There isn’t an artist in the country space today that can’t trace part of their success back to Loretta Lynn. Her influence on country music left the genre forever changed. No one was doing it quite ...

As Emmy Russell honors the country music legend, 'American Idol' also remembers one of its own as alums Danny Gokey, Melinda Doolittle, and Colton Dixon pay tribute gospel singer Mandisa, who died ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Loretta Lynn, the Grammy-winning country music icon who died Tuesday at 90, lived through — and sang about — decades of advancements for women's social movements, achievements ...

A career-defining song. On this date in 1970, the late, great Loretta Lynn was at #1 on the country chart with her signature tune "Coal Miner's Daughter." It also became her first song to chart on the ...

Loretta Lynn had four children by the time she was 18 years old, and four albums by the time she was 33. Fifty years later, Lynn is 83, and one of the most highly-awarded female country music singers, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Loretta Lynn, who rose from a hardscrabble upbringing to become the most culturally significant female singer-songwriter in country music history, has died. She was 90. Lynn’s ...

Tayla Lynn feels closest to her late "Memaw" Loretta Lynn when she sits on the front porch of her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. "If I need to feel her, if I'm feeling particularly sad or I want ...