Editing Loretta Lynn (section)

==Career==
===1960–1966: Early country success===
[[File:Loretta Lynn LCCN2021643178 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Lynn in 1962]]
Lynn began singing in local clubs in the late 1950s. She later formed her own band, the Trailblazers which included her brother Jay Lee Webb. Lynn won a wristwatch in a televised talent contest in [[Tacoma, Washington]], hosted by [[Buck Owens]]. Lynn's performance was seen by Canadian [[Norm Burley]] of [[Zero Records]], who co-founded the record company after hearing Loretta sing.<ref name="webbio">[http://www.lorettalynn.com/bio "Van Lear Rose"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206201143/http://www.lorettalynn.com/bio/ |date=February 6, 2007 }}. Retrieved February 4, 2007.</ref>

[[Zero Records]] president, Canadian [[Don Grashey]], arranged a recording session in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], where four of Lynn's compositions were recorded, including "I'm A Honky Tonk Girl," "Whispering Sea," "Heartache Meet Mister Blues," and "New Rainbow." Her first release featured "Whispering Sea" and "[[I'm a Honky Tonk Girl]]". Lynn signed her first contract on February 2, 1960, with Zero. Her album was recorded at [[United Western Recorders]] in Hollywood, engineered by Don Blake and produced by Grashey.<ref name=Grashey>{{cite web |title=KochDistribution.com |url=http://www.kochdistribution.com/catalog/moreAudio.aspx?fn=CoverArt&upc=684038811922&item=AUD-CD-8119&Muze=377039&title=Still+Country |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222822/http://www.kochdistribution.com/catalog/moreAudio.aspx?fn=CoverArt&upc=684038811922&item=AUD-CD-8119&Muze=377039&title=Still+Country |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |website=kochdistribution.com |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Joseph Mauro 1995 p. 45">"Honky Tonk Make Believe", Don Grashy – Co. Joseph Mauro, "MY RAMBLING HEART" (Washington. DC: 1995), p. 45.</ref> Musicians who played on the songs were steel guitar player [[Speedy West]],<ref name="honkytonk">{{Cite book |last=Loretta |first=Lynn |title=Honky Tonk Girl: My Life in Lyrics |date=2012 |publisher=Knopf |isbn=978-0-307-59489-1 |location=New York |pages=10–11}}</ref> fiddler Harold Hensley, guitarist Roy Lanham, Al Williams on bass, and Muddy Berry on drums.<ref>[http://countrydiscography.blogspot.com/2011/05/loretta-lynn-part-1.html PragueFrank's Country Music Discographies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106083038/http://countrydiscography.blogspot.com/2011/05/loretta-lynn-part-1.html |date=November 6, 2013 }}, countrydiscography.blogspot.com; May 2011</ref>{{User-generated inline|date=October 2022}} Lynn commented on the different sound of her first record: "Well, there is a West Coast sound that is definitely not the same as the Nashville sound [...] It was a shuffle with a West Coast beat".<ref name="honkytonk" />

The Lynns toured the country to promote the release to country stations,<ref name=webbio/> while Grashey and Del Roy took the music to [[KFRN|KFOX]] in [[Long Beach, California]].<ref name="Joseph Mauro 1995 p. 45" /> When the Lynns reached [[Nashville]], the song was a hit, climbing to No. 14 on Billboard's Country and Western chart, and Lynn began cutting demo records for the [[The Wilburn Brothers|Wilburn Brothers Publishing Company]]. Through the Wilburns, she secured a contract with [[Decca Records]].<ref name=webbio/> The first Loretta Lynn Fan Club formed in November 1960. By the end of the year, [[Billboard magazine]] listed Lynn as the No. 4 Most Promising Country Female Artist.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=October 31, 1960 |title=Most Promising Female Artists of C&W Jockeys |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26 |magazine=Billboard |page=26}}</ref>

Lynn's relationship with the Wilburn Brothers and her appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, beginning in 1960,<ref name=cmhf/> helped Lynn become the No. 1 female recording artist in country music. Her contract with the Wilburn Brothers gave them the publishing rights to her material. She unsuccessfully fought the Wilburn Brothers for 30 years to regain the publishing rights to her songs after ending her business relationship with them. Lynn stopped writing music in the 1970s because of the contracts. Lynn joined the [[The Grand Ole Opry|Grand Ole Opry]] on September 25, 1962.<ref name="Official website" />

