Faith Hill

Audrey Faith Perry, later known as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967 in Jackson, Mississippi), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her much-publicized marriage to country singer Tim McGraw.

Pop crossover

Hill's 1998 album, Faith, moved her closer towards a mainstream, pop-oriented sound, which lost her many of her longtime fans. "This Kiss" became a #1 country hit, and went to #7 on the pop charts.

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1998 - Faith

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Hill's fame grew rapidly as she signed an endorsement deal with CoverGirl makeup and released Breathe, an even more successful pop hit that became one of the biggest albums of 2000. The title track "Breathe" was the #1 pop airplay song that year and has become Hill's signature song; especially notable is the power and control she shows in her lower register during the song. "The Way You Love Me" hit the top ten as well. The album won Hill three Grammy Awards including Best Country Album.

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CoverGirl - Breathe - 2000 - Signature song - Register - Grammy Awards - Best Country Album

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By the holidays she had contributed "Where Are You Christmas?" to the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas and the following summer she recorded the Diane Warren penned "There You'll Be" for the Pearl Harbor soundtrack.

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Diane Warren - Pearl Harbor

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In 2002, Hill released Cry. Though the album debuted at #1 on Billboard magazine's pop and country album charts, its singles (including the title track, written and originally performed by Angie Aparo) received much less radio airplay than her previous smashes. In fact, country radio pretty much ignored the songs, considering them "too pop". The album did win one Grammy Award.

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2002 - Cry - Billboard magazine - Angie Aparo

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In the summer of 2004, Faith Hill co-starred with Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick in director Frank Oz's remake of the 1975 thriller The Stepford Wives.

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2004 - Nicole Kidman - Matthew Broderick - Frank Oz - The Stepford Wives

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She references this sojourn in Hollywood as well as the chilly reception of Cry in the 2005 country release "Mississippi Girl", the first single from her back-to-roots album Fireflies. It worked, as the song restored her to the top of the country charts. She performed this song along with "Breathe" and "Piece of My Heart" at the Live 8 concert in Rome on July 2, 2005, where McGraw also performed.

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Fireflies - Live 8 concert in Rome - July 2 - 2005

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