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Years active
  
2011–2013 (on hiatus)

Albums
  
Annie Up, Hell on Heels

Associated acts
  
Blake Shelton

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Origin
  
Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Labels
  
Columbia Nashville (2011–2012) RCA Nashville (2013–present)

Genres
  
Country music, Outlaw country, Folk music

Nominations
  
Country Music Association Award for Music Video of the Year

Members
  
Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, Angaleena Presley

Profiles

Pistol Annies are an American country music supergroup composed of Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley. The trio gave its debut performance on April 4, 2011, on the CBS special Academy of Country Music's Girls' Night Out: Superstar Women of Country. The trio released its debut album Hell on Heels in 2011 on Columbia Records Nashville. Its title track was released as a single and a music video.

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Career

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Pistol Annies made their debut on April 22, 2011, on the Academy of Country Music's Girls' Night Out: Superstar Women of Country on CBS, performing "Hell on Heels". The women gave themselves the nicknames "Lonestar Annie" (Lambert), "Hippie Annie" (Monroe), and "Holler Annie" (Presley). They released the album Hell on Heels on August 23, 2011, with the title song being released for purchase on their website two months earlier, on June 12. After a series of performances during Lambert concerts, the Pistol Annies performed three sold-out headlining shows in December 2011 with guest performances by John Fogerty and Blake Shelton.

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The trio was featured on the track "Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies" on the 2012 album Voice of Ages by The Chieftains. The Pistol Annies song "Run Daddy Run" appears on the soundtrack album The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond. The band performed their autobiographical single "Takin' Pills" at the 2012 CMT Music Awards.

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Annie Up, the trio's second studio album, was released on May 7, 2013. It was preceded by the lead single "Hush Hush," which became the Pistol Annies' first chart entry on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The group is also featured on the Blake Shelton single, "Boys 'Round Here," from his 2013 album, Based on a True Story….

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The group cancelled all tour stops in June 2013, according to their record label, "due to unforeseen circumstances". Lambert still performed as a solo act in June. Monroe went to the Mermaids of Alcatraz Tour with Train. In August 2014, Angaleena Presley confirmed that the group was on temporary hiatus, saying that due to the success of Lambert's and Monroe's solo careers, the band "just had to take a little break but never say never." Whilst promoting their appearances at the 2016 C2C festival, both Miranda Lambert and Ashley Monroe stressed that the Pistol Annies had not disbanded and intended to work together when all three members were available. They also stated their hope to one day do a UK tour.

Other charted songs

  • ADid not enter the Hot 100 but charted on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.
  • Collaborations and non album tracks

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  • "Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies" (2012) with The Chieftains, featured on Voice of Ages
  • "Run Daddy Run" (2012) featured on The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond
  • "Blue Christmas" (2012) featured on Blake Shelton's Cheers, It's Christmas
  • "You Were Meant For Me" (2013) featured on Jewel's "Greatest Hits"
  • Songs

    Hell on HeelsHell on Heels · 2011
    Takin' PillsHell on Heels · 2011
    I Feel a Sin Comin' OnAnnie Up · 2013

    References

    Pistol Annies Wikipedia