Key facts
- Also known as
- Dixie Chicks (1989–2020)
- Origin
- Dallas , Texas, U.S.
- Genres
- Country bluegrass country pop
- Years active
- 1989–present
- Labels
- Crystal Clear Sound Monument Nashville Columbia Nashville
- Spinoffs
- Court Yard Hounds
- Members
- Emily Strayer Martie Maguire Natalie Maines
- Past members
- Robin Lynn Macy Laura Lynch
- Website
- thechicks .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- thechicks.com
- Image
- Dixie Chicks in Austin, Texas.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Chicks
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- inception
- 1989-00-00
- name
- The Chicks
- social media followers
- 658055
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The Chicks, known until 2020 as Dixie Chicks, are an American country music band from Dallas, Texas. The band consists of Natalie Maines (lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar) and sisters Martie Maguire (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) and Emily Strayer (vocals, guitar, banjo, Dobro).
Martie and Emily (both née Erwin) founded the Dixie Chicks in 1989 with bassist Laura Lynch and singer and guitarist Robin Lynn Macy. They performed bluegrass and country music, busking and touring the bluegrass festival circuits and small venues for six years. In 1992, Macy left the group with Lynch taking over vocals. After independently releasing three albums, in 1995, the Dixie Chicks were signed by Monument Records Nashville and Natalie Maines replaced Lynch. They released their first album with Monument, Wide Open Spaces, in 1998, followed by Fly in 1999. Both albums were certified diamond.