  The Dixie Chicks (named after
the Little Feat song
"Dixie Chickens") consists of Laura
Lynch on lead vocals, and sisters Emily Erwin
and Martie Seidel Maguire. The trio
originally formed as a quartet in 1989 with
guitarist Robin Lynn Macy. Prior to forming a
band, Erwin and Seidel would play music on
the streets of Dallas, and Seidel went on to
come in 3rd place in the National Fiddle
Championships.
 The Dixie Chicks released their
debut LP, Thank
Heavens For Dale Evans.
The Dixie Chicks released Little
Ol' Cowgirl and Macy left the group.
 The Dixie Chicks began the year
performing at the Presidential Inaugural and
released Shouldn't
A Told You That.
With each LP released
independently, the Dixie Chicks found
themselves as the opening act for the likes
of Garth
Brooks, Alan Jackson, George Strait,
and Emmylou Harris.
Lynch left the trio and rumors
persisted that Erwin and Seidel were trying
to give the group a more youthful and
modernized look. Lynch was replaced with
Natalie Maines (daughter of steel guitarist
Lloyd Maines of the Maines Brothers
Band). Seidel said of Maines joining
the group: "With Natalie, that's when
the wheels started rolling around. You could
tell there was excitement there... there was
energy." Maines had turned down a full
scholarship to attend Berklee College of
Music in Boston to join the group.
 # 132
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Dixie Chicks released Wide
Open Spaces and the trio soon hit the big
time with fans and critics.
Wide
Open Spaces eventually topped the Billboard
Country Album chart for 7 weeks.
Wide
Open Spaces was certified gold.
Wide
Open Spaces was certified
platinum.
The Dixie Chicks hit the Top 40
with "There's
Your Trouble."
The Dixie Chicks topped the
Billboard Country Singles chart with "There's
Your Trouble" for 2 weeks.
Wide
Open Spaces was certified 2x platinum and
took home 2 Country Music Awards for Vocal
Group of the Year and the Horizon Award.
The Dixie Chicks topped the
Billboard Country Singles chart with
"Wide Open Spaces" for 4 weeks.
Wide
Open Spaces was certified 3x platinum.
The Dixie Chicks topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top New Country
Artist.
 # 98
Singles Artist of the Year
The Dixie Chicks won an American Music
Award for Favorite
New Country Artist and were nominated for
Favorite Country Band/Group/Duo.
Wide
Open Spaces was certified 4x platinum and
topped the Billboard Country Albums chart for
7 weeks.
The Dixie Chicks won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country
Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
("There's
Your Trouble") and Best Country Album (Wide
Open Spaces) and were nominated for Best
New Artist.
The Dixie Chicks hit the Top 40
with "You
Were Mine" which topped the
Billboard Country singles chart for 2 weeks.
Wide
Open Spaces was certified 5x platinum.
The Dixie Chicks were awarded 3
Academy of Country Music Awards for Album of
the Year (Wide
Open Spaces), Top Group, and Top New Group.
Wide
Open Spaces was certified 6x platinum.
The trio toured with George
Strait's Country Music Festival and
performed with the Lilith Fair.
 The Dixie's Chicks released
their next LP, Fly, and debuted at #1 on
Billboard's Pop (where it spent 2 weeks on
top) and Country charts. The first single was
"Ready To Run" which was also
included on the soundtrack for Runaway
Bride along with the girls' cover of
"You Can't Hurry Love."
Wide
Open Spaces was certified 7x platinum
(making it the best-selling LP by a country
duo or group) and the LP won a Canadian
Country Music Award for Top Selling Album.
Fly topped the Billboard
Country Album chart for 36 weeks and the
Billboard Top Internet Album Sales chart for
3 weeks.
The Dixie Chicks won 3 Country
Music Association Awards for Vocal Group of
the Year, Music Video of the Year, and Single
of the Year ("Wide Open Spaces")
and 2 WB Radio Music Awards for Artist of the
Year (Country) and Song of the Year (Country)
("Wide Open Spaces").
The Dixie Chicks topped the Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers as the Top Country
Artist (singles & albums), Top Country
Artist - Group/Duo (singles & albums),
Top Country Album Artist, Top Country Album
Artist - Group/Duo, and Top Hot Country
Singles & Tracks Artist - Group/Duo.
 # 84
Singles Artist of the Year
The Dixie Chicks were nominated
for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite
Country Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Country
Album.
The Dixie Chicks were listed on
the infamous yearly "Worst Dressed
Women" list described as "truckstop
fashion tragedies."
