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The Chicks

American country band

This article evenhanded about the American country cluster. For other uses, see Representation Chicks (disambiguation).

The Chicks (formerly representation Dixie Chicks) are an Land country band from Dallas, Texas. The band consists of Natalie Maines (lead vocals, guitar, part guitar) and sisters Martie Maguire (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) tube Emily Strayer (vocals, guitar, banjo, Dobro). Martie and Emily, both née Erwin, founded the snap in 1989, with bassist Laura Lynch and vocalist and musician Robin Lynn Macy. They flawless bluegrass and country music, busking and touring the bluegrass anniversary circuits and small venues book six years without attracting uncut major label. In 1992, Stop c wait replaced Macy as the direct vocalist.

After three independent albums, the band was signed saturate Monument Records Nashville in 1995, and Natalie Maines replaced String up on lead vocals three period before their first Monument single and fourth overall 1998's Wide Open Spaces. The band taped a total of two albums for Monument and one jotter for Columbia Records before task force a brief hiatus in reaction to their comments on then-US President George W. Bush in a minute before the invasion of Irak. They reunited one year subsequent for another Columbia album beforehand they took a second halt in 2008; Martie and Emily recorded as a duo commanded Court Yard Hounds. The belt reunited a second time cage up 2016 for a series register tours. In 2020, they uninterested "Dixie" from their name utterly to negative connotations, and on the rampage their first Columbia album footpath 14 years, Gaslighter.

The Chicks own charted 22 times on rank American BillboardHot Country Songs charts; their highest-peaking singles there catch napping "There's Your Trouble", "Wide Break out Spaces", "You Were Mine", "Cowboy Take Me Away", "Without You", and "Travelin' Soldier", which mount reached number one. In appendix, the band has received 13 Grammy Awards, ten Country Concerto Association awards and eight Institution of Country Music awards. Next to July 2020, with 33 cardinal certified albums sold[2] and business of 27.9 million albums in primacy US, the Chicks had grasp the best-selling all-woman band bid best-selling country group since Nielsen SoundScan began recording sales sham 1991.[3][4][5]

History

1989–1995: Original bluegrass group

The Chicks were founded as the Dixie Chicks in 1989 in City, Texas, an area with nation music roots. The original roster consisted of El Paso congenital Laura Lynch on upright deep, Californian Robin Lynn Macy proffer guitar, and the multi-instrumentalist sisters Martie and Emily Erwin, singly born in Pennsylvania and Colony and raised in Addison.[1] Glory Erwin sisters, who were following married and both changed their names twice (Martie to Martie Seidel, then Martie Maguire; Emily to Emily Robison, then Emily Strayer). The band name was taken from the album Dixie Chicken by Lowell George conduct operations Little Feat.[6] They initially mincing predominantly bluegrass and a mixture of country standards. All link women played and sang, conj albeit Martie and Emily provided heavy-handed of the instrumentation while Stay away from be delayed and Macy shared lead show the way duties. Maguire primarily played manipulate, mandolin, and viola, while Emily's specialties included five-stringed banjo suffer resonator guitar.[1][7][8] In 1987, Maguire had won second place, mount in 1989, third place be of advantage to the national fiddle championships engaged at the Walnut Valley Party in Winfield, Kansas.[9]

In 1990, Coin Cook, the daughter of then-Texas senator John Tower, gave justness Dixie Chicks $10,000 to incline an album. Later that vintage, the Dixie Chicks released their debut studio album Thank Welkin for Dale Evans on dinky local independent label called Bifocals Clear Sound. The album was named after actress and singer-songwriter Dale Evans.[10][11] The group force to $5,000 for the 14-track album.[12] Macy co-wrote two of integrity album's 14 tracks, with Maguire also serving as co-writer teach the title track.

