Faith Hill

Faith Hill during an appearance at Pope Air Force Base (2009)

Faith Hill (* 21st September 1967 in Ridgeland , Madison County, Mississippi as Audrey Faith Perry ) is an American country- and pop that sold in their career in the US alone to date 25.5 million albums singer. This makes her one of the most successful country singers. It was also awarded five Grammys .

biography

Faith Hill was born Audrey Faith Perry in 1967 in Ridgeland near Jackson , Mississippi. She grew up with adoptive parents in the nearby small town of Star. As a child she made music and had her first appearances at rodeo competitions . After graduating from high school, she attended Hinds Community College in Raymond, but dropped out at the age of 19 and moved to Nashville .

First she sold T-shirts in a small shop for country fans, then she got a job as a secretary at a music publisher . A songwriter employed there heard her sing one day and recommended that she record a demo tape. The producer of the demo, Gary Burr, made it possible for her to accompany him on his performances as a background singer . During one such gig, she, meanwhile married to Daniel Hill, was discovered and signed by a Warner Brothers manager.

Her first album, Take Me as I Am , was released in 1993. It sold more than two million times. The released single Wild One reached number one on the country charts and stayed there for four weeks. Piece of My Heart was released as the second single from this LP ; the cover version of the Erma Franklin hit also topped the country charts in 1994. In the same year, the Hill couple divorced.

After some vocal cord problems, Faith Hill's second album was released in 1995: It Matters to Me , which even surpassed the sales of the first. In the same year she went on tour with Tim McGraw , whom she married a few months later. In 1997 the first of three daughters was born. In the same year Hill and McGraw recorded the joint single It's Your Love , which took first place for six weeks and received multiple awards.

In 1998 her third album Faith was released , which was released in Germany with the title Love Will Always Win . The sales figures could be increased again. Faith Hill found her audience outside of the country scene. The single This Kiss was placed high in the pop charts. The next album, Breathe , reached top positions in both the country and pop charts. It was their most successful album to date and was awarded a Grammy .

In 2000 she sang the song Where Are You Christmas for the film The Grinch . In 2001 she contributed the theme song There You'll Be to the film Pearl Harbor . In 2002 the album Cry came out, with which she largely moved away from country music.

Hill sang at the closing ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games . In 2003 she gave a solidarity concert in front of 10,000 Gulf War soldiers in Fort Bragg. Faith Hill was voted one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" by People Magazine readers and received numerous awards and prizes. Her first film role was in the remake of The Stepford Women .

In 2005 the album Fireflies was released . The released single Mississippi Girl was like the entire album again more country-heavy; the follow-up single Like We Never Loved at All was again a duet with husband Tim McGraw. A duo album was released in 2017. Since 2000, the two have been on tour together several times. The Soul2Soul tours were extremely successful.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Country
1993	Take Me as I Am	-	-	-	-	US59 × 3 Triple platinum (54 weeks)US	Country7 (122 weeks) Country	First published: October 12, 1993
1995	It matters to me	-	-	-	-	US29 × 4 Quadruple platinum (80 weeks)US	Country4 (104 weeks) Country	First published: August 29, 1995
1998	Faith / Love Will Always Win	DE66 (3 weeks) DE	AT36 (4 weeks) AT	-	-	US7th × 6 Six-fold platinum (99 weeks)US	Country2 (104 weeks) Country	First published: April 21, 1998
1999	Breathe	DE76 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH38 (28 weeks) CH	UK19 (23 weeks) UK	US1 × 8 Eight times platinum (103 weeks)US	Country1 (104 weeks) Country	First published: November 9, 1999
2002	Cry	DE12 (13 weeks) DE	AT60 (2 weeks) AT	CH20 (8 weeks) CH	UK29 (3 weeks) UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (39 weeks)US	Country1 (63 weeks) Country	First published: October 15, 2002
2005	Fireflies	-	-	CH37 (6 weeks) CH	-	US1 × 2 Double platinum (67 weeks)US	Country1 (104 weeks) Country	First published: August 2, 2005
2008	Joy to the World	-	-	-	-	US13 gold (27 weeks)US	Country2 (15 weeks) Country	First published: September 30, 2008
2017	The rest of our life	-	-	CH64 (1 week) CH	UK80 (1 week) UK	US2 (13 weeks) US	Country1 (19 weeks) Country	First published: November 17, 2017 with Tim McGraw

