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WHEREAS, Continuing her meteoric rise in country music, |
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native Texan Miranda Lambert recently won her first Grammy Award |
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and dominated the 2011 Academy of Country Music Awards; and |
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WHEREAS, At the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in February 2011, |
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Ms. Lambert won the Best Female Country Vocal Performance Award for |
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"The House That Built Me"; just two months later, at the 2011 ACM |
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Awards, she was named Top Female Vocalist for the second time in two |
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years and took home trophies for song, single record, and video of |
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the year for "The House That Built Me"; and |
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WHEREAS, This talented musician played her first |
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professional show at a popular Dallas club when she was just 16; |
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three years later, she competed on the first season of the USA |
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Network's Nashville Star and her third-place finish became the |
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stepping stone to a recording contract; her 2005 major-label debut, |
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Kerosene, immediately hit the top of the SoundScan country sales |
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chart, and it brought her critical acclaim as well as the ACM nod as |
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the top new female vocalist; and |
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WHEREAS, With her sophomore release, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, |
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Ms. Lambert zoomed straight to the top of the country charts again |
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and scored her first top 10 single, "Gunpowder and Lead"; the album |
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earned the ACM Album of the Year Award and became her second |
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platinum recording; reaching platinum status again with her third |
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album, Revolution, she received nine Country Music Association |
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nominations, the most for any female artist, and she collected |
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awards in the female vocalist, album, and video categories; and |
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WHEREAS, Her busy touring schedule has not deterred Ms. |
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Lambert from undertaking good works at home in Texas; through her |
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MuttNation Foundation, she has given generously of her time, |
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talent, and resources to benefit animals, and the organization |
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recently began an initiative for animal relief in Japan; and |
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WHEREAS, Miranda Lambert has become one of country music's |
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brightest stars, and her accomplishments are indeed a source of |
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pride to her fellow Texans; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Miranda Lambert on her latest |
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triumphs and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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success in her remarkable career; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Lambert as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |