Miranda Lambert (born November 10, 1983 in Longview, Texas) is a two time Grammy Award nominated American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star, where she finished in third place and later signed to Epic Records. Lambert made her debut with the release of "Me and Charlie Talking", the first single from her 2005 debut album Kerosene. This album, which was certified Platinum in the United States, also produced the singles "Bring Me Down", "Kerosene", and "New Strings". All four singles were Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

"Kerosene" is the title of a song released in late 2005 by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. The third single and title track to her 2005 album Kerosene, the song reached #15 on the Hot Country Songs charts, becoming Lambert's first Top 20 country hit. The working title of the song was "Kerosene (Loves Givin' Up On Me)."

From the Album Kerosene it is the major-label debut album of Country music singer Miranda Lambert, released on March 15, 2005 (see 2005 in country music) on Epic Records. The album has been certified Platinum in the United States for shipments of one million copies. It produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Me and Charlie Talking" (#27), "Bring Me Down" (#32), "Kerosene" (#15), and "New Strings" (#25).

"Famous in a Small Town" is the second single from Miranda Lambert's second album, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and was released in 2007. On the US Country charts, it peaked at #14 and at #87 on the US Hot 100, becoming Miranda's second single to reach the Top 20.

Miranda Lambert was born November 10, 1983, in Lindale, TX, a small town about 80 miles east of Dallas, the daughter of country guitarist and songwriter Rick Lambert (her mother, Bev, ran a detective agency). Growing up in a house dedicated to country music, she began entering country talent contests when she was 16, and appeared as part of the Johnny High Country Music Review in Arlington, TX. Lambert learned to play guitar and immediately began writing her own songs, continuing to enter talent contests (one led to her appearing in a potato chip ad and a part in the 2001 teen comedy Slap Her She's French).

"Gunpowder & Lead" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert on her 2007 album Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.