The Chicks

{{Short description|American country band}} {{About|the American country band||}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = The Chicks | image = Dixie Chicks in Austin, Texas.jpg | caption = The Chicks in 2006 (L-R: Emily Strayer, Natalie Maines, and Martie Maguire) | alt = Country band the Chicks performing onstage | background = group_or_band | alias = Dixie Chicks (1989–2020) | origin = Dallas, Texas, U.S. | genre = {{flatlist| * Country<ref name="allmusic"/> * bluegrass<ref name="allmusic"/> * country pop<ref name="allmusic"/> }} | years_active = 1989–present | label = {{flatlist| * Crystal Clear Sound * Monument Nashville * Columbia Nashville }} | spinoffs = Court Yard Hounds | website = {{URL|thechicks.com}} | current_members = * Emily Strayer * Martie Maguire * Natalie Maines | past_members = * Robin Lynn Macy * Laura Lynch }}

'''The Chicks''', known until 2020 as '''Dixie Chicks''', are an American country music band from Dallas, Texas. The band consists of Natalie Maines (lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar) and sisters Martie Maguire (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) and Emily Strayer (vocals, guitar, banjo, Dobro).

Martie and Emily (both née Erwin)<!--They took their husbands' surnames after their marriage, thus, per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biography#People_with_the_same_surname, are respectively referred to by name as "Martie and Emily" to distinguish them from their husbands.--> founded the Dixie Chicks in 1989 with bassist Laura Lynch and singer and guitarist Robin Lynn Macy. They performed bluegrass and country music, busking and touring the bluegrass festival circuits and small venues for six years. In 1992, Macy left the group with Lynch taking over vocals. After independently releasing three albums, in 1995, the Dixie Chicks were signed by Monument Records Nashville and Natalie Maines replaced Lynch. They released their first album with Monument, ''Wide Open Spaces,'' in 1998, followed by ''Fly'' in 1999. Both albums were certified diamond.

In 2003, while on stage in London, the Dixie Chicks publicly criticized the US president George W. Bush and the imminent Iraq War, triggering a backlash and damaging sales of their 2002 album ''Home''. They released ''Taking the Long Way'' in 2006 and entered hiatus in 2008; Martie and Emily recorded as a duo, Court Yard Hounds. The Dixie Chicks reunited in 2016 for a series of tours. In 2020, they removed "Dixie" from their name due to negative connotations, and released their first album in 14 years, ''Gaslighter''.

The Chicks have charted 22 times on the American ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts; "There's Your Trouble", "Wide Open Spaces", "You Were Mine", "Cowboy Take Me Away", "Without You", and "Travelin' Soldier" all reached number one. The Chicks have received 13 Grammy Awards, ten Country Music Association awards and eight Academy of Country Music awards. By July 2020, with 33 million certified albums sold<ref name="RIAA1">{{cite web|title=Gold & Platinum – Top Selling Artists|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409064003/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt|archive-date=April 9, 2013|access-date=July 19, 2010|publisher=RIAA}}</ref> and sales of 27.9&nbsp;million albums in the US, the Chicks had become the best-selling all-woman band and best-selling country group since Nielsen SoundScan began recording sales in 1991.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Natalie Maines Announces 'Mother' Solo Album|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/natalie-maines-announces-mother-solo-album-1538577/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 25, 2022|archive-date=February 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225204139/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/natalie-maines-announces-mother-solo-album-1538577/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Chart Moves: Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines Makes Solo Debut, She & Him Bows on Cassette|url=https://billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1562724/chart-moves-dixie-chicks-natalie-maines-makes-solo-debut-she-him-bows-on|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609085841/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1562724/chart-moves-dixie-chicks-natalie-maines-makes-solo-debut-she-him-bows-on|archive-date=June 9, 2013|access-date=May 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=How The Music Industry Finally Caught Up to The Chicks|url=https://www.billboard.com/the-chicks-gaslighter-interview/|last=Newman|first=Melinda|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 25, 2022|archive-date=February 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225204133/https://www.billboard.com/the-chicks-gaslighter-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==

===1989–1995: Original bluegrass group=== [[File:IMAG2591-dallas-downtown.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Chicks formed as the Dixie Chicks in Dallas, Texas (seen here in 2016).]] The Chicks were founded as the Dixie Chicks in 1989 in Dallas, Texas, an area with country music roots. The original lineup consisted of El Paso native Laura Lynch on upright bass, Californian Robin Lynn Macy on guitar, and the multi-instrumentalist sisters Martie and Emily Erwin, respectively born in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and raised in Addison.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-chicks-mn0000162487/biography | title=The Chicks biography | work=AllMusic | publisher=All Media Network | last=Leahey | first=Andrew | access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref> The Erwin sisters, who were later married and both changed their names twice (Martie to Martie Seidel, then Martie Maguire; Emily to Emily Robison, then Emily Strayer),<!--They took their husbands' surnames after their marriage, thus, per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biography#People_with_the_same_surname, are respectively referred to by name as "Martie and Emily" to distinguish them from their husbands.--> previously performed as members of the bluegrass group Blue Night Express along with country singer Sharon Gilchrist and her brother Troy.<ref name="EveningSun">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-blue-night-express-playi/195177658/|title=Blue Night Express playing in area|page=17|newspaper=The Evening Sun|date=July 14, 1988|access-date=June 1, 2025}}</ref><ref name="ParisTexas1989">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paris-news-dixie-chicks-simply-gosp/195177651/|title=Dixie Chicks, Simply Gospel at fairgrounds on Saturday|page=8A|last=Dice|first=Ralph|newspaper=The Paris News|date=October 13, 1989|access-date=June 1, 2025}}</ref> The band name was taken from the album ''Dixie Chicken'' by Lowell George of Little Feat.<ref name="Tarnow">Tarnow, Noah, "Dixie Chicks", ''Rolling Stone''; 12/01/98 Issue 801, pg.37</ref> They initially played predominantly bluegrass and a mix of country standards. All four women played and sang, though Martie and Emily provided most of the instrumentation while Lynch and Macy shared lead vocal duties. Martie primarily played fiddle, mandolin, and viola, while Emily's specialties included five-stringed banjo and resonator guitar.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.countrythangdaily.com/martie-maguire-facts/|title=10 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Martie Maguire|last=Lambert|first=Arden|date=September 16, 2022|publisher=Country Thang Daily|accessdate=July 17, 2024|archive-date=July 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717060343/https://www.countrythangdaily.com/martie-maguire-facts/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="margolis gaslighter">{{cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/gaslighter-the-chicks-album-review/|title=The Chicks' 'Gaslighter' an Emotional Chronicle of Divorce-driven Heartache|last=Margolis|first=Lynne|publisher=American Songwriter|date=July 17, 2020|accessdate=July 17, 2024|archive-date=July 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718143003/https://americansongwriter.com/gaslighter-the-chicks-album-review/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1987, Martie had won second place, and in 1989, third place in the national fiddle championships held at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas.<ref name="Walnut Valley Association">{{cite web |url=http://www.wvfest.com/ |title=Walnut Valley Association 1987 and 1989 National fiddle championships in archive |access-date=March 2, 2008 |publisher=Wvfest.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216052745/http://wvfest.com/ |archive-date=February 16, 2008 }}</ref>

