  Faith Hill was born Audrey Faith
Perry Hill on September 21, 1967, in
Mississippi. Faith grew up singing at 4H
Club's, family reunions, churches, and
eventually country fairs. When Faith turned
19, she went to Nashville to determine if she
could make it as a country singer. It took a
few odd jobs before Faith was discovered
while working at a music publishing company
and eventually cut a demo of a track named
"It Scares Me." But it still wasn't
until the 90s when Faith's debut LP started
her success on the country charts and
eventually crossing over to the pop charts.
CDNow described Faith as "...(embodying)
everything alternative country purists hate:
she's got runway-model good looks, she
doesn't write her own material, and her sound
pops way more than it twangs."
 Faith released her debut LP, Take
Me As I Am.
Faith topped the Billboard
Country Singles chart for 4 weeks with
"Wild One."
Faith topped the Billboard
Country Singles chart for a week with
"Piece Of My Heart."
Take
Me As I Am was certified gold.
Take
Me As I Am was certified platinum.
Faith was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Country New
Artist.
 It
Matters To Me was released.
Faith contributed the track
"Where You Lead" to the Carole
King tribute LP, Tapestry
Revisited.
It
Matters To Me was certified gold.
Faith topped the Billboard Hot
Country Singles & Tracks chart for 3
weeks and the Hot Country Singles Sales chart
for 10 weeks with "It Matters To
Me."
It
Matters To Me was certified platinum.
Faith launched the 'Faith Hill
Family Literacy Project' in conjunction with
her label, Warner Bros. Records.
Take
Me As I Am was certified 2x platinum.
Faith married country singer Tim McGraw.
 # 204
Singles Artist of the Year
It
Matters To Me was certified 2x platinum.
Faith was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Female
Artist.
Faith was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country
Collaboration with Vocals ("Hope:
Country Music's Quest For A Cure" with Vince
Gill, Tim McGraw, Trisha
Yearwood, Lorrie Morgan,
Marty Stuart, Little
Texas, Tracy Lawrence,
Terri Clark, Neal
McCoy, Travis Tritt
& John Berry ).
Faith gave birth to her first
child - a daughter.
Faith topped the Billboard
Country Singles Sales chart for 12 weeks with
Tim McGraw on "It's Your
Love."
Faith topped the Billboard
Country Singles chart for 6 weeks with Tim McGraw on "It's Your
Love."
Faith won a Country Music
Association Award for Vocal Event of the Year
("It's Your Love" with Tim McGraw).
 # 34
Singles Artist of the Year
Faith received 4 Academy of
Country Music Award nominations.
Faith was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Country
Collaboration and Best Country Song
(songwriter) ("It's Your Love" with
Tim McGraw).
 Faith was released.
Faith took home some Academy of
Country Music Awards with her husband Tim McGraw including
Single of the Year, Song of the Year, Video
of the Year, and Vocal Event of the Year
("It's Your Love").
Faith hit the Top 40 with "This Kiss."
Faith topped the Billboard
Country Singles chart with "This Kiss" for 3 weeks.
Faith was certified platinum
and the single "This Kiss" was certified
gold.
Faith hit the Top 40 on the pop
charts with "This Kiss" and gave birth
to another daughter.
Faith topped the Billboard
Country Singles Sales chart with "This Kiss" for 21 weeks.
It
Matters To Me was certified 3x platinum.
"This Kiss" hit the Top
10.
Faith won a Country Music
Association Award for Music Video of the Year
("This Kiss").
Faith was nominated for a
Billboard Video Music Award.
The single "This Kiss" was certified
platinum.
Faith topped the Billboard
Country Singles chart with "Let Me Let
Go" for a week.
 # 115
Singles Artist of the Year
Faith was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Female
Artist.
Faith was certified 2x
platinum.
Faith was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("This Kiss"), Best Country
Collaboration ("Just To Hear You Say
That You Love Me" with Tim McGraw), and Best Country Album (Faith).
Faith led the pack with 6
Academy of Country Music Award nominations.
 Faith appeared on VH1
Divas Live 99.
Faith took home 4 trophies at
the Academy of Country Music Awards.
At the TNN/Music City News
Awards Faith won for Single and Video of the
Year ("This Kiss") and Female
Artist of the Year.
Faith was certified 3x
platinum.
Faith was certified 4x
platinum.
Faith released Breathe and the LP topped the
Billboard 200 Albums chart for a week and the
Billboard Country Albums chart. CDNow said of
the LP: "Breathe finds Hill treading
new ground with deep, bluesy vocals fleshed
out with more pop material."
 Faith hit the Top 40 with "Breathe" and began 6
weeks at #1 on the Billboard Country charts.
 # 12
Singles Artist of the Year
Faith was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Female
Artist.
Breathe was certified 2x
platinum.
Faith was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Let Me Let Go").
Breathe was certified 3x
platinum.
"Breathe" hit the Top
10.
