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LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) --- Grammy-winning country trio Dixie Chicks has added another 1 million units in sales for their most recent release, "Home," and another million for their 1998 debut, "Wide Open Spaces," according to the RIAA certification for February. The new certifications maintain the Dixie Chicks' position as the best-selling female group in history and one of the top 10 best-selling country acts of all time. Tamara Conniff, Hollywood Reporter. 03/04/03
- The
Dixie Chicks are featured in the
August 26th issue of Time Magazine
available on newsstands now. 8/25/02
- The
Dixie Chicks will be performing
their new CD, "Home" at
two concerts at the Kodak Theater
in Hollywood, CA. The show swill
take place on August 15th and
16th and will be filmed for an
upcoming NBC special to air in
the fall. Tickets will go on sale
Monday August 5th at Noon pacific
time until tickets are sold or
until Wednesday August 5th to
dixiechicks.com subscribers. Head
on over to http://www.dixiechicks.com
for more information. Tickets for
the general public will go on
sale on Thursday, August 8th.
08/0502
- Here's
a list of the songs you will find
on the new album,
"Home"
Long Time Gone
Landslide
Travelin' Soldier
Truth No. 2
White Trash Wedding
A Home
More Love
I Believe In Love
Tortured, Tangled Hearts
Lil' Jack Slade
The album will be released on
August 27. You can order an
advance copy of "Home"
at cdnow.com!
08/01/02
- The
Dixie Chicks will grace the stage
of the Grand Ole Opry for the
first time in three years on
August 10. The
multiplatinum-selling trio's
performance will be broadcast
that evening on Grand Ole Opry
Live beginning at 8 p.m. ET on
CMT. Among the songs the Dixie
Chicks will perform is their
current single, "Long Time
Gone," the debut single from
their album, Home,
due out August 27.
- Since
the Chicks' last Opry performance
in 1998, the trio has sold a
combined total of more than 21
million copies of their debut
album, Wide
Open Spaces,
and its followup, Fly.
- "Long
Time Gone" sits at Number
Nine on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
chart, and is the group's
fastest-climbing career single.
launch.com, 7/15/02
- The
Dixie Chicks garnered their
second diamond award from the
RIAA this week to commemorate
sales of 10 million units of
their sophomore album, Fly.
The acclaimed trio received their
first diamond award for its debut
album, Wide
Open Spaces,
which has sold more than 11
million units to date.
- The
Dixie Chicks now have the
distinction of being the only
female group and the only country
group ever to earn back-to-back
diamond awards. Fly
was released in August of 1999,
breaking the record for most
weeks (36) in the Number One spot
for a group on Billboard's
Top Country Albums chart. The
project garnered album of the
year awards from the Grammys,
Academy Of Country Music, Country
Music Association, and Billboard.
- The
group's much-anticipated third
album, Home,
is scheduled for release August
27. The album's debut single,
"Long Time Gone," sits
at Number 10 on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
chart.-- Margy Holland, Nashville
7/3/02 launch.com
- The
Dixie Chicks are back in a big
way with their new single,
"Long Time Gone," which
is already sitting at Number 10
this week on Billboard's
Hot Country Singles and Tracks
chart and their long-awaited
album, Home,
slated for release in August.
While the Chicks will be
promoting their upcoming release
with several media outlets, it's
unclear whether or not the girls
will tour this year in support of
the new work.
- The
Chicks' manager recently told Billboard
that the trio may hit the road
later this year, but with Emily
Robison pregnant, the Home
tour will probably begin sometime
in early 2003. -- Nancy Brooks,
Nashville 6/29/02 launch.com
- The
world will see the new Dixie
Chicks video, "Long Time
Gone," for the very first
time Wednesday night (June 12),
immediately following the
fan-voted CMT
Flameworthy Video Music Awards.
The trio -- Natalie Maines, Emily
Robison and Martie Maguire --
will introduce the video live
from the plaza of the Gaylord
Entertainment Center in Nashville
during the CMT
Wrap Party
(11-11:30 p.m. ET) on CMT.
