How Dixie Chicks went from super-stars, to "canceled", to heroes

In the country music industry, there is a saying “You don't want to be 'Dixie Chicks-ed", meaning you don't want to say one thing that's going to blow up your whole career - the Refinery 29 writes in a great article about country band Dixie Chicks, who went from global stars, to being "canceled" (no albums, sporadic concerts, low radio-airplay), to heroes. The crucial moment was their political comment, which they didn't apologize for, didn't regret it, and, in the end - "it paid off, for them, and for everyone else who refuses to shut up and sing".