Lynn credited [[Patsy Cline]] as her mentor and best friend during her early years in music. In 2010, when interviewed for [[Jimmy McDonough]]'s biography of [[Tammy Wynette]], ''Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen'', Lynn said of having best friends in Patsy and Tammy during different times: "Best friends are like husbands. You only need one at a time."<ref>{{cite web |date=June 13, 2014 |title=Loretta Lynn: Country superstar whose style, courage and panache have made her a legend, plays the Hard Rock Rocksino on Thursday (Commentary) |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2014/06/loretta_lynn_country_superstar.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004232351/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2014/06/loretta_lynn_country_superstar.html |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |access-date=October 4, 2022}}</ref>

Lynn released her first Decca single, "[[Success (Loretta Lynn song)|Success]]", in 1962, and it went straight to No. 6, beginning a string of top 10 singles that would run throughout the 1970s. Lynn's music began to regularly hit the Top 10 after 1964 with songs such as "[[Before I'm Over You (song)|Before I'm Over You]]", which peaked at No.{{nbsp}}4, followed by "[[Wine, Women and Song (song)|Wine, Women and Song]]", which peaked at No.{{nbsp}}3. In late 1964, she recorded a duet album with [[Ernest Tubb]]. Their lead single, "[[Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be]]", peaked within the Top 15. The pair recorded two more albums, ''[[Singin' Again]]'' (1967) and ''[[If We Put Our Heads Together]]'' (1969). In 1965, her solo career continued with three major hits, "[[Happy Birthday (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year)|Happy Birthday]]", "[[Blue Kentucky Girl (song)|Blue Kentucky Girl]]" (later recorded and made a Top 10 hit in the 1970s by [[Emmylou Harris]]), and "[[The Home You're Tearing Down]]". Lynn's label issued two albums that year, [[Songs from My Heart....|''Songs from My Heart'']] and [[Blue Kentucky Girl (Loretta Lynn album)|''Blue Kentucky Girl'']].<ref name="Billboard Singles">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008 |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref>

Lynn's first self-penned song to crack the Top 10, 1966's "[[Dear Uncle Sam]]", was among the first recordings to recount the human costs of the Vietnam War.<ref name="Official website" /> Her 1966 hit "[[You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)]]" made Lynn the first country female recording artist to write a No.{{nbsp}}1 hit.<ref>[http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/lynn_loretta/bio.jhtml Loretta Lynn Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105054357/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/lynn_loretta/bio.jhtml |date=November 5, 2007 }}, Country Music Television website. Retrieved May 4, 2014.</ref>

===1967–1980: Breakthrough success===
In 1967, Lynn released the single "[[Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)]]",<ref>Wolff, Kurt (2000). ''In Country Music: The Rough Guide''. Orla Duane (ed.), London: Rough Guides Ltd. p. 311.<!-- ISBN needed --></ref> It was her second number one country hit.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=209}}</ref>

Lynn's next album, ''[[Fist City (Loretta Lynn album)|Fist City]]'', was released in 1968. The [[Fist City|title track]] became Lynn's third No.&nbsp;1 hit, as a single earlier that year, and the other single from the album, "[[What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)]]", peaked within the top 10. In 1968, her next studio album, ''[[Your Squaw Is on the Warpath]]'', spawned two Top 5 Country hits, including the [[Your Squaw Is on the Warpath (song)|title track]] and "[[You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me)]]". In 1969, her next single, "[[Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)]]", was Lynn's fourth chart-topper, followed by a subsequent Top 10, "[[To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)]]".  Her song "[[You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)]]", was an instant hit and became one of Lynn's all-time most popular. Her career continued to be successful into the 1970s, especially following the success of her autobiographical hit "[[Coal Miner's Daughter (song)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]", which peaked at No.&nbsp;1 on the [[Hot Country Songs|Billboard Country Chart]] in 1970. The song became her first single to chart on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], peaking at No. 83. She had a series of singles that charted low on the Hot 100 between 1970 and 1975. In 1978, she became a special guest star on ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. The song "Coal Miner's Daughter" later served as the impetus for her bestselling autobiography (1976) and the [[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Oscar-winning biopic]], both of which share the song's title.<ref>''Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Country Music In America''. Paul Kingsbury & Alanna Nash (eds.) London: Rough Guides Ltd., 2006, p. 251<!-- year of publication, ISBN needed --></ref>

