On June 12, 2010, Miranda Lambert’s “The House That Built Me” started a four-week reign on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, becoming her first of five career No. 1s to date.
The ballad was co-authored by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin and co-produced by Frank Liddell and Mike Wrucke. It was released from Lambert’s LP Revolution, which debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums, marking her third of seven straight career-opening, and total, No. 1s.
The nostalgic composition finds Lambert looking back on her childhood home and its legacy. Among other reflections in it, she sings, “Up those stairs in that little back bedroom is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar.”
The song earned Lambert the Grammy Award for best female country vocal performance in 2011.
Revolution also yielded Lambert’s second Hot Country Songs leader, “Heart Like Mine,” for a week in May 2011, and the No. 2-peaking lead single “White Liar.” She has subsequently led with “Over You” (one week, May 2012); “We Were Us,” with Keith Urban (three weeks, November-December 2013); and “Somethin’ Bad,” with Carrie Underwood (one, July 2014).
Lambert was born in Longview, TX, on Nov. 10, 1983, and came to prominence after finishing third on the USA Network’s talent show Nashville Star in 2003. Shortly after, she inked her first major-label deal, with Epic Records.
On Country Airplay, Lamber has banked seven chart-toppers, mostly “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home),” with Elle King, in April 2022. It became her 18th and most recent top 10 on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart.
Lambert, who won the Country Music Association’s female vocalist of the year trophy seven times between 2010 and 2017, signed to Big Loud in partnership with Republic Records in April 2024. She released her latest album, Postcards From Texas, last September. It opened at its No. 8 high on Top Country Albums, becoming her 10th top 10.
