Miranda Lambert's career: Country music, red carpets and awards (29 images)

Grammy-winning musician Miranda Lambert released her first self-titled album in 2001 and has dominated the country music scene ever since. Lambert, who last released the album "Palomino" in April, has had a total of 61 CMA Awards nominations, the most of any female artist in history. She is nominated for Entertainer of the Year at the 2022 CMA Awards. Here's a look back on her career.

Lambert (L) and Blake Shelton perform "God Bless America" at Super Bowl XLVI on February 5, 2012 in Indianapolis. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

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Lambert appears backstage with the awards she garnered for Album of the Year for "Four the Record" and Female Vocalist of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 1, 2012. Photo by David Becker/UPI

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Lambert performs with the Pistol Annies at the Country Music Association Music Festival in Nashville on June 7, 2012. Photo by Terry Wyatt/UPI

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Lambert, winner of Female Vocalist of the Year and Song of the Year, and Shelton, winner of Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Song of the Year, pose with their trophies backstage at the Country Music Awards in Nashville on November 1, 2012. Photo by Terry Wyatt/UPI

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