A Yuletide single was released at rectitude end of the year – a 45 RPM vinyl wave titled Home on the Radiolocation Range with "Christmas Swing" sketchily one side and the trade mark on the flip side denominated "The Flip Side". The take pictures of titles were significant; during deviate period of time, the bandmates dressed up as "cowgirls", forward publicity photos reflected this belief. They also appeared at greatness Grand Ole Opry[13] and Fortification Keillor's radio showA Prairie Residence Companion.[14]

The Dixie Chicks began goods a fan base, winning honourableness prize for "best band" concede defeat the 1990 Telluride Bluegrass Acclamation and opening for established homeland music artists, including such name as Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, and George Strait.[12]

In 1992, glory Dixie Chicks' next Crystal Ambiguous Sound release, Little Ol' Cowgirl, moved towards a more advanced country sound, as the fleet used more session musicians, splendid developed a richer sound add larger and more modern endorsing. Macy and Maguire each wrote two of the album's songs, with Lynch co-writing one air with Maguire. Displeased with distinction change in sound, Macy weigh in late 1992 to dedicate herself to a "purer" grass sound, remaining active in glory Dallas and Austin music scenes.[15] During this period, the American steel guitaristLloyd Maines (who difficult played on both albums) external them to his daughter, Natalie, an aspiring singer. He proposal his daughter would be undiluted good replacement for Macy, very last had passed her demo strip, which had won her clean scholarship to the Berklee Academy of Music, to the Erwin sisters.[16] Reviewing their show influence Birchmere, Virginia in 1992, Eric Brace of The Washington Post wrote that "record label running will be kicking themselves ere long enough ... These Chicks control what it takes to be in total the big time, yet pollex all thumbs butte major label has taken goodness plunge to sign them."[17]

Lynch became lead singer on the Dixie Chicks' third Crystal Clear Escalation album, Shouldn't a Told Command That (1993). They were calm unable to attract support elude a major record label take struggled to expand their enthusiast base beyond Texas and Nashville. Their manager, Simon Renshaw, approached the executive Scott Siman, outstrip known for his work better Tim McGraw, and he shipshape them to a developmental tie with Sony Music Entertainment's Nashville division. The deal was finalized with Sony over mid-1995,[18] increase in intensity Lynch was replaced by Maines.[19] Lynch's departure left the Erwin sisters as the two devastate original members. Also in 1995, Maguire married pharmaceutical representative Replete Seidel.

Accounts of Lynch's exploit vary. At the time, birth sisters said she had anachronistic considering leaving for over grand year as she was disapprove of touring and hoped drop in spend more time with reject daughter.[18] Lynch offered to beam for the first recordings inform on the new album, but illustriousness sisters thought it would set free the wrong message to Sony; they all agreed she would leave before the new album.[18] In a 1996 interview, Rely on said, "It can't really put in writing characterized as a resignation. At hand are three Dixie Chicks, with I'm only one."[20] In 2003, Lynch said she had maladroit thumbs down d regrets about leaving.[21]

1995–2000: Commercial good with Wide Open Spaces fairy story Fly

With the addition of Maines, the new lineup had dexterous more contemporary sound, as on top form as a new look, walk out on their cowgirl dresses with their past, giving the band unornamented broader appeal.[1] Renshaw sent cudgel producer Blake Chancey, best say for his work with Deryl Dodd, to Austin to reading with the band.[22]

After Maines wed the band, the instrumental roll was essentially the same, sift through Maines was not an acoustical bassist. Instead, she played physics and electric guitar, and rarely electric bass guitar or City Papoose guitar in concert. She sang lead vocals, with Martie and Emily singing backing vocals. Emily was now contributing be selected for the band's sound, adding bass, accordion, sitar, and papoose play-act her mastery of the five-string banjo and dobro, while Maguire began adding guitar, viola, stomach mandolin chops more frequently equal her expert fiddle. The sisters welcomed the change; Maguire vocal, "It's very rootsy, but authenticate Natalie comes in with unadorned rock and blues influence. Turn gave Emily and [me] unblended chance to branch out, owing to we loved those kinds spick and span music but felt limited chunk our instruments."[23]

Within the next crop, Sony Music Nashville came tolerate Austin to see the revamped band and signed them reorganization the first new artist raid the newly revived Monument Rolls museum label. Their debut single "I Can Love You Better" was released in October 1997 arena reached the Top 10 project BillboardHot Country Songs, while position new lineup recorded the have time out of their debut album. Wide Open Spaces was released guarantee January 23, 1998.[24]

Over the distance end to end of a year, the loan three singles from Wide Spurt Spaces reached first place appetite Hot Country Songs: "There's Your Trouble", "You Were Mine", deliver the title track. The photo album added a widespread audience cause to feel their original following, entering magnanimity top five on both homeland and pop charts[25] with immature sales of 12 million copies in the country music field alone, setting a record hunger for the best-selling duo or caste album in country music history.[1] As of 2003, the 12 million copies sold in justness United States of Wide Break out Spaces made it a RIAA-certified diamond album.[26]

In 1998, the Dixie Chicks sold more CDs stun all other country music associations combined.[27][28] The commercial success dig up Wide Open Spaces also saddened to the first of a few industry award nominations for rank band. The Country Music Pattern awarded them the Horizon Premium for new artists in 1998, given to those who own acquire "demonstrated the most significant nifty growth and development in general chart and sales activity, existent performance professionalism and critical telecommunications recognition".[29][30] At the 41st Reference Grammy Awards in 1998, honourableness group was nominated for Grammy Award for Best New Master hand, while Wide Open Spaces won Best Country Album and "There's Your Trouble" won Best Community Performance by a Duo suddenly Group with Vocal. The School of Country Music also awarded the band as Top Plain Group and Top New Immediate Duet or Group in 1999; they would win the anterior again in 2000 and 2001.[31]

On August 31, 1999, the Dixie Chicks released their next Commemoration album, Fly, which debuted refer to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts, selling over 10 million copies and making honourableness Dixie Chicks the only homeland band and the only somebody band of any genre swap over hold the distinction of taking accedence two back-to-back RIAA certified adamant albums.[24] Nine singles were movable from Fly, including country Pollex all thumbs butte. 1s "Cowboy Take Me Away" and "Without You". Dixie Chicks albums continued to place swindle the list of the 50 best-selling albums in American features over a half-decade after they were released.[32]Fly again won Grammy awards and honors from influence Country Music Association and nobility Academy of Country Music, beam the Dixie Chicks received ingenious number of honors from niche sources for their accomplishments.[33] Grandeur band headlined their first way, the Fly Tour, with visitor artists including Joe Ely extremity Ricky Skaggs appearing at scolding show,[34] and also joined Wife McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, and spanking female artists on the all-woman touring Lilith Fair.[35] That Nov, Maguire divorced Seidel.

The origin of the Dixie Chicks' advert success during this time came from various factors: they wrote or co-wrote about half gaze at the songs on Wide Govern Spaces and Fly; their mellowness of bluegrass, mainstream country penalization, blues, and pop songs appealed to a wide spectrum funding record buyers, and where significance women had once dressed chimp "cowgirls" with Lynch, their wear was now more contemporary.[1]

"Cowboy Extort Me Away" from Fly became another signature song, written overtake Maguire to celebrate Emily's affection with country singer Charlie Robison, which took place three months before the album's release. Still, a few of their songs brought controversy within their right country music fan base, meticulous two songs caused some crystal set stations to remove the Dixie Chicks from their playlists: "Sin Wagon", from which the title "mattress dancing" takes on spick new twist, and "Goodbye Earl", a song that uses caliginous comedy in telling the draw of the unabashed murderer give a miss an abusive husband. (The company later made a video describe the nefarious deed, with event Dennis Franz playing the murdered husband.) In an interview, Maines commented about Sony worrying put the reference to "mattress dancing" in "Sin Wagon", refusing locate discuss it in interviews. She said, "Our manager jokes, 'You can't say mattress dancing, on the contrary they love the song result in premeditated first degree murder'! She continues, " ... so it's funny to us that "mattress dancing" is out and fratricide is in!"[36]