In 1990, Penny Cook, the daughter of then-Texas senator John Tower, gave the Dixie Chicks $10,000 to record an album. Later that year, the Dixie Chicks released their self-produced debut studio album ''Thank Heavens for Dale Evans'' on a local independent label called Crystal Clear Sound. The album was named after actress and singer-songwriter Dale Evans.<ref name="AllMusicDaleEvans">{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/thank-heavens-for-dale-evans-mw0000085318 | title=''Thank Heavens for Dale Evans'' review | work=AllMusic | publisher=All Media Network | last=McCall | first=Michael | accessdate=December 31, 2024}}</ref><ref>Dickerson, James L. ''Go, Girl, Go! The Women's Revolution in Music'', Schrimer Trade Books, 2005, p. 173</ref> The group paid $5,000 for the 14-track album.<ref name="BROOKS">{{Cite web |title=All-Inclusive Dixie Chicks Timeline |url=https://rbrooks.tripod.com/timeline.html |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=rbrooks.tripod.com}}</ref> Half of this album's tracks consist of cover songs including Patsy Montana's "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart", Jon Ims' "West Texas Wind", and Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home to Me". Macy co-wrote two tracks, with Martie also serving as co-writer for the title track.<ref name="AllMusicDaleEvans"/>

A Christmas single was released at the end of the year – a 45 RPM vinyl record titled ''Home on the Radar Range'' with "Christmas Swing" on one side and the song on the flip side named "The Flip Side". The record titles were significant; during that period of time, the bandmates dressed up as "cowgirls", and publicity photos reflected this image. They also appeared at the Grand Ole Opry<ref name="Dixie Chicks Fans">{{cite web |url=http://www.dixiechicksfans.net/martie_maguire.html |title=Dixie Chicks Fans Net |publisher=Dixiechicksfans.net |access-date=December 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20031224102456/http://www.dixiechicksfans.net/martie_maguire.html |archive-date=December 24, 2003 }}</ref> and Garrison Keillor's radio show ''A Prairie Home Companion''.<ref name="Clark">Clark, Renee [http://www.dixie-chicks.com/dlife392.shtml "Can the Dixie Chicks make it in the big time? Local Heroes"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191833/http://www.dixie-chicks.com/dlife392.shtml |date=March 4, 2016}} ''Dallas Morning News'', March 1, 1992. Retrieved March 23, 2008</ref> The Dixie Chicks began building a fan base, winning the prize for "best band" at the 1990 Telluride Bluegrass Festival and opening for established country music artists, including Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, and George Strait.<ref name="BROOKS"/>

In 1992, the Dixie Chicks' next Crystal Clear Sound release, ''Little Ol' Cowgirl'', moved towards a more contemporary country sound, as the band used more session musicians, and developed a richer sound with larger and more modern arrangements. Macy and Martie each wrote two of the album's songs, with Lynch co-writing one song with Martie. The band co-produced it with guitarist Larry Seyer, who also played on the album. Displeased with the change in sound, Macy left in late 1992 to devote herself to a "purer" bluegrass sound, remaining active in the Dallas and Austin music scenes.<ref name="8 Note">{{Cite web |title=Dixie Chicks biography - 8notes.com |url=https://www.8notes.com/biographies/dixie_chicks.asp |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=www.8notes.com |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601171123/https://www.8notes.com/biographies/dixie_chicks.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> Reviewing their performance at the Birchmere, Virginia in 1992, Eric Brace of ''The Washington Post'' wrote that "record label executives will be kicking themselves soon enough ... These Chicks have what it takes to make the big time, yet no major label has taken the plunge to sign them."<ref name="Brace">Brace, Eric (March 30, 1992). [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-998203.html "Dixie Chicks"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105222734/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-998203.html|date=November 5, 2012}}. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved March 28, 2008</ref>

Lynch became lead singer on the Dixie Chicks' third Crystal Clear Sound album, ''Shouldn't a Told You That'' (1993). Lynch wrote two of the ten tracks on the album, which also included a collaboration with the Erwin sisters on "I'm Falling Again". By this point, the band was still unable to attract support from a major record label and struggled to expand their fan base beyond Texas and Nashville. Their then-manager, Simon Renshaw, approached executive Scott Siman, best known for his work with Tim McGraw, and he signed the band to Sony Music Nashville in November 1995.<ref name="dm112395">{{cite news | url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/1995-11-23/music/red-hot/1 | title=Red hot | author=Willonsky, Robert | newspaper=Dallas Observer | date=November 23, 1995 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617075922/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1995-11-23/music/red-hot/1/ | archive-date=June 17, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> By the time of their signing, Lynch left the band and Natalie Maines was selected as their third lead singer and second guitarist on the recommendation of her multi-instrumentalist father Lloyd Maines, who contributed to the band's previous albums and has also played for The Maines Brothers Band, Jerry Jeff Walker and Joe Ely.<ref Name="Redbook">[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26096144_ITM "Dishing With The Dixie Chicks"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112034011/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26096144_ITM |date=January 12, 2009 }} ''Redbook'' March 1, 2002. Retrieved March 23, 2008.</ref><ref name="Dickerson">Dickerson, James L. (2000) Dixie Chicks: Down-Home and Backstage. Taylor Trade Publishing, Dallas, Texas. {{ISBN|0-87833-189-1}}.</ref>

At the time of Lynch's departure, the sisters attributed it to her weariness of touring and hope to spend more time with her daughter.<ref name="dm112395" /> Lynch offered to stay for the first recordings on the new album, but the sisters thought it would send the wrong message to Sony; they all agreed she would leave before the new album.<ref name="dm112395" /> In a 1996 interview, Lynch said, "It can't really be characterized as a resignation. There are three Dixie Chicks, and I'm only one."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dixie-chicks.com/cchat96a.shtml|title=Chick Chat, Spring 1996|website=dixie-chicks.com|access-date=May 16, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102173059/http://www.dixie-chicks.com/cchat96a.shtml|archive-date=January 2, 2013}}</ref> In 2003, Lynch said she had no regrets about leaving.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.myplainview.com/article_cbb5324a-0f70-531e-a264-8743e28a6b2d.html|title=Former Dixie Chick: No regrets missing out on band's success|last=Chang|first=Anita|date=May 2, 2003|work=MyPlainview.com|access-date=May 16, 2016}}</ref> Lynch's departure left the Erwin sisters as the two remaining original members.

===1995–2000: Commercial success with ''Wide Open Spaces'' and ''Fly''=== thumb|250px|The Dixie Chicks in 1998 With the addition of Maines, the new lineup had a more contemporary sound, as well as a new look, leaving their cowgirl dresses with their past, giving the band a broader appeal.<ref name="allmusic"/> Renshaw sent staff producer Blake Chancey, best known for his work with Deryl Dodd, to Austin to work with the band.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-24 |title=One of Nashville's Leading Record Producers and The Guy Who Signed The Dixie Chicks, Blake Chancey |url=https://www.thinkinanddrinkin.com/podcast/blakechancey |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Thinkin' & Drinkin' |language=en-US}}</ref>

After Maines joined the band, the instrumental lineup was essentially the same, though Maines was not an acoustic bassist. Instead, she played acoustic and electric guitar, and occasionally electric bass guitar or Tacoma Papoose guitar in concert. She sang lead vocals, with Martie and Emily singing backing vocals. Emily was now contributing to the band's sound, adding guitar, accordion, sitar, and papoose to her mastery of the five-string banjo and dobro, while Martie began adding guitar, viola, and mandolin chops more frequently to her expert fiddle. The sisters welcomed the change; Martie said, "It's very rootsy, but then Natalie comes in with a rock and blues influence. That gave Emily and [me] a chance to branch out, because we loved those kinds of music but felt limited by our instruments."<ref name="Malkin">{{cite web |url=http://chickoholic.tripod.com/DixieChicks/id8.html |title=Malkin, Nina |work=Dixie Chicks Henhouse |publisher=Chickoholic.tripod.com |access-date=May 12, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110815214537/http://chickoholic.tripod.com/DixieChicks/id8.html |archive-date=August 15, 2011 }}</ref>

Within the next year, Sony came to Austin to see the revamped band and signed them as the first new artist on the newly revived Monument Records label. While the trio recorded their first Monument album, ''Wide Open Spaces'', their debut single, "I Can Love You Better", was released in October 1997 and reached number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs.<ref name="Country Singles">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dixie-chicks/chart-history/csi/|title=Dixie Chicks Chart History: Country Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 30, 2025}}</ref> Monument released the album in January 1998 and charted four more singles: "There's Your Trouble", "Wide Open Spaces", "You Were Mine", and a cover of Joy Lynn White's "Tonight the Heartache's on Me". Of these singles, Martie and Emily co-wrote "You Were Mine". In addition to "Tonight the Heartache's on Me", half of the album's 12 tracks included cover songs such as Radney Foster's "Never Say Die" and Bonnie Raitt's "Give It Up or Let Me Go". "There's Your Trouble", "Wide Open Spaces" and "You Were Mine" became the most successful singles on the album with a number one peak on the country charts.<ref name="Country Singles"/> All five singles made top 10 on ''RPM'' Country Tracks, then the main country music chart published in Canada, with "Wide Open Spaces" and "You Were Mine" peaking at number one.<ref name=rpmcountry>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Dixie+Chicks&ChartEn=Country+Singles&|title=RPM - Country Singles|work=RPM|date=July 17, 2013 |access-date=August 5, 2018}}</ref>{{efn|''RPM'' ceased publication in November 2000.}} Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic thought the album "appeal[ed] to many different audiences because it was eclectic without being elitist", also stating that "as debuts go (and this does count as a debut), they rarely get better than this".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wide-open-spaces-mw0000596915|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|website=AllMusic|title=''Wide Open Spaces'' review|publisher=All Media Network|access-date=May 26, 2025}}</ref>

In March 2020, ''Wide Open Spaces'' was certified 13× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of 13 million copies.<ref name="riaa">{{cite web | url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=the+chicks#search_section | title=Search results for The Chicks | publisher=Recording Industry Association of America | access-date=May 27, 2025}}</ref> In Canada, the album was certified quadruple-platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (now Music Canada), a certification which at the time honored shipments of 400,000 copies in that country.<ref name="cria">{{cite web | url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=chicks | title=Search results for The Chicks | publisher=Music Canada | accessdate=May 27, 2025}}</ref>{{efn|In May 2008, Music Canada reduced the qualification for quadruple-platinum sales from 400,000 to 320,000.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://musiccanada.com/certification/ | title=Certification | work=Music Canada | accessdate=May 27, 2025 | archive-date=July 14, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220020/http://musiccanada.com/certification/ | url-status=live }}</ref>}}

The commercial success of ''Wide Open Spaces'' led to the first of several industry award nominations for the band. The Country Music Association awarded them the Horizon Award for new artists in 1998, given to those who have "demonstrated the most significant creative growth and development in overall chart and sales activity, live performance professionalism and critical media recognition".<ref name="Horizon">{{cite web|url=http://www.cmaworld.com/news_publications/pr_common/press_detail.asp?re=235&year=2003|title=Horizon Award requirements|date=September 12, 2003|publisher=Country Music Association|access-date=December 1, 2015|archive-date=February 4, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204233922/http://cmaworld.com/news_publications/pr_common/press_detail.asp?re=235&year=2003}}</ref><ref name="CBS News">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dixie-chicks-riding-high/ |title=Dixie Chicks Riding High |publisher=CBS News |date=October 5, 2000 |access-date=May 12, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306181751/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/10/03/entertainment/main238081.shtml?source=search_story |archive-date=March 6, 2012 }}</ref> At the 41st Annual Grammy Awards in 1998, the group was nominated for Grammy Award for Best New Artist, while ''Wide Open Spaces'' won Best Country Album and "There's Your Trouble" won Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The Academy of Country Music also awarded the band as Top Vocal Group and Top New Vocal Duet or Group in 1999; they would win the former again in 2000 and 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acmcountry.com/winners?awardTitle=Dixie+chicks&awardCategory=&awardYear=&actionButton=Submit|title=Search results for Dixie Chicks|publisher=Academy of Country Music|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>

The Dixie Chicks' second Monument release was 1999's ''Fly'', which debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 charts, selling over 10 million copies and making the Dixie Chicks the only country band and the only female band of any genre to hold the distinction of having two back-to-back RIAA certified diamond albums.<ref name="Official Site">[http://www.sonymusic.com/labels/nashville/DixieChicks/ Official Dixie Chicks Site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060612163721/http://www.sonymusic.com/labels/nashville/DixieChicks/ |date=June 12, 2006 }}</ref> ''Fly'' produced a total of nine singles, six of which made the top 10 on the ''Billboard'' country singles charts. It was led off by the single "Ready to Run", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1999 Garry Marshall film ''Runaway Bride'' along with the band's cover of the Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love".

Both ''Wide Open Spaces'' and ''Fly'' continued to place in the list of the 50 best-selling albums in American history over a half-decade after they were released.<ref name="Willman-book">Willman, Chris (2005), ''Rednecks & Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music'', New York: The New Press, pp. 21–23, {{ISBN|978-1-59558-017-7}}</ref> ''Fly'' again won Grammy awards and honors from the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, and the Dixie Chicks received a number of honors from other sources for their accomplishments.<ref name="CBS News-2">[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/couples-shine-at-country-awards/ "Couples Shine At Country Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306212503/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/05/02/entertainment/main191065.shtml?source=search_story |date=March 6, 2012 }}, CBS News, May 2, 2000. Retrieved February 25, 2022</ref> The band headlined their first tour, the Fly Tour, with guest artists including Joe Ely and Ricky Skaggs appearing at each show,<ref name="Frontpage Notes">{{cite web|url=http://www.frontpagepublicity.com/dxc/content/notesandquotes.html|title=Dixie Chicks Official site|publisher=Frontpage Publicity|access-date=December 1, 2015|archive-date=February 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225174656/http://www.frontpagepublicity.com/dxc/content/notesandquotes.html}}</ref> and also joined Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, and other female artists on the all-woman touring Lilith Fair.<ref name="Willman-jul99">{{Cite web |title=The Dixie Chicks bring country music to Lilith Fair |url=https://ew.com/article/1999/07/27/dixie-chicks-bring-country-music-lilith-fair/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=EW.com |language=en |archive-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619090202/https://ew.com/article/1999/07/27/dixie-chicks-bring-country-music-lilith-fair/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The source of the Dixie Chicks' commercial success during this time came from various factors: they wrote or co-wrote about half of the songs on ''Wide Open Spaces'' and ''Fly''; their mixture of bluegrass, mainstream country music, blues, and pop songs appealed to a wide spectrum of record buyers; and where the women had once dressed as "cowgirls" with Lynch, their dress was now more contemporary.<ref name="allmusic"/>

"Cowboy Take Me Away" from ''Fly'' became another signature song, written by Martie to celebrate Emily's marriage to country singer Charlie Robison, which took place three months before the album's release. However, a few of their songs brought controversy within their conservative country music fan base, and two songs caused some radio stations to remove the Dixie Chicks from their playlists: "Sin Wagon", from which the term "mattress dancing" takes on a new twist, and "Goodbye Earl", a song that uses black comedy in telling the story of the unabashed murderer of an abusive husband. (The band later made a video portraying the nefarious deed, with actor Dennis Franz playing the murdered husband.) In an interview, Maines commented about Sony worrying about the reference to "mattress dancing" in "Sin Wagon", refusing to discuss it in interviews. She said, "Our manager jokes, 'You can't say mattress dancing, but they love the song about premeditated first degree murder'!" She continues, "... so it's funny to us that 'mattress dancing' is out and murder is in!"<ref name="Willman-sep99">{{Cite web |title=The Dixie Chicks burn up the Billboard pop charts |url=https://ew.com/article/1999/09/23/dixie-chicks-burn-billboard-pop-charts/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref>

===2001–2002: Record label dispute and ''Home''=== After the commercial success of their first two albums, the band became involved in a dispute with their record label, Sony, regarding accounting procedures, alleging that in at least 30 cases Sony had used fraudulent accounting practices, underpaying them at least $4&nbsp;million (£2.7m) in royalties on their albums over the previous three years.<ref name="BBC News">{{Cite news |date=2001-08-29 |title=Dixie Chicks sue Sony for $4m |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1514747.stm |access-date=2024-06-19 |language=en-GB |archive-date=December 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222094006/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1514747.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Sony held out, and the trio walked away, with Sony suing the group for failure to complete their contract.<ref name="Sony">{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=2001-07-18 |title=Sony Sues Dixie Chicks For Breach Of Contract |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/sony-sues-dixie-chicks-for-breach-of-contract-79082/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=July 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704191934/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/79082/sony-sues-dixie-chicks-for-breach-of-contract |url-status=live }}</ref> The Dixie Chicks responded with their own $4.1-million lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment on August 27,<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{Cite magazine |last=Dansby |first=Andrew |date=2001-08-28 |title=Dixie Chicks Sue Sony |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dixie-chicks-sue-sony-236628/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=September 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906162507/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/dixiechicks/articles/story/5931612/dixie_chicks_sue_sony |url-status=live }}</ref> which added clout to claims made by singers Courtney Love, Aimee Mann, and LeAnn Rimes against the recording industry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aimeemanninprint.com/2001/bg100701.htm|title=Recording Artists Sue, Aiming to Rock Industry Action Expected to Put Big Labels Under Scrutiny|newspaper=The Boston Globe|publisher=Aimeemanninprint.com|date=October 7, 2001|access-date=December 26, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707095802/http://www.aimeemanninprint.com/2001/bg100701.htm|archive-date=July 7, 2011}}</ref> After months of negotiation, the Dixie Chicks settled their suit privately, and were awarded their own record label imprint, Open Wide Records, which afforded them more control, a better contract, and an increase in royalty payments, with Sony still responsible for marketing and distribution of albums.<ref name="Leggett">Leggett, Steve. [http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16649328&menu=bio "Martie Maguire: Biography."] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130104003115/http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16649328&menu=bio |date=January 4, 2013}} MSN. Retrieved March 9, 2008.</ref> Also in 2001, Martie married Irish actor Gareth Maguire.

During the time that they worked with Sony to reconcile their differences, the Dixie Chicks debuted their quiet, unadorned song "I Believe in Love" on the ''America: A Tribute to Heroes'' telethon following the September 11 attacks. The three women found themselves home, in Texas, each happily married, planning families, and writing songs closer to their roots, without the usual pressures of the studio technicians from the major labels. The songs they didn't write were solicited from songwriters who wrote with a less commercial emphasis.<ref name="Hermes">Hermes, Will [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1149097 NPR Music All Things Considered] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011181347/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1149097 |date=October 11, 2017}}. NPR Music. August 28, 2002. Retrieved April 20, 2008.</ref> The result was that ''Home'', independently produced by Lloyd Maines and the Dixie Chicks, was released August 27, 2002.<ref name="Official Site"/> Maines and Martie co-wrote four of the album's twelve tracks. They collaborated with country singer-songwriter Marty Stuart on "I Believe in Love" and "Tortured, Tangled Hearts". ''Home'' was led off by a cover of Darrell Scott's "Long Time Gone", which charted at 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number two on the Hot Country Songs chart. It was followed by covers of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" and Bruce Robison's "Travelin' Soldier", "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" and "Top of the World". Both "Landslide" and "Travelin' Soldier" peaked at number two and number one on Hot Country Songs, respectively. Approximately six million copies of ''Home'' were sold in the United States.<ref>Grein, Paul. [http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/18943/chart-watch-extra-ropin-the-biggest-country-hits/ "Chart Watch Extra: Ropin' The Biggest Country Hits"]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001814/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/18943/chart-watch-extra-ropin-the-biggest-country-hits/ |date=December 29, 2008}}. ''Yahoo! Music''. November 7, 2008.</ref> ''Home'' also won Grammy awards, and other noteworthy accolades as before, though it fell short of reaching the diamond record status of the first two albums. Natalie Maines said afterward, "I want to check the record books and see how many fathers and daughters have won Grammys together."<ref name="Frontpage Publicity">{{cite news|url=http://www.frontpagepublicity.com/dxc/content/careeroverview.html|title=Dixie Chicks Official site|newspaper=Contact Any Celebrity |publisher=Frontpage Publicity|access-date=December 1, 2015|archive-date=February 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226165207/http://www.frontpagepublicity.com/dxc/content/careeroverview.html}}</ref>

By 2002, the Dixie Chicks were featured on three television specials: ''An Evening with the Dixie Chicks'', which was an acoustic concert primarily composed of the 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 Greatest Women of Country Music''. Ranked No. 13 out of 40, they were "selected by hundreds of artists, music historians, music journalists and music industry professionals—looking at every aspect of what a great artist is".<ref name="CMT 40 Greatest">{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/greatest_series/76608/episode_countdown.jhtml |title=40 Greatest Women of Country Music |publisher=CMT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414142311/http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/greatest_series/76608/episode_countdown.jhtml |archive-date=April 14, 2009 |access-date=June 13, 2008}}</ref>

===2003–2005: Comments on George W. Bush and backlash=== {{Main|Dixie Chicks comments on George W. Bush}}

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On March 10, 2003, the Dixie Chicks performed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire theater in London, England.<ref name=":7">{{Cite magazine|last=Dansby|first=Andrew|date=March 17, 2003|title=Fans Turn on Dixie Chicks|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fans-turn-on-dixie-chicks-251772/|access-date=June 14, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=June 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614160951/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fans-turn-on-dixie-chicks-251772/|url-status=live}}</ref> Maines told the audience the band did not support the imminent Allied invasion of Iraq and were ashamed that then-President George W. Bush was from Texas.<ref name="Guardian33">Campbell, Duncan (2003). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/25/arts.usa {{"'}}Dixie sluts' fight on with naked defiance"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613142526/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/25/arts.usa |date=June 13, 2020 }} ''The Guardian''. Retrieved June 26, 2020.</ref> The remark triggered a backlash in the United States.<ref name="Guardian33" /> The band's songs received less airplay on country radio stations,<ref name=":22">{{cite magazine|last=Sachs|first=Andrea|date=May 21, 2006|title=Chicks In the Line of Fire – Printout – TIME|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1196419,00.html|magazine=Time|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206045558/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1196419,00.html|archive-date=December 6, 2012|access-date=December 26, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> and its members received death threats.<ref>{{cite news|date=April 24, 2003|title=Dixie Chicks 'get death threats'|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2972043.stm|url-status=live|access-date=March 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829151806/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2972043.stm|archive-date=August 29, 2009}}</ref> "Landslide" also fell from number 10 to 43 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in one week and left the chart a week later.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Grady |date=November 19, 2015 |title=Is country music ready to forgive the Dixie Chicks? |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/19/the-dixie-chicks-tour-is-country-music-ready-to-forgive |access-date=June 13, 2020 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517115411/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/19/the-dixie-chicks-tour-is-country-music-ready-to-forgive |url-status=live }}</ref> The backlash also damaged sales of their next album and tour.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Dixie Chicks: Home |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/dixie-chicks-home/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719113250/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/dixie-chicks-home/ |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |access-date=June 14, 2020 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> Maines issued an apology, saying her remark had been disrespectful; three years later, she rescinded the apology, saying she felt Bush deserved no respect.<ref name=":22" />

[[File:DixieChicksMSG062003.jpg|thumb|274px|The Dixie Chicks performing at Madison Square Garden on June 20, 2003, during the Top of the World Tour]] In 2005, Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita battered the Gulf Coast, with the Dixie Chicks' home state of Texas directly in the wake of the disaster. In September, the Dixie Chicks debuted their song "I Hope" in the telethon Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast. It was released as a download with proceeds to benefit hurricane relief through Habitat For Humanity and the American Federation of Musicians Gulf Coast Relief Fund.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.dixiechicks.com/news_092605.htm|title=New Dixie Chicks recording, "I Hope", available as digital download on Tuesday, September 27th|publisher=DixieChicks.com|date=September 26, 2005|access-date=May 18, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828035522/http://www.dixiechicks.com/news_092605.htm|archive-date=August 28, 2008}}</ref><ref name="Shelter">[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9147333/ "Shelter From the Storm"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051115200756/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9147333/ |date=November 15, 2005 }}, MSNBC. Retrieved March 8, 2008</ref><ref name="anythought">[http://anythingbut.com/archive/2005_09.html {{"'}}Shelter' Fund Drive Extends Reach"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201131902/http://anythingbut.com/archive/2005_09.html |date=December 1, 2008}}. Retrieved March 8, 2008</ref>

In October 2004, the Dixie Chicks joined the Vote for Change tour, performing at concerts organized by MoveOn.org in swing states, raising funds for political groups opposing Bush.<ref name="rs100404">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bruce-dave-r-e-m-swing-243452/|title=Bruce, Dave, R.E.M. Swing|last=Orloff|first=Brian|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 4, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415172755/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6537312/bruce_dave_rem_swing|archive-date=April 15, 2008|access-date=February 25, 2022}}</ref> In 2005, Martie, Emily, and Maines joined 31 other recording artists, including Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, Yoko Ono, and Mandy Moore, supporting relationships of all kinds, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, on a two-disc release titled ''Love Rocks'', with their song from the album ''Home'' "I Believe in Love".<ref name="Centaur Entertainment"> [http://www.hrc.org/2337.htm "HRC, Centaur Entertainment to Release 'Love Rocks' CD Feb. 8"] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080919074000/http://www.hrc.org/2337.htm |date= September 19, 2008}}, Human Rights Campaign, January 28, 2005. Retrieved May 25, 2008. </ref>

===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" in advance of their upcoming album. Cowritten with Dan Wilson, it addressed the political controversy that had surrounded the group for the previous three years.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5424238 "Dixie Chicks Return, 'Taking the Long Way'"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011181537/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5424238 |date=October 11, 2017 }} – NPR Interview on ''All Things Considered'', May 23, 2006.</ref> Emily said, "The stakes were definitely higher on that song. We knew it was special because it was so autobiographical, and we had to get it right. And once we had that song done, it freed us up to do the rest of the album without that burden." She said writing the song had become their "therapy", since they had to hold in so many stored emotions for so long. Thus, the band considered the album not so much political as very personal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5424238|title=Dixie Chicks Return, 'Taking the Long Way'|last=Block|first=Melissa|date=May 23, 2006|work=All Things Considered|publisher=NPR|access-date=July 29, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517170753/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5424238|archive-date=May 17, 2008}}</ref>

''Taking the Long Way'' was released in stores and online on May 22, 2006. The album was produced by Rick Rubin, who had worked with hard rock acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers and System of a Down, as well as idiosyncratic singers such as Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond. The band felt they had nothing to lose by a newer approach, and possibly quite a bit to gain.<ref name=MSN>{{cite web | year=2006 | url=http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16097852 | title=Dixie Chicks: 'Taking the Long Way' | publisher=MSN | access-date=April 13, 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060412165122/http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16097852 | archive-date=April 12, 2006 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The three Chicks co-wrote every song on the album, alongside various other songwriters, including Neil Finn of Crowded House. The album contains references to the 2003 controversy.<ref name="Tryangiel">{{cite magazine |author=Tryangiel, Josh |date=May 29, 2006 |title=In The Line of Fire |url=http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1196419,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615005747/http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1196419,00.html |archive-date=June 15, 2006}}</ref> ''Taking the Long Way'' debuted at number one on both the U.S. pop albums chart and the U.S. country albums chart, selling 526,000 copies in the first week (the year's second-best such total for any country act) and making it a gold record within its first week. The Dixie Chicks became the first female band in chart history to have three albums debut at No. 1.<ref>{{cite press release |title = Dixie Chicks New Album, Taking The Long Way, Debuts At No.&nbsp;1 On Billboard Top 200 |date = May 31, 2006 |publisher = Columbia Records |url = http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060531/nyw075.html |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060615185952/http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060531/nyw075.html?.v=52 |archive-date = June 15, 2006 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

Neither "Not Ready to Make Nice" or second single "Everybody Knows" reached top 35 on Hot Country Songs. In June 2006, Emily noted the lack of support from other country music performers: "A lot of artists cashed in on being against what we said or what we stood for because that was promoting their career, which was a horrible thing to do. ... A lot of pandering started going on, and you'd see soldiers and the American flag in every video. It became a sickening display of ultra-patriotism."<ref name=Telegraph/>

Maines said, "The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism. Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country ... I don't see why people care about patriotism."<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news | date=June 14, 2006 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3653132/How-the-Chicks-survived-their-scrap-with-Bush.html | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | title=How the Chicks survived their scrap with Bush | author=Sweeting, Adam | location=London| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012151525/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2006%2F06%2F15%2Fbmdixie15.xml | archive-date=October 12, 2008 | df=mdy-all|access-date=February 25, 2022}}</ref> The two singles were more successful in Europe, peaking at Nos. 13 and 11 respectively and remaining on the European Country Charts for more than 20 weeks each.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.europeancma.com/charts.htm | title=European CMA | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820214618/http://www.europeancma.com/charts.htm | archive-date=August 20, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

The Accidents & Accusations Tour began in July 2006. Ticket sales were strong in Canada and in some Northeastern markets, but notably weak in other areas. A number of shows were canceled or relocated to smaller venues due to poor sales, and in Houston, Texas, tickets never even went on sale when local radio stations refused to accept advertising for the event.<ref> {{cite news |title = Radio, promoter each blames other for cut in Chicks tour |date = August 15, 2006 |newspaper = Houston Chronicle |url = http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/4116099.html |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629021146/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/4116099.html |archive-date = June 29, 2011 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> In August, a re-routed tour schedule was scheduled with a greater emphasis on Canadian dates, where ''Taking the Long Way'' had gone five-times-platinum. As part of the tour, the Dixie Chicks became the first major band to hire a designated blogger "all-access" to keep up with them in their promotional activities and tour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chicks Magnet |date=June 19, 2006 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/18/AR2006061800986.html |first=J. Freedom |last=du Lac |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706154232/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/18/AR2006061800986.html |archive-date=July 6, 2017 }}</ref> During the tour, the group members generally refrained from any explicit verbal political comments. When the Dixie Chicks performed again at Shepherd's Bush Empire, site of "The Incident", Maines joked that she wanted to say something the audience had not heard before, but instead said, "Just so y'all know, we're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas," to much laughter and applause.<ref name="Documentary film Shut Up and Sing">Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, at Shepherd's Bush, London</ref>

In 2006, ''Taking the Long Way'' was the ninth-best-selling album in the United States. At the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2007, the Dixie Chicks won all five categories for which they were nominated, including the top awards of Song of the Year and Record of the Year, both for "Not Ready to Make Nice", and Album of the Year, for ''Taking the Long Way''. "Not Ready to Make Nice" was also the group's fourth and final award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Maines interpreted the wins as being a show of public support for their advocacy of free speech.<ref>{{cite news|first=Nekesa Mumbi|last=Moody|agency=Associated Press|quote=I think people are using their freedom of speech with all these awards. We get the message.|url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070212/FEATURES/70212001/1015/FEATURES10|date=February 12, 2007|title=Dixie Chicks lead Grammys with 5 awards|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|access-date=July 19, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605040204/http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070212%2FFEATURES%2F70212001%2F1015%2FFEATURES10|archive-date=June 5, 2011}}</ref> It had been 14 years since an artist had swept those three awards.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00B1FF8345B0C708DDDAB0894DF404482 | title=Grammy Sweep by Dixie Chicks Is Seen as a Vindication | newspaper=The New York Times | author=Leeds, Jeff | date=February 13, 2007 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523061534/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00B1FF8345B0C708DDDAB0894DF404482 | archive-date=May 23, 2013 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

After the Grammys, ''Taking the Long Way'' hit No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 1 on the country album charts and "Not Ready to Make Nice" re-entered the charts at No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The music video for "Not Ready to Make Nice" was nominated for the 2007 CMT Music Video Awards in the categories of Video of the Year and Group Video of the Year.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cmt.com/shows/events/cmt_music_awards/2007/nominees/ | title=CMT Music Video Award Nominees | publisher=CMT | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423013211/http://www.cmt.com/shows/events/cmt_music_awards/2007/nominees/ | archive-date=April 23, 2007 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The group was nominated for the 2007 Country Music Association's award for Top Vocal Group, but lost to Rascal Flatts.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cmaawards.com/2007/database/ArtistDetail.aspx?artistId=505 | title=Awards Database: Artist Detail: Dixie Chicks | publisher=CMA Awards | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192819/http://www.cmaawards.com/2007/database/ArtistDetail.aspx?artistId=505 | archive-date=September 27, 2007 | df=mdy-all | access-date=August 31, 2007 }}</ref>

At the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, Cabin Creek Films, the production company of documentarian Barbara Kopple, premiered ''Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing''. The documentary follows the Dixie Chicks over the three years since the 2003 London concert remark and covers aspects of their musical and personal lives in addition to the controversy.<ref name="hour">{{cite news | url=http://www.hour.ca/film/film.aspx?iIDArticle=10688 | title=High Notes | author=Melora Koepke | newspaper=Hour | date=November 2, 2006 | access-date=April 7, 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212204008/http://www.hour.ca/film/film.aspx?iIDArticle=10688 | archive-date=February 12, 2007 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

An ad for ''Shut Up and Sing'' was turned down by NBC on October 27, 2006, because of a policy barring ads dealing with "public controversy". Ads were rebuffed by the CW as well, but local affiliate stations of all five major broadcasters, including NBC and CW, ran promotional spots for the film in New York and Los Angeles, the two cities where it opened that day.<ref name="cd-sing"/> The film's distributor Harvey Weinstein said, "It's a sad commentary about the level of fear in our society that a movie about a group of courageous entertainers who were blacklisted for exercising their right of free speech is now itself being blacklisted by corporate America."<ref name="cd-sing">{{cite news | url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/2006-10/29/content_719231.htm | title=NBC rejects TV ads for Dixie Chicks film | newspaper=China Daily | date=October 29, 2006 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061108100034/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/2006-10/29/content_719231.htm | archive-date=November 8, 2006 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===2008–2014: Hiatus, Court Yard Hounds and continued touring=== At a December 2007 rally in Little Rock, Arkansas, Maines expressed support for the West Memphis Three, three men convicted of a 1993 triple murder who many believe innocent.<ref name="dcx-wm3">{{cite web|url=http://www.dixiechicks.com/06_pressDetail.asp?newsID=669|title=Letter from Natalie Maines: WM3 Call to Action|publisher=Dixiechicks.com|date=November 26, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313021526/http://www.dixiechicks.com/06_pressDetail.asp?newsID=669|archive-date=March 13, 2012}}</ref> Maines cited a recent defense filing implicating Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of one of the victims, and posted similar comments in a letter on the Dixie Chicks website.<ref name="dcx-wm3" /> In August 2008, Emily divorced Charlie Robison.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/music/Dixie_Chick_in_divorce_court.html |title=Dixie Chicks in divorce court |work=My San Antonio |publisher=Hearst Newspapers |last=Saldaña |first=Hector |access-date=May 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817030724/http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/music/Dixie_Chick_in_divorce_court.html |archive-date=August 17, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> That November, Hobbs sued Maines and the Dixie Chicks for defamation as a result of her statements.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/71845/natalie_maines_fellow_dixie_chicks|title=Natalie Maines, Fellow Dixie Chicks Courted for Libel|author=Finn, Natalie|publisher=E!|date=December 4, 2008|access-date=February 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208063646/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b71845_natalie_maines_fellow_dixie_chicks.html|archive-date=December 8, 2008}}</ref> On December 2, 2009, a U.S. federal judge dismissed the defamation case on the grounds that Hobbs had not shown the statements were made with actual malice.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/980335/lawsuit-against-dixie-chicks-dismissed |title=Lawsuit against Dixie Chicks dismissed |publisher=ninemsn|agency=Associated Press|date=December 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209112949/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/980335/lawsuit-against-dixie-chicks-dismissed|archive-date=December 9, 2009}}</ref> A proposed April 2008 commercial spot to promote Al Gore's "We Campaign" involving both the Dixie Chicks and Toby Keith was eventually abandoned because of scheduling conflicts.<ref name="wapo123108">{{cite news | url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postrock/2008/10/toby_keith_unplugged.html | title=Talk Talk: Toby Keith Unplugged | author=du Lac, J. Freedom | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=December 31, 2008 | access-date=November 23, 2008 | archive-date=January 11, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111183755/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postrock/2008/10/toby_keith_unplugged.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2010, Martie and Emily released their first album as Court Yard Hounds, with Emily singing lead vocals.<ref name=cmt>{{cite web|date=January 11, 2010|author=Morris, Edward|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1629456/two-members-of-dixie-chicks-releasing-album-without-natalie-maines/|title=Two Members of Dixie Chicks Releasing Album Without Natalie Maines|publisher=CMT|access-date=December 26, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115031625/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1629456/two-members-of-dixie-chicks-releasing-album-without-natalie-maines.jhtml|archive-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref><ref name="rename">{{cite web|date=January 15, 2010|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1629856/two-dixie-chicks-rename-themselves-as-court-yard-hounds/|title=Two Dixie Chicks Rename Themselves as Court Yard Hounds|publisher=CMT|access-date=February 25, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115031407/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1629856/two-dixie-chicks-rename-themselves-as-court-yard-hounds.jhtml|archive-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref> Lloyd Maines said that the Dixie Chicks were "definitely still an entity".<ref name=cmt/> Beginning on June 8, 2010, the Dixie Chicks joined the Eagles on their stadium-based Eagles 2010 Summer Tour,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courtyardhounds.com/us/news/dixie-chicks-tour-eagles|title=Dixie Chicks To Tour With The Eagles|publisher=Courtyardhounds.com|date=March 16, 2010|access-date=December 26, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708032207/http://www.courtyardhounds.com/us/news/dixie-chicks-tour-eagles|archive-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref> visiting cities such as Toronto, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, St. Louis and Winnipeg with a performance at the New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey. Australian-American country singer and guitarist Keith Urban appeared at selected shows.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reitz |first=Allison |date=2010-03-18 |title=Eagles tour taps Dixie Chicks, Keith Urban as special guests for summer concerts |url=https://www.ticketnews.com/2010/03/eagles-tour-taps-dixie-chicks-keith-urban-as-special-guests-for-summer-concerts/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=TicketNews |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Dixie Chicks appeared in the 2010 music documentary ''Sounds Like a Revolution'' about protest music in America. They sang "You" on the March 2011 release of ''Rare Bird Alert'', a Steve Martin bluegrass album, accompanied by the Steep Canyon Rangers.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Graff, Gary|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dixie-chicks-record-new-song-eye-future-plans-957244/|title=Dixie Chicks Record New Song, Eye Future Plans|magazine=Billboard|date=July 22, 2010|access-date=February 25, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524201223/http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/957244/dixie-chicks-record-new-song-eye-future-plans|archive-date=May 24, 2013}}</ref> In March 2011, Maines made a solo recording of the Beach Boys hit "God Only Knows" for the final episode of the HBO series ''Big Love''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Natalie Maines Debuts New Song|url=https://people.com/celebrity/natalie-maines-sings-god-only-knows/|date=March 14, 2011|magazine=People|access-date=June 26, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821073801/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20473643,00.html|archive-date=August 21, 2011}}</ref> In July 2011, Emily and Martie said that new music involving Maines is in the works.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theboot.com/2011/07/19/fans-first-coalition-dixie-chicks/|first=Cory|last=Stromblad|title=Dixie Chicks Join Fight Against Ticket Scalpers|work=The Boot|publisher=AOL|date=July 19, 2011|access-date=July 19, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722115921/http://www.theboot.com/2011/07/19/fans-first-coalition-dixie-chicks|archive-date=July 22, 2011}}</ref> That October, following a series of wildfires destroying homes and businesses throughout Texas, the Dixie Chicks played the Concert for Wildfire Relief in Austin. During the set, Maines stated that there was "zero hesitation" when the group was asked to do the show.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dixie Chicks headline concert for Texas wildfires relief|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/10/18/dixie-chicks-headline-concert-for-texas-wildfires-relief/|agency=Associated Press|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 18, 2011|access-date=June 25, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021050030/http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/10/18/dixie-chicks-headline-concert-for-texas-wildfires-relief/|archive-date=October 21, 2011}}</ref>

In July 2013, the Court Yard Hounds released their second album, ''Amelita''. That month, the band replaced Lady Antebellum as headliners at Canada's Craven Country Jamboree, and later performed at the Ottawa Bluesfest and the Cavendish Beach Music Festival.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dixie-chicks-to-headline-canadian-festival-102353/ |title=Dixie Chicks to Headline Canadian Festival |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 26, 2012 |access-date=February 25, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228165239/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dixie-chicks-to-headline-canadian-festival-20121226 |archive-date=February 28, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitallounge.ca/bluesfest-2013-info-and-schedules/ |title=Bluesfest 2013 Info & Schedules – Ottawa Citizen Digital Lounge |publisher=Digital Lounge |date=June 4, 2013 |access-date=July 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182231/http://www.digitallounge.ca/bluesfest-2013-info-and-schedules/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> In October, the Dixie Chicks resumed touring for the Long Time Gone Tour through various cities across Canada and Europe. The tour incorporated the C2C: Country to Country festival held in London and Dublin during March 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mar 15, 2014: C2C: Country To Country 2014 at The O2 London, England |publisher= Concert Archives |url=https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/c2c-country-to-country-2014 |access-date=June 24, 2022 |archive-date=June 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624162231/https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/c2c-country-to-country-2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2016–present: MMXVI World Tour, name change and ''Gaslighter''=== In June 2015, a European tour was scheduled to commence in Antwerp on April 16, 2016. The DCX MMXVI World Tour initially included dates for Switzerland, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, the UK and Ireland; however, in November 2015, the tour was extended into North America, with over forty shows scheduled across the United States and Canada.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Dixie Chicks To Launch North American Tour Next Summer|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ap-the-dixie-chicks-to-launch-us-tour-next-summer-2015-11|date=November 16, 2015|work=Business Insider|agency=Associated Press|author=Mesfin Fekadu|access-date=June 25, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116202639/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dixie-chicks-tour_5649d8e9e4b045bf3defcdaf|archive-date=November 16, 2015}}</ref> The tour was extended to Australia and New Zealand, and was followed by a live album and video, ''DCX MMXVI Live''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dixiechicks.com/dcx-mmxvi-live-cassms|title=DCX MMXVI Live Out Now!|access-date=March 6, 2020|archive-date=October 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021151957/http://www.dixiechicks.com/dcx-mmxvi-live-cassms/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the 50th anniversary of the Country Music Association Awards on November 2, 2016, the Dixie Chicks performed alongside Beyoncé on her song "Daddy Lessons". A studio version of the performance was released to digital outlets the following day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/11/02/beyonce-dixie-chicks-cma-awards-daddy-lessons/93207822/|title=Beyoncé made country magic with the Dixie Chicks on 'Daddy Lessons'|website=USA Today|access-date=May 7, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807231326/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/11/02/beyonce-dixie-chicks-cma-awards-daddy-lessons/93207822/|archive-date=August 7, 2017}}</ref> They also collaborated with Taylor Swift on her song "Soon You'll Get Better" from Swift's 2019 album ''Lover''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2019/08/16/taylor-swift-tracklist-lover-songs/|title=Taylor Swift Reveals 'Lover' TrackList & Fans Are Freaking Out: We're 'Blessed'|last=Robidoux|first=Brandy|date=August 16, 2019|website=Hollywood Life|access-date=August 16, 2019|archive-date=August 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816195044/https://hollywoodlife.com/2019/08/16/taylor-swift-tracklist-lover-songs/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On May 3, 2018, the Dixie Chicks' manager, Simon Renshaw, retired after having managed them since 1995. They signed with Ian Montone and Rick Yorn at Monotone/LBI Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Halperin|first1=Shirley|last2=Trakin|first2=Roy|date=May 3, 2018|title=Dixie Chicks Sign With Ian Montone and Rick Yorn for Management|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/dixie-chicks-new-management-sign-ian-montone-rick-yorn-1202798154/|access-date=May 27, 2018|website=Variety|archive-date=May 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527201453/http://variety.com/2018/music/news/dixie-chicks-new-management-sign-ian-montone-rick-yorn-1202798154/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 25, 2020, the band changed their name to the Chicks, dropping the word "Dixie".<ref name=FloydIndependent>{{Cite news |date=January 1, 2021 |title=The Chicks: 'If George Floyd's murder hadn't happened, we might've waited to change our name' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-chicks-interview-gaslighter-new-album-trump-george-floyd-bush-a9636596.html |access-date=July 1, 2023 |newspaper=The Independent |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701202953/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-chicks-interview-gaslighter-new-album-trump-george-floyd-bush-a9636596.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The change followed criticism that the word had connotations of slavery in the United States.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/why-the-chicks-dropped-their-dixie|title=Why the Chicks Dropped Their "Dixie"|magazine=The New Yorker|author=Amanda Petrusich|date=July 13, 2020|access-date=July 13, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807215615/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/why-the-chicks-dropped-their-dixie|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|The origin of the word "Dixie" is obscure, see Dixie#Origin of the name.}} The band said they had picked "that stupid name" as teenagers, and had wanted to change it for years. They decided to change it when they saw the Confederate battle flag described as "the Dixie Swastika" on social media in June 2020.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://variety.com/2020/music/news/dixie-chicks-explain-name-change-new-interview-1234701080/ | title = Ex-Dixie Chicks Explain Shortening 'Stupid' Name: 'We Wanted to Change It Years Ago' | first = Chris | last = Willman | date = July 8, 2020 | access-date = July 8, 2020 | magazine = Variety | archive-date = July 8, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200708220748/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/dixie-chicks-explain-name-change-new-interview-1234701080/ | url-status = live }}</ref> They were also inspired by the George Floyd protests and the Black Lives Matter movement, saying it "definitely lit a fire in us to be on the right side of history".<ref name=FloydIndependent/> They received the blessing of the Chicks, a New Zealand duo, to share the name.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Burgham |first1=Lydia |title=Kiwi band The Chicks on sharing name with The Dixie Chicks |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12343242 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=June 27, 2020 |date=June 26, 2020 |archive-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626233253/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12343242 |url-status=live }}</ref> Alongside the name change, the Chicks released the protest song "March March" with a music video directed by Seanne Farmer, in tribute to social justice movements.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Willman|first=Chris|title=Dixie Chicks Officially Change Name to 'The Chicks'|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/dixie-chicks-change-name-1234689849/|magazine=Variety|date=June 25, 2020|access-date=June 25, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625172314/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/dixie-chicks-change-name-1234689849/|url-status=live}}</ref> They also introduced John Silva as their new manager,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Halperin |first1=Shirley |last2=Willman |first2=Chris |title=The Chicks Change Not Just Name But Management, as John Silva Steps In (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/chicks-change-management-john-silva-dixie-chicks-1234690445/ |magazine=Variety |date=June 25, 2020 |access-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-date=June 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627065614/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/chicks-change-management-john-silva-dixie-chicks-1234690445/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with publicity by Cindi Berger of R&CPMK.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sanchez |first=Daniel |title=Rogers & C PMK-BMC Officially Merge; Superstar Musical Clientele Combined |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/07/30/rogers-cowan-pmk-bmc-merger/ |website=Digital Music News |date=July 30, 2019 |access-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728232812/https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/07/30/rogers-cowan-pmk-bmc-merger/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On July 17, 2020, Columbia released the Chicks' first new studio album in 14 years, ''Gaslighter'', produced by Jack Antonoff.<ref>{{cite web|author=Strauss, Matthew|date=June 11, 2020|title=Dixie Chicks reveal new release date for new album 'Gaslighter'|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/dixie-chicks-reveal-new-release-for-new-album-gaslighter/|access-date=June 11, 2020|work=Pitchfork|archive-date=June 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611182733/https://pitchfork.com/news/dixie-chicks-reveal-new-release-for-new-album-gaslighter/|url-status=live}}</ref> The first single, "Gaslighter", was released on March 4.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blackwelder |first=Carson |date=4 March 2020 |title=Dixie Chicks drop 'Gaslighter,' their 1st new music in 14 years |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/dixie-chicks-drop-gaslighter-music-14-years/story?id=69389829 |access-date=December 23, 2023 |agency=ABC News |archive-date=December 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223230338/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/dixie-chicks-drop-gaslighter-music-14-years/story?id=69389829 |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 20, the Chicks performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|date=August 20, 2020|title=The Chicks Sing National Anthem at the 2020 DNC: Watch the Performance|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-chicks-dnc-national-anthem-performance-9437899/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 25, 2022|archive-date=February 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225204136/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-chicks-dnc-national-anthem-performance-9437899/|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 22, 2023, founding bassist Laura Lynch died in a traffic collision near El Paso, Texas, at the age of 65.<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Zee |first=Michaela |date=December 23, 2023 |title=Laura Lynch, Dixie Chicks Founding Member, Dies at 65 |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/laura-lynch-dead-dixie-chicks-1235850102/ |access-date=December 23, 2023 |magazine=Variety |archive-date=December 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223230021/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/laura-lynch-dead-dixie-chicks-1235850102/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Chicks issued a statement saying Lynch was "a bright light" whose "undeniable talents helped propel us beyond busking on street corners to stages all across Texas and the mid-West".<ref name=":2" />

