Martina McBride
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Martina McBride is an American country music
singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion
of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano
range.
McBride was signed to RCA Records
in 1991 and made her debut the following year as a neo-traditionalist country singer with the single, "The Time Has Come." It was not until 1997, when she released her fourth album, Evolution
, that she broke through into the country music industry with a new pop-styled crossover
sound, similar to that of Faith Hill
and Shania Twain
. From that point on, McBride has had a string of major hit singles on the Billboard country chart and occasionally on the adult contemporary chart. Five of these singles went to No. 1 on the country chart between 1995 and 2001, and one peaked at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart in 2003.
McBride has recorded a total of nine studio albums, one greatest hits
compilation, one "live" album, a Christmas
compilation, as well as two additional compilation albums. Seven of her studio albums and two of her compilations have received an RIAA Gold certification, or higher. In the U.S. she has sold over 14 million albums. In addition, McBride has won the Country Music Association
's "Female Vocalist of the Year" award four times (tied with Reba McEntire
for the most wins) and the Academy of Country Music
's "Top Female Vocalist" award three times.
, to Daryl and Jeanne (née Clark) Schiff on July 29, 1966. She has two brothers, Martin and Steve, who currently play in her concert band, and a sister, Gina.
She was raised in Sharon, Kansas
, a small town with population of about 200. Her father, who was a farmer and cabinetry shop owner, exposed McBride to country music at a young age. Listening to country music helped her acquire a love for singing. After school, she would spend hours singing along to the records of such popular artists as Reba McEntire
, Linda Ronstadt
, Juice Newton
, Jeanne Pruett
, Connie Smith
and Patsy Cline
.
Around the age of 8 or 9, McBride began singing with a band her father fronted, "The Schiffters." As Schiff grew older her role in the band progressively increased, from simply singing, to also playing keyboard with them. She enjoyed performing in her early years.
She began performing with a local rock band, The Penetrators, in Wichita
instead. Then, in 1987, Schiff gathered a group of musicians called Lotus and started looking for rehearsal space; she began renting space from a studio engineer named John McBride. In 1988, the two married.
After marrying, the couple moved to Nashville, Tennessee
in 1989 with the hope of beginning a career in country music. John McBride joined Garth Brooks
's sound crew and later became his concert production manager. Martina occasionally joined her husband on the road and helped sell Garth Brooks souvenirs. In 1990, impressed by Martina's enthusiastic spirit, Brooks offered her the position of his opening act provided she could obtain a recording contract.
During this time, while her husband was working with country artists Charlie Daniels
and Ricky Van Shelton
, he also helped produce her demo tape, which helped her gain a recording contract with RCA Nashville Records in 1991.
label in 1992, titled The Time Has Come
. This album's title track made number 23 on the country music charts, but the next two singles both failed to make top 40. Unlike her later country pop
-influenced albums, The Time Has Come featured honky tonk
and country folk
influences.
The Way That I Am
was the title of McBride's second album. Its first two singles both brought her into the country top ten: "My Baby Loves Me
" peaked at number two, and "Life #9
" at number six. The third single, "Independence Day", This song did not reach top 10 because many radio programmers objected to the song's subject of a mother fighting back against abuse by burning the family home to the ground. "Independence Day" won Video of the Year and Song of the Year at the Country Music Association
Awards. After it, the fourth and fifth singles from The Way That I Am were less successful: "Heart Trouble" peaked at number 21, and "Where I Used to Have a Heart" fell short of top 40.
accounted for another top five hit in "Safe in the Arms of Love
", and her first number-one hit in the album's title track
. "Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town", "Swingin' Doors" and "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road" were less successful, reaching the lower regions of the top 40.
In early 1997, after "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road" peaked, McBride released two duets. "Still Holding On
", a duet with Clint Black
which was the lead-off single to his album Nothin' but the Taillights
, and "Valentine
" with Jim Brickman
which appeared on his album Picture This. After these two songs were released, she had her second number one on the country charts with "A Broken Wing
", the lead-off to her album Evolution
. This album went on to produce four more top ten hits at country radio: a re-release of "Valentine", "Happy Girl
", "Wrong Again
" (which also went to number one) and "Whatever You Say
". Towards the end of 1998, the album was certified double platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America
for selling two million units. In addition, she also won the Country Music Association Awards' "Female Vocalist of the Year" award in 1999 and also performed for President Bill Clinton
during the same time.