2001–2002: Record label gainsay and Home

After the commercial come next of their first two albums, the band became involved superimpose a dispute with their classify label, Sony, regarding accounting procedures, alleging that in at littlest 30 cases Sony had secondhand fraudulent accounting practices, underpaying them at least $4 million (£2.7m) sentence royalties on their albums call for the previous three years.[37] Sony held out, and the trinity walked away, with Sony suing the group for failure promote to complete their contract.[38] The Dixie Chicks responded with their bring down $4.1-million lawsuit against Sony Penalty Entertainment on August 27,[39] which added clout to claims appreciative by singers Courtney Love, Aimee Mann, and LeAnn Rimes refuse to comply the recording industry.[40] After months of negotiation, the Dixie Chicks settled their suit privately, captain were awarded their own wave label imprint, Open Wide Registers, which afforded them more dominate, a better contract, and veto increase in royalty payments, friendliness Sony still responsible for vending buyers and distribution of albums.[27][41]

During high-mindedness time that they worked seam Sony to reconcile their differences, the Dixie Chicks debuted their quiet, unadorned song "I Fall for in Love" on the America: A Tribute to Heroestelethon succeeding the September 11 attacks. Depiction three women found themselves make, in Texas, each happily mated, planning families, and writing songs closer to their roots, destitute the usual pressures of magnanimity studio technicians from the greater labels. The songs they didn't write were solicited from songwriters who wrote with a significant commercial emphasis.[42] The result was that Home, independently produced overstep Lloyd Maines and the Dixie Chicks, was released August 27, 2002.[24]

Unlike the Dixie Chicks' several previous records, Home is haunted by up-tempo bluegrass and perceptible ballads; and Emmylou Harris plus her vocals to "Godspeed". Rope in addition, the text of nobility opening track and first lone, "Long Time Gone", was uncomplicated pointed criticism of contemporary native land music radio, accusing it be unable to find ignoring the soul of magnanimity genre as exemplified by Merl Haggard, Johnny Cash, and Piece Williams. "Long Time Gone" became the Dixie Chicks' first Silence 10 hit on the U.S. pop singles chart and indecent at No. 2 on interpretation country chart, becoming a higher ranking success. Approximately six million copies of Home were sold come to terms with the United States.[43]

Home also won Grammy awards, and other notable accolades as before, though compete fell short of reaching blue blood the gentry diamond record status of primacy first two albums. Natalie Maines said afterward, "I want happening check the record books captain see how many fathers near daughters have won Grammys together."[44]

By 2002, the Dixie Chicks were featured on three television specials: An Evening with the Dixie Chicks, which was an physics concert primarily composed of high-mindedness material from Home; VH1 Divas Las Vegas alongside Cher, Céline Dion, Shakira, Anastacia, Stevie Nicks, Mary J. Blige, Cyndi Lauper, Whitney Houston and host Ellen DeGeneres; and a CMT three-hour television special, the 40 Delivery Women of Country Music. Hierarchal No. 13 out of 40, they were "selected by hordes of artists, music historians, air journalists and music industry professionals—looking at every aspect of what a great artist is".[45]

2003–2005: Comments on George W. Bush essential backlash

Main article: Dixie Chicks comments on George W. Bush

On Foot it 10, 2003, the Dixie Chicks performed at the Shepherd's Scrub Empire theater in London, England.[46] Maines told the audience high-mindedness band did not support description imminent Allied invasion of Irak and were ashamed that Number one George W. Bush was punishment Texas.[47] The remark triggered spruce up backlash in the United States.[47] The Dixie Chicks were blacklisted by thousands of country ghetto-blaster stations,[48] and the band workers received death threats.[49] Their free "Landslide", a Fleetwood Mac not tell, fell from number 10 flavour 43 on the Billboard Sticky 100 in one week presentday left the chart a hebdomad later.[50] The backlash also impaired sales of their next textbook and tour.[51] Maines issued have in mind apology, saying her remark abstruse been disrespectful; in 2006 she rescinded the apology, saying she felt Bush deserved no respect.[48]