In 1973, "[[Rated "X"]]" peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart and was considered one of Lynn's most controversial hits. The following year, her next single, "[[Love Is the Foundation (song)|Love Is the Foundation]]", also became a No. 1 country hit from her [[Love Is the Foundation|album of the same name]]. The second and last single from that album, "[[Hey Loretta]]", became a Top 5 hit. Lynn continued to reach the Top 10 until the end of the decade, including 1975's "[[The Pill (song)|The Pill]]", one of the first songs to discuss [[birth control]]. Many of Lynn's songs were autobiographical, and as a songwriter, Lynn felt no topic was off limits, as long as it was relatable to women.<ref name=CBS/> In 1976, she released her autobiography, ''Coal Miner's Daughter'', with the help of writer [[George Vecsey]]. It became a bestseller, with more than 8 weeks on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/08/archives/paperback-talk-paperback-talk.html|title=PAPERBACK TALK|first=Ray|last=Walters|newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 8, 1977}}</ref>

====Professional partnership with Conway Twitty====
[[File:DavidConwayLoretta.jpg|thumb|right|David Barnes, Conway Twitty and Lynn in 1979]]In 1971, Lynn began a professional partnership with [[Conway Twitty]]. As a duo, Lynn and Twitty had five consecutive No. 1 hits between 1971 and 1975, including "[[After the Fire Is Gone]]" (1971), which won them a Grammy award; "[[Lead Me On (Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn song)|Lead Me On]]" (1971); "[[Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man (song)|Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man]]" (1973); "[[As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone]]" (1974); and "[[Feelins']]" (1974). For four consecutive years, 1972–1975, Lynn and Twitty were named the "Vocal Duo of the Year" by the [[Country Music Association]]. The [[Academy of Country Music]] named them the "[[Academy of Country Music Award for Entertainer of the Year|Best Vocal Duet]]" in 1971, 1974, 1975, and 1976. The [[American Music awards]] selected them as the "Favorite Country Duo" in 1975, 1976, and 1977. The fan-voted [[CMT Music Awards|Music City News]] readers voted them the No.&nbsp;1 duet every year between 1971 and 1981, inclusive. In addition to their five No. 1 singles, they had seven other Top 10 hits between 1976 and 1981.<ref>{{cite web |title=Country Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from CMT |url=https://www.cmt.com/fan-hub/music?xrs=PPM-18-10caf1h |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204042146/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/gerrard_alice/bio.jhtml |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |publisher=Country Music Television}}</ref>

As a solo artist, Lynn continued her success in 1971, achieving her fifth No. 1 solo hit, "[[One's on the Way]]", written by poet and songwriter [[Shel Silverstein]]. She also charted with  "[[I Wanna Be Free (Loretta Lynn song)|I Wanna Be Free]]", "[[You're Lookin' at Country]]", and 1972's "[[Here I Am Again (song)|Here I Am Again]]", all released on separate albums. The next year, she became the first country star on the cover of ''[[Newsweek]]''.<ref name="countrypolitan.com">[http://www.countrypolitan.com/bio-loretta-lynn.php Loretta Lynn biography], Countrypolitan.com. Retrieved April 18, 2008.  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206185830/http://www.countrypolitan.com/bio-loretta-lynn.php |date=February 6, 2008 }}</ref> In 1972, Lynn was the first woman to be nominated and win Entertainer of the Year at the CMA awards. She won the Female Vocalist of the Year and Duo of the Year with Conway Twitty, beating out [[George Jones]] and Tammy Wynette and [[Porter Wagoner]] and [[Dolly Parton]].<ref>{{cite web |date=October 9, 2008 |title=CMA Awards: Archive: 1972 |url=http://www.cmt.com/cma-awards/1972.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924020939/http://www.cmt.com/cma-awards/1972.jhtml |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |access-date=September 23, 2016 |website=[[Country Music Association Awards]]}}</ref>

