Faith Hill - Artist of the day

• Faith Hill’s debut album, “Take Me as I Am,” was released in 1993. Her debut single, “Wild One,” held the No. 1 spot for four consecutive weeks. The title track from 1995’s “It Matters to Me” gave Hill her third chart-topping hit. Faith and husband Tim McGraw’s first duet, “It’s Your Love,” was No. 1 for six weeks and gave Faith her first CMA award, for Vocal Event.
  
• The 1998 album “Faith” produced the hit “This Kiss,” which went to No. 1. Other hit singles included “Let Me Let Go” and “Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me.”
  
• 1999’s “Breathe” debuted at No. 1 and sold more than 8 million copies. The title track stayed at No. 1 for six weeks.
  
• She earned three Grammys in 2000 – Female Country Vocal Performance, Best Country Album and Country Collaboration with Vocals for the McGraw duet “Let’s Make Love.”
  
• 2002’s “Cry” album sold 2 million copies. The title track won a 2003 Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal - Performance.
  
• Hill released “Fireflies” in 2005. The first single, “Mississippi Girl,” reached No. 1. She and McGraw also scored another hit with “Like We Never Loved at All.”
  
• Hill issued her first Christmas album, “Joy to the World,” in 2008. Her debut fragrance, “Faith Hill,” launched in 2009; she followed up with a second perfume this summer called “True.”
  
• Hill has been ranked the 39th best artist of the 2000-10 decade by Billboard. She is also familiar to football fans as the voice of NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
  
• Hill contributed the new track “Give in to Me” to the “Country Strong” soundtrack. She also collaborated with George Strait for his new album, “Here for a Good Time,” contributing background vocals on “A Showman’s Life.”
  
• Mattel has introduced the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Barbie dolls. They come together as a gift set for $69.95. Faith and Tim will celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary this October.
  
• Faith is once again performing the opening theme for NBC “Sunday Night Football,” “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night.” She is currently in the studio recording what will be her first release of new music in six years.
  
• Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will tour Australia starting March 14, 2012. Australia will be the only place that she and her husband will perform together next year. The joint tour marks the first time in five years that the couple have done a length run of shows together, the last being their “Soul2Soul II” tour, which grossed more money than any other tour ever.
  
• The Tim McGraw/Faith Hill 2012 Australian tour kicks off at the Burswood Dome in Perth on March 14.
  
• Official Web site: www.faithhill.com