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On 5 March 1980, the film Coal Miner's Daughter debuted in Nashville, and soon became the No. 1 box office hit in the United States.

Lynn crossed over from country music superstar to American legend.

The film starred Sissy Spacek as Loretta and Tommy Lee Jones as Mooney Lynn.

The film received seven Academy Award nominations winning a Best Actress Oscar for Spacek and a slew of other top honors, including a gold album for the soundtrack album, a Grammy nomination for Spacek's singing as Lynn, a Country Music Association & Academy of Country Music awards plus several Golden Globe awards.

The 1980s featured more hits (" Pregnant Again ", " Naked In The Rain ", " Somebody Led Me Away ").

Her 1980 and 1981 albums, Loretta and Lookin ' Good spawned these hits.

Lynn was the first woman in country music to have 50 Top 10 hits.

Her last Top 10 record as a soloist was " I Lie " in 1982, but her releases continued to chart until the end of the decade.

Lynn continued to have Top 20 hits throughout the 1980s.