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.
↑DCX MMXVI Live did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 1 on the UK Country Compilations Chart[24] and number 52 on the UK Album Sales Chart.[25]
↑The Essential Dixie Chicks did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 43 on the UK Album Downloads Chart.[26]
↑The Classic Albums Collection did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 2 on the UK Country Compilations Chart.[28]
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