Brief
Miranda Lambert says she and Carrie Underwood earned a ribbon for surviving a male‑dominated country era
Lambert reflects on a ten‑year stretch where only she and Underwood released country hits, and notes recent shifts in the genre.
By Felo News Desk · Published
In a New York Times Popcast interview posted on Oct. 1, Miranda Lambert said she and Carrie Underwood should get a "ribbon for surviving" the male‑dominated era of country music that spanned most of the 2010s.
Lambert recalled that when she began her career in the early 2000s, the industry emphasized looks over songwriting. She said the early 2000s were about “dress sexy, be sexy, be a pretty girl,” but by the 2010s “it was like there were no females at all,” apart from herself and Underwood, with whom she scored a Billboard Hot 100 top‑40 hit, “Somethin’ Bad,” in 2014.
The Texas singer noted that the duo endured “at least seven years of only guy artists coming out of country music,” describing the period as “hard.” She added that the landscape has changed, citing newer female stars such as Kacey Musgraves, Megan Moroney and Lainey Wilson, and highlighted her recent co‑writing credit on Ella Langley’s record‑breaking hit “Choosin’ Texas.”
Lambert also mentioned a recent bonding moment in Las Vegas, where she and Underwood attended each other’s residencies, underscoring how rare it was for two women to share the same stage for so long.
Key facts
- Lambert said she and Underwood survived a decade when few women released country music (billboard.com)
- Their collaboration "Somethin’ Bad" reached the Billboard Hot 100 top 40 in 2014 (billboard.com)
- Lambert co‑wrote Ella Langley's record‑breaking hit "Choosin’ Texas" (billboard.com)
Sources
- [1] billboard.com — originally reported as “Miranda Lambert Thinks She & Carrie Underwood Deserve a ‘Ribbon for Surviving’ Male-Dominated Era of Country Music”
