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 Lambert was born and raised in Lindale Texas, a small town. She was around music her whole life. When she was five years old she made an appearance on a show called Johnny High Country Music Review. This show helped LeAnn Rimes’ music career. Lamberts father was one of her biggest influencers, being a country music singer himself as well as a police officer always encouraged her to pursue her dream as well as her passion for music. He also bought her a guitar when she was 14 years old but she didn’t have any interest in learning it at the time (Miranda Lambert-Profile).

 When Lambert was 16, she entered her first talent show, after that she committed to learning the guitar. She played and sang at bars, songs that she wrote herself. During this time her parents ran a private detective service and sometimes took in abused women into their home. Some of her songs we inspired by some of those women’s stories. She graduated high school early to pursue a music career in Nashville (Miranda Lambert-Profile).

 Her parents helped her finance her first album that was self titled and recorded in 2001. Two short years later Lambert auditioned on the show Nashville. She ended up placing third, but said that she was glad she didn’t win because the winner had to record music following immediately after the show was over, and she didn’t feel like she was ready for that. She was signed to a contract anyways regardless of getting third place. In 2004, she released her first single titled “Me and Charlie Talking”. Following her single she came out with her first album Kerosene. Her sassy songs about cheating drinking and bad break ups took listeners. Her album sold over 900,000 copies. Kerosene also caught the attention of critics including Rolling stone and New Yorker magazine. She was also nominated for many awards that year including top new female artist. The next year she did win that award (Miranda Lambert Biography).

 Her next album she recorded is called Crazy Ex-girlfriend. She wrote the majority of the songs on that album herself, including the hot singles from that album. The album had many hit songs that climbed up the charts. “Gun Powder and Lead” was among those hit songs and the record sold more than one million copies. She earned her first ACM award for album of the year (Cunningham).

 2011 was a big year in Miranda Lambert’s life. She was married to Blake Shelton who is also a country singer as well as a coach on NBC’s hit show The Voice. This led to people calling them Nashville’s power couple. The debut of the Pistol Annie’s was also during this year, which consisted of Miranda Lambert, Ashely Monroe, and Angaleena Presley. The tro’s most well-known song is Hell on Heels. Which was quickly followed by Miranda Lamberts own album, Four the Record came out with the hit single Over You. She wrote this song with her husband Blake Shelton. The song was inspired by the death of Shelton’s brother. This song gives an angelic feel to the listener and can touch a lot of people through the music and lyrics (Cunningham).

 In 2013 The Pistol Annie’s came out with a new song titled Annie up, and four years in a row Lambert collected both ACM and CMA awards. Male country singers have seemed to take over country radio but Miranda Lambert is one of the few female country singers who never ceases to be right up there with all the boys. She is one of country music’s most talented writers and some would even argue that she is one of the most talented writes in all of music(Cunningham).

 On her most current album Platinum, we get to see a more sensitive side of Lambert. Not the crazy spit fire songs that we are all used to hearing from her, but a more soft, sensitive and vulnerable kind of songs. During an interview she explains that she is thirty now and that she everything that happens in her life she wants to sing about it because she has nothing to hid. Everything that she did in her twenties she said she worked hard as well as play hard. Once she reached thirty she said that she feels like she has to own up to everything and hold herself more accountable. The reason she wants to write about everything that is going on in her life is because, there is somebody out there going through the same thing. Although her songs are more vulnerable and soft she still finds a way to incorporate her spitfire spirit, because that is part of who she is (About Miranda Lambert).

 Miranda Lambert is an inspiration to all female artists, to just keep writing songs without changing the person you are. For the up and coming female country singers she gives them hope and motivation to keep on fighting for their dreams. She always tries to stay true to herself and others and doesn’t fall to the pressures around her. Miranda is a female voice that country music will be hearing for a while longer. Her career has just started and she is continuing to write and record music that will wow her fans and country music.