Country music icon Trisha Yearwood has officially cemented her place in entertainment history, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. The milestone recognizes Yearwood’s decades-long career, during which she has sold over 15 million records and earned 27 Grammy nominations.
The ceremony, held in front of the Capitol Records building, featured fellow country music stars Reba McEntire—whom Yearwood has called her “hero”—and Carly Pearce in attendance. The honor coincided with Yearwood’s concert at the Troubadour in West Hollywood later that evening.
Raised in Monticello, Georgia, Yearwood’s passion for music led her to Belmont College in Nashville, where she landed an internship at MTM Records, later securing a job as a session singer. She skyrocketed to fame with her 1991 self-titled debut album, featuring the No. 1 hit “She’s in Love with the Boy”, which made history as the first debut single by a female artist to top the country charts.
Trisha Yearwood earned her first Grammy Award in 1995 for best country vocal collaboration alongside Aaron Neville on their rendition of Patsy Cline’s “Fall to Pieces.” She later won two more Grammys in 1997 for “How Do I Live” and “In Another’s Eyes,” a duet with her now-husband Garth Brooks, whom she married in 2005.
Her career has been filled with hit songs, including “Walkaway Joe,” “Believe Me Baby (I Lied),” “There Goes My Baby,” and “Real Live Woman.” Beyond music, she has hosted the Daytime Emmy-winning Food Network show “Trisha’s Southern Kitchen”, authored four cookbooks, partnered with Williams Sonoma to create cocktail mixers, and co-founded the Friends In Low Places honky-tonk in Nashville.
With the unveiling of her Walk of Fame star, Yearwood’s legacy in country music and beyond is now forever etched into Hollywood history. Her star is the 2,805th on the famous sidewalk, a well-deserved recognition for one of country music’s most celebrated voices.
