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Chicks Get Simpsonized
(March 19, 2008) The Chicks have recorded a guest spot for the Simpsons that is slated to air on April 13th. The story line involves the return of country singer Lurleen Lumpkin (Beverly D'Angelo), who is reunited with her father. Alas, her father swipes one of Lurleen's songs and sells it to the trio. When the Chicks find out about his scam, well, let's just say they're not ready to play nice.
 
2008 Music And Mutts Calender
(December 17, 2007) Emily, along with husband Charlie Robison, and 11 other Texas musicians are featured with their dogs for the 2008 Blue Dog Rescue calender. Natalie's father, Lloyd Maines, is also one of those featured.
 
Billboard Year End Charts
(December 17, 2007) The Dixie Chicks and Taking The Long Way remain on the year end charts for Billboard magazine. Billboard's chart year goes from issue date December 2, 2006 to November 24, 2007.
 
Top Billboard 200 Artists - #75
Top Billboard 200 Albums - #82
Top Country Artists - #38
Top Country Artists- Duo/Group - #9
Top Country Album Artists - #18
Top Country Albums - #16
Top Comprehensive Albums - #84
Top Comprehensive Artists - #78
Top 25 Concert Boxscores - #15 Eagles, Dixie Chicks
 
Natalie In Time Magazine
(December 8, 2007) Natalie's activism with the West Memphis 3 has garnered a mention in the December 17th issue of Time. Time scan
 
Emily Featured In Women In Texas Music Book
(November 4, 2007) Emily is one of 34 women featured in the book, Women in Texas Music: Stories and Songs by Kathleen Hudson. The book is done in interview style and Emily's took place in January 2005. Susan Gibson, writer of "Wide Open Spaces", and Terri Hendrix, co-writer of "Lil' Jack Slade" are also featured. Lloyd Maines provides the forward. http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exhudwom.html
 
Natalie Interview In Rolling Stone
(November 2, 2007) In the 40th anniversary issue of Rolling Stone magazine, Natalie is one of 21 artists interviewed about the future of music. It can be read on page 111 in the new digital edition of Rolling Stone.

 
Drop In The Bucket Benefit
(November 2, 2007) The Chicks were honorees at the Drop In The Bucket benefit on Friday, October 19th. Details of the event and a new photo of the Chicks can be seen at www.dropinthebucket.org
Drop In The Bucket's main purpose is to provide wells offering disease-free water to people throughout Africa. Money raised from this event will go directly toward purchasing drills (which will allow for deeper drilling) and installing wells at large rural schools, which currently have no access to water or toilets.
 
Chicks Signed Guitar Strikes Gold In Auction
(October 26, 2007) In a fundraising finale, the guitars that were part of the Austin GuitarTown project were auctioned off to the highest bidder on October 17th. The Gibson guitar that brought in the highest bid is one called "Striking Texas Gold" and was signed by the Dixie Chicks. It fetched more than $55,000. The auction will benefit four local charities: The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians; The Austin Museum of Art; American Youthworks; and the Austin Children's Museum.
 
Dan Wilson's Easy Silence
(October 6, 2007) Dan Wilson, co-writer of "Not Ready To Make Nice" and five more songs from Taking the Long Way, has recorded "Easy Silence" for his upcoming album Free Life. The CD was produced by Rick Rubin and will be released on October 16th. Four tracks from the CD can be heard on Dan's MySpace page.
 
"Of all the songs the Chicks and I wrote together,"Easy Silence" felt the most universal to me and also seemed like the one that I related to most personally. I thought it would be interesting to hear what the song would sound like from a man's perspective. Plus, I wanted an excuse to play more slide guitar on the album." - www.danwilsonmusic.com
 
Chicks Discuss Infertility
(September 21, 2007) Martie and Emily discuss their struggles with infertility in the fall issue of Conceive magazine. ConceiveOnline 
 
Canadian Country Music Association Awards
(September 10, 2007) The Chicks have received the award for Top Selling Album at the 2007 Canadian CMA awards. Taking The Long Way was in competition with Like Red on a Rose, Alan Jackson; Me and My Gang, Rascal Flatts; Some Hearts, Carrie Underwood; White Trash With Money, Toby Keith.
 
