Person · Female

Loretta Lynn

From: Butcher Hollow, United States
Active: 1932–2022
Rating: ★ 3.5 (2 votes)
Releases: 145

country
honky tonk
folk
singer-songwriter

About

Loretta Lynn (née Webb; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as "Hey Loretta", "The Pill", "Blue Kentucky Girl", "Love Is The Foundation", "You're Lookin' At Country", "You Ain't Woman Enough", "I'm A Honky Tonk Girl", "Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)", "One's On the Way", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter". The 1980 musical film Coal Miner's Daughter was based on her life, in which actress Sissy Spacek portrayed Lynn.

Lynn received many awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music (ACM) as a duet partner and an individual artist. She was nominated 18 times for a Grammy Award and won three times. As of 2022, Lynn was the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (the 1970s). Lynn scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number-one albums. She ended 57 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and broke her hip in 2018.

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