Filmed on location in Reynosa,
Mexico, a border town across the
Rio Grande River from McAllen,
Texas, the clip for the Chicks'
new single was directed by Marcus
Rayboy whose credits include
Carlos Santana's
"Smooth," featuring
matchbox twenty's Rob Thomas.
The new video does not include
appearances by other celebrities,
and the single will be included
on Home,
the new Chicks album projected
for release Aug. 27.
The Chicks will receive the first
CMT Video Visionary Award during
the CMT
Flameworthy Video Music Awards
show, 9-11 p.m. ET on CMT.
Actress Kathy Najimy is host, and
the show will feature
performances by Brooks &
Dunn, Alan Jackson, Kenny
Chesney, Martina McBride, Toby
Keith, Sara Evans, Alison Krauss
& Union Station, Earl
Scruggs, keith urban and Travis
Tritt.
CMT personalities Lance Smith,
Katie Cook and Greg Martin will
be with the Chicks as hosts of CMT
Wrap Party. 6/11/02
cmt.com
- (May
31) The Dixie Chicks will team up
with the Dave Matthews Band on
July 10 to tape the latest
installment of CMT's Crossroads,
which teams up country music
stars with music stars from other
genres to play together, swap
stories, and share their common
love of music. The show will be
taped in Nashville for an
invitation-only crowd. The
episode of CMT Crossroads
starring the Chicks and the Dave
Matthews Band will debut in
September on CMT.
- Other
CMT Crossroads
episodes have featured Lucinda
Williams and Elvis Costello, Hank
Williams Jr. and Kid Rock, Brooks
& Dunn and ZZ Top, Elton John
and Ryan Adams, and most recently
Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow. Added
6/11/02 launch.com
- (May
29) The Dixie Chicks will be the
recipients of the first-ever CMT
Flameworthy video visionary award
which recognizes the
multiplatinum-selling trio's
"outstanding accomplishments
in creating music videos,"
according to a release. The Dixie
Chicks will be on hand to receive
the honor during the live
broadcast of the CMT Flameworthy
Video Music Awards June 12 at the
Gaylord Entertainment Center in
Nashville.
- "We
know that music videos are
instrumental in bringing our
music to the fans and we take
making them very seriously,"
said group member Martie Maguire.
"There aren't any videos
we've done that we haven't been
completely involved in the
creative process."
- "CMT
and music videos helped us a lot
in the beginning as far as face,
name, and song recognition,"
added lead singer Natalie Maines.
"Now it's not so much that
we have to make a video, it's
like we get to make a
video."
- The
CMT Flameworthy Video Music
Awards will air live on the cable
network beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
The Dixie Chicks just released
the first single from their
forthcoming release, "Long
Time Gone." The new album, Home,
is tentatively scheduled for
release August 27.
- (May
25) It looks like the Dixie
Chicks may be closer to settling
their differences with Sony Music
than many had originally thought.
According to Billboard,
Sony digitally delivered the
Chicks' new single, "Long
Time Gone," to country radio
just prior to the trio's
performance of the song on VH1
Divas Live
on May 23. The single is the
first from the Chicks' upcoming
album Home, tentatively set for
release August 27 on Sony's
Monument label.
- In
a statement, Sony said the
release of the single is part of
"ongoing conversations"
with the Dixie Chicks to
"resolve their
differences." Added
6/11/02, launch.com
- The
trouble began between the Chicks
and Sony last year when the band
attempted to terminate their
contract while still owing five
albums. The label responded with
a lawsuit, saying it stood to
lose at least $100 million in
revenues if the group left. The
Chicks later counter-sued Sony,
claiming fraud and breach of
contract. Added
6/11/02 Nancy Brooks, Nashville,
launch.com
- The
Dixie Chicks will soon be back on
the radio with a new single, the
group said, in a sign that the
country pop trio is close to
settling its 10-month-old legal
battle with Sony Music
Entertainment. According to the
Grammy-winning threesome's
official Web site, which is
linked to Sony Music's online
artist roster, the new song
"Long Time Gone" has
just been delivered to radio
stations nationwide.