Also in 1998, McBride released a Christmas album titled White Christmas
. Included on it was a rendition of "O Holy Night
", which first charted in 1997 and continued to re-enter the charts until 2001. She also sang a guest vocal on Jason Sellers
' mid-1998 single "This Small Divide".
, was released in 1999. Its lead single, "I Love You
," reached number one on the Billboard country charts in 1999, and also crossed over to the Adult Contemporary chart. The song's follow-ups, "Love's the Only House
" and "There You Are
", both made top ten at country radio, and "It's My Time
" peaked at number eleven.
In 2001, she released her first compilation, Greatest Hits
. This album has been certified 3× Platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America, and is her highest-selling album. It included most of her major hits to that point, and the album track "Strangers" from the album The Way That I Am, which she put on the album because she felt that it should have been a single. The album also included four new songs, all of which made top ten on the country music charts between 2001 and 2003: "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues
", "Blessed (Martina McBride song)" (her fifth number one), "Where Would You Be
" and "Concrete Angel
". In between the latter two, she also sang a guest vocal on Andy Griggs
' 2002 single "Practice Life".
, which celebrated womanhood. The first single, "This One's for the Girls
," went to number three on the country charts and became her only number-one hit on the Adult Contemporary charts. It also included backing vocals from Faith Hill
, Carolyn Dawn Johnson
and McBride's daughters, Delaney and Emma. Follow-up single "In My Daughter's Eyes
" was also a top five hit at both country and adult contemporary. "How Far" and "God's Will" from the same album both made top 20 at country radio, as did her guest appearance on Jimmy Buffett
's single "Trip Around the Sun".
In 2004 McBride won the CMA's Female Vocalist award for the fourth time, following the wins in 2003, 2002 & 1999, which tied her for the most wins in that category with Reba McEntire.
After finding success in country pop
-styled music, McBride released her next studio album in 2005, Timeless, which was an album consisting of country covers. The album included cover versions of country music standards, such as Hank Williams' "You Win Again," Loretta Lynn
's "You Ain't Woman Enough," and Kris Kristofferson
's "Help Me Make It Through the Night
." To make the album fit its older style, McBride and her husband hired older Nashville session players and outdated analog equipment. The album sold over 250,000 copies within its first week, the highest sales start for a Martina McBride album. The lead single, a cover of Lynn Anderson
's "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden," went to number 18 on the country charts, but the other two singles both failed to make top 40.
In 2006, McBride served as a guest coach on Canadian Idol
. The remaining five finalists traveled to Nashville, where McBride worked with the competitors on the songs they had chosen by country artists such as Gordon Lightfoot
and Patsy Cline
. Among the other guest judges that year were Nelly Furtado
and Cyndi Lauper
.
McBride later joined Canadian Idol on a tour in the Spring.
In 2007, McBride also served as a guest coach on Fox Networks television series, American Idol
.
In 2007, McBride released her eighth studio album, Waking Up Laughing
. It was the first album in which McBride co-wrote some of the tracks. She set up her Waking Up Laughing Tour in 2007, which included country artists Rodney Atkins
, Little Big Town
, and Jason Michael Carroll
. The album's lead single, "Anyway
," went to No. 5 on the Billboard Country Chart, becoming her first Top 10 hit since 2003. Its follow-up, "How I Feel
," reached the Top 15. In Spring 2008, McBride released Martina McBride: Live In Concert
, a CD/DVD set. It was taped in Moline, Illinois
in September 2007.
In July 2007, The ABC
Television Network announced a special program called Six Degrees of Martina McBride
where individuals from around the country were challenged to find their way to Martina McBride on their own connections and research using a maximum of six methods. The "winner" of this challenge eventually located a direct connection to Martina through her husband John McBride who knew someone, who knew someone else.
McBride recently recorded an electronically-produced duet with the late Elvis Presley
, performing his song "Blue Christmas
" as a duet with him on his latest compilation, The Elvis Presley Christmas Duets. A compilation collection entitled Playlist: The Very Best of Martina McBride
was released on December 16, 2008 as part of Sony BMG Playlist series. The album features 11 previously released tracks and three unreleased tracks.
