- New Dixie Chick, Natalie Maines, enters the band after turning
down a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston.
1996
-The Dixie Chicks Toured Japan
1997
-Dixie Chicks release their first single "I Can Love You Better"
1998
January
- the Dixie Chicks released their album Wide Open Spaces . The album went on to top the Billboard Counrty Album chart for a total of 7 weeks
June
-Wide Open Spaces was certified Gold
August
-Wide Open Spaces was certified Platinum
-"There's Your Trouble" hits the Top 40
-"There's Your Trouble" topped the Billboard Country Singles chart for two weeks
October
-Wide Open Spaces was certified 2x platinum
-Wide Open Spaces won two CMA's (Vocal Group of the year and Horizon Award)
November
-Wide Open Spaces topped the Billboard Country Singles chart for a total of 4 weeks
December
-Wide Open Spaces was certified 3x platinum
1999
January
-Chicks won AMA for Favorite new Country Artist and also nominated for favorite band/group/duo
-Wide Open Spaces was certified 4x platinum (topped Billboard country album charts for 7 weeks)
February
-The Dixie Chicks won 2 grammys(Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Country Album)(they were also nominated for Best New Artist)
March
-"You Were Mine" hit the Top 40, it was also #1 on the Billboard Country singles chart for 2 weeks.
April
-Wide Open Spaces was certified 5x platinum
May
-The Dixie Chicks won three ACM awards (Album of the Year, Top Group, Top New Group)
June
-Wide Open Spaces was certified 6x platinum
July
-The Dixie Chicks Toured with George Strait's Country Music Festival
-The Dixie Chicks performed with Lilith Fair
September
-Fly is released and debuts at #1 on Billboard's Pop (where it spends 2 weeks on top) and also the Billboard Country charts.
-Wide Open Spaces was certified 7x platinum and became best selling album by country duo or group
-Fly topped the Billboard Country Album charts for 36 weeks and The Billboard Top Internet Album Sales chart for 3 weeks.
October
-The Dixie Chicks won 3 Country Music Association Awards (Vocal group of the year, Music Video of the Year, and Single of the year for "Wide Open Spaces") and 2 WB Radio Music Awards(Counrty Artist of the Year and Country Song of the year for "Wide Open Spaces")
December
-The Dixie Chicks were nominated for a People's Choice Award(Favorite Musical Group) and won 3 Billboard Music Awards(Country Artist of the Year, Country Albums Artist of the Year, and Country Albums Artist Duo/Group of the Year)
2000
January
-The Dixie Chicks were nominated for 2 AMA's (Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Country Album. )
-The Chicks were listed on the "Worst Dressed Women" list
-Cowboy Take Me Away hits the Top 40
February
-The Chicks won 2 Grammys (Best Country Album, Best Country Performance by a Duo/Group for "Ready to Run")They were also nominated for Album of the Year for Fly and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for "Roly Poly" with Asleep At The Wheel. "Goodbye Earl" was premiered at the Grammys
-Chicks were nominated for a Kid's Choice award for Favorite Band.
-"Cowboy Take Me Away" hit #1 on The Billboard Country charts and stayed there for three weeks.
March
-The Dixie Chicks were nominated for 5 ACM's (Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year, Top Vocal Duo or Group, Video of the Year, and Single of the Year for "Ready to Run")
-Fly was certified 5x platinum
-Wide Open spaces was certified 9x platinum
May
-The Chicks won 2 ACM awards (Album of the Year for Fly and Vocal Group of the Year
-The Chicks won favorite Country duo/group at the Blockbuster Awards
June
-The Dixie Chicks won a TNN Music Award ( Best Group/Duo )
-Natalie Maines marries
-Fly Tour kicks off and goes into the summer
July
-Fly was certified 6x platinum and set a new record for most weeks at #1 on Billboard's Country Album chart with over 32 weeks at #1 (beating Alabamas record for 28 weeks
August
-The Dixie Chicks were nominated for 5 CMA's ( Entertainer of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year, Vocal Event of the Year for"Roly Poly" with Asleep At The Wheel, Music Video of the Year for "Goodbye Earl", and Album of the Year for Fly
-It is announced that Natalie Maines is pregnant and will be due in April
September
-Wide Open Space was certified 10x platinum and Fly was certified 7x platinum
- The Dixie Chicks won a Canadian Country Music Award ( Top Selling Album.)
-"Cowboy Take Me Away" and "Goodbye Earl" were nominated for
a Billboard Music Video Award for Country Best Clip of the Year.
October
-The Dixie Chicks won 4 Country Music Association Awards including Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year for Fly,
Music Video of the Year, and Vocal Group of the Year.
November
- The Dixie Chicks won a Radio Music Award for Song of the Year
-The Chicks had their first television special named Dixie Chicks: On The Fly on NBC.
December
-Fly was certified 8x platinum
-The Chicks topped the Billboard Year-end charts as Top Country Artists, Top Country Album for Fly,
Top Country Artist - Group/Duo, Top Country Album Artist, and Top Country Album Artist - Group/Duo.
-Fly Tour Finishes
2001
January
-The Chicks won an AMA ( Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group)
-"Without You" topped the Billboard Charts
February
-The Dixie Chicks hit the Top 40 with "Without You"
-The Dixie Chicks were nominated for 2 Grammy ( both for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Strong Enough" with Sheryl Crow and "Walk Softly" with Ricky Skaggs)
-The Chicks were nominated for three ACM awards(Entertainer of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year, and Video of the Year for "Goodbye Earl")
March
-Natalie Maines gives birth to beautiful baby boy Jackson Slade
April
-The Dixie Chicks won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award (Favorite Country Duo or Group )
-Chicks were nominated for a Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Band.
May
-Martie states that it may be over a year until their next album and even more before they go on tour again
June
-Wide Open Spaces was certified 11x platinum
July
- The Chicks had a lawsuit filed against them by Sony Music for breach of contract
August
- Fly was certified 9x platinum
-The Dixie Chicks countered the lawsuit against them, suing Sony Music for fraud.
September
-The Dixie Chicks performed "I Believe In Love" for a landmark fundraiser called America: A Tribute to Heroes, all the major networks aired the program to raise money for families of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks
November
-The Chick's were nominated for 2 CMA's (Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year)
December
-The Chicks topped the Billboard Year-End charts (Top Country Album Artist - Group/Duo)
2002
June
-The Dixie Chicks settled their complaints against Sony Music and created a new record label under Sony Music called "Open Wide Records"
-Fly was certified 10x platinum
August
-New album Home is released
-Home sold over 780,000 copies during its first week of release in the US and topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart and Top Country Albums chart.
September
-The Chicks hit the Top 40 with "Long Time Gone"
-Still topping the Country Album charts beating out Toby Keith and Kenny Chesney
-Home was certified 2x platinum
October
-Faith Hill and Elvis Presley move up in front of the cihcks on the Billboard Country charts....Chicks now at #3
-Home was certified 3x platinum
-Chicks premiere on CMT show Crossroads with James Taylor, Lifetime's Intimate Portrait, and CMT's Inside Fame
November
-"Landslide" hits the Top 40
-Dixie Chicks pick up Group Of The Year at the CMA's
-Emily Robison gives birth to her first child. Son Charels Augustus "Gus" Robison.
-The Chicks were nominated for 2 AMA's (favorite Country Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Country Album
