Tim McGraw

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Tim McGraw at a US Air Force concert

Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw (born May 1, 1967 in Delhi , Louisiana ) is an American country singer and actor. With 37.5 million albums sold in the US alone, he is one of the most successful country singers after Garth Brooks , George Strait and Alan Jackson .

His best-known songs include Indian Outlaw , Don't Take the Girl , I Like It, I Love It and Live Like You Were Dying . McGraw reached number 1 in the US country charts with seven studio albums and 21 singles, and four of his albums also reached number 1 in the US pop charts. He has received three Grammys , 14 ACM Awards , eleven CMA Awards , ten American Music Awards, and three People's Choice Awards . (Status: 2009)

Career

Tim McGraw is the son of well-known baseball player Tug McGraw . He grew up in Start, Louisiana and was equally interested in music and sports. After graduating from high school, he began studying law at Northeast Louisiana University. But his life was increasingly determined by country music. From 1987 he appeared regularly in clubs. In 1989 he dropped out and moved to Nashville .

Two years later he signed a recording deal with Curb Records . His first single, Welcome to the Club , reached a middle spot on the country charts in 1993. His debut album Tim McGraw was released in 1993. The breakthrough came a year later with the second album Not a Moment to Soon . The single Indian Outlaw sparked controversy and was boycotted by some radio stations, but was able to place itself in the front area of ​​the hit parade. The second single from this album, Don't Take the Girl , became his first number 1 hit and also placed in the top 20 of the pop hit parade. The album sold over three million copies and was triple platinum.

The next CD, All I Want , made it back to number one on the country album charts in 1995 and produced the No. 1 single I Like It, I Love It . On the promotion tour for this album, the singer Faith Hill appeared in the opening act , who had already made a name for herself in the scene and had a successful album as well as a number 1 hit. A year later, Hill and McGraw married.

In 1997 the album Everywhere was released , from which five number 1 singles were released, including Just to See You Smile and in a duet with Faith Hill It's Your Love McGraw was also able to build on his previous successes with his next productions. In 2001 he received a Grammy for his duet with Hill Let's Make Love and had a No. 1 hit with colleague Jo Dee Messina Bring on the Rain .

The production of the 2002 album Tim McGraw and the Dance Hall Doctors was documented in the book of the same name. In the studio, he did not use session musicians, as is usual in Nashville, but resorted to his touring band, the Dance Hall Doctors .

Since 2003, Tim McGraw has been Honorary Chairman of the newly established Tug McGraw Foundation, named after his father, which is dedicated to research into brain tumors.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
CH CH UK UK US US Country Country CA CA
1993 Tim McGraw - - - - -
1994 Not a moment too soon - - US1
Six-fold platinum
× 6
Six-fold platinum

(115 weeks)US 		Country1 (145 weeks)
Country 		CA-
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
CA
1995 All I want - - US4th
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(71 weeks)US 		Country1 (104 weeks)
Country 		CA-
platinum
platinum
CA
1997 Everywhere - - US2
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(104 weeks)US 		Country1 (104 weeks)
Country 		CA8th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(3 weeks)CA
1999 A place in the sun - - US1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(86 weeks)US 		Country1 (104 weeks)
Country 		CA12
platinum
platinum

(2 weeks)CA
2001 Set This Circus Down - - US2
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(78 weeks)US 		Country1 (104 weeks)
Country 		CA14th
platinum
platinum

(2 weeks)CA
2002 Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors - - US2
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(88 weeks)US 		Country2 (104 weeks)
Country 		CA-
platinum
platinum
CA
2004 Live Like You Were Dying - - US1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(86 weeks)US 		Country1 (104 weeks)
Country 		CA2
platinum
platinum

(3 weeks)CA
2007 Let it go - - US1
platinum
platinum

(67 weeks)US 		Country1 (92 weeks)
Country 		CA1
gold
gold

(3 weeks)CA
2009 Southern Voice - - US2
gold
gold

(35 weeks)US 		Country1 (73 weeks)
Country 		CA7th
gold
gold

(3 weeks)CA
2012 Emotional traffic - - US2 (26 weeks)
US 		Country1 (57 weeks)
Country 		CA5 (2 weeks)
CA
2013 Two Lanes of Freedom - UK43 (3 weeks)
UK 		US2
gold
gold

(38 weeks)US 		Country1 (69 weeks)
Country 		CA4th
gold
gold

(3 weeks)CA
2014 Sundown Heaven Town - UK72 (1 week)
UK 		US3 (43 weeks)
US 		Country1 (52 weeks)
Country 		CA3 (2 weeks)
CA
2015 Damn Country Music - - US5 (46 weeks)
US 		Country3 (69 weeks)
Country 		CA11
gold
gold

