed "
Coal Miner's Daughter" as a tribute to country legend
Loretta Lynn who also entered the stage to join them and finished the song with Crow and Lambert as backup. Later that night, Lynn presented the Female Vocalist of the Year CMA award to Lambert. On February 13, 2011, Lambert won a Grammy Award in the ''Best Female Country Vocal Performance'' category for "The House That Built Me".
2011–2013: ''Four the Record'' and the Pistol Annies
On April 4, 2011, during the taping of the Academy of Country Music's 'Girls' Night Out' television special in
Las Vegas
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, Lambert debuted her new project, girl group
Pistol Annies. The group consists of Lambert,
Ashley Monroe
Ashley Lauren Monroe (born September 10, 1986) is an American country music singer-songwriter.
Monroe has released two solo singles, "Satisfied" and "I Don't Want To" (which featured Brooks & Dunn singer Ronnie Dunn), that reached the U.S. '' ...
, and
Angaleena Presley
Angaleena Loletta McCoy Presley (born September 1, 1976) is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is a member of the country trio Pistol Annies, which was formed in 2011 with Miranda Lambert and Ashley Monroe, and has released two sol ...
. They released their single, "Hell on Heels", in May 2011, and released their debut album, ''
Hell on Heels'', on August 23, 2011, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's country chart. Sasha Frere-Jones of ''The New Yorker'' said the trio "is good enough to recall those transcendent moments of vocal harmony the Dixie Chicks used to hit every few months".
Lambert's fourth studio album, ''
Four the Record
''Four the Record'' is the fourth studio album by American country music singer and songwriter Miranda Lambert. It was released on November 1, 2011, by RCA Records Nashville. This was her first studio album to be released from that label after a ...
'', was released on November 1, 2011; her first album for
RCA Nashville, after Sony Music Nashville announced a corporate restructuring. ''Four the Record'' produced five singles: "
Baggage Claim
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", "
Over You", "
Fastest Girl in Town", "
Mama's Broken Heart" and "
All Kinds of Kinds
"All Kinds of Kinds" is a song recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released in June 2013 as the fifth and final single from Lambert's album ''Four the Record''. As of October 9, 2013, the single had sold 100,000 copie ...
". "
Over You", which Lambert and Shelton co-wrote, reached number 1 in early 2012.
On February 8, 2012, Lambert made her acting debut on
NBC's long-running
legal drama
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, ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' in an episode titled "
Father's Shadow". Lambert later told ''
CMT News'' she was a big fan of the show: "I never wanted to act. I still don't. I don't want to be an actress. I just wanted to be on that show mainly so I could be a groupie
or their autographs
Or or OR may refer to:
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* "O.R.", a 1974 episode of M*A*S*H
* Or (My Treasure), a 2004 movie from Israel (''Or'' means "light" in Hebrew)
Music
* ''Or'' (album), a 2002 album by Golden Boy with Miss ...
"
Late in 2012, Lambert appeared on Shelton's Christmas album ''
Cheers, It's Christmas
''Cheers, It's Christmas'' is the first Christmas album and seventh studio album by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released on October 2, 2012, through Warner Bros. Nashville. Shelton co-wrote three tracks for the album.
Co ...
'', to which she contributed guest vocals on a version of "
Jingle Bell Rock". The soundtrack was released on October 2, 2012. On October 23, 2012, Lambert and
Dierks Bentley
Frederick Dierks Bentley (; born November 20, 1975) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's '' Modern Day Drifter'', a ...
announced the co-headlined 33-show Locked & Reloaded Tour, which began on January 17, 2013.
On May 7, 2013, a second Pistol Annies album, ''
Annie Up
''Annie Up'' is the second studio album by American country girl group Pistol Annies, but this is the first album with RCA Nashville. The group consists of Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. ''Annie Up'' started with 83,000 al ...
'', was released. This album produced the group's first country chart entry with "Hush Hush". The Pistol Annies are also one of many acts featured on Blake Shelton's 2013 single "
Boys 'Round Here", which went to number 1 on
Country Airplay
Country Airplay is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States since January 20, 1990.
This chart lists the 60 most-listened-to records played on 150 mainstream country radio stations across the country as monitored ...
. They had previously accompanied Shelton on a rendition of "
Blue Christmas" on ''Cheers, It's Christmas''.
2014–2015: ''Platinum''
"
Automatic", the
lead single
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Release s ...
from Lambert's fifth studio album, ''
Platinum
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Pla ...
'', was released on February 5, 2014, to praise from music critics. The album, containing 16 songs, was released on June 3, 2014.
