Editing Loretta Lynn (section)

====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>