CMA Awards
(August 30, 2007) The Dixie Chicks received a nomination for Vocal Group of the Year from the Country Music Association. The Chicks are up against Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Emerson Drive, Little Big Town, and Rascal Flatts. The awards take place on November 7th.
 
Chicks' Song Featured In Documentary
(August 17, 2007) - "Silent House", co-written by the Chicks and Neil Finn, will be featured in the documentary There Is a Bridge. The documentary reveals different ways of communicating with those who have dementia and explores how these emotionally profound relationships can change our lives. There Is a Bridge premieres on public television stations nationwide beginning September 1, 2007.
 
Chicks/Eagles Shows
(August 6, 2007) The Eagles and the Dixie Chicks will be the opening act for the brand new Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on October 18th and 20th.
 
Natalie Gets Movie Role
(August 3, 2007) Natalie has been cast to play a prison nurse in an indie flick set to begin shooting in September. After seeing Shut Up and Sing, documentary filmmaker Michael Skolnik approached Natalie for Stealing Cars.
"I'm very excited. It's something I've always wanted to do. I've auditioned here and there, but we've always been busy with Dixie Chicks stuff, and with movies you have to be available." - People magazine
 
TEC Awards
(June 8,2007) The Dixie Chicks received 3 nominations for the Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards. The TEC Awards, sponsored by Mix magazine, is the world’s most prominent forum honoring outstanding achievement in professional audio production and product design. Taking the Long Way garnered a nomination for Record Production/Album and "Not Ready To Make Nice" received a nod for Record Production/Single or Track. The Chicks and Clair Brothers also received a nomination for our Tour Sound Production.
 
Vanity Fair Magazine
(June 8, 2007) Natalie, along with her sons Slade and Beckett, is one of the artists featured in GAP’s new RED campaign. It will be featured exclusively in Vanity Fair’s Africa issue out in June.
 
Exclusive Interview with Emily
(June 1, 2007) Emily has given an exclusive interview with Dixie Chicks blogger Junichi Semitsu. The interview can be read at the Chicks MSN site.
 
Natalie In Pete Seeger Documentary
(May 8, 2007) Natalie makes an appearance in the documentary, Pete Seeger: The Power Of Song. "He's a living testament to the First Amendment," proclaims the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines, about the man called the "high priest of folk music." source - Variety magazine
 
Emily At The Derby
(May 8, 2007) Emily recently attended the Barnstable Brown Gala as part of the pre-Kentucky Derby festivities. The gala event raises millions for the Barnstable Brown Foundation for diabetes research. She, along with husband Charlie Robison, attended the Derby the following day.
 
Time Top 100
(May 3, 2007) Natalie has written a piece for Time magazine about producer Rick Rubin. Rick has been named to Time's Top 100 Influential People. The Chicks made the list last year. Read Natalie's essay.
 
Crowded House Records Silent House
(April 27, 2007) Crowded House will be releasing their first studio album since 1993's Together Alone. Time On Earth will be released in July and will include the track "Silent House". Crowded House includes member Neil Finn, who co-write the song with the Chicks. A live version of Neil performing the song can be found at youtube.com.
 
Chicks Win Juno Award
(April 1, 2007) Taking The Long Way won the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy when it was awarded a Juno award for International Album of The Year. The Chicks were up against Il Divo's Ancora, Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds, Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor, and Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium.
 
Chicks Accept Film Award
(March 16, 2007) Martie and Emily were on hand to accept the AMD LIVE! Soundtrack Award as part of the seventh annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards on Friday, March 9th.
 
Forbes Tastemakers
(March 16, 2007) Forbes.com has come out with their Tastemakers in Music list and the Dixie Chicks are among those on it. The list is a roll-call of recording artists who’ve had an uncommon artistic or commercial impact on the market in 2006. Forbes.com
 
New Debuts On Billboard Charts
(March 8, 2007) Taking The Long Way continues to do well on the Billboard charts as it climbed back into the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart. The CD sold 42,274 copies last week for a total of 2,097,344. "Not Ready To Make Nice" showed increases on the charts while Shut Up & Sing and "The Neighbor" made their debuts on Billboard charts.
 
Definitive 200
(March 6, 2007) The National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have released the "Definitive 200" list of albums and soundtracks. Three Dixie Chicks albums made the list -- Wide Open Spaces at #33 -- Home at #100 -- and FLY at #113.
 
