The band also faced anti-Dixie Chicks demonstrations, which sometimes included the public destruction of their CDs.
Ms. NATALIE MAINES (Musician, Dixie Chicks): (Singing) With no regrets and I don't mind sayin'.
Other winners at Sunday's show included the Dixie Chicks, who were given the best international album award.
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After the comment, many country music radio stations boycotted the Dixie Chicks' music.
After their controversial comment, the Dixie Chicks spent the remainder of 2003 explaining their sentiments, rather than selling their records.
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But when the Dixie Chicks shared political beliefs that were at odds from much of their fan base they were cast into a virtual wilderness and forced to reinvent themselves.
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Though he continued to work with others, his songs were recorded by Garth Brooks, The Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, which spurred Scott toward a career as a solo artist.
After cofounding his talent management agency in 1997 out of his Malibu bedroom, the company, ominously named The Firm, now represents stars like the Backstreet Boys, Korn, Limp Bizkit, the Dixie Chicks and Pamela Anderson.
Ms. MARTIE MAGUIRE (Musician, Dixie Chicks): What happened to us really drove us to make an album that said a lot, and I think people kind of linked into that because it was a story and it was something beyond the music.
But with his ability to deliver catchy songs with strong hooks, he's also the writer of such No. 1 country hits as "Wrapped" for George Strait, "Angry All the Time" for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, and "Travelin' Solider" for the Dixie Chicks.
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