Awards:
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2005 Grammy Awards:
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Best Country Female Vocal Performance for "Redneck Woman"
2005 Academy of Country Music Awards:
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Top Female Vocalist
Best New Artist
2005 CMT Awards
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Breakthrough Video of the Year for "Redneck Woman"
Female Video of the Year for "When I Think About Cheatin'"
2005 Playboy Readers' Poll:
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Best Country Artist
2005 Radio & Records Readers' Poll:
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Best New Artist
2004 Country Music Association Awards:
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Horizon Award
2004 American Music Awards:
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Breakthrough Favorite New Artist (All Genres)
2004 Billboard Music Awards:
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Female Country Artist of the Year
New country Artist of the Year
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Produced by Mark Write & Joe Scaife; Associate Producer John Rich
Set record for being the first artist with a debut album to enter the charts at # 1 Country and #2 on Top 200 - May 19, 2004
Remained at #1 nine consecutive weeks on the country album chart.
Certified Platinum (1,000,000) in four weeks and Double Platinum in nine weeks
Fastest platinum & double platinum certifications for a debut country artist
Certified Triple Platinum 11/05/2004
Certified Platinum in Canada 11/09/2004
Certified Quadruple Platinum 03/05/2005
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Shipped to radio March 5, 2004
Spend record six weeks at #1
Longest stay at #1 by a debut country female since 1964
Fastest song to reach #1 on the country chart in the history of Radio & Records
Debuted as the #1 download on walmart.com
Launch.com's #1 On Demand streaming country video
Included on the NOW 16 compilation - only third country artist to be included in the highly successful series. Disc shipped July 27, and Gretchen was featured in the television advertising.
Voted "Anthem of the Summer of 2004" on Billboard.com
"Redneck Woman" Music Video
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Produced by David Hogan, Diercted by Anastasia Simone
Guests included: Hank Jr., Kid Rock, Tanya Tucker, Big & Rich, James Otto & Gretchen's Uncle Vern
#1 on CMT & GAC
"Here For The Party" Single & Video
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Single written by Gretchen, John Rich & Big KEnny
Performance portion of the video shot in 14 minutes on the last night of the 2004 CMA Music Festival.
"When I Think About Cheatin'" Single & Video
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Single written by Gretchen Wilson, John Rich, Vicky McGehee
Video recounts the night Gretchen, John Rich and others found an unlocked door in the Ryman Auditorium, went in and Gretchen sang an entire Patsy Cline song before they were all kicked out by a security guard.
Grand Ole Opry Debut: May 15, 2004