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COVETED PRIZE: The Dixie Chicks, (from left) Emily Robinson, Natalie Maines and Martie Maguire, arrive for the Sony BMG Post-Grammy Party in Beverly Hills, California, on Sunday. Los Angeles: The Dixie Chicks completed a defiant comeback at the Grammy Awards, winning five trophies after being shunned by the American country music establishment over the group's anti-Bush comments leading up to the Iraq invasion. The Texas trio won Record and Song of the Year for the no-regrets anthem "Not Ready to Make Nice." They also won Best Country album, which was ironic considering that the group says they do not consider themselves country artists anymore. "I'm ready to make nice!" lead singer Natalie Maines exclaimed as the group accepted the Album of the Year award. "I think people are using their freedom of speech with all these awards. We get the message." Mary J. Blige's comeback also was richly rewarded: she received three trophies for her double-platinum album "The Breakthrough." The Red Hot Chili Peppers won three as well for their double-disc "Stadium Arcadium." Country singer and former `American Idol' winner Carrie Underwood won the Best New Artist award, beating out teenage R&B singer Chris Brown, and British performers Corinne Bailey Rae, James Blunt and Imogen Heap. The Dixie Chicks won all five awards they were nominated for, sweet vindication after the superstars' lives were threatened and sales plummeted when Ms. Maines criticised President George W. Bush at a London concert on the eve of the Iraq war in 2003. Almost overnight, one of the most successful groups of any genre was boycotted by Nashville and disappeared from country radio.
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