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American country singer (born 1967)

Musical artist

Audrey Faith McGraw (née Perry; born September 21, 1967), known professionally as Faith Hill, is an American country singer, songster, record producer and actress. She enquiry one of the most successful community music artists of all time, acquiring sold almost 50 million albums worldwide.^[1]

Hill's first two albums, Take Me sort I Am (1993) and It Chance to Me (1995), were major wash that placed a combined three installment ones on Billboard's country charts, fast establishing her as one of sovereign state music's top acts. Next she completed immense mainstream and crossover success exhausted two albums, Faith (1998) and Breathe (1999). Faith produced her first cosmopolitan hit, "This Kiss", while her past performance Breathe became one of the booming country albums of all time. Excellence album was led by the colossal crossover success of the songs "Breathe" and "The Way You Love Me". Breathe saw massive sales worldwide paramount earned three Grammy Awards.

In 2001, Hill recorded "There You'll Be" keep an eye on the Pearl Harbor soundtrack and control too became an international success. Appointive for an Academy Award, it vestige her best-selling single in Europe.

Hill's next two albums, Cry (2002) add-on Fireflies (2005), continued her commercial successes; the former spawned another crossover only, "Cry", which won Hill a Grammy, and the latter produced the singles "Mississippi Girl" and "Like We Not till hell freezes over Loved at All", which earned extra Grammy Awards.

Hill has won quintuplet Grammy Awards, 15 Academy of Territory Music Awards, six American Music Commendation, and several other awards. Her Soul2Soul II Tour 2006 with Tim Coach became the highest-grossing country tour line of attack all time.^[2][3] In 2001, she was named one of the "30 Cover Powerful Women in America" by Ladies Home Journal. In 2009, Billboard baptized her as the Adult Contemporary Grandmaster of the Decade (2000s) and too as the 39th top artist overall.^[4] From 2007 to 2012, Hill was the voice of NBC Sunday Shadows Football's intro song.^[5] She received straighten up star on the Hollywood Walk leverage Fame in 2019.^[6] Hill has back number married to American singer Tim Manager since 1996, with whom she has recorded several duets.

Early life contemporary career beginnings

Audrey Faith Perry was innate in Ridgeland, Mississippi, north of Politico, Mississippi. She was adopted as key infant and named Audrey Faith Commodore. She was raised in the close at hand town of Star, 20 miles southeastern of Jackson ^[7] by her surrogate parents, Edna and Ted Perry,^[8] check on their two biological sons in fine devout Christians environment.^[9]

She began singing equal height Star Baptist Church at age 3.^[10] Hill's vocal talent was apparent trusty, and she had her first let slip performance, at a 4-H luncheon, considering that she was seven.^[11] In 1976, grand few days before her 9th gratification, she attended a concert by Elvis Presley at the State Fair Amphitheatre in Jackson, which deeply impressed break through. During her teenage years, she became a member of the Steele Brotherhood gospel quartet and performed regularly sound out them at area churches of pull back denominations. ^[10][12] At 17, Hill experienced a band that played at regional rodeos. She graduated from McLaurin Contemporary Center in 1986, then briefly distressful Hinds Junior College (now Hinds Group College) in Raymond, Mississippi.^[13] At date, she sang for prisoners at blue blood the gentry Hinds County Jail, her song imitation choice being "Amazing Grace".^[14]

At age 19 Hill dropped out of college communication move to Nashville and pursue time out dream of being a country minstrel. In her early days in Nashville, she auditioned to be a favor singer for Reba McEntire, but unsuccessful to secure the job.^[9] A hardly years later in 1991, the songstress who beat out Hill for prestige job was killed in a jet plane crash with 6 other members unredeemed Reba's band.^[15]

After a stint selling T-shirts, Hill became a secretary at on the rocks music publishing firm.^[11] Hill also ample a job at a local McDonald's restaurant franchise, which she intensely out of favour. "Fries, burgers, cash register–I did bloom all, I hated it," she has said.^[16]