Still the One
(March 1, 2007) Taking The Long Way remains #1 on the country album chart. This is the eighth week in the peak position. The album sold 50,134 copies last week to bring the total to 2,055,070.
 
Billboard Money Makers List
(February 26, 2007) The Dixie Chicks landed at #18 on Billboard magazine's Top Money Makers list for 2006. Album sales and digital downloads together with a percentage of ticket sales generated $46,921,290.15. Billboard uses 85% of the ticket sales for its rankings due to industry-standard assumption that 15% of ticket sales go to promotors and venues.
 
Natalie At The Oscars
(February 26, 2007) Natalie attended the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday. From a SFGate.com blog: Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks gave proper responses to the weighty questions she was asked. What's the best of the evening? "Talking to you." What inspired your hairstyle? "It's a cross between a Grecian Goddess and Minnie Mouse."
 
Chicks On A Grammy Roll
(February 22, 2007) Taking the Long Way shot up the Billboard 200 album chart from #72 to #8 following the group's five wins at the Grammys. This is the biggest-ever Grammy-related jump into the top 10. The Chicks also return to #1 on the country album chart. The CD saw a 714% gain last week with 103,407 copies sold. Taking The Long Way has now sold 2,004,936 copies. "Not Ready To Make Nice" is the #4 song on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
 
Shut Up & Sing Special Edition DVD
(February 15, 2007) According to an interview Entertainment Weekly's Chris Willman had with producer Cecelia Peck at the Grammys, there will be a two-disc special edition of Shut Up & Sing. It will include not only outtakes from the documentary footage but the entirety of the first night of the band's most recent arena tour. No release date has been set. Note on August 10th: This is still in the works.
 
CD Sees Grammy Bump
(February 15, 2007) Sales of Taking The Long Way received an early bump after the success at the Grammys. The CD saw an increase of 108% with 12,708 copies sold, bringing the total to 1,901,529. These numbers are through Sunday, February 11th.
 
Chicks Make Grammy History
(February 15, 2007) The Dixie Chicks became the first female group ever to take home the big three top Grammy honors: Song Of The Year (for "Not Ready To Make Nice"), Record Of The Year (for "Not Ready To Make Nice") and Album Of The Year (for Taking The Long Way).
 
The Dixie Chicks achieved another Grammy milestone on Sunday when Taking The Long Way became the first Best Country Album ever to also win the coveted Album Of The Year trophy.
 
With four Best Country Album Grammys -- 1999: Wide Open Spaces; 2000: Fly; 2003: Home; 2007: Taking The Long Way -- to their credit, the Dixie Chicks are the only group or artist to have won more than once in that category and are the only group or artist to have won in that category for every studio album they've recorded.
 
 
MusiCares Gala
(February 15, 2007) As a part of Grammy week, the Dixie Chicks appeared at the 2007 MusiCares Gala honoring Don Henley. The Chicks performed "Desperado".
 
A Chicks Sweep
(February 11, 2007) The Dixie Chicks won all 5 Grammys in which they were nominated. The Chicks were awarded Album and Country Album of the year. They also take home the award for Record, Song, and Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for "Not Ready To Make Nice". The Chicks now have 13 Grammys.
 
Unseen 60 Minutes Video
(February 8, 2007) Video clips that were not aired from the Dixie Chicks 60 Minutes interview can be viewed at Yahoo. Some of the clips include Natalie's pet pig Stella and the Chicks playing charades. videos at Yahoo
 
MusiCares Event Appearance
(February 8, 2007) The Dixie Chicks will be performing a Don Henley song at the MusiCares Person Of The Year event on Friday, February 9th. Don Henley is this year's honoree. The Chicks performed at last year's event honoring James Taylor. That appearance is available on DVD.
 
