Artist of the Day - Miranda Lambert

• Miranda Lambert began entering country talent contests when she was 16 and later appeared in a Ruffles potato chip ad and had a part in the 2001 teen comedy, “Slap Her She’s French.”
  
• She was 17 and still in high school when she formed the Texas Pride Band. She released an independent self-titled CD in 2001.
  
• She finished first in the Texas auditions for “Nashville Star” in 2003 and third overall, which led to a recording contract with Sony. Her first major-label single, “Me and Charlie Talking,” was released in 2004.
  
• Lambert’s debut CD, “Kerosene,” entered the Billboard Country Albums Chart at No. 1 in 2005, earning her an elite spot in music history as only the sixth country artist ever to have their first album debut at No. 1.
  
• Lambert released her second album, the chart-topping “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” in early 2007. Although the title track failed to make the Top 40, the next three singles – “Famous in A Small Town,” “Gunpowder & Lead” and “More Like Her” – were all Top 20 hits, with “Gunpowder & Lead” becoming her first Top 10 in July 2008.
  
• Miranda’s latest album “Revolution” features the hit singles “Dead Flowers,” “White Liar,” “Only Prettier,” and the No. 1 hits “The House that Built Me” and “Heart Like Mine.” “Revolution” debuted at No. 1 and joins her previous two releases that debuted at the top of Billboard’s Country Album Charts.
  
• Lambert is developing at TV show for ABC Family. It’s billed as a private detective show based on her childhood. She married Blake Shelton on May 14th.
  
• Lambert has started a new all-girl band, Pistol Annies, along with Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. “Hell on Heels,” the trio’s debut album landed at No. 1 on the Billboard Country chart. Miranda is now the first artist in the 47-year history of Billboard’s Country Albums chart to have notched No. 1s solo (her first three, 2005-09) and as part of a separately-named, non-all-star group. The title cut from “Heels” is moving up the charts.
  
• Lambert has unveiled the album art for her upcoming release, “Four the Record.” The LP, her fifth studio effort, hits stores on November 1st. The album’s first single, “Baggage Claim,” has reached No. 13 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.
  
• Official Web site: www.mirandalambert.com