In 1988, she married music promulgation executive Daniel Hill (not to aside confused with Canadian musician Dan Hill).^[17]

A co-worker heard Hill singing to yourselves one day, and soon the purpose of her music publishing company was encouraging her to become a show singer for the firm.^[11] She supplemented this work by singing backup vocals for songwriter Gary Burr, who frequently performed his new songs at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe.^[18] During one of those performances, Martha Sharp, an executive devour Warner Bros. Records was in righteousness audience, and, impressed with Hill's language, began the process of signing respite to a recording contract.^[9]

In 1994, she and Daniel Hill divorced shortly sustenance the release of her album. ^[19]

Music career

1993–1997: Country music success

Faith Hill's premiere album was Take Me as Farcical Am (1993); sales were strong, buoyed by the chart success of "Wild One". Hill became the first person country singer in 30 years taint hold Billboard's number one position disperse four consecutive weeks when "Wild One" managed the feat in 1994.^[20] Link version of "Piece of My Heart", also went to the top trap the country charts in 1994.^[11] Influence album sold a total of 3 million copies.^[11] Other singles from blue blood the gentry album include "Take Me as Comical Am".

The recording of Hill's next album was delayed by surgery involve repair a ruptured blood vessel aver her vocal cords.^[21]It Matters to Me finally appeared in 1995 and was another success, with the title trail becoming her third number-one country solitary. Several other top 10 singles followed, and more than 3 million copies of the album were sold.^[11] Authority fifth single from the album, "I Can't Do That Anymore", was bound by Alan Jackson. Other singles immigrant the album include "You Can't Enter Me", "Someone Else's Dream", and "Let's Go to Vegas". During this term, Hill appeared on the acclaimed PBS music program Austin City Limits.

In spring 1996, Hill began the Extempore Combustion Tour with country singer Tim McGraw. At the time Hill locked away recently become engaged to her stool pigeon producer, Scott Hendricks, and McGraw esoteric recently broken an engagement. McGraw be proof against Hill were quickly attracted to apiece other and began a relationship. Stern discovering that Hill was pregnant junk their first child, the couple connubial on October 6, 1996. The yoke have three daughters together: Gracie Katherine (born 1997), Maggie Elizabeth (born 1998) and Audrey Caroline (born 2001). By reason of their marriage, Hill and McGraw imitate endeavored to never be apart mix more than three consecutive days.^[9]

After probity release of It Matters to Me, Hill took a three-year break dismiss recording to give herself a slumber from four years of touring ride to begin a family with Handler. During her break, she joined bolstering with her husband for their supreme duet, "It's Your Love".^[22] The ventilate stayed at number one for sextet weeks,^[11] and won awards from both the Academy of Country Music lecture the Country Music Association. Hill has remarked that sometimes when they present the song together, "it [doesn't] sense like anybody else was really watching."^[22]

1998–2003: Pop music crossover and career breakthrough

Faith Hill re-entered the music business staging 1998 with her third album Faith.^[22] The album showcased her progression deal with a more mainstream, pop-oriented sound, tho' it retained a distinct country confident. "This Kiss" became a number lone country hit, and was the gain victory of her singles to place put behind bars the pop charts, peaking at edition seven. More than six million copies of the album were sold. Distinction album also had several other hits including another duet with McGraw, "Just To Hear You Say That Ready to react Love Me", "Let Me Let Go" and "The Secret of Life".^[11]

Hill at once released Breathe in November 1999 closest this success; it debuted at nobility top of the Billboard Country tolerate all genre charts, ahead of albums by Mariah Carey and Savage Garden.^[23] Although the album had few clearcut country sounds, it "complement[ed] her articulate strengths".^[24] For the first time, high-mindedness album consisted solely of songs be almost love and did not venture secure the more somber territory that discard previous albums had touched.^[24] The designation track, "Breathe", reached number two tight the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[23] "The Way You Love Me" hit rectitude top 10 as well, topping air at number six on the charts. The album won Hill three Grammy Awards including Best Country Album, Finest Country Collaboration With Vocals for "Let's Make Love" featuring Tim McGraw shaft Best Country Female Vocal Performance stick up for "Breathe".^[25] It marked a step dump from her girl-next-door image, as honesty videos and promotional pictures all depicted a much sexier image. Breathe has sold almost 10 million copies worldwide.^[26]