", was released to radio in October 2008 and debuted at No. No. 43 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It barely missed the Top 10 on the chart, peaking at number eleven in March 2009. A music video produced by Kristin Barlowe was also released at the end of the year. The album, Shine
, was released by RCA Records on March 24, 2009, and debuted at the top of the U.S. Country album chart and number 10 on the Billboard 200. McBride co-produced the album with Dann Huff
, and it featured "Sunny Side Up", a song that she co-wrote. The second single, "I Just Call You Mine
", was released in May 2009 and reached the Top 20. The third single from Shine was "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong
", which the Warren Brothers co-wrote with Robert Ellis Orrall
and Love and Theft
member Stephen Barker Liles.
McBride also initiated the Shine All Night Tour
, a co-headlining venture with fellow country star and friend Trace Adkins
and opening act Sarah Buxton
. The tour began in November 2009 and ended in May 2010.
On June 10, 2010, Billboard
announced that McBride had collaborated on a song with Kid Rock
. In late June 2010, Martina was nominated for a Teen Choice Award, "Favorite Country Female Artist", alongside country stars Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift & Gretchen Wilson.
In late 2010 Martina McBride was nominated for two American Country Awards (Best Female Single & Touring Artist of the year w/ Trace Adkins.) Along with the ACA nominations, she received her 14th Female Vocalist nomination for Country Music Association in October.
. She began working on a new studio album with producer Byron Gallimore
. Her first single for Republic Nashville is "Teenage Daughters
", which she also co-wrote with the Warren Brothers. McBride told Country Weekly
that she co-wrote eight of the eleven songs on the album; she decided to write more frequently because she felt more confident in her songwriting ability after "Anyway" had become a hit. An album track, "One Night" was released as a promotion for NASCAR with a music video in June 2011. "I'm Gonna Love You Through It
" was released as the album's second single on July 25, 2011. The album, titled Eleven
, was released on October 11, 2011.
On February 13, 2011, she paid tribute to Aretha Franklin
during the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. She was joined onstage by Christina Aguilera
, Jennifer Hudson
, Florence Welch
and Yolanda Adams
.
On July 4 she sang at the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.
as well as for the National Network to End Domestic Violence
and national spokeswoman for the Tulsa Domestic Violence and Intervention Services. Every year since 1995, she has hosted Middle Tennessee
's YWCA
, "Celebrity Auction", and it has raised nearly $400,000 so far. In 2004, she worked with "Kids Wish Network
" to fulfill the wish of a young girl dying from Muscular Dystrophy
. McBride was awarded the "Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award" in 2003.
McBride explained that educating girls and women on domestic violence is something she works on at home with her own daughters, stating that:
McBride has also teamed up with, "Loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
," working with them on a new program called, "My Time to Shine."
McBride appeared on the Stand up 2 Cancer telethon in September 2010. alongside Leona lewis, Aaron Neville, and Stevie Wonder, she performed Unchained Melody. Also in 2010 she hosted the YWCA again, for the 16th year raising over 50,000 dollars this year, it totals over 500,000 dollars raised so far.