The album's second single, "
Somethin' Bad", is a duet with
Carrie Underwood
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and was debuted on the
2014 ''Billboard'' Music Awards on May 18. The album's third single, "
Little Red Wagon
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''Little Red Wagon'' covers Zach Bonner's philanthropi ...
", was released to country radio on January 12, 2015. The album's fourth single, "
Smokin' and Drinkin'" released to country radio on June 22, 2015.
2016–2018: ''The Weight of These Wings'' and third Pistol Annies album
In March 2016, Lambert made her first ever performances outside the US and Canada as one of the headliners of
C2C: Country to Country, Europe's biggest country music festival, which saw Lambert play in England, Scotland and Ireland alongside
Dwight Yoakam,
Thomas Rhett
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and
Ashley Monroe
Ashley Lauren Monroe (born September 10, 1986) is an American country music singer-songwriter.
Monroe has released two solo singles, "Satisfied" and "I Don't Want To" (which featured Brooks & Dunn singer Ronnie Dunn), that reached the U.S. '' ...
. On July 18, 2016, Lambert released "
Vice
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" to country radio and digital outlets. Written by Lambert,
Shane McAnally
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and
Josh Osborne
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Early life
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, it was her first song released since ''Platinum''. In September, Lambert announced her sixth studio album, ''
The Weight of These Wings'', which was released on November 18, 2016. She was selected as one of 30 artists to perform on "
Forever Country", a
mashup track of "
Take Me Home, Country Roads", "
On the Road Again
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" and "
I Will Always Love You
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" which celebrated 50 years of the
CMA Awards
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. Shortly after the release of ''The Weight of These Wings'', the
Highway Vagabond Tour
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was announced and began on January 24, 2017. These were Lambert's first live shows since she was put on mandatory
vocal rest and was forced to cancel her
Keeper of the Flame Tour in 2016. The tour visited the US, Canada and were her first solo shows in Europe, seeing her return to England, Ireland, Scotland and, for the first time, the Netherlands.
After promotion and touring for ''The Weight of These Wings'' ended, the Pistol Annies reformed and released their third studio album ''
Interstate Gospel'' on November 2, 2018, which subsequently reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart.
2019–2020: ''Wildcard''
Lambert announced that the lead-off single from her seventh studio album would be "
It All Comes Out in the Wash", which was released on July 18, 2019. The song was co-written by Lambert with
Hillary Lindsey,
Lori McKenna, and
Liz Rose
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("Love Junkies") and produced by
Jay Joyce
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, marking the first time she had worked with the producer. The song was released alongside "Locomotive", another track intended for the upcoming album that she had previously debuted on the
CMA Music Festival in June 2019. Two other tracks—"Mess with My Head" and "Bluebird"—were also previewed ahead of the album in August 2019.
Lambert's seventh studio album, ''
Wildcard'', was released on November 1, 2019.
In promotion of the album, Lambert announced the 27-date
Wildcard Tour, which was set to begin on January 16, 2020, and run through May 9, 2020, but which had to be cancelled due to the
coronavirus pandemic. Several solo acoustic live performances of "Bluebird" premiered on her Instagram and YouTube channels during this time, and she performed the song at the belated and socially-distanced 2020
ACMs, at which she won an award for
Music Event of the Year for her collaboration with other female country artists, "
Fooled Around and Fell in Love".
On the chart dated August 1, 2020, "Bluebird" became Lambert's first number 1 single on the ''
Billboard
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''
Country Airplay chart as a solo artist since 2012's "
Over You", and her fifth career number 1 on the chart. "Bluebird" was also a critical success, nominated for three
CMA awards
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, two
Grammy Awards
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, and three
ACM awards
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, winning the
CMA Award for Best Music Video.
"
Settling Down
"Settling Down" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released on September 21, 2020, as the third single from Lambert's seventh studio album ''Wildcard''.
Lambert performed the song live at t ...
" was released as the third official single from ''
Wildcard'' on September 21, 2020, and Lambert performed the song live at the 2020
CMAs with just two guitarists backing. As of May 10, 2021, the song had reached the top 10 of both the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Country Songs
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Chart and the Billboard Country Airplay Chart, making it her 14th career top 10 hit on the Country Airplay Chart and her 16th on the Hot Country Songs Chart.
The album ''
Wildcard'' went on to be nominated for both
ACM and
CMA Album of the Year, and won the 2021
Grammy
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for the Best Country Album on 15 March. She performed "Bluebird" at the awards ceremony.