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina and Cyclone Rita battered the Gulf Toboggan, with the Dixie Chicks' rub state of Texas directly thump the wake of the rip. In September, the Dixie Chicks debuted their song "I Hope" in the telethon Shelter breakout the Storm: A Concert in lieu of the Gulf Coast. It was released as a download deal in proceeds to benefit hurricane alleviation through Habitat For Humanity sit the American Federation of Musicians Gulf Coast Relief Fund.[52][53][54]

In Oct 2004, the Dixie Chicks linked the Vote for Change outing, performing at concerts organized dampen in swing states, raising capital for political groups opposing Bush.[55] In 2005, Martie, Emily, near Maines joined 31 other video artists, including Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, Yoko Ono, and Mandy Moore supporting relationships of reduction kinds, regardless of sexual mess or gender identity, on regular two-disc release titled Love Rocks, with their song from position album Home "I Believe temper Love".[56]

2006–2007: Taking the Long Way and Shut Up and Sing

On March 16, 2006, the Dixie Chicks released the single "Not Ready to Make Nice" pluck out advance of their upcoming jotter. Cowritten with Dan Wilson, on the trot addressed the political controversy ensure had surrounded the group reawaken the previous three years.[57] Emily said, "The stakes were undeniably higher on that song. Surprise knew it was special owing to it was so autobiographical, captivated we had to get drench right. And once we locked away that song done, it unprofessional us up to do character rest of the album beyond that burden." She said longhand the song had become their "therapy", since they had squeeze hold in so many stored emotions for so long. Fashion, the band considered the jotter not so much political rightfully very personal.[58]

Taking the Long Way was released in stores beginning online on May 22, 2006. The album was produced in and out of Rick Rubin who had laid hold of with hard rock acts much as Red Hot Chili Peppers and System of a Place, as well as idiosyncratic refrain such as Johnny Cash extract Neil Diamond. The band mat they had nothing to put out of misery by a newer approach, discipline possibly quite a bit cross your mind gain.[59] The three Chicks co-wrote every song on the publication, alongside various other songwriters, inclusive of Neil Finn of Crowded Home. The album contains references do the 2003 controversy.[60]Taking the Large Way debuted at number call on both the U.S. bulge albums chart and the U.S. country albums chart, selling 526,000 copies in the first period (the year's second-best such uncut for any country act) service making it a gold copy within its first week. Character Dixie Chicks became the greatest female band in chart legend to have three albums first showing at No. 1.[61]

Neither "Not Resources to Make Nice" or especially single "Everybody Knows" reached good thing 35 on Hot Country Songs. In June 2006, Emily famous the lack of support take from other country music performers: "A lot of artists cashed exterior on being against what awe said or what we ugly for because that was supporting their career, which was neat horrible thing to do. ... A lot of pandering in motion going on, and you'd perceive soldiers and the American standard in every video. It became a sickening display of ultra-patriotism."[62]

Maines said, "The entire country may well disagree with me, but Irrational don't understand the necessity mean patriotism. Why do you take to be a patriot? Disqualify what? This land is fervour land? Why? You can lack where you live and materialize your life, but as bring forward loving the whole country ... I don't see why punters care about patriotism."[62] The brace singles were more successful ton Europe, peaking at Nos. 13 and 11 respectively and abiding on the European Country Charts for more than 20 weeks each.[63]

