Wide Open Spaces

Wide Open Spaces is the fourth studio album and the major label debut of American country music band Dixie Chicks. It was their first record with new lead vocalist Natalie Maines, and became their breakthrough commercial success. It received diamond status by the RIAA on February 20, 2003 in the United States, having shipped 13 million units worldwide,[6] while spending more than six years in the Australian ARIA music charts Country Top 20.

For other uses, see Wide Open Spaces (disambiguation).
Wide Open Spaces
Studio album by
Dixie Chicks
ReleasedJanuary 23, 1998[1]
RecordedMarch – August 1997
GenreCountry
Length43:39
LabelMonument
ProducerBlake Chancey
Paul Worley
Dixie Chicks chronology
Shouldn't a Told You That
(1993)		 Wide Open Spaces
(1998)		 Fly
(1999)
Singles from Wide Open Spaces
  1. "I Can Love You Better"
    Released: October 27, 1997
  2. "There's Your Trouble"
    Released: March 30, 1998
  3. "Wide Open Spaces"
    Released: August 17, 1998
  4. "You Were Mine"
    Released: December 7, 1998
  5. "Tonight the Heartache's on Me"
    Released: April 12, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

At the 41st Grammy Awards, the album was awarded two Grammy Awards out of three nominations.[7] It was awarded Best Country Album (the first of what would be four trophies in this category: they would later win for Fly in 2000, Home in 2003, and Taking the Long Way in 2007) and for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the song "There's Your Trouble". This is an award the Chicks would win five times: in 2000 for "Ready to Run", in 2003 for "Long Time Gone", in 2005 for "Top of the World" and 2007 for "Not Ready to Make Nice", a feat only matched by The Judds. In addition, the Chicks were nominated for Best New Artist in 1999.

"Once You've Loved Somebody" had previously been recorded by John & Audrey Wiggins on their 1996 album, The Dream.

Wide Open Spaces, as well as their next albums Fly (1999) and Home (2002), were released in the HDCD format.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Can Love You Better"
3:53
2."Wide Open Spaces"Susan Gibson3:44
3."Loving Arms"Tom Jans3:37
4."There's Your Trouble"
3:10
5."You Were Mine"
3:37
6."Never Say Die"
3:56
7."Tonight the Heartache's on Me"
3:25
8."Let 'Er Rip"
2:49
9."Once You've Loved Somebody"
  • Thom McHugh
  • Bruce Miller
3:28
10."I'll Take Care of You"J. D. Souther3:40
11."Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way)"Maria McKee3:25
12."Give It Up or Let Me Go"Bonnie Raitt4:55
Total length:43:39

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[8]

Accolades
Organization Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
Academy of Country Music Awards Wide Open Spaces Album of the Year Won [9]
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Duo or Group - Country Won [10]
Academy of Country Music Awards Album of the Year Won [11]
Canadian Country Music Association Top Selling Album of the Year Won [12]
Country Music Association Awards "Wide Open Spaces" Single of the Year Won [13]
Music Video of the Year Won
CMT Music Awards Wide Open Spaces Album of the Year Nominated [14]
Grammy Awards Best Country Album Won [15]
"There's Your Trouble" Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Won
Radio Music Awards "Wide Open Spaces" Country Song of the Year Won [16][17]
TNN/Music City Awards Wide Open Spaces Album of the Year Nominated [18][19]

Charts

Certifications

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Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[21] 3× Platinum 210,000
Canada (Music Canada)[22] 4× Platinum 400,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[24] 13× Platinum 13,000,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

References
  1. Official Dixie Chicks Site Archived June 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Wide Open Spaces – Dixie Chicks". AllMusic. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  3. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Dixie Chicks: Wide Open Spaces". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  4. "Top Pop Albums". Los Angeles Times. December 3, 1998. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  5. Harris, Keith (2004). "Dixie Chicks". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 245. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. RIAA Diamond Awards Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Collins, Roger. "Dixie Chicks". Iomusic News. Archived from the original on 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  8. Wide Open Spaces (CD booklet). Dixie Chicks. Monument Records. 1997. 68195.CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. "CMT : ACM Awards : Archive : 1998". www.cmt.com. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  10. Staff, Variety (9 May 2000). "Blockbuster Entertainment Award winners". Variety. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  11. "2009 ACM Awards". Academy of Country Music Awards. Archived from the original on June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  12. "Past Award Winners - Canadian Country Music Association". www.ccma.org. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  13. "CMT : CMA Awards : Archive : 1999 : Country Music Association". www.cmt.com. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  14. "CMT Launches Flameworthy Video Music Awards - Corus Entertainment". Corus Entertainment. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  15. "Rock On The Net: 41st Annual Grammy Awards - 1999". www.rockonthenet.com. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  16. "Big winners at The WB Radio Music Awards | Time Warner Inc". Time Warner. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  17. "THE WB RADIO MUSIC AWARDS airs tomorrow with live performances spanning the entire contemporary music spectrum | Time Warner Inc". Time Warner. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  18. "Nashville Music News - TNN Awards 1999". www.oocities.org. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  19. "TNN Music City News Country Awards Nominees". issues.louisvillemusicnews.net. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  20. Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  21. "ARIA Accreditations 2020 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  22. "Canadian album certifications – Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces". Music Canada.
  23. "British album certifications – Dixie Chicks – Wide Open Spaces". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Wide Open Spaces in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  24. "American album certifications – The Chicks – Wide Open Spaces". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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