====Tribute album for Patsy Cline, other projects, and honors====
In 1977, Lynn recorded ''[[I Remember Patsy]]'', an album dedicated to her friend, singer [[Patsy Cline]], who died in a plane crash in 1963. The album covered some of Cline's biggest hits. The two singles Lynn released from the album, "[[She's Got You]]" and "Why Can't He Be You", became hits. "She's Got You", which went to No. 1 by Cline in 1962 and went to No. 1 again by Lynn. "[[Why Can't He Be You]]" peaked at No. 7. Lynn had her last No.&nbsp;1 hit in 1978 with "[[Out of My Head and Back in My Bed (song)|Out of My Head and Back in My Bed]]".<ref name="Billboard Singles"/>

In 1979, Lynn had two Top 5 hits, "[[I Can't Feel You Anymore]]" and "[[I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind]]", from separate albums.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research}}</ref>
[[File:Loretta Lynn 1975 on tour.jpg|thumb|upright|Lynn on tour in 1975]]
Devoted to her fans, Lynn told the editor of [[Salisbury, Maryland]]'s newspaper the reason she signed hundreds of autographs: "These people are my fans... I'll stay here until the very last one wants my autograph. Without these people, I am nobody. I love these people." In 1979, she became the spokesperson for [[Procter & Gamble]]'s [[Crisco]] Oil. Because of her dominant hold on the 1970s, Lynn was named the "Artist of the Decade" by the Academy of Country Music. She is the only woman to have won this honor.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/loretta-lynn-awards-show-history/|title=The Many Times Loretta Lynn Made Awards Show History|first1=Paul|last1=Grein|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 4, 2022}}</ref>

Lynn became a part of the country music scene in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] in the 1960s. In 1967, she had the first of 16 No. 1 hits, out of 70 charted songs as a solo artist and a duet partner.<ref name="Loretta Lynn at CMT.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.cmt.com/fan-hub/music?xrs=PPM-18-10caf1h|title=Country Music Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from CMT|publisher=Country Music Television|access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> Her later hits include "[[Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)]]", "[[You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)]]", "[[Fist City]]", and "[[Coal Miner's Daughter (song)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]".<ref name="Coal Miner's Daughter, p. 73">''Coal Miner's Daughter''. p. 73.</ref>

Lynn focused on women's issues with themes about philandering husbands and persistent mistresses. Her music was inspired by issues she faced in her marriage. She increased the boundaries in the conservative genre of country music by singing about birth control ("[[The Pill (song)|The Pill]]"), repeated childbirth ("[[One's on the Way]]"), double standards for men and women ("[[Rated "X"|Rated 'X']]"), and being widowed by the draft during the [[Vietnam War]] ("Dear Uncle Sam").<ref>{{cite web|last=Thanki|first=Juli|title=20 Most Controversial Songs by Women|url=http://www.engine145.com/20-most-controversial-songs-by-women|publisher=Engine 145|access-date=April 6, 2014|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407104144/http://www.engine145.com/20-most-controversial-songs-by-women/|archive-date=April 7, 2014}}</ref>

Country music radio stations often refused to play her music and in a 1987 interview she said eight of her songs had been banned.<ref>{{cite news
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|title = Loretta Lynn, dead at 90, was unapologetic in our 1987 interview: 'I've had eight of my songs banned!'|date = October 4, 2022|accessdate = October 6, 2022|first1= George |last1=Varga |newspaper = [[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]}}</ref>

Her bestselling 1976 autobiography, ''Coal Miner's Daughter'', was made into an [[Academy Award]]–winning [[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|film with the same title]] in 1980, starring [[Sissy Spacek]] and [[Tommy Lee Jones]]. Spacek won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her role as Lynn. Lynn's album ''[[Van Lear Rose]]'', released in 2004, was produced by the [[alternative rock]] musician [[Jack White]]. Lynn and White were nominated for five Grammys and won two.<ref name="47th Grammy">{{cite web|title=2004 GRAMMY WINNERS{{!}}47th Annual GRAMMY Awards|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/47th-annual-grammy-awards|website=[[The Recording Academy]]|access-date=October 11, 2022|date=January 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/12/loretta-lynn-love-is-the-foundation.html|title=Loretta Lynn – Love Is The Foundation|access-date=October 30, 2018|language=en|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116142209/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/12/loretta-lynn-love-is-the-foundation.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lynn received numerous awards in country and American music. She was inducted into the [[Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame]] in 1983, the [[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 1988, and the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] in 2008. She was honored in 2010 at the [[Academy of Country Music|Country Music Awards]]. She was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President [[Barack Obama]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/presidential-medal-of-freedom-honors-diverse-group-of-americans/2013/11/20/7651bcdc-5190-11e3-9e2c-e1d01116fd98_story.html|title=Presidential Medal of Freedom honors diverse group of Americans|last=Branigin|first=William|date=November 20, 2013|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=January 17, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Lynn was a member of the [[The Grand Ole Opry|Grand Ole Opry]] since joining on September 25, 1962. Her debut appearance on the Grand Ole Opry was on October 15, 1960. Lynn recorded 70 albums including 54 studio albums, 15 compilation albums, and a tribute album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Discography|url=http://www.lorettalynn.com/50/?page_id=499|publisher=LorettaLynn.com|access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=self-published source|date=November 2015}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicbrainz.org/artist/613260c3-d620-4645-94cd-33cd55f29b1e/releases|title=Loretta Lynn – Releases – MusicBrainz|website=musicbrainz.org|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2018}}</ref>

