Miranda Lambert
Miranda Leigh Lambert (* 10. November 1983 in Lindale , Texas ) is an American country - singer and Grammy -Preisträgerin.
biography
Lambert is the daughter of country songwriter and guitarist Rick Lambert. She also played guitar at the age of 16 and wrote her own songs. She founded the Texas Pride Band, with which she performed professionally. With the support of her father, she recorded her debut album in 2001, which bears her name. She also took part in talent competitions, which gave her, among other things, a small role in the film Naughty Beasts! brought in.
In 2003 she won the local elimination for the Nashville Star. The televised finale of this talent show she finished as third place and had thus won a record deal. Their debut album on Epic Records was called Kerosene and went straight to number 1 on the country charts. It stayed there for over 100 weeks and sold over a million units (platinum status) during that time.
Two years later, the next album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend , followed, again at number 1 on country albums and in the top 10 of the general sales charts. This album was awarded a gold record . Again every two years, album number three, Revolution , was released, which also reached number 1 on the country charts.
In 2011 she married her colleague Blake Shelton ; In 2015 the couple split. On February 14, 2019, Miranda Lambert announced on Twitter that she had married New York police officer Brendan McLoughlin.
Awards
Lambert was nominated for a Grammy in 2007, 2008 and 2010 and won it in 2011 in the category Best Female Country Vocal Performance for The House That Built Me . For her album Platinum , which was released in 2014 , she received her second Grammy in the category Best Country Album .
Discography
Albums
year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CH | UK | US | Country | |||
2001 | Miranda Lambert Heartfair Records |
- | - | - | - | |
2005 | Kerosene Epic Records |
- | - |
US18th
platinum
(70 weeks)US |
Country1 (103 weeks) Country |
|
2007 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Sony BMG Nashville , Columbia Nashville |
- | - |
US6th × 2
(111 weeks)US |
Country1 (100 weeks) Country |
|
2009 | Revolution Columbia Nashville |
- | - |
US8th × 2
(121 weeks)US |
Country1 (90 weeks) Country |
|
2011 | Four the Record RCA Nashville |
- | - |
US3
platinum
(108 weeks)US |
Country1 (106 weeks) Country |
|
2014 | Platinum RCA Nashville |
- |
UK52 (1 week) UK |
US1
platinum
(69 weeks)US |
Country1 (78 weeks) Country |
Grammy (Best Country Album)
|
2016 | The Weight of These Wings RCA Nashville |
- |
UK70 (1 week) UK |
US3
platinum
(43 weeks)US |
Country1 (78 weeks) Country |
|
2019 | Wildcard RCA Nashville |
CH92 (1 week) CH |
UK57 (1 week) UK |
US4 (11 weeks) US |
Country1 (... week) Country |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
2004 | Me and Charlie Talking Kerosene |
- |
Country27 (23 weeks) Country |
|
2005 | Bring Me Down Kerosene |
- |
Country32 (20 weeks) Country |
|
Kerosene Kerosene |
US61
platinum
(16 weeks)US |
Country15 (22 weeks) Country |
||
2006 | New Strings Kerosene |
- |
Country25 (20 weeks) Country |
|
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
- |
Country50 (6 weeks) Country |
||
2007 | Famous in a Small Town Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
US87
gold
(8 weeks)US |
Country14 (33 weeks) Country |
|
2008 | Gunpowder & Lead Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
US52 × 2
(17 weeks)US |
Country7 (31 weeks) Country |
|
More Like Her Crazy Ex-Girlfriend |
US90 (8 weeks) US |
Country17 (28 weeks) Country |
||
2009 | Dead Flowers Revolution |
- |
Country37 (15 weeks) Country |
|
White Liar Revolution |
US38
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
Country2 (25 weeks) Country |
||
2010 | The House That Built Me Revolution |
US28 × 3
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (21 weeks) Country |
|
Only Prettier Revolution |
US61
gold
(19 weeks)US |
Country12 (24 weeks) Country |
||
2011 | Heart Like Mine Revolution |
US44
gold
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (23 weeks) Country |
|
Baggage Claim Revolution |
US44
gold
(20 weeks)US |
Country3 (19 weeks) Country |
||
2012 | Over You Four the Record |
US35 × 2
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (23 weeks) Country |
|
Fastest Girl in Town Four the Record |
US47
gold
(19 weeks)US |
Country7 (29 weeks) Country |
||
2013 | Mama's Broken Heart Four the Record |
US20th × 3
(20 weeks)US |
Country2 (29 weeks) Country |
|
All Kinds of Kinds Four the Record |
US89 (5 weeks) US |
Country24 (20 weeks) Country |
||
2014 | Automatic Platinum |
US35
platinum
(19 weeks)US |
Country4 (21 weeks) Country |
|
Somethin 'Bad Platinum |
US19th × 2
(20 weeks)US |
Country1 (25 weeks) Country |
with Carrie Underwood
|
|
2015 | Little Red Wagon Platinum |
US55
platinum
(11 weeks)US |
Country5 (20 weeks) Country |
|
Smokin 'and Drinkin' Platinum |
- |
Country32 (15 weeks) Country |
feat. Little Big Town
|
|
2016 | Vice The Weight of These Wings |
US47
platinum
(19 weeks)US |
Country2 (20 weeks) Country |
|
We Should Be Friends The Weight of These Wings |
- |
Country25 (21 weeks) Country |
||
2017 | Tin Man The Weight of These Wings |
US75
platinum
(1 week)US |
Country15 (34 weeks) Country |
|
2019 | It All Comes Out In The Wash Wildcard |
US70 (2 weeks) US |
Country12 (... weeks) Country |
|
Fooled Around And Fell In Love |
- |
Country47 (1 week) Country |
||
Bluebird wildcard |
US26 (... weeks) US |
Country3 (... weeks) Country |
||
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | ||||
2014 | Platinum Platinum |
- |
Country50 (1 week) Country |
|
2015 | Roots and Wings |
- |
Country32 (2 weeks) Country |
|
2016 | Sweet By & By Southern Family |
- |
Country40 (1 week) Country |
|
2019 | Mess With My Head Wildcard |
- |
Country45 (1 week) Country |
|
Tequila Does Wildcard |
- |
Country47 (1 week) Country |
Guest Posts
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | Country | |||
2010 | Coal Miner's Daughter Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn |
- |
Country55 (1 week) Country |
Loretta Lynn feat. Miranda Lambert & Sheryl Crow
|
2013 | We Were Us Fuse |
US26 (20 weeks) US |
Country1 (20 weeks) Country |
Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert
|
2016 | Forever Country |
US21 (4 weeks) US |
Country1 (18 weeks) Country |
as part of "Artists of Then, Now & Forever"
|
2018 | Drowns the Whiskey Rearview Town |
US32
platinum
(19 weeks)US |
Country3 (26 weeks) Country |
Jason Aldean feat. Miranda Lambert
|
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | ||||
2012 | Jingle Bell Rock Cheers, It's Christmas |
- |
Country37 (1 week) Country |
Blake Shelton feat. Miranda Lambert
|
Video albums
- 2010: Revolution: Live By Candlelight (DVD-EP, Sony Music Entertainment)
swell
- ↑ a b RIAA gold / platinum database
- ↑ CMN: Divorce with Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton . Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: CH UK US
Web links
- Official website of Miranda Lambert
- Miranda Lambert at Discogs (English)
- Miranda Lambert at Allmusic (English)
- Biography at CMN (until 2005)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lambert, Miranda |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lambert, Miranda Leigh (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindale , Texas , USA |