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Country
2001	There you'll be	DE14 (6 weeks) DE	AT11 (4 weeks) AT	CH13 (6 weeks) CH	UK6th platinum (12 weeks)UK	-	-	First published: October 8, 2001
2007	The hits	-	-	-	-	US12 (13 weeks) US	Country3 (75 weeks) Country	First published: October 2, 2007
2016	Deep tracks	-	-	-	-	-	Country22 (1 week) Country	First published: November 18, 2016

more publishments

• 1996: Piece of My Heart

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Country
1993	Wild One Take Me as I Am	-	-	-	UK92 (1 week) UK	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	First published: September 23, 1993
1994	Piece of My Heart Take Me as I Am	-	-	-	-	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	First published: January 13, 1994
	But I Will Take Me as I Am	-	-	-	-	-	Country35 (12 weeks) Country	First published: May 12, 1994
	Take Me as I Am Take Me as I Am	-	-	-	-	-	Country2 (20 weeks) Country	First published: September 12, 1994
1995	Let's Go to Vegas It Matters to Me	-	-	-	-	-	Country5 (20 weeks) Country	First published: July 1995
	It Matters to Me It Matters to Me	-	-	-	-	US74 (16 weeks) US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	First published: November 14, 1995
1996	Someone Else's Dream It Matters to Me	-	-	-	-	-	Country3 (20 weeks) Country	First published: January 1996
	You Can't Lose Me It Matters to Me	-	-	-	-	-	Country6 (20 weeks) Country	First published: April 1996
	I Can't Do That Anymore It Matters to Me	-	-	-	-	-	Country8 (20 weeks) Country	First published: October 7, 1996
1998	This Kiss Faith	DE52 (9 weeks) DE	AT18 (11 weeks) AT	-	UK13 silver (11 weeks)UK	US7th platinum (48 weeks)US	Country1 (25 weeks) Country	First published: March 3, 1998
	Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me Faith	-	-	-	-	-	Country3 (20 weeks) Country	First published: June 1998 with Tim McGraw
	Let Me Let Go Faith	-	-	-	UK72 (2 weeks) UK	US33 (17 weeks) US	Country1 (21 weeks) Country	First published: September 30, 1998
1999	Love Ain't Like That Faith	-	-	-	-	US68 (8 weeks) US	Country12 (20 weeks) Country	First published: January 16, 1999
	The Secret of Life Faith	-	-	-	-	US46 (18 weeks) US	Country4 (24 weeks) Country	First published: April 26, 1999
	Breathe Breathe	-	-	-	UK33 gold (5 weeks)UK	US2 × 2 Double gold (53 weeks)US	Country1 (28 weeks) Country	First published: October 4, 1999
2000	The Way You Love Me Breathe	-	-	CH49 (12 weeks) CH	UK15 (5 weeks) UK	US6 (56 weeks) US	Country1 (38 weeks) Country	First published: February 29, 2000
	Let's Make Love Breathe	-	-	-	-	US54 (14 weeks) US	Country6 (45 weeks) Country	First published: August 2000 with Tim McGraw
	Where Are You, Christmas? The Grinch (OST)	-	-	-	-	US65 (1 week) US	Country26 (6 weeks) Country	First published: December 2000
2001	If My Heart Had Wings Breathe	-	-	-	-	US39 (18 weeks) US	Country3 (20 weeks) Country	First published: January 8, 2001
	There You'll Be There You'll Be / Pearl Harbor (OST)	DE8 (18 weeks) DE	AT5 (19 weeks) AT	CH5 (24 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (25 weeks)UK	US10 (20 weeks) US	Country11 (20 weeks) Country	First published: May 13, 2001
2002	Cry Cry	DE93 (1 week) DE	-	CH72 (3 weeks) CH	UK25 (5 weeks) UK	US33 (26 weeks) US	Country12 (20 weeks) Country	First published: September 30, 2002
	When the Lights Go Down Cry	DE64 (4 weeks) DE	AT52 (6 weeks) AT	-	-	-	Country26 (20 weeks) Country	First published: November 19, 2002
2003	You're Still Here Cry	-	-	-	-	-	Country28 (16 weeks) Country	First published: June 10, 2003
2005	Mississippi Girl Fireflies	-	-	-	-	US29 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	First published: May 28, 2005
	Like We Never Loved at All Fireflies	-	-	-	-	US45 (21 weeks) US	Country5 (27 weeks) Country	First published: August 1, 2005
2006	The Lucky One Fireflies	-	-	-	-	US69 (9 weeks) US	Country5 (20 weeks) Country	First published: February 13, 2006
	Sunshine and Summertime Fireflies	-	-	-	-	US70 (10 weeks) US	Country7 (20 weeks) Country	First published: June 17, 2006
	Stealing Kisses Fireflies	-	-	-	-	-	Country36 (20 weeks) Country	First published: October 14, 2006
2007	Lost The Hits	-	-	-	-	US62 (2 weeks) US	Country32 (13 weeks) Country	First published: June 19, 2007
	Red Umbrella The Hits	-	-	-	-	-	Country28 (19 weeks) Country	First published: September 13, 2007
2008	A Baby Changes Everything Joy to the World	-	-	-	-	-	Country36 (5 weeks) Country	First published: September 2008
2011	Come home	-	-	-	-	US82 (1 week) US	Country26 (12 weeks) Country	First published: November 9, 2011
2012	American Heart	-	-	-	-	-	Country35 (17 weeks) Country	First published: October 1, 2012
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
1999	I got my baby breathe	-	-	-	-	-	Country63 (4 weeks) Country
	It Will Be Me Breathe	-	-	-	-	-	Country68 (1 week) Country
	If I'm Not in Love Breathe	-	-	-	-	-	Country74 (1 week) Country
2001	The Star-Spangled Banner	-	-	-	-	-	Country35 (13 weeks) Country	Live from Super Bowl XXXIV
	There Will Come a Day Breathe	-	-	-	-	-	Country36 (17 weeks) Country
2008	Joy to the World Joy to the World	-	-	-	-	-	Country44 (3 weeks) Country
	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Joy to the World	-	-	-	-	-	Country53 (4 weeks) Country
	Little Drummer Boy Joy to the World	-	-	-	-	-	Country58 (3 weeks) Country
2009	O Come All Ye Faithful Joy to the World	-	-	-	-	-	Country60 (1 week) Country
2011	Give In to Me Country Strong OST	-	-	-	-	-	Country56 (3 weeks) Country
2017	Keep Your Eyes on Me The Shack OST	-	-	-	-	-	Country44 (1 week) Country	with Tim McGraw

