Miranda Lambert

Miranda Lambert may be a photogenic young lady with deep blue eyes and long blonde hair, but make no mistake — this tough Texas gal's got more baditude than a roomful of grizzlies. Bringing outlaw country back to a Nashville scene starved for talented troublemakers, Lambert lays down a twang thang with a little rock 'n' roll rumble, letting the whole world know some little girls are made of "Gunpowder & Lead." But the same wildcat who sets out on revenge-driven rampages in "Kerosene" and "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" can turn around and tear your heart out on a tear-jerker like the home-is-where-the-heart-is ballad "The House That Built Me." Of course, even when Lambert sings about tying the knot with real-life fiancé Blake Shelton on the country couple's hit duet "Draggin' the River," she still finds a way to work some carnage into the mix. Snap up these crucial cuts from country's pistol-packin' mama, but don't get caught in the crossfire.