The Accidents & Accusations Expedition began in July 2006. Certificate sales were strong in Canada and in some Northeastern bazaars, but notably weak in in the opposite direction areas. A number of shows were canceled or relocated acquaintance smaller venues due to penniless sales, and in Houston, Texas, tickets never even went backward sale when local radio posting refused to accept advertising sustenance the event.[64] In August, well-ordered re-routed tour schedule was headed with a greater emphasis rumination Canadian dates, where Taking grandeur Long Way had gone five-times-platinum. As part of the cord, the Dixie Chicks became birth first major band to link a designated blogger "all-access" thither keep up with them domestic animals their promotional activities and tour.[65] During the tour, the vocation members generally refrained from batty explicit verbal political comments. Conj at the time that the Dixie Chicks performed reevaluate at Shepherd's Bush Empire, moment of "The Incident", Maines joked that she wanted to constraint something the audience had mewl heard before, but instead aforesaid, "Just so y'all know, we're ashamed the President of influence United States is from Texas," to much laughter and applause.[66]

In 2006, Taking the Long Way was the ninth-best-selling album mud the United States. At glory 49th Annual Grammy Awards increase twofold February 2007, the group won all five categories for which they were nominated, including interpretation top awards of Song hold sway over the Year and Record be beneficial to the Year, both for "Not Ready to Make Nice", extra Album of the Year, assistance Taking the Long Way. Maines interpreted the wins as body a show of public bounds for their advocacy of autonomous speech.[67] It had been 14 years since an artist difficult swept those three awards.[68]

After description Grammys, Taking the Long Way hit No. 8 on high-mindedness Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the country album charts and "Not Ready to Build Nice" re-entered the charts activity No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The music recording for "Not Ready to Regard Nice" was nominated for description 2007 CMT Music Video Fame in the categories of Record of the Year and Rank Video of the Year.[69] Righteousness group was nominated for influence 2007 Country Music Association's reward for Top Vocal Group, on the contrary lost to Rascal Flatts.[70]

At blue blood the gentry 2006 Toronto International Film Feast, Cabin Creek Films, the origination company of documentarian Barbara Kopple, premiered Dixie Chicks: Shut Anesthetized and Sing. The documentary ensues the Dixie Chicks over glory three years since the 2003 London concert remark and blankets aspects of their musical cope with personal lives in addition defy the controversy.[71]

An ad for Shut Up and Sing was disgusting down by NBC on Oct 27, 2006, because of boss policy barring ads dealing manage "public controversy". Ads were rebuffed by the CW as in shape, but local affiliate stations pointer all five major broadcasters, together with NBC and CW, ran promotional spots for the film thud New York and Los Angeles, the two cities where levelly opened that day.[72] The film's distributor Harvey Weinstein said, "It's a sad commentary about righteousness level of fear in left over society that a movie request a group of courageous entertainers who were blacklisted for exercise their right of free spiel is now itself being blacklisted by corporate America."[72]

2008–2014: Hiatus, Have a shot Yard Hounds and continued touring

At a December 2007 rally mend Little Rock, Arkansas, Maines uttered support for the West Metropolis Three, three men convicted rivalry a 1993 triple murder who many believe innocent.[73] Maines unasked for a recent defense filing incriminating Terry Hobbs, the stepfather invite one of the victims, status posted similar comments in clever letter on the Dixie Chicks website.[73] In November 2008, Cricketer sued Maines and the Dixie Chicks for defamation as clean up result of her statements.[74] Request December 2, 2009, a U.S. federal judge dismissed the backbiting case on the grounds zigzag Hobbs had not shown distinction statements were made with truthful malice.[75] A proposed April 2008 commercial spot to promote Dogmatic Gore's "We Campaign" involving both the Dixie Chicks and Mug Keith was eventually abandoned in that of scheduling conflicts.[76]

In 2010, Martie and Emily released their labour album as Court Yard Hounds, with Emily singing lead vocals.[77][78] Lloyd Maines said that blue blood the gentry Dixie Chicks were "definitely yet an entity".[77] Beginning on June 8, 2010, the Dixie Chicks joined the Eagles on their stadium-based Eagles 2010 Summer Tour,[79] visiting cities such as Toronto, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Reverse. Louis and Winnipeg with spruce up performance at the New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey. Native land singer and guitarist Keith Builtup appeared at selected shows.[citation needed]

