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The Dixie Chicks' Nerves Are Calmed With Huge Album Success

09/05/2002

The Dixie Chicks have made another mark in the history books, as their Home album made its debut at Number One on both Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and the Billboard 200. The trio's sales of more than 700,000 copies of their latest album in its first week of release set the record for the greatest first-week sales for any female country artist and any country group in the history of Soundscan.

Before the album's release, the Chicks were a bit apprehensive about how fans would react to the change in sound of Home compared to their first two albums. Martie Maguire told LAUNCH, "I think I was a little bit nervous about just maybe losing the younger audience because it's not as in your face and stuff as our other records, but I think they'll, the ones that come with us, you know...I think a lot of them will and grow with us as we grow 'cause we can't stay the same."

The Chicks' brand-new single, "Landslide," sits at Number 24 this week on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in only its second week of release.

-- Nancy Brooks, Nashville





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