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Martina McBride (born Martina Mariea
Schiff, July 29, 1966 in Sharon, Kansas) is an American country music
singer.
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Birth name Martina Mariea Schiff
Born July 29, 1966
Origin Sharon, Kansas United States
Genre(s) Country
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active 1992 - Present
Label(s) RCA/BMG Music
Website http://www.martinamcbride.com/
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Early life
Martina Schiff grew up on a dairy farm
outside of Sharon, Kansas, with her parents Daryl and Jeanne Schiff, her
two brothers, Steve and Martin, and her sister Gina. She discovered
country music through her father, who led a local band called the
Schifters. The band rehearsed every week in the family’s house. When she
was 7 and little brother Marty was 5, they joined the group. By her teen
years, she was singing and playing keyboards with the Schifters playing
small gigs at weddings, dances, VFW halls, and American Legion posts.
Her mother Jeanne ran the soundboard. Her father Daryl led the band,
played guitar and sang. Martina played keyboards and sang. Her brother
Marty played guitar and steel. Martina played with the band every
Saturday night until she graduated from high school. After high school
she gigged around Kansas with several different bands. Her small-town
upbringing was highlighted by her high school graduating class only
having nine other students.
She was married May 15, 1988 to sound
engineer John McBride. She and her husband then moved to Nashville in
1990 where they both took jobs touring with Garth Brooks (Martina sold
T-shirts). Eventually she got a recording contract with RCA Records.
Career success
Martina McBride released her honky
tonk-flavored debut album The Time Has Come in 1992. Her first big hit
was the single "My Baby Loves Me" from her more pop-oriented second
album, 1993's The Way That I Am. She became even more visible in 1994
with the crossover success of her anti-domestic violence anthem
"Independence Day", also from this album.
In 2005 she released a 18-track CD of
classic country music standards ("Timeless"), which landed at #1 on the
Billboard Country Album Chart in its opening week and received much
critical acclaim for its authenticity towards traditional country.
She is a four-time Country Music
Association Female Vocalist of the Year winner (a record she holds with
Reba McEntire), three-time Academy of Country Music Female Vocalist of
the Year winner and a Grammy Award winner. She performed The
Star-Spangled Banner at Game 3 of the 2004 World Series. She is also
left-handed.
"Independence Day" is used as the
introductory music for Sean Hannity's popular talk radio show. McBride
has appeared at benefit events organized by Hannity, but has declined to
take an active political stance. [1] McBride has performed free for
fans, such as in a July 3, 2004 show in Owensboro, Kentucky to celebrate
the grand opening of the new Independence Bank headquarters. [2]
McBride gained additional visibility during
the 2005 season of American Idol, as eventual winner Carrie Underwood
declared McBride to be her favorite singer, performing several of her
hits in the competition and putting "Independence Day" on her first
single. On 2006-08-21 she appeared as a guest coach on Canadian Idol,
and announced on its finale of September 17 that the season winner,
which turned out to be Eva Avila, was invited to join her on her
Canadian tour in the spring of 2007.
Discography
Albums
(2005) Timeless #3 US, #1 Country
(2003) Martina #7 US, #1 Country
(2001) Greatest Hits #5 US, #1 Country
(1999) Emotion #19 US, #3 Country
(1998) White Christmas #68 US, #9 Country
(1997) Evolution #24 US, #4 Country
(1995) Wild Angels #77 US, #17 Country
(1993) The Way That I Am #106 US, #14
Country
(1992) The Time Has Come #49 Country
Singles
Year Title Chart Positions Album
US Hot 100 Adult US Country
1992 "The Time Has Come" - - #23 The Time
Has Come
1992 "That's Me" - - #43 The Time Has Come
1993 "Cheap Whiskey" - - #44 The Time Has
Come
1993 "My Baby Loves Me" - - #2 The Way That
I Am
1994 "Life #9" - - #6 The Way That I Am
1994 "Independence Day" - - #12 The Way
That I Am
1995 "Heart Trouble" - - #21 The Way That I
Am
1996 "Where I Used To Have A Heart" - - #49
The Way That I Am
1996 "Safe In The Arms Of Love" - - #4 Wild
Angels
1997 "Wild Angels" - - #1 Wild Angels
1996 "Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town" - -
#28 Wild Angels
1996 "Swingin' Doors" - - #38 Wild Angels
1997 "Cry On The Shoulder Of The Road" - -
#26 Wild Angels
1997 "A Broken Wing" - - #1 Evolution
1998 "Valentine" #50 #3 #9 Evolution
1998 "Happy Girl" - - #2 Evolution
1999 "Wrong Again" #36 - #1 Evolution
1999 "Whatever You Say" #37 - #2 Evolution
1999 "I Love You" #24 #21 #1 Emotion
2000 "Love's The Only House" - - #3 Emotion
2000 "There You Are" #60 #15 #10 Emotion
2001 "It's My Time" - - #11 Emotion
2001 "When God-Fearin' Women Get The Blues"
#64 - #8 Greatest Hits
2002 "Blessed" #31 - #1 Greatest Hits
2002 "Where Would You Be" #45 - #3 Greatest
Hits
2003 "Concrete Angel" #47 - #5 Greatest
Hits
2003 "This One's For The Girls" #39 #1 #3
Martina
2004 "In My Daughter's Eyes" #39 #3 #4
Martina
2004 "How Far" #68 - #12 Martina
2004 "God's Will" #85 - #16 Martina
2005 "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden"
#98 - #18 Timeless
2006 "I Still Miss Someone" - - #50
Timeless
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