The Chicks (formerly known as the Dixie Chicks) are an American country music band composed of Natalie Maines, along with Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire, who are sisters. Their discography comprises eight studio albums, two live albums and 27 singles.
Founded in 1989 as a more bluegrass-oriented band with Maguire and Strayer—then going by their birth surnames of Erwin—along with Laura Lynch and Robin Lynn Macy, the band did not achieve mainstream success until Lynch and Macy left and were replaced by lead singer Natalie Maines. Shortly after her joining, the band signed to Monument Records, releasing their breakthrough album Wide Open Spaces in 1998. Both it and its followup, 1999's Fly, earned the group several Grammy Awards and chart singles. Two more albums, Home and Taking the Long Way, followed in 2002 and 2006, respectively, on Columbia Records. These latter four albums have been certified double platinum or higher by the RIAA, with the highest-certified being Wide Open Spaces at 13× Platinum for US shipments of 13 million copies.
Of the Dixie Chicks' 25 singles, six have reached Number One on the Billboard country singles chart: "There's Your Trouble", "Wide Open Spaces", "You Were Mine", "Cowboy Take Me Away", "Without You", and "Travelin' Soldier". A seventh, a version of the Fleetwood Mac song "Landslide", was also a Number One hit on the Adult Contemporary chart. Several of their singles have crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, with their highest-peaking there being the number 4, "Not Ready to Make Nice".
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US US Country AUSPeak positions for releases in Australia: All except noted: "Wide Open Spaces", "Ready to Run", and "You Can't Hurry Love": "Soon You'll Get Better": CAN GER IRE NZ SWE SWI UKPeak positions for releases in the UK: All except noted: Gaslighter: Top of the World Tour: Live: "Travelin' Soldier": Thank Heavens for Dale Evans Release date: December 1, 1990 Label: Crystal Clear Formats: CD, cassette — — — — — — — — — — Little Ol' Cowgirl Release date: May 1, 1992 Label: Crystal Clear Formats: CD, cassette — — — — — — — — — — Shouldn't a Told You That Release date: November 2, 1993 Label: Crystal Clear Formats: CD, cassette — — — — — — — — — — Wide Open Spaces Release date: January 27, 1998 Label: Monument Formats: CD, cassette 4 1 35 16 — — 33 — — 26 RIAA: 13× Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum BPI: Gold MC: 4× Platinum RMMZ: Gold Fly Release date: August 31, 1999 Label: Monument Formats: CD, cassette 1 1 16 6 — — — — — 38 RIAA: 11× Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Gold MC: 6× Platinum Home Release date: August 27, 2002 Label: Open Wide/Columbia Formats: CD, vinyl 1 1 4 2 11 7 8 37 26 33 RIAA: 6× Platinum ARIA: 4× Platinum BPI: Gold BVMI: Gold MC: 3× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum Taking the Long Way Release date: May 23, 2006 Label: Open Wide/Columbia Formats: CD, vinyl, Digital download 1 1 2 1 5 7 5 1 6 10 RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum BPI: Gold BVMI: Gold IFPI SWE: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold IRMA: Platinum MC: 4× Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum Gaslighter Released: July 17, 2020 Label: Columbia Format: CD, vinyl, digital download 3 1 2 3 14 20 2 14 5 5 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US US Country AUS GER NLD NZ SCO UK Top of the World Tour: Live Release date: November 23, 2003 Label: Open Wide/Columbia Records Formats: CD 27 3 30 63 — 41 — 194 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum DCX MMXVI Live Release date: September 1, 2017 Label: Columbia Records Formats: CD, digital download — 43 20 — 90 — 28 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US US Country AUS CAN IRE NZ SCO SWE SWI UK Playlist: The Very Best ofDixie Chicks Release date: June 1, 2010 Label: Columbia Records Formats: CD, digital download 115 27 — — — 40 — — — — The Essential Dixie Chicks Release date: August 24, 2010 Label: Legacy Recordings Formats: CD, digital download 161 19 16 65 92 3 27 19 58 — ARIA: Platinum BPI: Gold RMNZ: Platinum The Classic Albums Collection Release date: April 15, 2016 Label: Columbia Records Formats: Digital download — — 35 — — — 88 