They hit the Top 40 with "Cowboy
Take Me Away."
 The Dixie Chicks won 2 more Grammy Awards for
Best Country Album (Fly) and Best Country
Performance by a Duo/Group ("Ready To
Run") and were nominated for Album of
the Year (Fly) and Best Country
Collaboration with Vocals ("Roly
Poly" with Asleep At The Wheel).
The Dixie Chicks premiered their new single
and video "Goodbye Earl" at the
Grammy Awards and were also nominated for a
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Band.
"Cowboy
Take Me Away" spent 3 weeks at #1 on
the Billboard Country charts.
The Dixie Chicks were nominated
for some Academy of Country Music Awards for
Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year (Fly), Top Vocal Duo or
Group, Video of the Year, and Single of the
Year ("Ready To Run").
Fly was certified 5x
platinum and Wide
Open Spaces was certified 9x platinum.
The Dixie Chicks won 2 Academy
of Country Music Awards for Album of the Year
(Fly) and Vocal Group of
the Year and were awarded Favorite Duo or
Group, Country at the Blockbuster Awards.
The Dixie Chicks won a TNN Music
Award for Best Group/Duo and Natalie Maines
got married.
The Dixie Chicks toured North
American into the summer.
Fly was certified 6x
platinum and set a new record for most weeks
at #1 on Billboard's Country Album chart with
over 32 weeks at #1 (beating Alabama's
28 week record).
The Dixie Chicks were nominated
for 5 Country Music Association Awards for
Entertainer of the Year, Vocal Group of the
Year, Vocal Event of the Year ("Roly
Poly" with Asleep At The Wheel),
Music Video of the Year ("Goodbye
Earl"), and Album of the Year (Fly).
It was announced that Maines was
expecting a baby due in April.
Wide
Open Spaces was certified 10x platinum and Fly was certified 7x
platinum.
The Dixie Chicks won a Canadian
Country Music Award for Top Selling Album.
The videos for "Cowboy
Take Me Away" and "Goodbye
Earl" were nominated for a Billboard
Music Video Award for Country Best Clip of
the Year.
The Dixie Chicks won 4 Country
Music Association Awards including
Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year (Fly), Music Video of the
Year, and Vocal Group of the Year.
The Dixie Chicks won a Radio
Music Award for Song of the Year: Country
Radio ("Cowboy
Take Me Away"). The girls had their
first television special with Dixie
Chicks: On The Fly on NBC.
Fly was certified 8x
platinum.
The Dixie Chicks topped Billboard
Year-End Charts as Top Country
Artists, Top Country Album (Fly), Top Country Artist -
Group/Duo, Top Country Album Artist, and Top
Country Album Artist - Group/Duo.
 # 123
Singles Artist of the Year
The Dixie Chicks won another American Music
Award for Favorite
Country Band/Duo/Group.
The gals topped the Billboard
Country chart with "Without You."
The Dixie Chicks hit the Top 40
with "Without You."
The Dixie Chicks were nominated
for 2 Grammy Awards - both for Best
Country Collaboration with Vocals
("Strong Enough" with Sheryl
Crow and "Walk Softly"
with Ricky Skaggs). The
girls were nominated for 3 Academy of Country
Music Award including Entertainer of the
Year, Vocal Group of the Year, and Video of
the Year ("Goodbye Earl").
Maines gave birth to a baby boy.
The Dixie Chicks won a
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite
Duo or Group - Country and were nominated for
a Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Band.
Seidel stated that it might be a
year before their next LP is released and
possibly even longer before they tour again.
Wide
Open Spaces was certified 11x platinum.
The Dixie Chicks had a lawsuit
filed against them by their record label,
Sony Music, for breach of contract.
Fly was certified 9x
platinum.
The Dixie Chicks countered
their record label's lawsuit with one of
their own - suing Sony Music for fraud.
 The Dixie Chicks performed
"I Believe In Love" for a landmark
fundraiser (America:
A Tribute To Heroes) aired by all the
major networks to raise money for families of
the victims of recent terrorist attacks.
The Dixie Chicks were nominated
for 2 Country Music Association Awards for
Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group of
the Year.
The Dixie Chicks topped Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Country
Album Artist - Group/Duo.
 # 54
Singles Artist of the Year
The Dixie Chicks performed on VH1
Divas 2002: Divas Las Vegas.
The Dixie Chicks settled their
complaints against Sony Music and created a
new record label under Sony Music.
Fly was certified 10x
platinum.
 The Dixie Chicks released their
next LP Home.
The Dixie Chicks topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 5
weeks and the Country Singles Sales chart
with "Long Time Gone."
Home sold over 780,000
copies during its first week of release in
the US and topped the Billboard 200 Albums
chart for 4 weeks and Top Country Albums
chart for 19 weeks.
The Dixie Chicks hit the Top 40
with "Long Time Gone."
Home was certified 2x
platinum.
Home was certified 3x
platinum.
 The Dixie Chicks hit the Top 40
with "Landslide."
Emily Robison gave birth to a
baby boy.
The Dixie Chicks appeared in
their own NBC special.
Home ended the
year as the 4th biggest selling LP of the
year with over 3.7 million copies sold in the
US.
The Dixie Chicks topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Country
Artist - Group/Duo (singles & albums) and
Top Country Album Artist - Group/Duo.
 # 50
Singles Artist of the Year
The Dixie
Chicks won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Country
Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Country Album.
The Dixie
Chicks won a People's Choice Award for
Favorite Group (a tie with the Creed).
The Dixie Chicks performed the
"National Anthem" at Super Bowl
XXXVII.
Home was certified 4x
platinum.
The Dixie Chicks performed on Saturday
Night Live.
The Dixie
Chicks won 3 Grammy Awards for Best Country
Performance by a Duo/Group ("Long Time Gone"), Best Country
Instrumental Performance ("Lil' Jack
Slade"), and Best Country Album (Home), and were also
nominated for Album of the Year. The trio also
performed at the ceremony.
Wide
Open Spaces was certified 12x platinum and Home was certified 5x
platinum.
The Dixie Chicks topped the
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 7
weeks with "Landslide."
The Dixie Chicks topped the
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
chart for a week with "Travelin'
Soldier."
Home was certified 6x
platinum.
The Dixie Chicks entered into
controversy that resulted in some country
radio stations not playing their music after
criticizing George Bush and impending war
with Iraq. Maines stated at a concert:
"Just so you know, we're ashamed the
president of the United States is from
Texas." She later apologized in a
statement: "As a concerned American
citizen, I apologize to President Bush
because my remark was disrespectful. I feel
that whoever holds that office should be
treated with the utmost respect."
 As the Dixie Chicks talked with
media about the negative backlash from
anti-Bush comments made, as well as receiving
death threats, Bruce
Springsteen came to their defense with a
statement of support on his website:
"The Dixie Chicks have taken a big hit
lately for exercising their basic right to
express themselves. To me, they're terrific
American artists expressing American values
by using their American right to free speech.
For them to be banished wholesale from radio
stations, and even entire radio networks, for
speaking out is un-American. The pressure
coming from the government and big business
to enforce conformity of thought concerning
the war and politics goes against everything
that this country is about - namely freedom.
Right now, we are supposedly fighting to
create freedom in Iraq, at the same time that
some are trying to intimidate and punish
people for using that same freedom here at
home. I don't know what happens next, but I
do want to add my voice to those who think
that the Dixie Chicks are getting a raw deal,
and an un-American one to boot. I send them
my support."
The Dixie Chicks kicked off
their US tour beginning in South Carolina.
The Dixie Chicks announced they
had teamed up with 'Rock The Vote' to work
towards increasing registering women voters.
The Dixie Chicks were nominated
for 2 Country Music Associations Awards for
Vocal Group of the Year and Album of the Year
(Home).
 It was announced that Martie is
expecting twins.
The Dixie Chicks were nominated
for an American Music
Award for Favorite Country
Band/Duo/Group.
The Dixie Chicks released a live
LP and DVD, Top
Of The World.
Top
Of The World was certified gold.
Dixie Chicks topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Billboard
200 Album Artist - Duo/Group, Top Country
Artist - Group/Duo (singles & albums),
and Top Country Album Artist - Group/Duo.
The Dixie Chicks were honored
with the Patrick Lippert Award at the Rock
The Vote Awards.
Maguire gave birth to twins.
The Dixie Chicks toured as part
of the 'Vote For Change' tour. The tour
featuring several major acts will be
performing in key "battleground"
states with the goal of getting citizens out
to vote, and vote to change the current
administration.
# 359 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
The Dixie Chicks won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Top Of The
World").
Robison gave birth to twins.
The Dixie Chicks performed on Shelter
From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast
- a benefit program shown on all the major
networks simultaneously to raise money for
those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
 The Dixie
Chicks were nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Country Song
(awarded to the songwriters with Keb
Mo') ("I Hope").
The single
"Landslide" was certified
gold.
 The Dixie Chicks released Taking
The Long Way.
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