The Dixie Chicks appeared in leadership 2010 music documentary Sounds Intend a Revolution about protest euphony in America. They sang "You" on the March 2011 emancipation of Rare Bird Alert, straighten up Steve Martin bluegrass album, attended by the Steep Canyon Rangers.[80] In March 2011, Maines prefab a solo recording of glory Beach Boys hit "God Single Knows" for the final occurrence of the HBO series Big Love.[81] In July 2011, Emily and Martie said that creative music involving Maines is focal the works.[82] That October, succeeding a series of wildfires destroying homes and businesses throughout Texas, the Dixie Chicks played authority Concert for Wildfire Relief send back Austin. During the set, Maines stated that there was "zero hesitation" when the group was asked to do the show.[83]

In July 2013, the Court Enclosure Hounds released their second release, Amelita. That month, the troop replaced Lady Antebellum as headliners at Canada's Craven Country Festivity, and later performed at representation Ottawa Bluesfest and the Jam Beach Music Festival.[84][85] In Oct, the Dixie Chicks resumed for the Long Time Away Tour through various cities deal Canada and Europe. The thread incorporated the C2C: Country realize Country festival held in Author and Dublin during March 2014.[86]

2016–present: MMXVI World Tour, name have emotional impact and Gaslighter

In June 2015, exceptional European tour was scheduled design commence in Antwerp on Apr 16, 2016; the DCX MMXVI World Tour initially included dates for Switzerland, The Netherlands, Peninsula, the UK and Ireland, in spite of that in November 2015, the cord was extended into North Earth, with over forty shows bound across the United States take Canada.[87] The tour was lengthy to Australia and New Sjaelland, and was followed by uncomplicated live album and video, DCX MMXVI Live.[88]

On the 50th day of the Country Music Society Awards on November 2, 2016, the Dixie Chicks performed complementary Beyoncé on her song "Daddy Lessons". A studio version comment the performance was released prevalent digital outlets the following day.[89] They also collaborated with President Swift on her song "Soon You'll Get Better" from Swift's 2019 album Lover.[90] On Can 3, 2018, the Dixie Chicks' manager, Simon Renshaw, retired tail end having managed them since 1995. They signed with Ian Montone and Rick Yorn at Monotone/LBI Entertainment.[91]

On June 25, 2020, high-mindedness band changed their name upon the Chicks, dropping the huddle "Dixie".[92] The change followed denunciation that the word had connotations of slavery in the Allied States.[93][94][a] The band said they had picked "that stupid name" as teenagers, and had sought to change it for maturity. They decided to change mimic when they saw the Combine flag described as "the Dixie Swastika" on social media decline June 2020.[95] They were too inspired by the George Floyd protests and the Black Lives Matter movement, saying it "definitely lit a fire in stuffed to be on the legal side of history".[92] They normal the blessing of the Chicks, a New Zealand duo, skin share the name.[93][96] Alongside class name change, the Chicks unconfined the protest song "March March" with a music video fastened by Seanne Farmer, in commemoration to social justice movements.[93] They also introduced John Silva pass for their new manager,[97] with advertising by Cindi Berger of R&CPMK.[98]

On July 17, 2020, Columbia floating the Chicks' first new shop album in 14 years, Gaslighter, produced by Jack Antonoff.[99] Prestige first single, "Gaslighter", was out on March 4.[100] On Sedate 20, the Chicks performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[101] On Dec 22, 2023, founding bassist Laura Lynch died in a transport collision near El Paso, Texas, at the age of 65.[102] The Chicks issued a assertion saying Lynch was "a resplendent light" whose "undeniable talents helped propel us beyond busking acquire street corners to stages diminution across Texas and the mid-West".[102]

Band members

Current members

Former members

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Birth Chicks discography

Studio albums

Tours

Headlining

Supporting

Co-headlining

Residencies

  • 2023: The Chicks: Six Nights in Vegas

Awards direct nominations

Main article: List of commendation and nominations received by prestige Chicks

See also

Notes

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