2021–2022: ''The Marfa Tapes'' and Pistol Annies Christmas Album
Lambert hinted at an upcoming project with longtime friends and collaborators
Jon Randall and
Jack Ingram via her social media accounts on March 2, 2021, before announcing their upcoming collaborative acoustic record ''The Marfa Tapes'' in the following days, to be released on May 7. The tracklist was announced, with Lambert's previously recorded songs "
Tin Man" and "
Tequila Does" both set to be featured on the album, and the first new song ''In His Arms'' was premiered with a video on March 5. The album was recorded in Marfa, Texas towards the end of 2020 with just two microphones and two acoustic guitars, and was said to have an unpolished feel, with one-take recordings retaining mistakes and snapshots of conversations between the three, and the sound of the campfire and the desert in the background. It would contain 15 songs the three singer-songwriters had written together over a period of six years, beginning in July 2015.
''In His Arms'' was performed live by Lambert, Randall and Ingram at the 2021
ACM Awards
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, and at the awards show Lambert also performed "
Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" with
Elle King, and she also stood in last-minute for
Chris Stapleton
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's wife
Morgane Stapleton to sing harmony on Stapleton's performance of ''Maggie's Song.''
The new recording of
"Tin Man", alongside previously unheard tracks "Am I Right or Amarillo" and "Geraldene" were also pre-released before the album's release on May 7, and the trio performed "Geraldene" live on ''
The Ellen Show'' later in the month. Around this time, Miranda Lambert replied to a comment regarding her band the
Pistol Annies in the comments section of her Instagram post, fuelling speculation that a new
Pistol Annies project might be in the works for 2021. Lambert subsequently revealed that she "didn't do much in the beginning of 2020.
hejust sort of enjoyed the break... And then in the last six months or so
hekind of worked overtime to make up for lost time",
and that an upcoming solo record was therefore in the works. She commented in the same article that she was considering re-recording several tracks from ''The Marfa Tapes'' for this record, including "In His Arms" and "Geraldene", and potentially other personal favourites, such as "Waxahachie"''.''
The trio announced that alongside the record, they would be released 'The Marfa Tapes' film on Lambert's
Facebook
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page to be available for 24 hours from May 8, which would feature acoustic performances from the record alongside interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from the recording process of the album.
The Marfa Tapes album was released to critical acclaim on May 7, with critics applauding Lambert's musical risk-taking and the simple but effective songwriting.
Pitchfork
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The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to ...
commented, "Somewhere between a demo collection, a live album with no audience, and a lo-fi left turn, this music is a joy to hear, like a vacation on record", and
Variety
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questioned whether this might even be Lambert's best record so far, "And like her bigger, broader sounding albums, she gives as good as she gets, quietly, while sounding as grand as if she had a studio band's excess at work." The film premiered on Lambert's Facebook page on May 8, featuring original songs not previously seen and not included on ''
The Marfa Tapes'', the first of which was "Tornado" — co-written by Lambert, Randall and Ingram — and also a Lambert solo-written piece, "They've Closed Down the Honky-Tonks".
In the week following the album's release, the trio performed lead single "In His Arms" once more, on ''
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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''.
On October 15, she released the lead single from her upcoming studio album, "
If I Was A Cowboy", on October 15. The song's first video was uploaded to YouTube on October 15, and a later official video was uploaded to YouTube on January 12, 2022. The single has been a moderate hit on the country singles charts, so far reaching the top 20 of both the Country Airplay Chart and the Hot Country Songs Chart.
The Pistol Annies announced the release of their first Christmas album, ''Hell of a Holiday,'' which was released October 22, 2021.
It contains 10 original songs, a cover of Merle Haggard's "If We Make It Through December", popular Christmas classic "Sleigh Ride", and traditional New Year's song "Auld Lang Syne".
The album was well-received for its original content, and Billboard praised their cover of "If We Make It Through December" as "One of the most striking moments on ''Hell of a Holiday"''. They performed many of the songs and discussed the album on December 15's "The Pistol Annies Hell of a Holiday Special", which was made available on Facebook.
On December 30, 2021, Lambert released "Y'all Means All" in support of the LGBTQ community. The song was used in the trailer for the sixth season of
''Queer Eye''.
In March 2022 she won Entertainer of the Year at the American Country Music Awards.
2022–present: ''Palomino''
Miranda Lambert and
Elle King's 2021 collaboration "
Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" was certified platinum in February, and the two performed the song together at the Ryman Auditorium on Feb 28th to celebrate. The single has so far reached the top 10 of the country charts.