(13 weeks)CA
2017 The rest of our life CH64 (1 week)
CH 		UK80 (1 week)
UK 		US2 (13 weeks)
US 		Country1 (19 weeks)
Country 		CA2 (4 weeks)
CA
with Faith Hill
2020 Here on Earth - - - - -

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country CA CA
2000 Greatest hits US4th
Six-fold platinum
× 6
Six-fold platinum

(105 weeks)US 		Country1 (109 weeks)
Country 		CA-
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
CA
2006 Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol 2 US2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(92 weeks)US 		Country1 (92 weeks)
Country 		CA3
platinum
platinum

(3 weeks)CA
2008 Greatest Hits: Limited Edition US10 (50 weeks)
US 		Country1 (78 weeks)
Country 		-
Tim McGraw: Collector's Edition - Country70 (4 weeks)
Country 		-
Greatest Hits 3 US9
gold
gold

(18 weeks)US 		Country1 (74 weeks)
Country 		-
Limited Edition: Greatest Hits: Volumes 1, 2 & 3 - Country38 (26 weeks)
Country 		-
2010 Number one hits US27
platinum
platinum

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2010US 		Country6 (211 weeks)
Country 		CA99 (1 week)
CA
2013 Tim McGraw & Friends US126 (3 weeks)
US 		Country18 (12 weeks)
Country 		-
2014 Love story US116 (1 week)
US 		Country19 (3 weeks)
Country 		-
2015 35 Biggest Hits US47 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2015US 		Country8 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2015Country 		-
2016 McGraw: The Ultimate Collection - Country50 (1 week)
Country 		-
2018 The Biggest Hits of Tim McGraw - Country29 (1 week)
Country 		-
Chart entry only in 2019

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US Country Country CA CA
1992 Welcome to the Tim McGraw Club
 - - Country47 (15 weeks)
Country 		-
1993 Memory Lane
Tim McGraw 		- - Country60 (7 weeks)
Country 		-
Two Steppin 'Mind
Tim McGraw 		- - Country71 (2 weeks)
Country 		-
1994 Indian Outlaw
Not a Moment Too Soon 		- US15th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US 		Country8 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
Don't Take the Girl
Not a Moment Too Soon 		- US17th
Gold + double platinum (digital)
Gold + double platinum (digital)
× 2
Gold + double platinum (digital)

(20 weeks)US 		Country1 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
Down on the Farm
Not a Moment Too Soon 		- - Country2 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
Not a Moment Too Soon
Not a Moment Too Soon 		- - Country1 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
1995 Refried Dreams
Not a Moment Too Soon 		- - Country5 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
I Like It, I Love It
All I Want 		- US25th
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US 		Country1 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
Can't Be Really Gone
All I Want 		- US87 (5 weeks)
US 		Country2 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
1996 All I Want Is a Life
All I Want 		- - Country5 (21 weeks)
Country 		-
She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart
All I Want 		- - Country1 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It
All I Want 		- - Country4 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
1997 It's Your Love
Everywhere 		- US7th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(20 weeks)US 		Country1 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
with Faith Hill
Everywhere
Everywhere 		- - Country1 (26 weeks)
Country 		-
Just to See You Smile
Everywhere 		- US-
platinum
platinum
US 		Country1 (42 weeks)
Country 		-
1998 One of These Days
Everywhere 		- US74 (10 weeks)
US 		Country2 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
Where the Green Grass Grows
Everywhere 		- US79
gold
gold

(4 weeks)US 		Country1 (32 weeks)
Country 		-
For a Little While
Everywhere 		- US37 (15 weeks)
US 		Country2 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
1999 Please Remember Me
A Place in the Sun 		- US10 (20 weeks)
US 		Country1 (24 weeks)
Country 		-
Something Like That
A Place in the Sun 		- US28
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US 		Country1 (39 weeks)
Country 		-
My Best Friend
A Place in the Sun 		- US29
platinum
platinum

(21 weeks)US 		Country1 (37 weeks)
Country 		-
2000 Some Things Never Change
A Place in the Sun 		- US58 (14 weeks)
US 		Country7 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
My Next Thirty Years
A Place in the Sun 		- US27
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US 		Country1 (46 weeks)
Country 		-
2001 Grown Men Don't Cry
Set This Circus Down 		- US25 (20 weeks)
US 		Country1 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
Angry All the Time
Set This Circus Down 		- US38 (20 weeks)
US 		Country1 (22 weeks)
Country 		-
The Cowboy in Me
Set This Circus Down 		- US33
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US 		Country1 (23 weeks)
Country 		-
2002 Unbroken
Set This Circus Down 		- US26 (20 weeks)
US 		Country1 (21 weeks)
Country 		-
Red Rag Top
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors 		- US40 (20 weeks)
US 		Country5 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
Tiny Dancer
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors 		- - Country49 (15 weeks)
Country 		-
2003 She's My Kind of Rain
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors 		- US27
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US 		Country2 (22 weeks)
Country 		-
Real Good Man
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors 		- US27
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US 		Country1 (27 weeks)
Country 		-
Watch the Wind Blow By
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors 		- US32 (20 weeks)
US 		Country1 (25 weeks)
Country 		-
2004 Live Like You Were Dying
Live Like You Were Dying 		- US29
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)US 		Country1 (21 weeks)
Country 		-
Back When
Live Like You Were Dying 		- US30 (19 weeks)
US 		Country1 (24 weeks)
Country 		-
2005 Drugs or Jesus
Live Like You Were Dying 		- US87 (9 weeks)
US 		Country14 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
Do You Want Fries with That
Live Like You Were Dying 		- US59 (11 weeks)
US 		Country5 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
My Old Friend
Live Like You Were Dying 		UK94 (1 week)
UK 		US79 (13 weeks)
US 		Country6 (22 weeks)
Country 		-
2006 When the Stars Go Blue
Tim McGraw Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 		- US37
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US 		Country4 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
My Little Girl
Tim McGraw Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 		- US35
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US 		Country3 (24 weeks)
Country 		-
2007 Last Dollar (Fly Away)
Let It Go 		- US13
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US 		Country1 (20 weeks)
Country 		CA58 (6 weeks)
CA
I need you
let it go 		- US50
platinum
platinum

(16 weeks)US 		Country8 (21 weeks)
Country 		CA75 (8 weeks)
CA
with Faith Hill
If You're Reading This
Let It Go 		- US41
gold
gold

(18 weeks)US 		Country3 (25 weeks)
Country 		CA81 (10 weeks)
CA
Suspicions
Let It Go 		- US87 (5 weeks)
US 		Country12 (18 weeks)
Country 		-
2008 Kristofferson
Let It Go 		- - Country16 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
Let It Go
Let It Go 		- US47 (15 weeks)
US 		Country2 (22 weeks)
Country 		CA75 (10 weeks)
CA
2009 Nothin 'to Die For
Let It Go 		- US68 (11 weeks)
US 		Country5 (19 weeks)
Country 		CA76 (10 weeks)
CA
It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You
Southern Voice 		- US59 (7 weeks)
US 		Country13 (11 weeks)
Country 		CA53 (8 weeks)
CA
Southern Voice
Southern Voice 		- US49
gold
gold

(18 weeks)US 		Country1 (22 weeks)
Country 		CA58 (15 weeks)
CA
2010 Still
Southern Voice 		- US91 (1 week)
US 		Country16 (16 weeks)
Country 		CA94 (1 week)
CA
Felt Good on My Lips
Number One Hits 		- US26th
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US 		Country1 (20 weeks)
Country 		CA36 (9 weeks)
CA
2011 Me and Tennessee
Country Strong (OST) 		UK63 (3 weeks)
UK 		- Country34 (10 weeks)
Country 		-
Better Than I Used to Be
Emotional Traffic 		- US52
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US 		Country5 (30 weeks)
Country 		CA71 (15 weeks)
CA
2012 Right Back Atcha Babe
Emotional Traffic 		- - Country59 (2 weeks)
Country 		-
Truck Yeah
Two Lanes of Freedom 		- US57
platinum
platinum

(16 weeks)US 		Country11 (20 weeks)
Country 		CA52 (16 weeks)
CA
One of Those Nights
Two Lanes of Freedom 		- US32
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US 		Country3 (23 weeks)
Country 		CA38 (17 weeks)
CA
2013 Highway Don't Care
Two Lanes of Freedom 		- US22nd
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(20 weeks)US 		Country4 (31 weeks)
Country 		CA21 (22 weeks)
CA
Southern Girl
Two Lanes of Freedom 		- US42
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US 		Country4 (26 weeks)
Country 		CA61 (16 weeks)
CA
2014 Lookin 'for That Girl
Sundown Heaven Town 		- US85 (4 weeks)
US 		Country18 (15 weeks)
Country 		CA47 (5 weeks)
CA
Meanwhile Back at Mama’s
Sundown Heaven Town 		- US41
platinum
platinum