Faith appeared at the Academy
Awards as a last minute replacement for Whitney Houston as part of a tribute
to Oscar-winning songs.
"Breathe" topped the
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 17
weeks and the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart
for a week.
"The
Way You Love Me" spent 4 weeks at #1 on
the Billboard Country charts.
 Faith started to tour with hubby
Tim McGraw with their 'Soul 2
Soul 2000' tour.
The single "Breathe" was certified
gold.
Faith was certified 5x
platinum.
Faith hit the Top 40 with "The
Way You Love Me."
 Breathe was certified
4x platinum.
Faith won a Country Music
Association Award for Female Vocalist of the
Year and performed "There Will Come A
Day" at the ceremony - she was also
nominated for Entertainer of the Year, Single
of the Year and Song of the Year ("Breathe"), Album of the
Year (Breathe), Vocal Event of the
Year ("Let's Make Love" with Tim McGraw), and Video of the
Year ("Breathe").
"The
Way You Love Me" topped the Billboard
Country Singles Sales chart for 15 weeks.
 Faith won a Billboard Music
Award for Best Country Clip of the Year
("Breathe").
Faith could be seen with her
first television special on CBS and as part
of the Today Show Fall concert
series.
Faith took home 3 'My VH1'
Awards - Sexxxiest Video ("Breathe"), "You Want
Fries With That Album?" (best
commercials, in this case, Pepsi), and Woman
of the Year.
Faith could be heard on the
soundtrack for How
The Grinch Stole Christmas with "Where Are
You Christmas?"
Faith hit the Top
10
with "The
Way You Love Me."
Breathe was certified 5x
platinum.
Faith topped Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Hot 100
Single ("Breathe"), Top Hot 100
Artist - Female, Top Hot 100 Airplay Track
("Breathe"), Top Country
Artist - Female, Top Country Album Artist -
Female, Top Hot Country Singles & Tracks
Artist - Female, Top Country Singles Sales
Artist, and Top Country Single Sales ("Breathe").
Faith signed with Cover Girl
cosmetics.
 # 47
Singles Artist of the Year
Faith won 3 American Music
Awards including Favorite Pop/Rock
Female Artist, Favorite Country Female
Artist, and Favorite Country Album (Breathe).
Faith won a People's Choice
Award for Favorite Female Musical Performer.
Faith won 3 Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Breathe"), Best Country
Collaboration with Vocals ("Let's Make
Love" with Tim McGraw), and Best Country Album (Breathe).
Faith was nominated for 4
Academy of Country Music Awards including
Entertainer of the Year, Top Female Vocalist,
Vocal Event of the Year ("Let's Make
Love" with Tim McGraw), and Video of the
Year ("The
Way You Love Me").
Breathe was certified 6x
platinum.
Faith won a Blockbuster
Entertainment Award for Favorite Female
Artist - Country and was nominated for
Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Single
("Breathe"), and Favorite
Female Artist - Pop.
 Faith hit the Top 40 with "There You'll Be" from the film Pearl
Harbor.
Faith topped the Billboard Adult
Contemporary chart for 12 weeks with "There You'll Be"
Faith hit the Top 10 with "There You'll Be"
Breathe was certified 7x
platinum.
"There You'll Be" topped the
Canadian singles chart.
 Faith performed "There Will
Come A Day" for a landmark fundraiser (America:
A Tribute To Heroes) aired by all the
major networks to raise money for families of
the victims of recent terrorist attacks.
Faith was nominated for a
Country Music Association Award for Female
Vocalist of the Year.
Faith and hubby Tim McGraw welcomed the birth of
another daughter.
Faith topped Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Country
Album Artist - Female and Top Hot Adult
Contemporary Artist.
 # 182
Singles Artist of the Year
Faith won a People's Choice
Award for Favorite Female Musical Performer.
Faith won an American Music
Award for Favorite
Country Female Artist.
Faith was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Female
("There You'll Be").
It
Matters To Me was certified 4x platinum.
Faith ranked #
30 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
 Faith performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Faith released her next LP, Cry.
Faith hit the Top 40 with "Cry."
Faith topped the Billboard 200
LP chart and the Country LP chart with Cry - the LP sold over
472,000 copies in the US in its first week of
release.
Faith topped the Billboard Adult
Contemporary chart for 11 weeks with "Cry."
Faith had her own television
special on NBC on Thanksgiving evening - When
The Lights Go Down.
Cry was certified 2x
platinum.
 # 141
Singles Artist of the Year
Faith won a People's Choice
Award for Favorite Female Musical Performer.
Faith won a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female ("Cry"). Faith also
performed at the ceremony.
Take
Me As I Am was certified 3x
platinum and Breathe was certified 8x
platinum.
Faith was certified 6x
platinum.
Faith won an American Music
Award for Favorite Country Female
Artist.
Faith topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Country
Album Artist - Female.
Faith won a
People's Choice Award for Favorite Female
Performer (a tie with Beyoncé
Knowles).
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