DIXIE CHICKS
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Dixie Chicks Is An American Country Music Band Composed Of Founding Members (And Sisters) Martie Erwin Maguire And Emily Strayer And Lead Singer Natalie Maines. The Band Formed In 1989 In Dallas, Texas And Was Originally Composed Of Four Woman Performing Bluegrass And Country Music, Busking And Touring The Bluegrass Festival Circuits And Small Venues For Six Years Without Attracting A Major Label. After The Departure Of One Bandmate, The Replacement Of Their Lead Singer, And A Slight Change In Their Repertoire The Dixie Chicks Soon Achieved Commercial Success, Beginning In 1998 With Hit Songs "There's Your Trouble" And "Wide Open Spaces". The Dixie Chicks Have Won 13 Grammy Awards, Including Five In 2007 For "Taking The Long Way" Which Received The Grammy Award For Album Of The Year And "Not Ready To Make Nice" A Single From That Album. By March 2020, With 33 Million Certified Albums Sold And Sales Of 27.5 Million Albums In The Us Alone, They Had Become The Top Selling All Female Band And Biggest Selling Country Group In The Us During The Nielsen Soundscan Era (1991-Present). On March 10 2003, During A London Concert, Nine Days Befire The 2003 Invasion Of Iraq, Lead Vocalist Maines Told The Audience: "We Don't Want This War, This Violence, And We're Ashamed That The President Of The United States (George W. Bush) Is From Texas" Which Garnered A Positive Reaction From The British Audience But Led To A Contrasting Negative Reaction And Ensuing Boycotts In The United States Where Talk Shows Denounced The Band, Their Albums Were Discarded In Public Protests And Corporate Broadcasting Networks Blacklisted Them For The Remainder Of The Bush Years. After A Touring Hiatus, They Toured Again In 2010, 2013 And 2016. |