The Dixie Chicks are an American band and follow a genre pertaining to Country Music.
Career:
They comprise of Martie Maguire, Emily Robison and lead singer Natalie Maines right now. The trio came together in the year 1989 in Dallas, Texas, and was initially made up of four great looking women specializing in bluegrass and country music, and also touring the bluegrass festival circuits and various small venues for almost six years. They did all this without any major label. After their lead left, her replacement along with a good shift their range, the Dixie Chicks achieved amazing country music and pop success, that started in 1998 with hit songs like "Wide Open Spaces", "Cowboy Take Me Away", and "Long Time Gone". The trio of females became well-known for their free nature
along with many controversial comments on many subjects.
One such comment came during a London concert that was around ten days before the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the USA, lead vocalist Maines said, "We don't want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States (George W. Bush) is from Texas" that is apparently the Dixie Chicks' home state.
The comment put some people off because they thought it was really rude and unpatriotic. The controversy resulted in the cost of the band losing half of their concert audience attendance in the USA and led to claims of the them women being "un-American", There was also many cases of hate mail, death threats, and the public destruction of their albums in protest of this.
By the year 2009, they have managed to win 13 Grammy Awards, with 5 of them a couple of years back including the coveted Grammy Award for Album of the Year for the album “Taking the Long Way”. As of July 2010, they are with 30.5 million albums that are certified, and having generated sales of 26,733,000 albums in the U.S.A, they have managed to become the best selling female band.
Why are the Dixie Chicks famous?
They are famous for their amazing country music and also because of their controversial and outspoken comments.
The Dixie Chicks are an American band and follow a genre pertaining to Country Music. 
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