===1980–1989: Movie and popularity===
On March 5, 1980, the film ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]'' debuted in Nashville and soon became the No. 1 box office hit in the United States. The film starred [[Sissy Spacek]] as Loretta and [[Tommy Lee Jones]] as her husband, Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn. The film received seven [[Academy Award]] nominations, winning the [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] Oscar for Spacek, a gold album for the soundtrack album, a Grammy nomination for Spacek, [[Country Music Association]] and [[Academy of Country Music]] awards, and several [[Golden Globe]] awards. The 1980s featured more hits, including "[[Pregnant Again]]", "[[Naked in the Rain (Loretta Lynn song)|Naked in the Rain]]", and "[[Somebody Led Me Away]]".<ref name="countrypolitan.com" /> Lynn's last Top 10 record as a soloist was 1982's "[[I Lie (song)|I Lie]]", but her releases continued to chart until the end of the decade.<ref name="Billboard Singles" />

One of her last solo releases was "[[Heart Don't Do This to Me]]" (1985), which reached No. 19, her last Top 20 hit. Her 1985 album ''Just a Woman'' spawned a Top 40 hit. In 1987, Lynn lent her voice to a song on [[k.d. lang]]'s album ''Shadowland'' with country stars [[Kitty Wells]] and [[Brenda Lee]], "Honky Tonk Angels Medley". The album was certified gold and was Grammy nominated for the four women. Lynn's 1988 album ''[[Who Was That Stranger]]'' would be her last solo album for MCA, which she parted ways with in 1989.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=June 17, 1989 |title=The Rosters They Are A- Changin' |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-06-17.pdf |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20210924195707/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-06-17.pdf |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref> She was inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 1988.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070718122135/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/lorettalynn/biography Loretta Lynn profile], ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved April 18, 2008.</ref>

===1990–2004: Return to country and second autobiography===
Lynn returned to the public eye in 1993 with a hit album, the trio album ''Honky Tonk Angels'', recorded with [[Dolly Parton]] and [[Tammy Wynette]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/464876360/?terms=%22Honky%20Tonk%20Angels%22%20%22dolly%20parton%22%20%22tammy%20wynette%22%20%22loretta%20lynn%22&match=1 |title=29 Sep 1993, 18 |newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |via=Newspapers.com |date=September 29, 1993 |accessdate=October 5, 2022}}</ref> The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Country charts and No. 42 on the Billboard Pop charts and charted a single with "Silver Threads and Golden Needles". The album sold more than 800,000 copies and was certified gold in the United States and Canada. The trio was nominated for Grammy and Country Music Association awards. Lynn released a three-CD boxed set chronicling her career on MCA Records. In 1995, she taped a seven-week series on the Nashville Network ([[The Nashville Network|TNN]]), ''Loretta Lynn & Friends''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newschannel5.com/news/looking-back-at-the-life-and-legacy-of-loretta-lynn|title=Looking back at the life and legacy of Loretta Lynn|date=October 4, 2022|website=News Channel 5 Nashville (WTVF)}}</ref>

