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Introducing Faith Hill - Profile and Photos
Profile: Faith Hill
Born on Sept. 21, 1967, in Jackson, Mississippi, Faith is
a beautiful sexy country and western singer and performer. She grew up in
Star, Mississippi, and Faith is a true star in the world of country music.
Her stellar blend of folksy charm, genuine sincerity, and the talent of a
legend-in-the-making has kept her consistently on the charts. She recalls
singing for the Mother-Daughter luncheon crowd at her local 4H Club at the
age of seven. Faith sang whenever she could, family reunions, during high
school, at churches, rodeos and country fairs. At 19, she figured she was
ready to try her luck in the city of Nashville, ground zero for country music.
Things didn't quite pan out as she planned, and Faith ended up selling T-shirts
before nabbing a job as a receptionist at a music publishing company. Faith
admits she was "a closet singer" around the office for a year or
so, until one of the in-house writers, David Chase, overheard her and convinced
her to cut a demo of a song called "It Scares Me". Faith played
it for her boss, Gary Morris, who proceeded to give her the kick in the pants
she needed to pursue her music career. Faith now following her dream, Faith
visited the famed the Bluebird Café to sing harmony with composer Gary
Burr. Soon Faith was singing with him regularly. At one of those Bluebird
gigs, she got her long-deserved break. Warner Bros. rep Martha Sharp, asked
Faith for a demo tape, and she's been rolling ever since. Faith's debut, Take
Me As I Am, hit the streets in 1994. Besides the hit, "Wild One",
the record also featured Faith's take on Janis Joplin's hard-rockin' classic,
"Piece of My Heart". Faith's single, Take Me As I Am, has sold over
two million copies, and also nailed the Academy of Country Music's Top New
Female Artist Award. Faith was now a full-fledged country music star, and
hit the road in a big way touring with country superstars Reba McEntire, Brooks
& Dunn, Alan Jackson and George Strait. In 1996 she played over 140 dates
in the United States with Tim McGraw, a road trip that turned out to be one
of the top grossing tours of the year. In 1996, in addition to savoring the
success of her second album, Faith married her hunky touring partner, Tim
McGraw. Faith and Tim have two beautiful daughters, Gracie and Maggie, with
another baby expecting. In 1998, following a brief but devoted period of mothering,
Faith got back into the studio to make her third album, Faith. The album,
of course, yielded "This Kiss", the smash that transformed the singer
from country music sensation to mega-star. This song helped Faith sell over
three million copies, and earned her, not one, but five Academy of Country
Music Awards. Next thing she knew, she was singing alongside Cher, Whitney
Houston and Tina Turner. Faith has transformed herself from simply a talented
Mississippi country girl to one of the country's most celebrated, but still
down home, country music divas. And, it all started in a place called Star.
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