TV Guide Q&A With Martie
(February 1, 2007) Martie recently answered some question about the upcoming Grammys for TV Guide. Q&A
 
CMT Music Awards
(February 1, 2007) The Dixie Chicks are first-round nominees for the 2007 CMT Music Awards. "Not Ready To Make Nice" received nominations for Video of the Year, Group Video, and director Sophie Muller received a nod for Video Director. The Chicks also appeared in Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down" video which received a nomination for Wide Open Video. CMT Music Awards
 
Country Music Critics' Poll
(January 25, 2007) The Dixie Chicks dominated Nashville Scene's 7th annual Country Music Critics' Poll. The poll previously was published by Country Music magazine, now out of print. The Chicks landed top honors for Best Album, Best Single ("Not Ready To Make Nice"), Best Groups And Duos, and Best Overall Act. They placed runner up to Kenny Chesney for Best Live Act. Emily was #10 in the Best Instrumentalist category, the only female to earn a spot. Natalie placed fourth in Best Female Vocalist. This is the 2nd time the Chicks have received Best Album and Best Single in the same year.
 
Austin City Limits
(January 18,2007) The Dixie Chicks episode of Austin City Limits will be airing on PBS stations starting January 20th. Check your local listings for times. An interview and performance of "Not Ready To Make Nice" can be viewed at the Austin City Limits website.
 
Shut Up & Sing DVD
(January 18, 2007) The DVD release of Shut Up & Sing is scheduled for release on February 20th.
 
CMT.com Loaded Awards
(January 11, 2007) The Dixie Chicks received a nomination for the first-ever CMT.com Loaded Awards. The CMT.com Loaded Awards will award content with the most online traffic during 2006 at CMT.com and its broadband channel, CMT Loaded. Each winner will be presented with the CMT.com Loaded Mouse Award, a unique hand-painted gold computer mouse mounted inside a genuine Mason jar.
 
The Chicks nomination is for No. 1 Digitally Active Group / Duo (Loaded, CMT.com, Mobile, Shop). The Chicks are up against Little Big Town, Montgomery Gentry, Rascal Flatts, and Sugarland.
 
Chicks Set For Grammys
(January 11, 2007) The Dixie Chicks will be performers on the 49th annual Grammy Awards telecast. The music industry's premiere event will take place live on Sunday, February 11, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 PM ET. The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at Grammy.yahoo.com.
 
Eight-time Grammy winners, the Dixie Chicks are nominated for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal for "Not Ready To Make Nice," and Album Of The Year and Best Country Album for Taking The Long Way.
 
Another Double Platinum For The Chicks
(January 11, 2007) Taking The Long Way has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. This is the Dixie Chicks fourth double platinum album.
 
Top Album Sales For 2006
(January 4, 2007) Taking The Long Way finished at #9 in album sales for 2006. This is the third time the Chicks have finished the year in the Top 10. Wide Open Spaces was #10 in 1999 and Home was #4 in 2002.
 
1. High School Musical: 3.72 million
2. Rascal Flatts/Me and My Gang: 3.48 million
3. Carrie Underwood/Some Hearts: 3.02 million
4. Nickelback/All the Right Reasons: 2.69 million
5. Justin Timberlake/Futuresex/Lovesounds: 2.38 million
6. James Blunt/Back to Bedlam: 2.14 million
7. Beyonce/B'day: 2.01 million
8. Hannah Montana: 1.99 million
9. Dixie Chicks/Taking the Long Way: 1.86 million
10. Hinder/Extreme Behavior: 1.82 million

Amazon Women
(January 4, 2007) The Dixie Chicks have landed at #8 on Amazon.com's 10 top-selling artists of all time list. The Chicks are in good company with the Beatles, U2, and Johnny Cash. Amazon.com's Top 10 Sellers.
 
CD Sales See Post Holiday Drop
(January 4, 2007) CD sales saw the usual after Christmas slide. Taking The Long Way dropped 68% with sales totaling 13,199 for the week ending 12/31/06. The total is now at 1,856,284.
 
2006 Top North American Tours
(December 30, 2006) The Accidents & Accusations tour was among the top-grossing tours in North America in 2006. The Dixie Chicks rounded out the list at #25, generating $27.1 million in gross receipts. (note: These figures do not include Australian dates and receipts.)
 
USA TODAY Critics Praise the Chicks
(December 30, 2006) The Critics for USA Today have named Taking the Long Way as the best album of 2006. In the year end review, the critics wrote "It was a calculated risk that paid off. Having alienated much of their country constituency with an ill-timed jibe at President Bush, the Chicks declined to beg for forgiveness, defiantly forging ahead with a forthright description of their situation and attitude, "Not Ready to Make Nice", and releasing it as the album's lead-off single. That alienated even more of the country base, but throngs of new fans — and the majority of USA TODAY's critics — were enthralled by the stance and, more important, the rich, textured, genre-transcendent music the trio and producer Rick Rubin cooked up.
 
