Home (Dixie Chicks album)

Home
Studio album by Dixie Chicks
Released	August 27, 2002 (2002-08-27)
Recorded	Cedar Creek Recording; 2001–02
Genre	Bluegrass country Americana folk
Length	51:42
Label	Open Wide Monument Columbia Nashville
Producer	Dixie Chicks Lloyd Maines
Dixie Chicks chronology
Fly (1999) Home (2002) Top of the World Tour: Live (2003)
Dixie Chicks studio album chronology
Fly (1999) Home (2002) Taking the Long Way (2006)
Alternative cover
Deluxe edition cover
Singles from Home
"Long Time Gone" Released: May 23, 2002 "Landslide" Released: August 26, 2002 "Travelin' Soldier" Released: December 9, 2002 "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" Released: May 22, 2003 "Top of the World" Released: September 2003

Home is the sixth studio album by American country music band Dixie Chicks, released on August 27, 2002, through Monument and Columbia Records. It is notable for its acoustic bluegrass sound, which stands in contrast with their previous two country pop albums.

The group was promoting the album when lead singer Natalie Maines made controversial comments about U.S. President George W. Bush criticizing his role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The album's third single, "Travelin' Soldier", was #1 on the Billboard Country Chart the week that Maines' comments hit the press.^[1] The following week, as many stations started a still-standing boycott of the Chicks' music, the song collapsed. None of their following singles gained traction with country radio. Despite these events, the album was certified 6× Multi-platinum status by the RIAA and has sold 5,979,000 copies in the United States up to November 2008.^[2] The album also featured a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide", which was their biggest pop crossover hit until 2007, when "Not Ready to Make Nice" peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was also successful in Australia, in its 175th week in the country charts it was certified Triple Platinum for shipments of 210,000 copies.^[3]

The album was nominated at the 45th Grammy Awards for six awards, including their second attempt for Album of the Year. The group went home with four in 2003, including Best Country Album, Best Recording Package, Best Country Instrumental Performance for "Lil' Jack Slade", and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "Long Time Gone". Additionally, they were nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Darrell Scott was nominated for Best Country Song for Long Time Gone. Two years later, they were nominated and won Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, this time for "Top of the World". It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and stayed there for four non-consecutive weeks. It also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums, and stayed there for 12 non-consecutive weeks.