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) Album US USCountry USCountryAirplay US AC AUS CAN CANCountryPeak chart positions for country singles of Dixie Chicks in Canada: All except noted: "Not Ready to Make Nice": "Everybody Knows": "The Long Way Around": "The Neighbor": "Gaslighter": "Sleep at Night": IRE NZ UK "I Can Love You Better" 1997 77 7 — — — 3 — — — Wide Open Spaces "There's Your Trouble" 1998 36 1 — — — 3 — — 26 RIAA: Gold "Wide Open Spaces" 41 1 — 94 — 1 — — — RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Gold RMNZ: Gold "You Were Mine" 34 1 — — — 1 — — — RIAA: Gold "Tonight the Heartache's on Me" 1999 46 6 — — — 4 — — — "Ready to Run" 39 2 — 91 — 3 — — 53 RIAA: Gold Fly "Cowboy Take Me Away" 27 1 — — — 1 — — — RIAA: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "Goodbye Earl" 2000 19 13 — — — 5 — — — RIAA: Platinum "Cold Day in July" 65 10 — — — 7 — — — "Without You" 31 1 — — — 8 — — — "If I Fall You're Going Down with Me" 2001 38 3 — — — — — — — "Heartbreak Town" — 23 — — — — — — — "Some Days You Gotta Dance" 55 7 — — — — — — — "Long Time Gone" 2002 7 2 — — — — — — — Home "Landslide" 7 2 1 6 2 — 46 27 55 RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum BPI: Silver RMNZ: 2× Platinum "Travelin' Soldier" 25 1 — — — — 27 — 119 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver RMNZ: Platinum "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" 2003 — 48 — — — — — — — "Top of the World" — — — — — — — — — "I Hope" 2005 — 54 — — — — — — — Taking the Long Way "Not Ready to Make Nice" 2006 4 36 32 18 3 17 47 — 70 RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "Everybody Knows" — 45 — — — 14 — — — "Voice Inside My Head" — — — — — — — — — "Easy Silence" — — — — — — — — — "The Long Way Around" — — — — 54 5 — — — "The Neighbor" 2007 74 — — — — 48 — — — "Gaslighter" 2020 — 20 36 — — 69 31 — — — Gaslighter "Sleep at Night" — 33 — — — — 35 — — — "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that country.
Other charted songs Title Year Peak chart positionsCertifications(sales threshold) Album US US Country AUS CAN "Let 'er Rip" 1999 — 64 — — Wide Open Spaces "You Can't Hurry Love" — 60 91 — Runaway Bride: Music from the Motion Picture "Sin Wagon" — 52 — — Fly "Roly Poly" 2000 — 65 — — Ride with Bob: A Tribute to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys "Travelin' Soldier" 2002 — 57 — — "White Trash Wedding" — 56 — — Home "Tortured, Tangled Hearts" — 58 — — "Lullaby" 2006 — — — — RIAA: Gold Taking the Long Way "Soon You'll Get Better" 2019 63 10 54 71 ARIA: Gold RMNZ: Gold Lover "Julianna Calm Down" 2020 — — — —Gaslighter "March March" — 32 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Videography Video albums Title Details Certifications(sales threshold) An Evening with the Dixie Chicks Release date: December 10, 2002 Directed by: Joel Gallen RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: 5× Platinum Top of the World Tour: Live Release date: November 21, 2003 Label: Sony BMG RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 7× Platinum Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing Release date: October 27, 2007 Directed by: Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck VH1 Storytellers Release date: November 29, 2011 Directed by: Dave Diomedi DCX MMXVI Live Release date: September 1, 2017
Music videos Title Year Director(s) "I Can Love You Better" 1997 chris rogers "There's Your Trouble" 1998 Thom Oliphant "Wide Open Spaces" "You Were Mine" Adolfo Doring "Ready to Run" 1999 Evan Bernard "Cowboy Take Me Away" Nancy Bardawil "Goodbye Earl" 2000 Evan Bernard "Without You" Thom Oliphant "Long Time Gone" 2002 Marcus Raboy "Landslide" Jim Gable "Travelin' Soldier" 2003 Joel Gallen "Top of the World" Sophie Muller "Sin Wagon" Luis LopeezDarrin Roberts "Not Ready to Make Nice" 2006 Sophie Muller "Gaslighter" 2020 Seanne Farmer "Sleep at Night" "March March"
Guest appearances Year Title Other artist(s) Album 1998 "Stand by Your Man" rowspan="3" A Tribute to Tradition 2006 "Shower the People" MusicAres 2008 "The Lucky Ones" REDWire 2011 "You" Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers Rare Bird Alert 2016 "Daddy Lessons" (Remix) Beyoncé 2019 "Soon You'll Get Better" Taylor Swift Lover
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