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Audrey Faith McGraw born Perry; September 21, 1967, known professionally as Faith Hill, is an American country singer. She is one of the most successful country music artists of all time, having sold nearly 50 million albums worldwide.
Hill's first two albums, Take Me as I Am (1993) and It Matters to Me (1995), proved to be major successes and scored a combined three number ones on Billboard's country chart, quickly making her one of country music's top singers. She then achieved immense mainstream and crossover success with two albums, Faith (1998) and Breathe (1999). Faith produced her first international hit, "This Kiss", while her album Breathe became one of the best-selling country albums of all time. The album was fueled by the massive crossover success of the songs "Breathe" and "The Way You Love Me". Breathe sold heavily worldwide and won three Grammy Awards.
Hill has won five Grammy Awards, 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, six American Music Awards, and numerous other awards. Her 2006 Soul2Soul II Tour with Tim McGraw became the highest-grossing country tour of all time.In 2001, she was named one of the "30 Most Powerful Women in America" by Ladies' Home Journal. In 2009, Billboard named her as the Adult Contemporary Artist of the Decade (2000s) and the 39th top artist overall From 2007 to 2012, Hill was the voice of the intro song for NBC Sunday Night Football. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.
Early life and Career
Audrey Faith Perry was born in Ridgeland, Mississippi, north of Jackson. She was adopted as an infant and raised in a devout Christian environment by her adoptive parents, Edna and Ted Perry, with their two biological sons in the nearby town of Star, 20 miles southeast of Jackson.
She began singing at the Star Baptist Church at age 3 Hill's singing talent was evident at an early age, and she gave her first public performance, at a 4-H luncheon, when she was seven. In 1976, a few days before her ninth birthday, she attended an Elvis Presley concert at the State Fair Coliseum in Jackson, which greatly influenced her. During her teens, she became a member of the Steele Family Gospel Quartet and performed regularly with them in area churches of all denominations. At age 17, Hill formed a band that played at local rodeos. She graduated from McLaurin Attendance Center in 1986
In 1994, she and Daniel Hill divorced shortly after the release of her album.
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