In 1995, Loretta was presented with the Pioneer Award at the 30th Academy of Country Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/233899853/?terms=%22loretta%20lynn%22%20%22%20Pioneer%20Award%22&match=1 |title=26 May 1995, Page 100 |newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 26, 1995 |accessdate=October 5, 2022}}</ref> In 1996, Lynn's husband, Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn, died five days short of his 70th birthday. In 2000, Lynn released her first album in several years, ''[[Still Country]]'', in which she included "I Can't Hear the Music", a tribute song to her late husband. She released her first new single in more than 10 years from the album, "Country in My Genes". The single charted on the Billboard Country singles chart and made Lynn the first woman in country music to chart singles in five decades. In 2002, Lynn published her second autobiography, ''[[Still Woman Enough]]'', and it became her second ''[[New York Times]]'' Best Seller, peaking in the top 10. In 2004, she published a cookbook, ''You're Cookin' It Country''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eater.com/23389221/loretta-lynn-youre-cookin-it-country-cookbook-appreciation|title=Late Country Legend Loretta Lynn Was Also One Hell of a Home Cook|first=Amy|last=McCarthy|date=October 5, 2022|website=Eater}}</ref>

===2004–2022: Late career resurgence===
[[File:Loretta Lynn SXSW 2016 -8842 (33197871691).jpg|thumb|upright|Lynn performing at [[South by Southwest]] in 2016]]
In 2004, Lynn released ''[[Van Lear Rose]]'', the second album on which Lynn either wrote or co-wrote every song. Produced by [[Jack White]] of [[The White Stripes]], the album featured guitar and backup vocals by White. The collaboration garnered Lynn high praise from the mainstream and [[alternative rock]] music press, such as [[Spin magazine|''Spin'']] and [[Blender magazine|''Blender'']].<ref name="metacritic">"[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/loretta-lynn-recovering-from-surgery/ Loretta Lynn Recovering From Surgery] ". CBS News, June 8, 2006. Retrieved February 4, 2007.</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' voted it the second best album of 2004, and it won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album of the Year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners: 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2004) |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/47th-annual-grammy-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601111522/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/47th-annual-grammy-awards |archive-date=June 1, 2018 |access-date=January 31, 2018 |website=Grammy Awards |publisher=Recording Academy}}</ref>

Late in 2010, [[Sony Music]] released a new compilation album, ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn]]'', featuring stars like [[Reba McEntire]], [[Faith Hill]], [[Paramore]], and [[Carrie Underwood]] performing Lynn's classic hits spanning 50 years. The album produced a Top 10 hit music video on [[Great American Country]] of the single "Coal Miner's Daughter", featuring Lynn, [[Miranda Lambert]] and [[Sheryl Crow]]. The track cracked the Billboard singles chart, making Lynn the only female country artist to chart in six decades. Lynn's concerts during this period included performances at the [[Nelsonville Music Festival]] in [[Nelsonville, Ohio]], in May 2010,<ref name="stuarts">"Past Shows" Stuart's Opera House: Nelsonville, Ohio. Stuart's Opera House: Nelsonville, Ohio, n.d. Web. October 8, 2012.</ref> and at the [[Bonnaroo Music Festival|Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival]] on June 11, 2011.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/q64bwVFP5XI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200308154316/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64bwVFP5XI&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |title=Loretta Lynn "Coal Miner's Daughter" Bonnaroo 2011 | date=June 25, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64bwVFP5XI |access-date=September 26, 2021 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2012, Lynn published her third autobiography, ''Honky Tonk Girl: My Life in Lyrics''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lynn |first=Loretta |date=April 3, 2012 |title=Honky Tonk Girl: My Life in Lyrics |url=http://nyjournalofbooks.com/review/honky-tonk-girl-my-life-lyrics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130064249/http://nyjournalofbooks.com/review/honky-tonk-girl-my-life-lyrics |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |access-date=July 2, 2013 |publisher=Nyjournalofbooks.com}}</ref> She also contributed "Take Your Gun and Go, John" to ''[[Divided & United|Divided & United: Songs of the Civil War]]'', released on November 5, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/divided-united-songs-of-the-civil-war-mw0002570979|title=Various Artists – Divided & United: Songs of the Civil War Album Reviews, Songs & More |work=AllMusic}}</ref>