A spokeswoman for the group
confirmed that the single,
performed by the Chicks on
Thursday in Las Vegas for cable
music network VH1's "Divas
Live!" broadcast, was sent
to radio stations on Thursday.
She said she had no information
about the status of the group's
legal differences with Sony, but
added, "The Chicks are still
Sony artists."
The group signed with Sony in
1995. Officials for Sony Music, a
unit of Japanese electronics
giant Sony Corp., were not
available for comment. The
dispute between Sony and the
Dixie Chicks -- lead vocalist
Natalie Maines, fiddler Martie
Seidel and her banjo-playing
sister Emily Robison -- began
after the group's attorney served
notice to the music company last
July that they intended to cease
recording for the label. Sony
then sued the Chicks for breach
of contract, saying the label
stood to lose at least $100
million unless the Chicks made
good on five more albums they
were obligated to deliver under
their contract. The Chicks fired
back a month later with their own
suit, charging Sony engaged in
"systematic thievery"
by underpaying $4 million in
royalties owed the trio for their
two multiplatinum releases from
Sony's Monument Records imprint.
The two LPs, "Wide Open
Spaces" in 1998 and
"Fly" in 1999, sold a
combined 19 million copies in the
United States and earned the
group back-to-back Grammys for
country album of the year.
Billboard magazine reported last
week that the Chicks were
expected to sign a new deal soon
with Sony.
The Los Angeles Times on Friday
reported the group returned to
the negotiating table with Sony
last month after failing to
clinch a new deal in talks with
rivals EMI Group Plc and
Bertelsmann Music Group. Added
5/24/02 Reuters
- The
Dixie Chicks and their manager,
Simon Renshaw, are in New York to
iron out a new recording contract
with Sony Music Entertainment.
Almost a year after filing a
lawsuit against Sony for breach
of contract, the
multiplatinum-selling trio are
re-considering staying with the
label they earlier said they
"had no intention of
bargaining with" or
continuing to record for,
according to Billboard.
Rumors that the Dixie Chicks
would sign with Capitol--or any
other label, for that
matter--could still happen,
according to Renshaw, who said he
is still pursuing other options
for the trio. "Don't be
surprised by any last-minute
upsets," said Renshaw.
"It really is far from
done."
Under the Dixie Chicks' current
contract with Sony, they still
owe the label five albums, which
could cost the entertainment
giant up to $100 million if the
trio holds firm to their promise
of not recording for the label.
5/14/02 Margy
Holland, Nashville
- Congratuations
to Emily who will be expecting
her first child in November with
husband Charlie Robison.
- The
Dixie Chicks will be performing
and joining many other arists and
entertainers tonight, Friday,
September 21st on Tribute to
Heroes, which is a two-hour event
that will be broadcast on CBS,
NBC, ABC, FOX and many of the
cable channels including HBO,
VH1, MTV, CMT, and others as
well. The show can be seen at 9pm
ET/CT and will be tape delayed in
other time zones. 9/21/01
launch.com
- Unforeseen
logistical challenges have
forced organizers to reschedule a
benefit concert by the Dixie
Chicks. Originally set for Sept.
15 in Austin, Texas, Texas
Twilight Gala, in support of the
Pediatric AIDS League of Texas
(PAL), would have been the
trios first live
performance in 2001. Shawn
Colvin, Terri Hendrix and the
Austin Symphony also were to
appear. The circumstances
surrounding the postponement are
beyond the control of PAL and the
talent involved, says Clif
Loftin, executive director of
PAL, in a news release. The
concert will be rescheduled
as soon as logistically
possible. Refunds are
available from Star Tickets at
512-469-7469 or 1-888-597-7827.
9/7/01 country.com
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