Miranda Lambert Reveals ‘Toughness’ Of Mom’s Cancer Battle
Almost two years ago, Miranda Lambert revealed that her mother Beverly, who is also her partner in her Muttnation charity, had battled and beat breast cancer. Miranda talked about that scary time in her life on The Tamron Hall Show this week (1/16).
She told Tamron, “People don’t understand the toughness of that — the stress on the entire family — until you’ve gone through it. So it was really eye-opening for my whole family. We’re very close so that I couldn’t do any of this without her.”
She added, “People come out of the woodwork to support you.”
Lambert also said her mom is her “No. 1 fan, for obvious reasons.” She noted that her mother came to nine shows in her first Las Vegas “Velvet Rodeo” run. Miranda said, “My mom was here when no one was here.”
Miranda revealed to People in June of 2022 that her mom was cancer-free after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021. She told People then, “She’s been through a lot, but she’s doing really well, and she’s ready to roll. I was able to be with her through the hardest parts. She’s unstoppable.” She added that her mom was “so strong and positive through the whole thing.” Lambert said that it’s a “good lesson for people” to take away from a journey like that that even though it’s a “really scary place to be,” the more positive you are, “the better.”
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Miranda loves to collaborate with others in the country music business. She writes songs with old friends and new ones whenever she can. Lambert recently wrote with her fellow Pistol Annies partner Ashley Monroe and posted about it on her Instagram.
Miranda captioned a photo of herself with Monroe and a new friend. “Wrote the first songs of 2024 today with bestie @ashleymonroemusic and new friend @stephen.wilson.jr . I’ve been inspired by Ash and her melodies and heart for 20 years now. And Stephen’s record has lit a fire under my a– since I laid ears on it.”
She concluded, “Great start to this year, I’d say! We got deep in the paint. 3 in a day… but let’s get it while the gettin’s good.”
Top Five All-Time Queens Of Country Music
5 - Miranda Lambert
Lambert has been honored with more Academy of Country Music Awards than any artist in history. Miranda is also a seven-time winner of the CMA’s Female Vocalist of the Year, beating a record once held by Reba. She is also a three-time Grammy winner, with her most recent Grammy win in 2021 for Best Country Album for “Wildcard.” Lambert is currently playing her first Las Vegas residency at Planet Hollywood.
4 - Reba McEntire
Reba’s superstardom in country music started in the 1980s and is still going strong today. Since the 1970s, McEntire has placed over 100 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 25 of which reached the number one spot. She has sold 75 million albums in her career. Her career also includes her acting roles: she even had her own sitcom in the early 2000s called Reba. She is currently working on a couple of Lifetime movies and has a role on ABC TV’s Big Sky, where she plays a villain for the first time in her acting career. She has won countless country music awards, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011, and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2018.
3 - Carrie Underwood
Carrie is a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry, known as country music’s church, and plays the Opry whenever she can. She has won the Entertainer of the Year honor from the ACM and has sold a whopping 70 million albums in her career since her debut in 2005. Carrie has 42 songs on Billboard and over 25 number-one hits.
2 - Loretta Lynn
Loretta started as the first country music “Queen” and the first female to win the coveted Entertainer of the Year Honor from the CMA in 1972. Her remarkable career has spanned six decades and influenced countless country queens, including Dolly and Reba. Loretta, whose life story was chronicled in an Oscar-winning movie Coal Miner’s Daughter in 1980, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988.
1 - Dolly Parton
Although Loretta came before her, Dolly has sold more than 100 million albums in her long career, which started when she moved to Nashville straight out of high school at age 18. She has influenced countless women who came after her in all genres of music, which is evident by her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month. Dolly was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. She’s won too many awards to name, and her heart is just as big as her wallet as she gives millions of dollars away to those in need, including her million-dollar donation for the COVID vaccine. She also received a Kennedy Center honor in 2006.
