Faith Hill

Major Works

Albums

• Take Me as I Am (1994)
• It Matters to Me (1995)
• Piece of My Heart (1996)
• Faith (1998)
• Breathe (1999)
• There You’ll Be (2001)
• Cry (2002)
• Fireflies (2005)
• The Hits (2007)
• Joy to the World (2008)
• Illusion (2012)
• Deep Tracks (2016)

Faith Hill: A Biography

By Aaron Ainsworth (SHS)

Faith Hill, born on September 21, 1967, in Jackson, Mississippi, has definitely made her place in country music stardom. Audrey Faith Perry was adopted by Ted and Edna Perry and raised in Star, Mississippi, just 25 miles outside of Jackson. At age seven, she made her debut in music at a mother-daughter luncheon (Faith Hill Facts). Little did she know that this was the beginning of a fantastic career.

A graduate of McLaurin High School,  Faith began her career with her first album Take Me As I Am. Sales of this album skyrocketed and gained Faith the position of being one of only two new country artist to get double platinum status for a debut release (Faith Hill). On January 21, 1994, Faith became the first female country artist to hold Billboard’s number one position for four consecutive weeks, for a hit called Wild One.  Her next album It Matters To Me, released in the fall  of 1995,rose to the top of the charts even faster than the first album.  The title cut spent three weeks at number one, and the album went double platinum (Biography and Facts).  In the fall of 1998, Faith released her third album Faith.

In 1994, Faith was awarded by the Academy of Country Music, Favorite New Female and Billboard magazine’s Top Female Country Artist.  She was also nominated for 1994 and 1995 Country Music Association’s Horizon award.  In 1995, she received TNN/Music News Star of tomorrow award (Faith Hill). She also was selected one of the 50 most beautiful people by People magazine. Among her many other accomplishments, Faith was asked to perform at the closing ceremonies at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 (Biography and Facts).

Outside of her music career, Faith has managed to uphold a wonderful marriage to Tim McGraw.  On October 6, 1996 in Rayville, Louisiana, Tim and Faith gave their vows to each other.  May 5, 1997, their first child Gracie Katherine was born.  Their second child, Maggie Elizabeth was born August 12, 1998.  Faith states that if she wasn’t able to have her kids on the road with her, she wouldn’t be on the road either.  Faith also states that her family is definitely the most important thing to her.  Even with a family, Faith has been able to uphold a wonderful career, that seems to be getting even bigger (Jeter, Lynne Wilbanks).

UPDATE 2016: Faith Hill has won 15 awards from the Academy of Country Music and 6 from the American Music Awards.

Timeline

• September 21, 1967- Audrey Faith Perry Hill was born in Jackson, Mississippi.
• 1988 – married Daniel Hill
• 1993- released Take Me As I Am
• 1994 – awarded New Female Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of Country Music (ACM)
• 1994 – divorced Daniel Hill
• 1995- released It Matters To Me
• 1995- received the TNN/Music City News Star of Tomorrow Award
• 1996- launched the Faith Hill Family Literacy Project
• 1996- sang at closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympic games in Atlanta  courtesy of warner
• 1996- married Tim McGraw
• 1997- first child Gracie Katherine was born
• 1998- second child Maggie Elizabeth
• 1998- released Faith
• 1998 – awarded Song of the Year by ACM (It’s Your Love)
• 1999 – awarded Video of the Year by ACM (This Kiss)
  – awarded Single Record of the Year by ACM (This Kiss)
  – awarded Female Vocalist of the Year by ACM
• 2000 – awarded Video of the Year by the ACM (Breathe)
  – awarded Female Vocalist of the Year by ACM
• 2001 – awarded Female Vocalist of the Year by ACM
• 2001 – named “30 Most Powerful Women in America” in Ladies Home Journal
• 2001 – awarded Favorite Country Album by the American Music Awards (AMA)
  – awarded Favorite Country Female Artist by AMA
  – awarded Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist by AMA
• 2002 – awardedFavorite Country Female Artist by AMA
• 2003 – awarded Female Vocalist of the Year by ACM
• 2006 – awarded Favorite Country Female Artist by AMA
• 2007 – awarded ACM Career Achievement Award
• 2016 – Joins The Voice for Season 11
• 2017 – Soul2Soul World Tour

Related Websites

• Faith Hill’s official fan site
• CMT page on Faith Hill’s Discography
• See videos and hear music from Faith Hill at CMT Artists
• Faith Hill’s Twitter Account
• Faith Hill’s Facebook Account

Bibliography

• Faith Hill. [online] Available http://www.viscsurf.com/business/oakee/faithh~1/faith.htm, April 6, 1999
• Biography and Facts. [online] Available http://www.faith-hill.com/faithbio.html, March 30, 1999
• Faith Hill Facts. [online] Available http://www.eb.uah.edu/~shane/FaithHill/faithfct.html, March 6, 1999
• Faith Hill:  Biography [online] Available http://www.eb.uah.edu/~shane/FaithHill/faithbio.html, March 6, 1999
• Patterson, Jim.  “Opening Act No More, Hill Headlines New Tour.” The Clarion Ledger. 8, 1999. 17f
• Jeter, Lynne Wilbanks.  Mississippi’s  Faith Hill To Play Two Dates In State, Visit Family, Friends.  The Clarion Ledger.  October 8, 1998. 7f
• Patterson, Jim.  Five Questions with Faith Hill: Country Music’s Newest Headliner.  Starkville Daily News.  April 14, 1999.  2