Lambert released a teaser for a new song titled "Strange" ahead of the
ACM Awards
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, which were held on March 7 in
Vegas. She was nominated for 5 awards, marking her record-breaking 16th nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year, and she won Video of the Year for "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)", and as well as the top prize of the night, Entertainer of the Year, for the first time in her career. This brings her tally of total ACM Awards won to 37, the most of all time, and also meant that she is eligible for the ACM's rare and coveted Triple Crown Award.
On March 10, Lambert released "Strange" alongside a video on her YouTube channel, and announced her ninth solo studio album, ''
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'', which was released on April 29. The album includes "
If I Was a Cowboy" and "Strange", alongside three re-recorded tracks from her 2021 ''
Marfa Tapes'' album with
Jon Randall and
Jack Ingram: "Geraldene", "In His Arms", and "Waxahachie".
Lambert headlined Europe's largest country music festival,
C2C: Country 2 Country, from March 11–13, 2022, marking her first performances in the UK/Europe since her headlining tour there in 2017. She performed two songs from ''Palomino'' live for the first time ever at her London show on March 11, her single "If I Was a Cowboy" and "Actin' Up".
Endorsements and business ventures
In 2009, Lambert and two other singers became the new faces of
Cotton Inc.'s revived "The Touch, The Feel of Cotton" campaign. She has appeared in ads to promote cotton, and the website features a free download of the full version of her song, "Fabric of My Life".
In December 2014, Lambert's line of shoes and boots were released at
DSW. In November 2014, Lambert's partnership with
Chrysler
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's
Ram trucks
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was announced. Under the partnership, Ram gave Lambert a customized 1500 Laramie Longhorn which she auctioned off, with proceeds going to Lambert's Muttnation Foundation which betters the lives for shelter animals.
In May 2021, Lambert became the first female artist to open her own bar in the
Lower Broadway
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The street is also home to retail shops, restaurants, desser ...
entertainment district of downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
Named Casa Rosa (Spanish for "Pink House") and opened in partnership with TC Restaurant Group, the 17,400-square-foot Tex-Mex-themed establishment features live music on three of its four stories, plus a rooftop bar, and is decked out in mostly pink decor and various memorabilia from Lambert's career (including the giant birdcage from the "Bluebird" music video).
At the bar's opening night party on May 25, 2021, Lambert performed a duet of "
Summer Nights" from ''Grease'' with her husband Brendan McLoughlin, amidst a star-studded lineup of performances from other country singers.
Lambert also has her own clothing line titled ''Idyllwind'', a brand of wine with the ''Red 55 Winery'' imprint, and owns The Pink Pistol boutique in her hometown of Lindale, Texas.
MuttNation Foundation
In 2009, Lambert opened MuttNation Foundation, with her mother, Bev. The organization focuses on rescue animals and shelters, and Lambert has been vocal about the cause being very close to her heart. The core issues MuttNation works on are:
* Adoption drives – held by Lambert at her concerts, CMA music awards, and the Grand Ole Opry
* Fill the little red wagon – donation drives
* Special circumstances – emergency disaster relief or instances of hoarding
* Cause for the Paws – annual fundraising concerts
* Mutts Across America – provides funds and support to shelters in all 50 US states.
* Ran's Animal Care Express – pet transports
* Mutt March – an annual 5k with proceeds going to MuttNation causes
In 2017, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey's devastation, MuttNation rescued dozens of animals as a part of its emergency/natural disasters objective.
In 2014, Lambert opened Redemption Ranch, a shelter in
Tishomingo, Oklahoma, her adopted home town where she lived with Shelton.
To support the foundation, Lambert released a line of pet products in 2019 that are sold inside
Tractor Supply Company stores.
In September 2022, MuttNation partnered with Greater Good Charities via the global nonprofit's GOODS Program to provide 2 million pet meals to help families going through economic challenges to stay with their beloved pets.
Personal life
In 2006, Lambert began dating singer
Blake Shelton
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. They got engaged in May 2010
and were married on May 14, 2011 at the Don Strange Ranch in
Boerne, Texas.
On July 20, 2015, the couple announced that they were divorcing after four years of marriage.
[''Detroit Free Press''; "Lambert-Shelton News Real This Time"; July 21, 2015; page 3C]
In December 2015, it was confirmed that Lambert was dating R&B singer
Anderson East
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; they met at Nashville's
Live on the Green Music Festival in September of that year. In 2016, Lambert paid $3.4 million for a 400-plus acre farm, with three residences, near
Primm Springs, Tennessee.
