Mary Chapin Carpenter

For more than 30 years, Mary Chapin Carpenter has helped define country music.

The New Jersey native dominated the genre charts in the late 1980s and into the '90s, thanks to a streak of records that featured insightful reflections on love, politics and the human condition.

These albums are all turning the big 3-0 this year!

Pucker up!

Here's a look back at some of the controversies from CMA Awards past.