Hill spent much of 1994 touring as an opening act for such respected country artists as McEntire, Alan Jackson and Brooks & Dunn. On a sadder note, her marriage to Daniel Hill ended in divorce in 1994. Hill has declined to publicly name her birth mother in order to protect her privacy, but has remained in contact with her. In 1990, she had begun a search for her birth mother, whom she eventually met in 1993.
Hill's rise to country stardom coincided with a good deal of upheaval in her personal life. 1 on the Billboard country music chart and stayed there for four weeks, followed by the second single, a version of Janis Joplin's classic "Piece of My Heart." Take Me As I Am went on to reach triple platinum status. The album's first single, "Wild One," reached No. Her debut album, Take Me As I Am, was released in 1993 to immediate success.
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Hill's professional breakthrough came when she was spotted by Martha Sharp, a talent scout from the Warner/Reprise recording company, while singing back-up for Gary Burr in the Bluebird Café, a popular Nashville bar. She married the songwriter and music publishing executive Daniel Hill in 1988. In Nashville, Hill worked as a receptionist at a music publishing company before landing a job packaging fan merchandise for her idol, Reba McEntire. After graduating from high school in 1986, Hill spent a year in community college before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue her love of music.
As a young teenager, Hill learned to play guitar, and by age 16 she had started her own country band that played at a number of local fairs and rodeos.
Her first singing experience came as a child in her family's Baptist church. Raised along with her two older brothers by adoptive parents Pat and Edna Perry, Hill grew up in Star, Mississippi, a small town outside Jackson, where Pat Perry worked in a factory. Early Lifeįaith Hill was born Audrey Faith Perry, on September 21, 1967, in Jackson, Mississippi. She married Tim McGraw in 1996 and they performed together on the Soul2Soul Tour, the highest grossing country music tour ever. She's won Grammy Awards for Best Country Album and Best Country Female Vocal Performance. The aspiring performer was singing in the sold-out Broadway Sings Queens - and it's safe to say she was a hit with the audience.Faith Hill's "Wild One," the first single from her 1993 debut album, reached No. It's been an exciting time for Gracie, who had a starring role on Broadway just a day before turning 26. You are a treasure and we love you so much." You make everyone you meet lives richer for it. We are so proud of the young lady you have be become. You made our love for each other stronger and in turn, revealed a world of love that we had never known before. your Mom and I thought we knew love, then when you came along we realized what love really is. He wrote: "Happy 26th to our oldest girl Gracie!!! You have brought so much sunshine and laughter to our lives. MORE: Faith Hill and Tim McGraw's daughter Gracie shares incredible image inside NYC apartment READ: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill's daughter Audrey McGraw looks fabulous in filter-free photos from beach vacation Tim took to Instagram to share a number of throwback photos of Gracie over the years, alongside a heartfelt message. Gracie's dad also marked his daughter's birthday in his own way on social media. © Instagram Tim McGraw shared a cute photo of Gracie as a toddler to mark her birthday
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