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Miranda Lambert ‘Cheers’ Morgan Wallen On Their Number One

Miranda Lambert congratulated Morgan Wallen on the number-one success of a song called “Thought You Should Know” that she co-wrote with Morgan. Miranda posted to Instagram a black and white…

Miranda Lambert 'Cheers' Morgan Wallen On Their Number One
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Miranda Lambert congratulated Morgan Wallen on the number-one success of a song called "Thought You Should Know" that she co-wrote with Morgan. Miranda posted to Instagram a black and white photo of herself, Wallen, and the song's third co-writer, Nicolle Galyon.

She captioned the post, "Congrats @morganwallen on your number 1 song "Thought You Should Know." Proud to be a writer on a song about your mama! This is the first number 1 song I've ever had as a writer. We did good that day y'all. Cheers friends. @nicatnitemusic."

The song's first verse includes the lyrics, "What's goin' on, mama? / Something just dawned on me / I ain't been home in some months / Been chasin' songs and women / Makin' some bad decisions / God knows I'm drinkin' too much / Yeah, I know you've been worrying 'bout me / You've been losin' sleep since '93."

The chorus goes, "I thought you should know / That all those prayers you thought you wasted on me / Must've finally made their way on through / I thought you should know / I got me a new girl down there in Jefferson City, and / She lets me fish whenever I want to / Yeah, I'm still proud of where I came from / Still your only damn son / Can you believe I'm on the radio? / Just thought you should know, thought you should know, thought you should know."

Lambert recently spent some time in her home state of Texas and has been writing songs with an old friend. She is pretty proud of a rhyme she made with her buddy about The King Of Country Music himself, George Strait. She posted some photos of herself and Wade Bowen with guitars in hand to Twitter.

Lambert captioned the post on Twitter, "Me and @wadebowen have been friends for over 20 years, and we finally sat down and wrote a song together for the first time yesterday in the TX sunshine. Well, actually, 2 songs. And one of them, we might have rhymed George Strait w/ chicken fried steak. Prolly my fav rhyme ever!"

It's hard to believe how quickly ten years can pass. Ten years ago some pretty special projects from artists, including Blake Shelton, Lady A, Tim McGraw, and more, were brand new. Blake was on fire back then (as he is now), winning his one and only CMA Entertainer of the Year award the previous year (2012). In 2013 he won CMA's Male Vocalist and Album of the Year for his project Based On A True Story. It was the year we were just learning of a future Grammy darling named Kacey Musgraves.

Also, in 2013, Miranda Lambert won another Female Vocalist award from the CMA, and the CMA Musical Event was a song McGraw released with Taylor Swift and Keith Urban called "Highway Don't Care."

Sadly, it was also the year when country icon and Country Music Hall of Fame member George Jones passed away. Still, it was only the beginning for what was dubbed "Baby Antebellum" as Lady A's Hillary Scott gave birth to her first child Eisele. Now the trio has six children between them.

As we look at 2013 in country music, here are some of our favorite albums to come out that year.

5 - "Annie Up" - Pistol Annies

Pistol Annies

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The second album from the Miranda Lambert-led trio Pistol Annies. One reviewer said at the time of its release, "A bluegrass-inspired collection that is nothing short of entertaining, even when the women complain non-stop about the men in their lives."

4 - "Golden" – Lady A

4 - "Golden" – Lady A

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The fifth studio album won a Grammy For Best Country Album. The album's standout single was "Downtown."

3 - "Same Trailer Different Park" - Kacey Musgraves

3 - "Same Trailer Different Park" - Kacey Musgraves

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Kacey's debut project, this album won the 2015 Best Country Album Grammy. It also took home Album of The Year at the 2014 ACM Awards.

2 - "Two Lanes Of Freedom" - Tim McGraw

2 - "Two Lanes Of Freedom" - Tim McGraw

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This album featured "Highway Don't Care," a duet with Taylor Swift which featured Keith Urban on guitar. Tim said of the project when it came out, "There's something special about this record to me, in the optimism that it has. I'm looking forward to more stuff than I've ever had happen before; there's more ahead of me than behind me. I feel like I've grabbed another gear."

1 - "Based On A True Story" - Blake Shelton

1 - "Based On A True Story" - Blake Shelton

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This project was the 2013 CMA Album of the Year winner. At the time of its release, it was a career-best for Shelton selling 200,000 copies in one week. It was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Album in 2013.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.