Miranda Lambert, Elle King, Pistol Annies & Caylee Hammack at Mohegan Sun Arena

First gaining exposure in 2003 when she came third place in the reality television talent competition Nashville Star, American country music singer and songwriter Miranda Lambert is now one of country's most notable female acts. After signing with Epic Records later that year, she released her major-label debut studio album, Kerosene, in 2005, which entered the Billboard Top Country Albums chart at number one, launched four top 40 singles and was eventually certified platinum by the RIAA. Her success continued over subsequent albums, with her first six LPs all gaining platinum certification. Lambert has won a variety of awards for her work, including two Grammy Awards, twenty three Academy of Country Music Awards, five American Country Awards, seven CMT Music Awards and thirteen Country Music Association Awards, among others. She became the first woman to have won the Country Music Association Awards' Album of the Year twice in 2015, and in 2018 she won the ACM Award for Female Vocalist of the Year for the ninth consecutive year, surpassing Reba McEntire in 2017 as the most awarded in the category.