Global InformationFaith Hill information
Faith Hill | |
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 Hill in 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Audrey Faith Perry |
| Born | September 21, 1967 Ridgeland, Mississippi, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
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| Spouse(s) | Daniel Hill
(m. 1988; div. 1994)Tim McGraw
(m. 1996) |
| Website | faithhill |
Audrey Faith McGraw (née Perry; born September 21, 1967), known professionally as Faith Hill, is an American country singer. She is one of the most successful country music artists of all time, having sold almost 50 million albums worldwide.[1]
Hill's first two albums, Take Me as I Am (1993) and It Matters to Me (1995), were major successes that placed a combined three number ones on Billboard's country charts, quickly establishing her as one of country music's top acts. Next she achieved immense mainstream and crossover success with two albums, Faith (1998) and Breathe (1999). Faith produced her first international hit, "This Kiss", while her album Breathe became one of the best-selling country albums of all time. The album was led by the huge crossover success of the songs "Breathe" and "The Way You Love Me". Breathe saw massive sales worldwide and earned three Grammy Awards.
In 2001, Hill recorded "There You'll Be" for the Pearl Harbor soundtrack and it too became an international success. Nominated for an Academy Award, it remains her best-selling single in Europe.
Hill's next two albums, Cry (2002) and Fireflies (2005), continued her commercial successes; the former spawned another crossover single, "Cry", which won Hill a Grammy, and the latter produced the singles "Mississippi Girl" and "Like We Never Loved at All", which earned additional Grammy Awards.
Hill has won five Grammy Awards, 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, six American Music Awards, and several other awards. Her Soul2Soul II Tour 2006 with Tim McGraw became the highest-grossing country tour of all time.[2][3] In 2001, she was named one of the "30 Most Powerful Women in America" by Ladies Home Journal. In 2009, Billboard named her as the Adult Contemporary Artist of the Decade (2000s) and also as the 39th top artist overall.[4] From 2007 to 2012, Hill was the voice of NBC Sunday Night Football's intro song.[5] She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.[6] Hill has been married to American singer Tim McGraw since 1996, with whom she has recorded several duets.
- ^ Whitaker, Sterling (December 23, 2015). "Faith Hill Honored by Mississippi Home Town". Taste of Country. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ^ "About Faith Hill". Country Music Television. Viacom. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- ^ "Tim, Faith set tour mark". Country Standard Time. September 14, 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- ^ "Artists of the Decade: No. 39 – Faith Hill". Billboard. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
- ^ Madden, Lance (April 15, 2013). "Faith Hill Is Leaving NBC, Sunday Night Football". Forbes. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- ^ Hermanson, Wendy (June 27, 2018). "Powerful Country Women Getting Stars on Hollywood Walk of Fame". Taste of Country.