Dixie Chicks break US chart record

The Dixie Chicks have made US chart history by topping the US Album Chart with their new album 'Taking The Long Way', proving their controversial Bush-bashing a couple of years back (and the recent withdrawal of the withdrawal of those comments) hasn't hit their record sales too much - see, not every American is an Idiot (admittedly quite a few are, but not all of them, I mean all the ones who read the CMU Daily are especially renowned for their non-idiotness). The chart history bit is because the country stars are the first female group to have three studio albums debut at the top of the US chart. The album is released here on 12 Jun, and the girls will play the Shepherd's Bush Empire on 15 Jun.