In November 2015, Lynn announced the completion of a new album, ''[[Full Circle (Loretta Lynn album)|Full Circle]]''. Released in March 2016, the album debuted at No. 19 on the [[Billboard Hot 200]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Loretta Lynn Earns Her Highest Charting Album Ever With 'Full Circle' |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7263810/billboard-200-chart-moves-loretta-lynn-full-circle |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318224203/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7263810/billboard-200-chart-moves-loretta-lynn-full-circle |archive-date=March 18, 2016 |access-date=March 17, 2016}}</ref> and went on to become Lynn's 40th album to make the Top 10 on [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'s best selling country chart. It featured a combination of new songs and classics, and duets with [[Elvis Costello]] and [[Willie Nelson]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Loretta Lynn on New Album Full Circle: 'We Don't Have Real Country Music Anymore' |url=https://time.com/4242943/loretta-lynn-interview-full-circle/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119214049/http://time.com/4242943/loretta-lynn-interview-full-circle/ |archive-date=November 19, 2016 |access-date=March 2, 2016}}</ref>

Lynn's holiday album ''[[White Christmas Blue]]'' was released in October 2016.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Betts |first=Stephen L. |date=September 16, 2016 |title=Loretta Lynn Plans Holiday Album 'White Christmas Blue' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/loretta-lynn-plans-holiday-album-white-christmas-blue-w440270 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920162648/http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/loretta-lynn-plans-holiday-album-white-christmas-blue-w440270 |archive-date=September 20, 2016 |access-date=September 24, 2016}}</ref> In December of the same year, ''Full Circle'' was nominated for Country Album of the Year in the [[59th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 6, 2016 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206151125/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017 |archive-date=December 6, 2016 |access-date=January 13, 2017}}</ref>

Following ''Full Circle'', the album ''[[Wouldn't It Be Great]]'' was released by [[Legacy Recordings]] in September 2018 after being delayed by health issues, which had caused Lynn to cancel all of her scheduled tour dates in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tingle |first=Lauren |date=April 14, 2017 |title=Loretta Lynn's ''Wouldn't It Be Great'' Arrives Aug. 18 |publisher=[[CMT News]] |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1780115/loretta-lynns-wouldnt-it-be-great-arrives-aug-18/ |url-status=dead |access-date=April 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417154239/http://www.cmt.com/news/1780115/loretta-lynns-wouldnt-it-be-great-arrives-aug-18/ |archive-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Loretta Lynn: 'Willie Ain't Dead Yet and Neither Am I' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/loretta-lynn-postpones-release-of-new-album-w491954 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816053807/http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/loretta-lynn-postpones-release-of-new-album-w491954 |archive-date=August 16, 2017 |access-date=September 4, 2017}}</ref> Lynn was named Artist of a Lifetime by [[Country Music Television|CMT]] in 2018.<ref name="tasteofcountry.com">{{cite web |date=September 26, 2018 |title=Loretta Lynn to Receive 2018 plCMT Artist of a Lifetime Award |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/loretta-lynn-2018-cmt-artist-of-a-lifetime/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004232351/https://tasteofcountry.com/loretta-lynn-2018-cmt-artist-of-a-lifetime/ |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |access-date=April 19, 2020 |website=Taste of Country}}</ref> On October 19, 2019, [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] aired the movie ''Patsy & Loretta'' which highlighted the friendship of Lynn and Patsy Cline.<ref>{{Cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/patsy-loretta-lifetime-premiere-nashville-callie-khouri-1203366598/|title=Callie Khouri, Megan Hilty, Jessie Mueller Celebrate 'Patsy & Loretta' at Nashville Bow|first1=Cillea|last1=Houghton|date=October 10, 2019}}</ref>

On March 19, 2021, Lynn released her 50th studio album ''[[Still Woman Enough (album)|Still Woman Enough]]'', the fourth album of her deal with Legacy Recordings. Recorded in sessions at Cash Cabin in Tennessee, it features [[Carrie Underwood]] and [[Reba McEntire]] on the title track, alongside duets with [[Tanya Tucker]] and [[Margo Price]] on re-recordings of "[[You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)|You Ain't Woman Enough]]" and "[[One's on the Way]]", respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |date=January 4, 2021 |title=Loretta Lynn Announces New Album Still Woman Enough |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/loretta-lynn-announces-new-album-still-woman-enough/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104220425/https://pitchfork.com/news/loretta-lynn-announces-new-album-still-woman-enough/ |archive-date=January 4, 2021 |access-date=January 5, 2021 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref>