Martina McBride

Martina McBride (2010)

Martina McBride (born July 29, 1966 in Sharon , Kansas ; born Martina Mariea Schiff ) is an American country singer who has been one of the most successful artists of her genre since the mid-1990s. At the CMA Awards , the most important distinction in country, she has been named “Singer of the Year” four times. In addition, she has been nominated 14 times for a Grammy , but has not yet received an award. McBride has sold more than 18 million albums worldwide.

Life

McBride grew up in typical rural areas of the American Midwest. As a child, she was enthusiastic about country music at an early age, but also liked the rock stars of the time. In high school, she gained her first experience in bands before appearing as a professional singer in Wichita , Kansas in the mid-1980s . In 1988 she married John McBride and moved to Nashville with him in 1990 . During this time she was already working intensively on her first demo tape, while her husband worked for artists such as Charlie Daniels , Ricky Van Shelton and Garth Brooks .

In the early 1990s, McBride signed a recording deal with RCA Records and released their debut album The Time Has Come in 1992 . The production was traditional compared to later albums and only sold modestly. The title song was her first top 40 hit in the country charts, and other releases (including the drinker ballad Cheap Whiskey ) made McBride popular, but only partially successful.

My Baby Loves Me was her first big hit in the American country charts in 1993 (number 2). The accompanying album The Way That I Am sold more than a million copies and stayed in the country album charts for over 100 weeks. The song Independence Day , written by Gretchen Peters , is the story of a girl who has to experience violence in her family. A little later, it was one of Martina McBride's greatest successes and received the CMA Award for "Song Of The Year 1995".

Martina McBride (2014)

The album Wild Angels (1995) threw the title song, written by colleague Matraca Berg , for the first time a number 1 hit in the charts. McBride's albums sold steadily better, they now had stronger pop shares: Evolution 1997 brought it to over four million units, while Greatest Hits 2001 also reached the top ten of the pop album charts for the first time, as did her album Martina in 2003. On the latter album she oriented herself more towards the country genre after the album Emotion (1999) had little to do with it. Timeless , published in 2005, contains only well-known country classics that were largely recorded traditionally and document McBride's return to the genre. The singer has now sold over 13 million records in the United States alone. In 2009 her album Shine was released . In 2011 McBride released her eleventh studio album Eleven ; McBride wrote most of the songs himself. The singles Teenage Daughters and I'm Gonna Love You Though It are the biggest hits in years. In 2012 she released the single Marry Me , a duet with Train frontman Pat Monathan .

After 2009, McBride's long-term collaboration with the RCA label ended . As a result, she began to record albums for different labels, which could no longer quite build on the old successes. While it continued to do well in the album charts, it hasn't had any hits in the country or pop charts since 2011. That year she celebrated her first top 10 success since 2007 with I'm Gonna Love You Through It .

In 2005 McBride recorded an album of country classics. Timeless is a collection of 18 country songs, including legendary songs of the genre such as Don Gibson's I Can't Stop Loving You , Johnny Cash's I Still Miss Someone or Joe South's (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden . The album, which also features guest stars such as Dolly Parton , Dwight Yoakam and Rhonda Vincent , was awarded platinum and reached number one on the country and number three on the pop charts. McBride took up the concept of interpreting classics again in 2014 with Everlasting . This time, however, she covered well-known soul evergreens such as If You Don't Know Me by Now by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes or Do Right Woman, Do Right Man by Aretha Franklin. McBride was able to win Gavin DeGraw and Kelly Clarkson as duet partners for the work produced by Don Was . This album also reached number one on the country charts. A novelty, because McBride was the first singer who managed to rank first with an indie release.

2016 studio album was released Reckless at Nash icon , a label that older country stars such as Reba McEntire , Ronnie Dunn and Hank Williams Jr. under contract.

Success outside of the US

Martina McBride has had her greatest success so far in the US country market. Already at the beginning of her career, the singer made attempts to conquer abroad. In 1994 she accompanied America's greatest country star Garth Brooks on tour through Europe and visited Germany in this context. From 1993 her albums for the German market were partly released with different covers and a different track list. The use of the song I Love You in the film The Bride Who Doesn't Dare (1999) helped McBride achieve greater success in Germany for the first time. As the only single so far, it reached number 79 in the German charts.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1992	The time has come	-	Country49 (24 weeks) Country
1994	The Way That I Am	US106 platinum (30 weeks)US	Country14 (104 weeks) Country
1995	Wild Angels	US77 platinum (25 weeks)US	Country17 (66 weeks) Country
1998	evolution	US24 × 3 Triple platinum (93 weeks)US	Country4 (104 weeks) Country
	White Christmas	US64 × 2 Double platinum (40 weeks)US	Country9 (14 weeks) Country
1999	CMT All Access –– Girls Night Out	-	Country30 (13 weeks) Country	with Sara Evans , Mindy McCready and Lorrie Morgan
	emotion	US19th platinum (37 weeks)US	Country3 (100 weeks) Country
2001	Greatest hits	US5 × 4 Quadruple platinum (104 weeks)US	Country1 (104 weeks) Country
2003	Martina	US7th × 2 Double platinum (89 weeks)US	Country1 (104 weeks) Country
2005	Timeless	US3 platinum (27 weeks)US	Country1 (102 weeks) Country
2007	Waking Up Laughing	US4th gold (24 weeks)US	Country2 (61 weeks) Country
2008	Martina McBride: Live in Concert	US112 (2 weeks) US	Country19 (8 weeks) Country
2009	Shine	US10 (9 weeks) US	Country1 (75 weeks) Country
2011	Eleven	US10 (11 weeks) US	Country4 (35 weeks) Country
2012	Hits and more	US47 (4 weeks) US	Country11 (29 weeks) Country
2013	The Classic Christmas Album	US177 (3 weeks) US	Country27 (18 weeks) Country
2014	Everlasting	US7 (5 weeks) US	Country1 (13 weeks) Country
2016	Reckless	US31 (2 weeks) US	Country2 (15 weeks) Country

