Country music singer and songwriter Loretta Lynn has written over 160 songs 
songs and released 70 albums. She has had ten Number 1 albums and sixteen
Number 1 singles on the country charts. Lynn has won dozens of awards from
many different institutions, including four Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, eight BMI awards, and ten Academy of Country Music awards. In 1972,
Lynn was the first woman named "Entertainer of the Year" by the Country Music Association, and is one of six women to have received CMA’s highest award. She
was named "Artist of the Decade" for the 1970s by the Academy of Country
Music. Lynn was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988 and the
Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1999. Lynn is ranked 65th on VH1’s
100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. Loretta Lynn continues to be one of the
most successful vocalists of all time.