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In 1973, " Rated X " peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart and was considered one of Lynn's most controversial hits.

The next year, her next single, " Love Is the Foundation ", also became a No. 1 country hit from her album of the same name.

The second and last single from that album, " Hey Loretta ", became a Top 5 hit.

Lynn continued to reach the Top 10 until the end of the decade, including with 1975's " The Pill ", considered to be the first song to discuss birth control, other than the 1967 French-language song in French, Pilule d ' Or, sung by Luc Dominique, the former " Singing Nun ".

As a songwriter, Lynn believed no topic was off limits, as long as it spoke to other women, and many of her songs were autobiographical.

In 1976, she released her autobiography, Coal Miner's Daughter, with the help of writer George Vecsey.

It became a # 1 bestseller, making Lynn the first country music artist to make the New York Times bestseller list.

This opened a flood gate of country artists who followed with books.