More albums

• 2005: My Heart (US:gold)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1992	The Time Has Come The Time Has Come	-	Country23 (20 weeks) Country
	That's Me The Time Has Come	-	Country43 (15 weeks) Country
1993	Cheap Whiskey The Time Has Come	-	Country44 (15 weeks) Country
	My Baby Loves Me The Way That I Am	-	Country2 (21 weeks) Country
1994	Life # 9 The Way That I Am	-	Country6 (20 weeks) Country
	Independence Day The Way That I Am	US- gold US	Country12 (20 weeks) Country
1995	Heart Trouble The Way That I Am	-	Country21 (20 weeks) Country
	Where I Used to Have a Heart The Way That I Am	-	Country49 (9 weeks) Country
	Safe in the Arms of Love Wild Angels	-	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
1996	Wild Angels Wild Angels	-	Country1 (20 weeks) Country
	Phones Are Ringin 'All Over Town Wild Angels	-	Country28 (19 weeks) Country
	Swingin 'Doors Wild Angels	-	Country38 (15 weeks) Country
	O Holy Night	-	Country74 (1 week) Country
1997	Cry on the Shoulder of the Road Wild Angels	-	Country26 (16 weeks) Country
	Still Holding On	-	Country11 (20 weeks) Country	with Clint Black
	Valentine evolution	US50 (20 weeks) US	Country9 (20 weeks) Country	with Jim Brickman
1998	A Broken Wing Evolution	-	Country1 (25 weeks) Country
	Happy girl evolution	-	Country2 (22 weeks) Country
	This Small Divide Evolution	-	Country55 (7 weeks) Country	Jason Sellers feat. Martina McBride
1999	Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow White Christmas	-	Country64 (3 weeks) Country
	Wrong Again Evolution	US36 (9 weeks) US	Country1 (26 weeks) Country
	Whatever You Say Evolution	US37 (20 weeks) US	Country2 (27 weeks) Country
	I love you evolution	US24 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (33 weeks) Country
2000	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas White Christmas	-	Country53 (9 weeks) Country
	Love's the Only House Emotion	US42 (20 weeks) US	Country3 (28 weeks) Country
	There You Are Emotion	US60 (13 weeks) US	Country10 (29 weeks) Country
	The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) White Christmas	-	Country67 (3 weeks) Country
2001	White Christmas White Christmas	-	Country62 (5 weeks) Country
	O Holy Night White Christmas	-	Country41 (8 weeks) Country
	It's My Time Emotion	-	Country11 (21 weeks) Country
	When God-Fearin 'Women Get the Blues Greatest Hits	US64 (10 weeks) US	Country8 (20 weeks) Country
2002	Blessed Greatest Hits	US31 (20 weeks) US	Country1 (32 weeks) Country
	Where Would You Be Greatest Hits	US45 (16 weeks) US	Country3 (30 weeks) Country
	Practice Life	-	Country33 (20 weeks) Country	with Andy Griggs
2003	Concrete Angel Greatest Hits	US47 gold (19 weeks)US	Country5 (26 weeks) Country
	This One's for the Girls Martina	US39 gold (20 weeks)US	Country3 (23 weeks) Country
2004	In My Daughter's Eyes Martina	US39 gold (16 weeks)US	Country4 (20 weeks) Country
	How Far Martina	US68 (8 weeks) US	Country12 (20 weeks) Country
	Trip Around The Sun	-	Country20 (20 weeks) Country	with Jimmy Buffett
2005	God's Will Martina	US85 (8 weeks) US	Country16 (21 weeks) Country
	(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden Timeless	US98 (2 weeks) US	Country18 (22 weeks) Country
2006	I Still Miss Someone Timeless	-	Country50 (5 weeks) Country	with Dolly Parton
	Baby, it's cold outside	US45 (1 week) US	Country36 (5 weeks) Country	with Dean Martin
2007	Anyway Waking Up Laughing	US32 gold (16 weeks)US	Country5 (23 weeks) Country
	How I Feel Waking Up Laughing	-	Country15 (20 weeks) Country
2008	For These Times Waking Up Laughing	-	Country35 (16 weeks) Country
	Blue Christmas	-	Country36 (4 weeks) Country	with Elvis Presley
2009	Ride Shine	US82 (8 weeks) US	Country11 (24 weeks) Country
	I just call you mine shine	US97 (1 week) US	Country18 (30 weeks) Country
2010	Wrong, baby, wrong shine	US74 (15 weeks) US	Country11 (23 weeks) Country
2011	Teenage Daughters Eleven	US100 (1 week) US	Country17 (16 weeks) Country
	I'm Gonna Love You Through It Eleven	US61 (20 weeks) US	Country4 (33 weeks) Country
	Care	-	Country58 (4 weeks) Country	Kid Rock feat. Angaleena Presley and Martina McBride
	Please Come Home For Christmas	-	Country51 (2 weeks) Country
2012	Marry Me Eleven	-	Country45 (8 weeks) Country	feat. Pat Monahan

Video albums

• 2003: Martina (US:platinum)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 2002: for the album White Christmas 2002: for the album Greatest Hits Platinum record  Canada 1996: for the album The Way That I Am 1997: for the album Wild Angels 2000: for the album Evolution 2001: for the album Emotion 2006: for the album Timeless

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

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	2 × gold2	5 × platinum5	600,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	7 × gold7th	16 × platinum16	18,600,000	riaa.com
All in all	9 × gold9	21 × platinum21st

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1. ↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/martina-mcbride
2. ↑ http://www.cmt.com/news/1651761/martina-mcbride-signs-to-republic-nashville/
3. ^ Criticism on Taste of Country
4. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/6028911/martina-mcbride-everlasting-full-album-stream-listen
5. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/6062364/luke-bryan-martina-mcbride-top-country-songs-albums-charts
6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Charts US

Web links

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• Official website (English)
• Martina McBride at Allmusic (English)
• Martina McBride at Discogs (English)
• Martina McBride in the Internet Movie Database (English)