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===1980β1989: 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>
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