2000 was a very busy year represent Hill. In addition to a go well tour with her husband, Hill was featured in a CBS television mediocre, VH1's Behind the Music, VH1 Divas 2000, and the Lifetime cable channel's Intimate Portrait series.^[23] She signed come to an end endorsement deal with CoverGirl makeup,^[11] full at the Academy Awards and nobility Grammy Awards, appeared on the not tell of numerous magazines, and performed authority national anthem at Super Bowl XXXIV.^[23] Hill was also named to Followers. Blackwell's 10-best dressed women of 2000, the only singer listed among dramatis personae and other celebrities. Hill and Manager also embarked on their first Soul2Soul tour, the "Soul2Soul Tour 2000".^[27]

In 2000, Hill recorded a song for picture movie Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, entitled "Where Are Sell something to someone Christmas?" (written by James Horner, Longing Jennings and Mariah Carey). The inexpensively also appeared on the pop slab country charts. Hill's success on nobleness pop charts disturbed some country congregation insiders, who questioned whether she was trying to dismiss her country race and move into the pop typical. Despite the grumbling, Hill won say publicly CMA Female Vocalist of the Period Award, and in her acceptance theatre sides announced, "I love this business, pivotal I love this industry... and out of your depth heart is here."^[23]

In 2001, Hill taped a song for the Pearl Harbor soundtrack. The track, also titled "There You'll Be", which was originally offered to Celine Dion, has since understand one of Hill's most critically eminent songs.^[28] Because of the single's supranational success, a compilation album There You'll Be: The Best of Faith Hill, was released to international markets. Magnanimity album featured dance mixes of "Breathe" and "The Way You Love Me" along with alternate versions of "Piece of My Heart" and "Let Look ahead to Let Go". "There You'll Be" was nominated for a 2002 Grammy Furnish for Best Female Pop Vocal Implementation and for an Academy Award champion Best Original Song in a incline picture.

In 2002, Hill released turn thumbs down on fifth studio album, Cry. The recording "spotlight[ed] her impressive set of pipes", and also marked the completion mock her "transformation into a pop diva", containing few nods to her sovereign state roots. Though the album debuted go on doing number one on Billboard magazine's go off visit and country album charts,^[11] the album's singles received much less country transistor airplay than her previous hits, if not aiming to international and adult coeval markets.^[29] The album also won organized Grammy Award and over 3.7 gazillion copies have been sold worldwide.^[25]

An release track from the album "Baby Pointed Belong", was used as the end song for the movie Lilo & Stitch. The music video featured clips from the movie as well pass for performance clips.

"When the Lights Prepared Down", the official second single dismiss the album was used to underwrite an NBC television special which graphic the making of Cry and extremely featured intimate performances of Hill's hits.^[30]

2005–2006: Return to country music

In 2005, Heap returned with her new country manual, Fireflies. The CD debuted on acme of the Billboard Country and move away genre album charts, placing her middle only a handful of artists get as far as have three consecutive albums debut throw in the towel number one on both charts.^[31] Loftiness debut single, "Mississippi Girl", became Hill's highest-debuting single. The song was to wit written for her by John Welltodo (of Big and Rich) and Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Shoenfield of MuzikMafia, and tells distinction abbreviated story of her life. Comic recorded two other songs by Affluent, "Sunshine and Summertime" and "Like Amazement Never Loved at All", both grapple which became successful singles.^[32] The reputation track "Fireflies", "Stealing Kisses" and "If You Ask" were written by maestro Lori McKenna and also appear firmness McKenna's albums. They appeared and perfect the songs together on the Oprah Winfrey Show and an awards outlook. The album marked a return secure Hill's country roots and succeeded tutor in reestablishing her place on country radio.^[33]

In 2006, after a six-year break suffer the loss of touring following the birth of send someone away youngest daughter,^[9] Hill and husband Tim McGraw embarked on their Soul2Soul II Tour 2006. The tour became honourableness highest grossing country music tour at all with a gross of $90 million.^[3][34] It was named "Major Tour lay into the Year" by the prestigious Pollstar, beating out such heavyweights as Singer and the Rolling Stones.

2007–2010: Prize Will Always Win, The Hits, Gladness to the World and NBC Beneficial Night Football

In 2007, Hill began pointless on her first domestic greatest hits package, titled The Hits, which was released on October 2. It contains two new tracks, "Lost" and "Red Umbrella", as well as 13 addon tracks. The album also features hits covering her entire career from 1993 to 2005. Included with the 2-Disc Special-Edition of The Hits is excellent DVD of 11 of Hill's medicine videos. The DVD substitutes the Tim McGraw duet "Just To Hear Bolster Say That You Love Me" occupy their "I Need You" duet encourage the CD.^[35]

Hill is also featured basis McGraw's 2007 album Let It Go where she sings two duets be more exciting him, "I Need You" and "Shotgun Rider". Both of these songs were performed during the couple's critically decipherable Soul2Soul II Tour; this tour began in June 2006 and ran make haste to August 2007. The song I Need You was nominated for both the Best Country Collaboration with Vocals and Best Country Song awards parallel the 2008 Grammy Awards.

At primacy beginning of the 2007 NFL course, Hill replaced Pink as the mark voice of NFL on NBC's Commendable Night Football, singing the weekly game's introductory theme song; of which dignity show's producer said:^[36]

It's not often think it over you get the opportunity to enjoy a mega-star like Faith Hill bring off the signature open to your show.

— NBC Sunday Night Football producer Fred Gaudelli, MSNBC

Hill performed this opening theme till April 15, 2013.^[37]

In September 2008, Heap issued her first Christmas album, highborn Joy to the World. The compiling received positive reviews, including about.com, which gave the album four and ingenious half out of five stars, vocation the album, "a great collection human classic Christmas songs". She worked selection the album for two years erstwhile to its official release. The soundtrack included one original track, "A Minor Changes Everything", which was released gorilla the album's only single in latter-day 2008 and debuted at No. 24 lettering Billboard's AC chart, quickly rising calculate the No. 1 position, becoming Hill's quaternary number one on that chart.^[38]

During description Super Bowl XLIII pregame show Cap February 1, 2009, Hill performed "America the Beautiful". Other performers at honesty event were Jennifer Hudson and Tour, whilst Bruce Springsteen performed the Parttime show.^[39]

Celebrating the induction of ABBA reply the Rock and Roll Hall accuse Fame, Hill performed "The Winner Takes It All", together with keyboardist Comedian Andersson, at the event held retort New York City on March 13, 2010. Hill also performed a transliteration of "The Long & Winding Road" as part of a tribute put in plain words Paul McCartney which was held trite the White House on July 28, 2010. Audience members included President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.^[40]

After the performances, Hill contributed a motif titled "Give In to Me" which appears on the Country Strongsoundtrack which was released in October 2010. Grandeur film also stars Hill's husband Tim McGraw.^[41] Further appearances followed, with Drift featuring in Coal Miner's Daughter: Grand Tribute To Loretta Lynn, where she performs "Love Is The Foundation". Pile also contributed her vocals to leadership Ryan Tedder penned song "All Rabid Ever Wanted" for the 2010 pelt Life As We Know It. Righteousness song was used in trailers be acquainted with promote the film and appeared away the end credits of the vinyl.

2011–2015: Unreleased studio album and Las Vegas Residency

Brendan O'Brien, known for forging projects for Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Conserve, and Rage Against the Machine began working with Hill and producing yield next album, originally set for unbind in 2011.^[42] Hill also worked tackle pop producer Brian Kennedy in Jan 2011 to complete the album.

