Miranda Lambert

From Nashville Star to Pistol Annies

Miranda Leigh Lambert was born on November 10, 1983 in Longview, Texas, and raised in Lindale. She released a self-titled independent album in 2001, took third place on Nashville Star in 2003 and signed to Epic that September. Albums followed on Epic and later labels: Kerosene (2005), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (May 1, 2007), Revolution (September 29, 2009), Four the Record (November 1, 2011, her first for RCA Nashville), Platinum (June 3, 2014), The Weight of These Wings (November 18, 2016), Wildcard (November 1, 2019), The Marfa Tapes (May 7, 2021, with Jon Randall and Jack Ingram), Palomino (April 29, 2022) and Postcards from Texas (September 13, 2024). She left Sony Music Nashville in March 2023 after 19 years and signed a joint Republic Records and Big Loud deal in April 2024.

In 2011 she formed Pistol Annies with Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley; they made Hell on Heels (August 23, 2011), Annie Up (2013), Interstate Gospel (2018) and Hell of a Holiday (2021). Wikipedia counts three Grammys from 27 nominations, among them Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "The House That Built Me" and Best Country Album for both Platinum and Wildcard, the CMA Female Vocalist award for 2010, and 37 ACM awards. She made the Time 100 in 2022, won ACM Entertainer of the Year in 2022, and was the first woman to win CMA Album of the Year twice, in November 2015.