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Country
1996	Hope	-	-	-	-	-	Country57 (3 weeks) Country	with various artists
1997	It's Your Love Everywhere	-	-	-	-	US7 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (20 weeks) Country	First published: May 12, 1997 Tim McGraw feat. Faith Hill
1998	One Heart At A Time	-	-	-	-	US56 (20 weeks) US	Country69 (5 weeks) Country	with various artists
2007	I need you let it go	-	-	-	-	US50 (16 weeks) US	Country8 (21 weeks) Country	First published: April 23, 2007 Tim McGraw feat. Faith Hill
2014	Meanwhile Back at Mama's Sundown Heaven Town	-	-	-	-	US41 (19 weeks) US	Country7 (26 weeks) Country	First published: April 14, 2014 Tim McGraw feat. Faith Hill
2016	Forever Country The Rest of Our Life	-	-	-	-	US21 (4 weeks) US	Country1 (18 weeks) Country	as part of Artists of Then, Now & Forever
2017	Speak to a Girl The Rest of Our Life	-	-	-	-	US61 (2 weeks) US	Country6 (17 weeks) Country	First published: March 23, 2017 with Tim McGraw
	The Rest of Our Life The Rest of Our Life	-	-	-	-	US98 (1 week) US	Country18 (20 weeks) Country	First published: October 5, 2017 with Tim McGraw

More singles

• 1997: Who I Am
• 2003: One
• 2003: Baby You Belong
• 2006: Stealing Kisses

Video albums

• 2003: When the Lights Go Down (US:gold)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 1999: for the album Love Will Always Win 2002: for the album Cry  Belgium 2001: for the single There You'll Be  Denmark 2002: for the album There You'll Be  Canada 2003: for the single Cry  New Zealand 2002: for the album There You'll Be  Spain 2001: for the album Breathe Platinum record  Australia 1999: for the single This Kiss  Canada 2002: for the album Cry 2006: for the album Fireflies

2 × platinum record  Australia 2001: for the album Breathe  New Zealand 2001: for the album Breathe 3 × platinum record  Canada 1999: for the album Take Me As I Am 4 × platinum record  Canada 1999: for the album Faith 1999: for the album It Matters to Me

5 × platinum record  Australia 2006: for the album There You'll Be  Canada 2001: for the album Breathe

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	8 × platinum8th	630,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	hitlisten.nu
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	18 × platinum18th	1,850,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	37,500	nztop40.co.nz
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	-	50,000	Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	26 × platinum26th	27,550,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	2 × gold2	platinum1	1,000,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	13 × gold13	55 × platinum55

Awards (selection)

1993

• ACM Award - Top New Female Vocalist

1997

• CMA Award - Vocal Event of the Year (with Tim McGraw)
• ACM Award - Single of the Year
• ACM Award - Song of the Year
• ACM Award - Video of the Year
• ACM Award - Vocal Event of the Year

1998

• CMA Award - Music Video of the Year
• ACM Award - Single of the Year
• ACM Award - Top Female Vocalist
• ACM Award - Video of the Year

1999

• ACM Award - Top Female Vocalist
• ACM Award - Video of the Year

2000

• Grammy - Best Female Country Vocal Performance
• Grammy - Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (with Tim McGraw)
• Grammy - Best Country Album
• CMA Award - Female Vocalist of the Year
• ACM Award - Top Female Vocalist

2002

• Grammy - Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Web links

• Faith Hill at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Faith Hill at Discogs (English)
• Faith Hills official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=top_tallies&ttt=TAA#search_section
2. ↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/faith-hill
3. ↑ https://www.eonline.com/news/859651/inside-faith-hill-and-tim-mcgraw-s-145-million-empire-private-islands-record-breaking-tours-and-more
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US