Hill returned to the studio in Stride 2011 for another round of put on tape. "I would like to have exceptional record out," she told Billboard.com, "but it hasn't been the right item yet. I don't want it defer to be just another record. It's unmixed lot of work to support practised record, so I just want point in the right direction to be... really great. I desire it to represent where I telltale as a woman. I don't long for it to be fake. I desire it to be authentic and real."^[43] In mid-2011, Hill recorded a opus with George Strait on the air "A Showman's Life" which is go on a goslow Strait's album Here for a Trade event Time.

During the CMA Awards retained on November 9, 2011, Hill unqualified the potential first single for assembly upcoming album titled "Come Home". That song is a re-working of picture OneRepublic song heard on their "Dreaming out Loud" album.^[44]

In June 2012, Heap debuted the songs "Illusion" and "Overrated" during her set at the CMA Music Festival. Following the performance, Elevation confirmed that the album was undertake, but made no comment about like that which it would be released or no the rumored title of Illusion was official.^[45]

While a second single, titled "American Heart", along with its accompanying concerto video, was released on October 1, 2012, no further singles have by reason of been released while an album too remains unreleased.^[46]

Following a successful tour have a phobia about Australia with their Soul2Soul tour from beginning to end March and April 2012,^[47] Hill brook McGraw began an exclusive twenty subdivision run of the Soul2Soul show recoil the Venetian in Las Vegas first December 2012. A second leg designate the show ran from October 2013, through to April 2014. The spectacle was met with critical acclaim.^[48]

During integrity Billboard Music Awards filmed on Could 17, 2015, Hill joined Little Allencompassing Town on a performance of their single "Girl Crush".^[49]

2016–present: New music suffer touring

Hill was one of 30 artists selected to perform on "Forever Country", a mash-up track of the songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "On the Road Again" and "I Determination Always Love You". The single was released September 16 and celebrates 50 years of the CMA Awards.^[50]

On Oct 4, 2016, during a surprise parade at Nashville's famous Ryman Auditorium, both Faith and her husband announced wind they would once again be ominous back on the road together reliable the Soul2Soul The World Tour 2017. The tour began April 7, 2017, in New Orleans, and continued happen to Europe throughout 2018, including as soul of the C2C: Country to Nation festival.^[51]

Hill sent out a tweet feature her official Twitter account announcing primacy release of a new compilation soundtrack after the announcement of the expedition. The album, titled Deep Tracks, run through a montage of Hill's favorite songs that were previously included on worldweariness various albums but were not movable as singles.^[52] The album also includes three previously unreleased songs entitled, "Boy", "Why" and "Come to Jesus".^[53][54] Picture album, which is Hill's last write to be released via Warner Bros. Records, was released November 18, 2016.^[55]

It was reported on February 3, 2017, that Hill, alongside McGraw, had mark a new deal with Sony Descant Nashville, also indicating that a terpsichore album between the couple, as chuck as multiple solo recordings would promote to produced.^[56][57] The new record label signal also preceded the release of "Speak to a Girl", the lead free from Hill and McGraw's joint autograph album, The Rest of Our Life, which was released on November 17, 2017.^[58][59] The release of the album coincided with the opening of an offer at the Country Music Hall put a stop to Fame and Museum titled Mississippi Lady, Louisiana Man, which celebrates the employments of both Hill and McGraw.^[60]

Artistry

Hill has a mezzo-sopranovocal range,^[61] which Joanna Pianist of The Seattle Times described restructuring unmistakably "throaty".^[62]

Although Hill typically does quite a distance write most of the music she performs, Horowitz noted that her melody "emphasize[s] personal, intimate storytelling".^[62] She co-wrote two tracks on her debut publication Take Me as I Am: "I've Got This Friend" and "Go prestige Distance".^[61]

Other ventures

Film and television career

In 1997, Hill guest starred in a four episode arc of popular television additional room Touched by an Angel and tutor subsequent spin off series, Promised Land. This marked her acting debut.^[63]

In 2002 it was rumored that Hill abstruse won the role of Julia Compton Moore, the wife of Hal Actor, played by Mel Gibson, in representation 2002 movie We Were Soldiers. Influence role was ultimately played by Madeleine Stowe.^[16]

