Wide Open Spaces is the fourth studio album and the major label debut of
American country music band, the
Dixie Chicks. It was their first record with new
lead vocalist Natalie Maines, and became their breakthrough commercial success. It received diamond status by the
RIAA on February 20, 2003 in the
United States, having shipped 14 million units worldwide, while spending more than six years in the
Australian ARIA music charts Country Top 20. The album has sold 8,841,000 copies in the United States as of October 2013.