Loretta Lynn
Wins
3
Nominations
18
Category
Biography
"Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best."
- Born Loretta Webb April 14, 1935, in Butcher Holler, Kentucky
- Released in 1962 via Decca Records, "Success" was Loretta Lynn's first song to hit the Top 10 on Billboard's Country Singles chart. Her first album to be certified gold was 1967's Don't Come Home A Drinkin'.
- Lynn won her first career GRAMMY for 1971 for Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group for "After The Fire Is Gone" with Conway Twitty.
- Lynn's 1970 single, "Coal Miner's Daughter," was her first to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 83. In 1980 the biopic Coal Miner's Daughter told the story of the country singer/songwriter on the silver screen. Sissy Spacek won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Lynn.
- In 2010 Lynn received a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. She was also honored at the second GRAMMYs Salute to Country Music that same year. "Coal Miner's Daughter" became her first recording inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 1998.
- In 2007 the country legend was a recipient of The Recording Academy Nashville Chapter's Recording Academy Honors Award. The event benefited The Recording Academy's professional education programs and MusiCares' philanthropic efforts in the Nashville area.
All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Loretta Lynn
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Best Country Solo Performance
Wouldn't It Be Great?
Loretta Lynn
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Best Contemporary Country Album
Full Circle
Loretta Lynn
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Best Contemporary Country Album Winner
Van Lear Rose
Eric McConnell, Loretta Lynn, Stuart Sikes, Jack White
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Miss Being Mrs.
Loretta Lynn
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Country Collaboration With Vocal Winner
Portland Oregon
Loretta Lynn, Jack White
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Best Country Song
Miss Being Mrs.
Loretta Lynn
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Best Country Song
Portland Oregon
Loretta Lynn
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Country Collaboration With Vocal
Silver Threads And Golden Needles (Single)
Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton
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Country Collaboration With Vocal
Honky Tonk Angels' Medley (Track)
k.d. lang, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Kitty Wells
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Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Dynamic Duo (Album)
Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn
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Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
The Letter (Single)
Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn
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Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Feelins' (Single)
Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn
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Female Country Vocal Performance
The Pill (Single)
Loretta Lynn
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Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man (Single)
Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn
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Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Lead Me On (Album)
Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn
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Female Country Vocal Performance
One's On The Way (Single)
Loretta Lynn
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Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner
After The Fire Is Gone
Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn
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Female Country Vocal Performance
Don't Come Home A Drinkin'
Loretta Lynn