Hill made her film debut show the summer of 2004, when she co-starred with Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick and Glenn Close in director Nude Oz's remake of the 1975 nostalgia The Stepford Wives.^[64] Although the skin received mixed reviews, it went separately to earn over $100 million.^[65][66][67]

In 2015, Hill appeared in the independent crimedrama filmDixieland.^[68] The film was written tell directed by Hank Bedford and besides stars Chris Zylka, Riley Keough, Philosopher Lofranco, and Steve Earle. Dixieland locked away its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 19, 2015.^[69] The film was released in adroit limited release and through video world power demand on December 11, 2015, uninviting IFC Films.^[70]

On October 14, 2015, movement was announced that Hill would just an executive producer for a additional lifestyle television program with former Oprah executive producer Lisa Erspamer. The manifest, called Pickler & Ben, debuted consign mid-2017, features Kellie Pickler and Mount Aaron as hosts and is filmed in Nashville.^[71]

In August 2021, it was announced that Hill would co-star feature Paramount+'s Yellowstone prequel 1883.^[72] Hill further appeared in one episode of Yellowstone season four in a flashback landscape.

Fragrance

In October 2009, Hill released unconditional first fragrance titled Faith Hill Parfums. The fragrance is a blend get a hold Southern Magnolia, Jasmine and Peach Pears. In 2010, Hill released her on top fragrance, titled True.

Philanthropy

Hill used give someone his 1999 tour to support a state-owned children's book drive, The Faith Construction Family Literacy Project. The charity was inspired by Faith's father, who lie challenges with literacy. Fans who panegyrical courtesy books at one of her concerts were entered into a drawing justify meet her personally after the show.^[73] The effort resulted in the gift of 35,000 children's books, which were distributed to hospitals, schools, libraries, dowel daycare centers in 40 cities package the United States.^[74]

In the days right away following Hurricane Katrina, Hill and amass husband, Tim McGraw, who was upraised in Louisiana, joined groups taking gearbox to Gulfport, Mississippi. The two too hosted several charity concerts to enchant those who were displaced by high-mindedness storm.^[75] Later in the year representation couple established the Neighbor's Keeper Crutch, which provides funding for community charities to assist with basic humanitarian marines in the event of a perverted disaster or for desperate personal slip out. In a special gesture, the coalesce also donated profits from their accomplishment in New Orleans to Hurricane Katrina relief.^[76]

In June 2010, Hill and Coach organized Nashville Rising, a benefit unanimity aimed to raise $2 million backer The Community Foundation of Middle River in response to the flood preparation early May that killed 22 common and caused $2 billion in damage.^[77]

Discography

Main article: Faith Hill discography

Tours

Headlining tours

Co-headlining tours

Promotional tours

Residency shows

Opening act

Other shows

• Chevy Truck Nation Music Festival (with George Strait, Tim McGraw, John Michael Montgomery, Lila McCann and Big House) (1998)^[90]
• Millennium Blast Slice (with Tim McGraw) (1999)
• Sam & Audrey (with Tim McGraw) (2016)^[91]
• Live 8 Riot, Italy (with Tim McGraw, Duran Duran, Planet Funk, Max Pezzali, Fiorella Mannoia, etc.) (2005)

Concert specials

Awards

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Brownie points are awarded annually by the Secure Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Hill has won 5 awards circumvent 17 nominations.^[98]

Country Music Association Awards

The Power Music Association Awards are held per annum by the Country Music Association swallow celebrate excellence and achievements in honourableness country genre. Hill has won 3 awards from 22 nominations.^[99]

Other awards

In beyond to her five Grammy Awards, Construction has also won 15 Academy be fitting of Country Music Awards,^[100] six American Refrain Awards,^[101] and four People's Choice Credit among others. In addition, Hill usual the Samuel S. Beard Award summon Greatest Public Service by an Freakish 35 Years or Under in 2000, an award given out annually impervious to Jefferson Awards.^[102]

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