Co-headlining
Supporting act
Country Music superstar Martina McBride has accepted over 15 major music awards including matching Reba McEntire's record for most wins for the CMA's Female Vocalist in 2004. She also has accepted the Flameworthy's (or now called CMT Video Awards) Female Video award twice, sharing the record for most wins with Carrie Underwood & Taylor Swift. She has been nominated for over 10 Grammy Awards, but never won. McBride is also known as winning the AMA's, ACM's, & CMA's, Female Vocalist of The Year, two of them being multiple times.>
Year
Award
Category
Result
1993
Academy of Country Music Awards
New Female Vocalist of The Year
Nominated
1994
Academy of Country Music Awards
Music Video of The Year
Nominated
1994
Country Music Association Awards
Horizon
Nominated
1994
Country Music Association Awards
Music Video of the Year for "Independence Day"
Won
1995
Grammy Awards
Best Country/Western Vocal Performance
Nominated
1996
TNN/Music City News
Music Video of the Year for "Independence Day"
Won
1996
Grammy Awards
Best Country/Western Vocal Performance
Nominated
1996
Country Music Association
Album of The Year
Nominated
1996
Country Music Association
Female Vocalist of The Year
Nominated
1997
Academy of Country Music
Music Video of The Year "A Broken Wing"
Nominated
1997
Academy of Country Music
Top Female Vocalist
Nominated
1998
Country Music Association
Female Vocalist of The Year
Nominated
1998
Country Music Association
Single of The Year "A Broken Wing"
Nominated
1998
Academy of Country Music
Single Record of The Year
Nominated
1998
Academy of Country Music
Top Female Vocalist
Nominated
1999
American Music Awards
Favorite Female Country Artist
Nominated
1999
Country Music Association Awards
Female Vocalist of the Year
Won
1999
Academy of Country Music
Top Female Vocalist
Nominated
2000
American Music Awards
Favorite Country Female Artist
Nominated
2000
Grammy Awards
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Nominated
2000
Academy of Country Music
Top Female Vocalist
Nominated
2000
Country Music Association
Female Vocalist of The Year
Nominated
2001
Flameworthy Awards
Video Dierector "Blessed"
Nominated
2001
Flameworthy Awards
Laugh Out Loud Video "When God Fearin Women"
Nominated
2001
Flameworthy Awards
Fashion Plate Video "Blessed"
Nominated
2001
Flameworthy Awards
Female Video of the Year for "Blessed"
Won
2001
Academy of Country Music Awards
Top Female Vocalist
Won
2001
Country Music Association
Female Vocalist of The Year
Nominated
2002
Flameworthy Awards
Concept Video "Concrete Angel"
Nominated
2002
Country Music Association
Single of The Year "Blessed"
Nominated
2002
Billboard Music Awards
Country Female Artist of The Year
Nominated
2002
Flameworthy Awards
Video of The Year "Concrete Angel"
Nominated
2002
Academy of Country Music Awards
Top Female Vocalist
Won
2002
Country Music Association Awards
Female Vocalist of the Year
Won
2002
Academy of Country Music Awards
Top Female Vocalist
Won
2003
Grammy Awards
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Nominated
2003
Academy of Country Music Awards
Album of The Year "Martina"
Nominated
2003
Academy of Country Awards
Humanitarian of The Year
Won
2003
Flameworthy Awards
Female Video of the Year "Concrete Angel"
Won
2003
Country Music Association Awards
Female Vocalist of the Year
Won
2003
American Music Awards
Favorite Country Female Artist
Won
2004
Country Music Association Awards
Female Vocalist of the Year
Won
2004
Grammy Awards
Best Short Form Music Video "Concrete Angel"
Nominated
2004
Academy of Country Music Awards
Top Female Vocalist
Nominated
2004
Grammy Awards
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Nominated
2004
Flameworthy Awards
Most Inspiring Video "Gods Will"
Nominated
2004
Flameworthy Awards
Female Video "How Far"
Nominated
2004
Billboard Music Awards
Female Country Artist of The Year
Nominated
2004
American Music Awards
Favorite Country Female Artist
Nominated
2004
American Music Awards
Favorite Country Album
Nominated
2005
CMT Video Awards
Most Inspiring Video "Gods Will
Nominated
2005
CMT Video Awards
Female Video "Gods Will"
Nominated
2005
Grammy Awards
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Nominated
2005
Academy of Country Music Awards
Top Female Vocalist
Nominated
2005
American Music Awards
Favorite Country Female Artist
Nominated
2006
Grammy Awards
Best Short Form Music Video "Gods Will"
Nominated
2006
Academy of Country Music Awards
Top Female Vocalist
Nominated
2007
American Music Awards
Favorite Country Female Artist
Nominated
2007
Grammy Awards
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Nominated
2007
Academy of Country Music Awards
Top Female Vocalist
Nominated
2007
Country Music Association
Female Vocalist of The Year
Nominated
2007
Country Music Association
Music Video of Th Year "Anyway"
Nominated
2007
Country Music Association
Single of The Yeat "Anyway"
Nominated
2007
Country Music Association
Song of The Year "Anyway"
Nominated
2007
BMI
Song of The Year "Anyway"
Nominated
2007
BMI
Most Played Song of The Year "Anyway"
Won
2007
Billboard Music Awards
Top Country Grossing Tour of The Year
Won
2007
ASCAP
Female Song of The Year "Anyway"
Won
2007
ASCAP
Song of The Year "Anyway"
Won
2008
CMT Video Awards
Female Video "Anyway"
Nominated
2008
Academy of Country Music
Top Female Vocalist
Nominated
2008
Country Music Association
Female Vocalist of The Year
Nominated
2009
Grammy Awards
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Nominated
2009
Country Music Association
Female Vocalist
Nominated
2009
CMT Video Awards
Female Video "Ride"
Nominated
2010
Grammy Awards
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Nominated
2010
Teen Choice Awards
Female Country Artist
Nominated
2010
CMT Video Awards
Female Video "I Just Call You Mine"
Nominated
2010
American Country Awards
Single by A Female Artist "Wrong Baby Wrong"
Nominated
2010
American Country Awards
Touring Artist of The Year
Nominated
2010
Country Music Association
Female Vocalist
Nominated
2011
Academy of Country Music Awards
Honorary Award
Won
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
range.