SoundScan Numbers Through 12/24/06
(December 30, 2006) Taking The Long Way saw a 25% increase with sales of 41,123 copies and the total is now at 1,843,085.
 
Taking the Long Way Passes 1.8 Million
(December 21, 2006) Taking The Long Way saw a 52% increase this week with sales of 32,795. The total is now at 1,801,962 copies.
 
Time's Top Letter Getters
(December 21, 2006) Time magazine has issued the list of cover stories in 2006 that generated the most letters to the editor. The May 29th issue, which featured the Dixie Chicks, finished 2nd on the list behind a Hillary Clinton cover from August. 
 
Chicks Strike Texas Gold
(December 19, 2006) The Dixie Chicks recently joined the impressive and growing list of celebrities who are lending their name in support of the Austin GuitarTown project. Recently in town for an Austin City Limits show, the ladies signed a ten- foot guitar titled "Striking Texas Gold" by visual artist, Dianne Sonnenberg.

The unique guitar sculptures have been artistically designed by local and talented visual artists and will be placed throughout Austin in front of the city's landmarks and businesses through the Fall of 2007. Many of them depict favorite Texas scenes or artistic musical themes. Each is a one of a kind piece of art. The sculptures will then be auctioned off and will benefit four local charities: The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM); The Austin Museum of Art (AMOA); American Youthworks; and the Austin Children's Museum.
 
Billboard's Year End Charts
(December 19, 2006) The Dixie Chicks and Taking The Long Way made the year end charts for Billboard magazine. Billboard's chart year goes from December 3, 2005 to November 25,2006.
 
Top Billboard 200 Artists - #16
Top Billboard 200 Albums - #16
Top Billboard 200 Artists - Duo/Group - #5
Top Internet Artists - #1
Top Internet Albums - #1
Top Digital Albums Artists -#6
Top Digital Albums - #6
Top Country Artists - #18
Top Country Artists- Duo/Group - #5
Top Country Album Artists - #6
Top Country Albums - #5
 
The 2006 Billboard Critics' Choice poll voted Taking The Long Way at #8 in a tie With Red Hot Chili Peppers CD.
 
Rolling Stone Names TTLW in Top 50 of 2006
(December 19, 2006) Rolling Stone magazine named Taking The Long Way as one of the year's essential albums, finishing at #19 on the list. Rolling Stone said "There is also a whole lot of craft -- Long Way is a widescreen pop record with gorgeous country rock, killer power ballads and fierce honky-tonk."
 
Time's 10 Best Albums
(December 19, 2006) Time magazine has named Taking the Long Way as one of the year's best albums. From Time: "The Incident, as they call it, took a commercial toll, but musically the Chicks have never been stronger. The instrumentation on their fourth album keeps a toe in country, yet the songs are the best kind of pop--smart, instantly memorable and fussed over until they sound effortless. "Not Ready to Make Nice" broadcasts their grievances, but "Bitter End" and "So Hard" (a sing-along about infertility) prove that complicated songwriting for the masses still flourishes."
 
CD Sales See a Bump
(December 14, 2006) Taking The Long Way saw a 36% increase this week. The CD sold 21,560 copies and the total now stands at 1,769,167.
 
Top 40 of 2006
(December 14, 2006) VH1 will be premiering their countdown of the top 40 videos of the year on December 16th. VH1's site lists the Chicks as one of the featured artists. VH1 bases its choices on hard data like record sales, downloads, radio air play and time spent on VH1's weekly Top 20 Video Countdown. "Not Ready To Make Nice" set the record on VH1 for most consecutive weeks at #1 with 13.
 
ACLU of Southern CA Honors Chicks
(December 14, 2006) The ACLU of Southern California honored defenders of freedom in music, movies and the military at its annual Bill of Rights Awards on Monday, December 11th. The Dixie Chicks were one of those taking home an award. Natalie was on hand to accept the award for the Chicks.
 
The ACLU supports the rights of individuals to take strong stands in defense of liberty,” said ACLU/SC Executive Director Ramona Ripston. “Our honorees understand that carelessly discarding our rights will not make us safer.”
 
Best 100 Songs
(December 12th)  Rolling Stone magazine has come out with its list of the Best 100 Songs of 2006. "The Long Way Around" made the list at #20. Rolling Stone has called it "A heart-tugging guitar anthem for small-town girls with big dreams -- and the best ersatz Springsteen song in a year that was packed with them." The entire list can be viewed at Rolling Stone.
 
Critics Choice Awards
(December 12, 2006) The Broadcast Film Critics Association announced its nominations for the 12th annual Critics Choice Awards and the Dixie Chicks are involved with 2 of them. "The Neighbor", which appears in Shut Up & Sing, was nominated for best song. Shut Up & Sing received a nomination for best documentary.
 
Grammy Nominations
(December 7, 2006) The Dixie Chicks received 5 nominations for the 49th Grammy Awards. Taking The Long Way received nominations for Album Of The Year and Best Country Album. "Not Ready To Make Nice" was nominated for Record and Song Of The Year. The single also helped the Chicks get a nomination for Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. The Chicks are the only artist with nominations in the all-genre Album, Record and Song categories. The Grammy awards air on CBS on February 11th.
 
Chicks Popular At Amazon.com
(December 7, 2006) In 2006, Amazon.com's music customers just couldn't get enough of Taking The Long Way. The Dixie Chicks album heads the list of top sellers for 2006. amazon.com
 
CD Sales
(December 7, 2006) Taking The Long Way saw a small dip in sales this past week with 15,851 bringing the total to 1,747,607.
 
Music And Mutts Calender
(December 3, 2006) Natalie and 11 other Texas musicians are featured with their dogs for the 2007 Blue Dog Rescue calender. Among the other musicians are Susan Gibson, Terri Hendrix, and Patty Griffin. All the musicians donated their time and images to the dogs of Blue Dog Rescue.
 
AustinWoman Magazine
(December 3, 2006) The December issue of AustinWoman magazine featured Natalie on the cover and in an interview. An interview with the directors of Shut Up & Sing, Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck, is also contained in this issue.
 
CD Sees Another Bump
(November 29, 2006) Taking The Long Way saw a 21% jump this week with sales of 16,656 copies. The total now stands at 1,731,756
 
CD Sales Rise Again
(November 22, 2006) For the third time in four weeks, sales of Taking The Long Way saw an increase. Sales increased 17% this week with 13,726 copies sold bringing the total to 1,715,100.
 
Charlie Rose Interview
(November 17, 2006) The Dixie Chicks interview with Charlie Rose can be viewed at Google video.
 
CD Passes 1.7 Million
(November 17, 2006) Taking The Long Way sold 11,753 copies this past week to bring the total to 1,701,374 sold.
 
SU&S An Oscar Contender
(November 15, 2006) Shut Up & Sing is one of 15 finalists up for Documentary Feature at the 79th Academy Awards. The list has been narrowed down from 81 eligible documentaries. The final five nominees will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. EST.
 
Billboard Music Awards
(November 12, 2006) The Chicks are finalists for two awards at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards. The Chicks contend in the Duo/Group Country Artist category and Taking The Long Way is a contender for Internet Album of the year. The awards air on Fox December 4th at 8:00 PM ET.
 
Documentary Update
(November 9, 2006) Shut Up & Sing continues in movie theaters in Los Angeles and New York City. It opens in Dallas on November 10th, and will now open November 17th in additional major U.S. cities including: Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix, Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Nashville, Austin, Denver, San Diego, Indianapolis, San Antonio, Knoxville, Tampa, Salt Lake City, Kansas City, Portland, Cleveland and Las Vegas.
 
Chicks In Playboy Poll
(November 9, 2006) Taking the Long Way is up for Best Country album in Playboy's annual music poll.
 
CD Sales Rise Again
(November 9, 2006) Taking The Long Way saw a gain in sales for the second consecutive week. It went up 15% with sales of 12,261. The total now stands at 1,689,621 sold.
 
Chick Unscripted
(November 8th, 2006) The Dixie Chicks take you inside the making of Shut Up & Sing in an interview for Moviefone's Unscripted. Video
 
Cash Tribute Video
(November 8, 2006) The Chicks along with many other artists pay tribute to Johnny Cash in the new video