The Dixie Chicks' first Monument Records album, Wide Open Spaces, is certified octuple platinum selling more than 8 million copies in the U.S. It was the highest debut Album for a new vocal group since 1991. The Dixie Chicks were the top-selling Country group of 1998, with Wide Open Spaces selling more than all other country groups combined.

Wide Open Spaces is Sony Nashville's first album to crack the overall Billboard Top 5 in seventeen years, since Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind" in 1982.

Awards

• 1999 Rolling Stone critics pick: Best Country Artist
• 1999 CMA Award: Single of the Year (Wide Open Spaces)
• 1999 CMA Award: Music Video of the Year (Wide Open Spaces)
• 1999 CMA Award: Vocal Group of the Year
• 1999 WB Radio Music Awards: Country Song of the Year
• 1999 WB Radio Music Awards: Country Artist of the Year
• 1999  Grammy: Best Country Album
• 1999  Grammy for best Country Vocal Performance/Duo or Group: "There's Your Trouble"
• 1999  Academy of Country Music: Album of the Year: Wide Open Spaces
• 1999  Academy of Country Music: Top Vocal Duet or Group
• 1999  Academy of Country Music: Top New Vocal Duo or Group
• 1999  Academy of Music Award: Favorite New Artist (Country)
• 1999  British Country Music Award for International Rising Star
• 1998  Country Music Association Horizon Award
• 1998  Pollstar's Concert Industry Award for Best New Artist Tour
• 1998  Billboard: Best New Country Artist Clip of The Year: Wide Open Spaes
• 1998/9 National Association of Record Merchandisers Best Selling Recording by a New Artist/Group

Nominations

• 1999   Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite New Artist/Group
• 1999   Academy of Country Music Award:Specialty Instrument (Emily Robison for Banjo)
• 1999   Grammy Nomination: Best New Artist (All Genres)
• 1999   American Music Award: Favorite Group (Country)
• 1999   Nashville Music Awards: Video of the Year: "There's your Trouble"
• 1999   TNN Music City News Awards: Vocal Band of the Year
• 1999   TNN Music City News Awards: Female Star of Tomorrow
• 1999   TNN Music City News Awards: Album of the Year: Wide Open Spaces
• 1999   Billboard: Maximum Vision Clip of the Year: Wide Open Spaces.

Accolades

• Named one of the Entertainment Weekly's Breakout Acts of 1998
• Named one of the Rollingstone's 1998 Essential Records
• Featured in People magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People of 1998 Issue as Breaththrough Act
• Billboard - Top New Country Artist
• Country Monitor - Most Significant New Country Act of the Year

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