McBride was signed to RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
in 1991 and made her debut the following year as a neo-traditionalist country singer with the single, "The Time Has Come." It was not until 1997, when she released her fourth album, Evolution
Evolution (Martina McBride album)
Evolution is the fourth album released by Martina McBride. It was released in 1997 via RCA Records. It included the hit singles "Happy Girl", "A Broken Wing" and "Valentine", the latter of which became her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as her first major crossover hit...
, that she broke through into the country music industry with a new pop-styled crossover
Crossover (music)
Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers appearing on two or more of the record charts which track differing musical tastes, or genres...
sound, similar to that of Faith Hill
Faith Hill
Faith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S...
and Shania Twain
Shania Twain
Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...
. From that point on, McBride has had a string of major hit singles on the Billboard country chart and occasionally on the adult contemporary chart. Five of these singles went to No. 1 on the country chart between 1995 and 2001, and one peaked at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart in 2003.
McBride has recorded a total of nine studio albums, one greatest hits
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
compilation, one "live" album, a Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
compilation, as well as two additional compilation albums. Seven of her studio albums and two of her compilations have received an RIAA Gold certification, or higher. In the U.S. she has sold over 14 million albums. In addition, McBride has won the Country Music Association
Country Music Association
The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre...
's "Female Vocalist of the Year" award four times (tied with Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
for the most wins) and the Academy of Country Music
Academy of Country Music
The Academy of Country Music was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Whereas the Country Music Association, founded in 1958, was based in Nashville, the Academy sought to promote country music in the western states. Among those involved in the...
's "Top Female Vocalist" award three times.
Early life
McBride was born Martina Mariea Schiff in Sharon, KansasSharon, Kansas
Sharon is a city in Barber County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 158.-Geography:Sharon is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 210 people,...
, to Daryl and Jeanne (née Clark) Schiff on July 29, 1966. She has two brothers, Martin and Steve, who currently play in her concert band, and a sister, Gina.
She was raised in Sharon, Kansas
Sharon, Kansas
Sharon is a city in Barber County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 158.-Geography:Sharon is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 210 people,...
, a small town with population of about 200. Her father, who was a farmer and cabinetry shop owner, exposed McBride to country music at a young age. Listening to country music helped her acquire a love for singing. After school, she would spend hours singing along to the records of such popular artists as Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
, Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...
, Juice Newton
Juice Newton
Judith Kay "Juice" Newton is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist...
, Jeanne Pruett
Jeanne Pruett
Jeanne Pruett is an American Country Music Singer and Grand Ole Opry star, best-known for her 1973 chart-topping Country hit, "Satin Sheets", that spent three weeks at No. 1....
, Connie Smith
Connie Smith
Connie Smith is an American country music artist. She began her career in 1963 after winning a local talent contest near Columbus, Ohio, which attracted the attention of country songwriter Bill Anderson...
and Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline , born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s...
.
Around the age of 8 or 9, McBride began singing with a band her father fronted, "The Schiffters." As Schiff grew older her role in the band progressively increased, from simply singing, to also playing keyboard with them. She enjoyed performing in her early years.
She began performing with a local rock band, The Penetrators, in Wichita
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
instead. Then, in 1987, