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Every #1 Country Single of the Nineties: Trisha Yearwood, “The Woman Before Me”

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Country music’s first multi-platinum debut female artist earns her second No. 1 hit. 

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As she prepares the release of her first country album in twelve years, Country Universe looks back on the distinguished career of Trisha Yearwood.

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November 17, 2014 Kevin John Coyne 34

Trisha Yearwood PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit PrizeFighter: Hit after Hit includes the first set of new material from Trisha Yearwood in seven years.  That new material, six tracks in total, is uniformly excellent and often

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