Chanteuse Country née le 21 septembre 1967 à Jackson
(Mississippi).
One of the
biggest female country stars of the '90s and 2000s, Faith Hill also took
advantage of the inroads Shania Twain
made into pop territory, becoming an enormous crossover success by the end of
the millennium. Of course, Hill's movie star good looks certainly helped her
cause, and her much-celebrated marriage to fellow country star
Tim McGraw gave her career an extra kick
of glamour and mystique. Hill may not have appealed to country purists, but she
had the star power of a diva even before her pop success.
Faith Hill was born Audrey Faith Perry on September 21, 1967, in Jackson, MS,
and grew up in the nearby small town of Star. She was singing for her family as
young as age three and first performed publicly at a 4-H luncheon when she was
seven. Hill spent much of her childhood singing wherever the opportunity arose,
influenced primarily by Reba McEntire,
and at age 17 formed a band that played local rodeos. At 19, she quit college
and moved to Nashville to make it as a singer, first finding work selling
T-shirts. During this time, she was married briefly to music executive Dan Hill.
Eventually she was hired as a secretary at a music publishing firm, where she
was discovered by accident while singing to herself one day. Encouraged by
company head Gary Morris, Hill became
a demo singer for the firm and also performed professionally as a harmony
vocalist behind singer/songwriter/producer Gary Burr, who produced Hill's own
demo tape. A Warner Brothers executive caught Burr and Hill's act at a Nashville
club, and wound up signing Hill to a solo deal.
Hill released her debut album, Take Me as I Am, in late 1993, with
producer Scott Hendricks at the helm. Success wasn't long in coming; the lead
single "Wild One" raced up the country charts en route to a four-week run at
number one early the next year, making her the first female country singer in 30
years to top the charts for that long with her debut single. The follow-up, a
countrified cover of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart," also hit number one, as
did the album's title track, and Take Me as I Am wound up selling over
three million copies. Hill was set to build on her success right away, but had
to undergo surgery on her vocal cords, which delayed the recording of her next
album. Nevertheless, the wait wasn't unreasonable, and It Matters to Me
appeared in the summer of 1995. The title track became her fourth number one
country single, and it was accompanied by a string of Top Ten hits that helped
push initial sales of the album past the three million mark. Hill was by now a
firmly established country hitmaker, and she continued her active touring
schedule by teaming up with Tim McGraw
in 1996 for the Spontaneous Combustion Tour. It was an apt name, as Hill married
McGraw that October. The couple's first
child, daughter Gracie, was born in May of 1997, and not long after, their duo
"It's Your Love" — recorded for McGraw's Everywhere album — was burning
up the country charts, staying at number one for six weeks.
Hill returned in the spring of 1998 with Faith, which provided the first
signs that she was interested in crossing over to pop audiences, even if the
still-countrified music often straddled the fence instead of making her
ambitions explicit. The single "This Kiss" proved the savvy of her approach; not
only did it top the country charts for three weeks, but it also became her first
pop hit, climbing to number seven. By the time "This Kiss" had run its course on
the charts, Hill had given birth to her second daughter with
McGraw, Maggie. If Hill had been a star
in the country world, she was now rapidly becoming a superstar, known not just
for her music but also her pure celebrity; she also signed an endorsement deal
with Cover Girl makeup. Her next two singles, "Just to Hear You Say That You
Love Me" (another duo with McGraw) and
"Let Me Let Go," hit number one country, though they didn't duplicate the pop
success of "This Kiss."
Faith, released in 1998, became Hill's biggest-selling album yet,
eventually moving over six million copies and reaching the Top Ten on the LP
charts; plus, it became crystal clear that Hill held major crossover appeal.
Accordingly, she re-entered the studio immediately after her supporting tour and
cut Breathe, a full-fledged bid for pop and adult contemporary success.
Breathe entered the charts at number one upon its release in late 1999,
and its title track became Hill's biggest hit yet; it spent six weeks on top of
the country charts and was an even bigger hit on the adult contemporary charts.
While it only climbed to number two pop, the single had such staying power that
it wound up the biggest hit of the year 2000. The follow-ups were pretty
successful in their own right: "The Way You Love Me" and "There You'll Be" both
hit the pop Top Ten, with the former topping the country charts and the latter
hitting number one AC. Hill also scored a Top Ten country hit with "Let's Make
Love," a third duo with McGraw, and the
two teamed up for another tour in 2000. Breathe was a bona fide
blockbuster, selling over seven million copies in the U.S. and earning her a
slew of award nominations. Hill spent much of 2001 taking a break and spending
time with Audrey, her third daughter with
McGraw.
In 2002, Hill returned to the spotlight with her fifth studio recording, Cry,
a three-million seller whose title track netted her the Best Female Vocal
Performance Grammy for 2003. Hill took nearly three years to return to recording,
but when she released Fireflies in August 2005 it was hailed as one of
her finest works. The lead single "Mississippi Girl" (written by John Rich of
the hit country duo Big & Rich) hit
number one on the country singles chart, and the album reached number one on the
album charts. Her Soul2Soul II tour of 2006, which she co-headlined with
McGraw, became the highest-grossing
country tour of all time.
