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CMA Flashback: Horizon Award and New Artist (2018 Edition)

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The complete history of the CMA award for Horizon/New Artist, including a look at this year’s nominees.

CMA Flashback: Female Vocalist of the Year (2018 Edition)

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Our CMA Flashback series continues with a look at Female Vocalist of the Year.

CMA Flashback: Album of the Year (2018 Edition)

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Here are all of the nominees and winners for CMA Album of the Year, starting with a look at this year’s contenders and stretching back to the first ceremony in 1967.

CMA Flashback: Single of the Year (2018 Edition)

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Here’s a look back at the previous winners for CMA Single of the Year, along with a look at this year’s nominees.

100 Greatest Women, #18: Tanya Tucker

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Tanya Tucker hit the scene as a teenager, and went on to have hits over the course of three decades.

100 Greatest Women, #54: Matraca Berg

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Matraca Berg is one of the most prominent and successful female country songwriters in country music history.

100 Greatest Women, #98: Gretchen Wilson

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Gretchen Wilson became a major star with her debut album, on the strength of her signature hit, “Redneck Woman.”

Terri Clark’s Podcast is Pretty Much the Greatest Thing Ever

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Terri Clark launched a podcast earlier this year of unedited interviews recorded for her Country Gold radio show.

2017 Grammy Winners

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Here are the winners of this year’s Grammy Awards, which included Vince Gill, Sarah Jarosz, Joey + Rory, Lori McKenna, Maren Morris, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and Sturgill Simpson.

Dixie Chicks Revisited: Wide Open Spaces

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Released in 1998, Wide Open Spaces established the Dixie Chicks as superstars right out of the gate. It produced five top ten hits, including three #1 singles, and sold more than twelve million copies in the United States alone. It remains their biggest selling album to date. But is it among their best?