In April 2018, it was confirmed that Lambert and East had broken up months earlier after two years of dating. Lambert started dating
Turnpike Troubadours frontman
Evan Felker in February 2018. His estranged wife, Staci, has alleged that he left her suddenly to be with Lambert. They broke up in August 2018.
On February 16, 2019, Lambert announced on social media that she married
New York City Police Department
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Officer Brendan McLoughlin on January 26, 2019, in
Davidson County, Tennessee
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.
Lambert has nine tattoos of various objects and symbols, and the word "tumbleweed". In June 2019, she added a tattoo on her forearm for her marriage to McLoughlin.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Miranda Lambert'' (2001)
* ''
Kerosene
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'' (2005)
* ''
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
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'' (2007)
* ''
Revolution
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'' (2009)
* ''
Four the Record
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'' (2011)
* ''
Platinum
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Pla ...
'' (2014)
* ''
The Weight of These Wings'' (2016)
* ''
Wildcard'' (2019)
* ''
Palomino
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'' (2022)
with Pistol Annies
* ''
Hell on Heels'' (2011)
* ''
Annie Up
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'' (2013)
* ''
Interstate Gospel'' (2018)
* ''Hell of a Holiday'' (2021)
Collaborative albums
* ''
The Marfa Tapes'' (with
Jack Ingram and
Jon Randall) (2021)
Awards
In April 2018, Lambert won the
ACM Award for Female Vocalist of the Year for the ninth consecutive year, surpassing
Reba McEntire
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as the most awarded in the category in 2017.
In November 2015 she became the first woman to have won the
Country Music Association Awards
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' Album of the Year twice. She has won three
Grammy Award
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s out of twenty-five nominations. and was the 9th female artist in the show's history to win Entertainer of the Year at the 2022 ACM Awards.
Tours and residencies
Tours
Headlining
*Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour (2010)
*CMT on Tour: Miranda Lambert Revolution (2010)
*Miranda Lambert: Revolution Tour (2011)
*On Fire Tour (2012)
*
Platinum Tour
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(2014–2016)
**Certified Platinum Tour (2015)
**Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour (2015)
*
Keeper of the Flame Tour (2016)
*
Highway Vagabond Tour
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(2017)
*
Livin' Like Hippies Tour (2018)
*Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars Tour (2019)
*
Wildcard Tour (2020)
Co-headlining
*Locked and Loaded Tour with
Dierks Bentley
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(2007)
*Miranda Lambert &
Blake Shelton
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Co-Headlining Tour (2008)
*Locked and Reloaded Tour with Dierks Bentley (2013)
*The Bandwagon Tour with
Little Big Town
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(2018, 2022)
Opening
*Free and Easy Summer Tour with Dierks Bentley (2006)
*Hookin' Up and Hangin' Out Tour with
Toby Keith
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(2007)
*George Strait 2008 Arena Tour (2008)
*
Sun City Carnival Tour
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with
Kenny Chesney
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(2009)
*American Saturday Night Tour with
Brad Paisley
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(2010)
*
Virtual Reality Tour
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with Brad Paisley at
Wrigley Field
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June 9 (2012)
*Night Train Tour with
Jason Aldean at
Fenway Park
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July 12 & 13 (2013)
*
Spread the Love Tour with Kenny Chesney (2016)
Band
Lambert's road band consists of the following:
* Spencer Cullum Jr. –
pedal steel
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,
mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...
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banjo
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Gwen Sebastian
Gwen Noel Sebastian is an American country music singer-songwriter. Sebastian was signed to Lofton Creek Records in 2009 and released two singles for the label. In 2012, she was a contestant on the second season of ''The Voice'' but lost in the ...
– backing vocals
* Danny Mitchell – keyboard
* Ethan Ballinger – lead guitar
* Boo Massey – lead guitar
* G Maxwell – drums
* Jon Murray - bass
Residencies
* Velvet Rodeo (2022)
Filmography
References
External links
Official Website*
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country singer and guitarist. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place o ...
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Billboard.com
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Official Music VideosMiranda Lambert at Last.fmMiranda Lambert lyrics*
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1983 births
Living people
American country singer-songwriters
American women guitarists
American women country singers
Columbia Records artists
Epic Records artists
Grammy Award winners
Nashville Star contestants
People from Lindale, Texas
People from Longview, Texas
Pistol Annies members
Country musicians from Texas
RCA Records Nashville artists
Singer-songwriters from Texas
Guitarists from Texas
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singers
American people of English descent
American people of Irish descent
American people who self-identify as being of Native American descent