(19 weeks)US 		Country7 (26 weeks)
Country 		CA47 (20 weeks)
CA
feat. Faith Hill
Shotgun Rider
Sundown Heaven Town 		- US38
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US 		Country1 (26 weeks)
Country 		CA54 (19 weeks)
CA
2015 Diamond Rings and Old Barstools
Sundown Heaven Town 		- US55
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US 		Country11 (24 weeks)
Country 		CA78 (13 weeks)
CA
with Catherine Dunn
Top of the World
Damn Country Music 		- US73 (13 weeks)
US 		Country11 (24 weeks)
Country 		CA89 (1 week)
CA
2016 Humble and Kind
Damn Country Music 		- US30th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(20 weeks)US 		Country1 (26 weeks)
Country 		CA37
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(20 weeks)CA
How I'll Always Be
Damn Country Music 		- US70 (12 weeks)
US 		Country9 (26 weeks)
Country 		-
2017 Speak to a Girl
The Rest of Our Life 		- US61 (2 weeks)
US 		Country6 (17 weeks)
Country 		-
with Faith Hill
The Rest of Our Life
The Rest of Our Life 		- US98 (1 week)
US 		Country18 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
with Faith Hill
2018 Neon Church
 - - Country24 (17 weeks)
Country 		-
2019 Thought About You
 - - Country26 (28 weeks)
Country 		-
2020 I called Mama
Here on Earth 		- US78 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020US 		Country19 (... wk.)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020Country 		-
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:
1997 You Turn Me On
Everywhere 		- - Country75 (2 weeks)
Country 		-
2000 The Trouble With Never
A Place in the Sun 		- - Country66 (5 weeks)
Country 		-
Seventeen
A Place in the Sun 		- - Country64 (15 weeks)
Country 		-
Senorita Margarita
A Place in the Sun 		- - Country74 (1 week)
Country 		-
2001 Things Change
Set This Circus Down 		- - Country32 (21 weeks)
Country 		-
Telluride
Set This Circus Down 		- - Country52 (18 weeks)
Country 		-
2006 I've Got Friends That Do
Tim McGraw Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 		- - Country49 (14 weeks)
Country 		-
2011 Christmas All Over The World
 - - Country30 (3 weeks)
Country 		-
2013 Two Lanes of Freedom
Two Lanes of Freedom 		- - Country49 (1 week)
Country 		-
2014 City Lights
Sundown Heaven Town 		- - Country46 (1 week)
Country 		-
Sick Of Me
Sundown Heaven Town 		- - Country50 (1 week)
Country 		-
Overrated
Sundown Heaven Town 		- - Country32 (2 weeks)
Country 		-
2017 Keep Your Eyes On Me
The Shack 		- - Country44 (1 week)
Country 		-
with Faith Hill

Guest Posts

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US Country Country CA CA
1998 Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me
Faith 		- - - - - Country3 (20 weeks)
Country 		-
Faith Hill feat. Tim McGraw
2000 Let's Make Love
Breathe 		- - - - US54 (14 weeks)
US 		Country6 (45 weeks)
Country 		-
Faith Hill feat. Tim McGraw
2001 Bring On The Rain
Burn 		- - - - US36 (20 weeks)
US 		Country1 (33 weeks)
Country 		-
Jo Dee Messina feat. Tim McGraw
2004 Over and over
suit 		DE8 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT7 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH6 (23 weeks)
CH 		UK1
silver
silver

(15 weeks)UK 		US3 (24 weeks)
US 		- -
Nelly feat. Tim McGraw
2005 Like We Never Loved at All
Fireflies 		- - - - US45 (21 weeks)
US 		Country5 (27 weeks)
Country 		-
Faith Hill feat. Tim McGraw
2012 Feel Like a Rock Star
Welcome to the Fishbowl 		- - - - US40
gold
gold

(7 weeks)US 		Country11 (8 weeks)
Country 		CA33 (9 weeks)
CA
Kenny Chesney feat. Tim McGraw
2016 Lovin 'Lately
Gravity 		- - - - - Country19 (32 weeks)
Country 		-
Big & Rich feat. Tim McGraw
May We All
Dig Your Roots 		- - - - US30 (20 weeks)
US 		Country2 (28 weeks)
Country 		-
Florida Georgia Line feat. Tim McGraw
Forever Country
 - - - - US21 (4 weeks)
US 		Country1 (18 weeks)
Country 		-
as part of "Artists of Then, Now & Forever"

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2007: for the video album Greatest Video Hits
  • United StatesUnited States United States
    • 1994: for the video album Indian Outlaw

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

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 14 × platinum14th 1,515,000 musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 17 × gold17th Platinum record icon.svg 59 × platinum59 67,050,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver1 0! G- 0! P- 200,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg 22 × gold22nd Platinum record icon.svg 73 × platinum73

Filmography

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  1. ↑ https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=top_tallies&ttt=TAA#search_section
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources albums: Charts CH Charts UK Charts US / CA
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources Singles: Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US / CA

Web links

personal data
SURNAME McGraw, Tim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McGraw, Samuel Timothy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Delhi , Louisiana