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IF MY
HEART HAD WINGS
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DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 09/1993 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-18411 (US) | . | Wild One / Go The Distance |
| 01/1994 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-18261 (US) | . | Piece Of My Heart / I Would Be Stronger Than That |
| 05/1994 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-18179 (US) | . | But I Will / Life's Too Short To Love Like That |
| 08/1995 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-17817 (US) | . | Let's Go To Vegas / You Will Be Mine |
| 10/1995 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-17718 (US) | . | It Matters To Me / Keep Walkin' On |
| 10/1996 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-17531 (US) | . | Take Me As I Am / I Can't Do That Anymore |
| 04/1997 | SP CURB D7-73019 (US) | . | It's Your Love (with Tim McGRAW) / + Tim McGRAW |
| 03/1998 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-17247 (US) |
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This Kiss / Better Days |
| 02/2000 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-16884 (US) | . | Breathe / It All Comes Down |
| 10/2000 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-16818 (US) |
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Way You Love Me / Never Gonna Be Your Lady |
| 2001 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-16792 (US) | . | There Will Come A Day / Let's Make Love |
| 04/2001 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-16773 (US) | . |
If My Heart Had
Wings
/ It Will Be Me |
| 11/2001 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-16739 (US) |
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There You'll Be / There Will Come A Day |
| 10/2002 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-16688 (US) |
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Cry / Wicked |
| 06/2003 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-16647 (US) |
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You're Still Here / Shadows |
| 2005 | CD WARNER BROS. 101813 (US) | . | Sunshine and Summertime [album version] |
| 2006 | CD WARNER BROS. ? (US) | . | The Lucky One |
Albums
| 1993 | CD WARNER BROS. 45389 (US) |
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TAKE ME AS I AM - Take Me As I Am / Wild One / Just About Now / Piece Of My Heart / I've Got This Friend / Life's Too Short To Love Like That / But I Will / Just Around The Eyes / Go The Distance / I Would Be Stronger Than That |
| 1995 | CD WARNER BROS. 45872 (US) |
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IT MATTERS TO ME - Someone Else's Dream / Let's Go To Vegas / It Matters To Me / Bed Of Roses / Man's Home Is His Castle / You Can't Lose Me / I Can't Do That Anymore / Room In My Heart / You Will Be Mine / Keep Walkin' On |
| 1998 | CD WARNER BROS. 46790 (US) |
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FAITH - This Kiss / You Give Me Love / Let Me Let Go / Love Ain't Like That / Better Days / My Wild Frontier / Secret Of Life / Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me / Me / I Love You / Hard Way / Somebody Stay By Me |
| 1999 | CD WARNER BROS. 47373 (US) |
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BREATHE - What's In It For Me / I Got My Baby / Love Is A Sweet Thing / Breathe / Let's Make Love / It Will Be Me / Way You Love Me / If I'm Not In Love / Bringing Out The Elvis / If My Heart Had Wings / If I Should Fall Behind / That's How Love Moves / There Will Come A Day |
| 1999 | CD WARNER BROS. 47378 (US) |
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LOVE WILL ALWAYS WIN - This Kiss / Love Will Always Win / Me / Let Me Let Go / Love Ain't Like That / Piece Of My Heart / Secret Of Life / Better Days / I Love You / Hard Way / Somebody Stand By Me / Let Me Let Go / It Matters To Me |
| 2001 | CD WARNER BROS. 48211 (US) |
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THERE YOU'LL BE - There You'll Be / This Kiss / Breathe (Tin Tin Out Radio Mix) / Way You Love Me / Let Me Let Go / Piece Of My Heart / If My Heart Had Wings / There Will Come A Day / Love Will Always Win / My Wild Frontier / You Give Me Love / Somewhere Down The Road / Over The Rainbow / Breathe / Way You Love Me (remix) |
| 2002 | CD WARNER BROS. 48001 (US) |
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CRY - Free / Cry / One / When The Lights Go Down / Beautiful / Unsaveable / Baby You Belong / If You're Gonna Fly Away / Stronger / If This Is The End / This Is Me / Back To You / I Think I Will / You're Still Here |
| 08/2005 | CD WARNER BROS. 48794 (US) |
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FIREFLIES - Sunshine And Summertime / Mississippi Girl / Dearly Beloved / I Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore / Stealing Kisses / Fireflies / Like We Never Loved At All / I Want You / The Lucky One / If You Ask / We've Got Nothing But Love To Prove / You Stay With Me / Wish For You / Paris |
| 10/2007 | CD WARNER BROS. 44230 (US) |
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THE HITS - Red Umbrella / Stronger [live] / Lost / Mississippi Girl / Cry / There You'll Be / The Way You Love Me / Breathe / The Secret Of Life / Let Me Let Go / This Kiss / It Matters To Me / Piece Of My Heart / Wild One / I Need You (with Tim McGRAW) / |
| 09/2008 | CD WARNER BROS. 511500 (US) |
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JOY TO THE WORLD - Joy To The World / What Child Is This? / Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town / Little Drummer Boy / O Come, All Ye Faithful / Holly Jolly Christmas / Away In A Manger / O Holy Night! / Winter Wonderland / Silent Night, Holy Night! / A Baby Changes Everything |
© Rocky Productions 3/10/2008
