ON THE COVER:
MIRANDA LAMBERT

Vanner/RCA Nashville’s Miranda Lambert had a busy 2021: winning the Country Album Grammy for Wildcard, making her Grammy-nominated campfire Marfa Tapes with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall, dropping the dysfunction celebration Hell of a Holiday with her group Pistol Annies and hitting Country’s Top 10 with Elle King on “Drunk (& I Don’t Wanna Go Home).” Now she’s up for five ACMs, including Entertainer of the Year. One “honor” she’d gladly decline: This HITS cover appearance.