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7. DIXIE CHICKS DIS BUSH — COUNTRY GOES CRAZY
It's almost quaint, remembering when opposition to the Bush administration could be a radical statement. But when Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks told a London audience on March 10, 2003, that the trio was ''ashamed'' to share a home state with the U.S. president, it was the gibe heard round the world.
CAREER IMPACT: MINOR While they initially took a drubbing — their chart-topping single ''Travelin' Soldier'' vanished, and mocking the group became No. 1 with a bullet on conservative talk radio — things began looking up with the Chicks' 2006 release Taking the Long Way. It debuted at No. 1 with sales of 526,000, and bounced back into the top 10 after earning five Grammys in February.