==Band members== thumb|The Dixie Chicks in 2006

===Current members=== * Emily Strayer – vocals, banjo, Dobro, guitars (1989–present) * Martie Maguire – vocals, fiddle, mandolin (1989–present) * Natalie Maines – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, Omnichord (1995–present)

===Former members=== * Laura Lynch – vocals, double bass (1989–1995; died 2023)<ref name="LL1">{{Cite news |last1=Deb |first1=Sopan |last2=Ortiz |first2=Aimee |date=December 24, 2023 |title=Laura Lynch, a Co-Founder of the Dixie Chicks, Dies at 65 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/arts/music/laura-lynch-dead.html |access-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224041912/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/arts/music/laura-lynch-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="LL2">{{cite news |last1=Mcormack |first1=Olivia |last2=Zak |first2=Dan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2023/12/24/laura-lynch-dixie-chicks-death/ |title=The Chicks mourn the loss of founding member Laura Lynch |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 24, 2023 |access-date=December 24, 2023}}</ref> * Robin Lynn Macy – vocals, guitars (1989–1992)

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==Discography== {{Main| The Chicks discography}}

'''Studio albums''' * ''Thank Heavens for Dale Evans'' (1990) * ''Little Ol' Cowgirl'' (1992) * ''Shouldn't a Told You That'' (1993) * ''Wide Open Spaces'' (1998) * ''Fly'' (1999) * ''Home'' (2002) * ''Taking the Long Way'' (2006) * ''Gaslighter'' (2020)

==Tours== [[File:DixieChicksSetList.jpg|thumb|155px|right|Set list from the Top of the World Tour: Madison Square Garden, June 20, 2003.]] '''Headlining''' *Fly Tour (2000) *Top of the World Tour (2003) *Accidents & Accusations Tour (2006) *Long Time Gone Tour (2013–14) *DCX MMXVI/MMXVII World Tour (2016–17) *The Chicks Tour (2022–23)

'''Supporting''' *Clay Walker (1998) *George Strait Country Music Festival (1999) *The Bread and Water Tour (1999) {{small|with Tim McGraw}} *Farewell 1 Tour (2006) {{small|with the Eagles; Twickenham Stadium – June 17, 2006}} *Eagles (2007) {{small|Grand Opening of Nokia Theatre}} *Eagles 2010 Summer Tour (2010) {{small|with the Eagles}} *Pawn Shop Guitar Tour (2026) {{small|with Tim McGraw; three shows}}

'''Co-headlining''' Lilith Fair (1999) *Vote for Change (2004)

'''Residencies''' *The Chicks: Six Nights in Vegas (2023)

==Awards and nominations== {{main|List of awards and nominations received by the Chicks}}

==See also== {{Portal|Music|United States}} * Best selling music artists * List of best-selling albums in the United States

==Notes== {{Notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== * Dickerson, James L. (2000). ''Dixie Chicks: Down-Home and Backstage''. Taylor Trade Publishing. {{ISBN|0-87833-189-1}}.

==External links== {{Commons category|The Chicks}} * {{Official website}} * {{IMDb name|1202271}} * {{discogs artist|The Chicks (8)}}

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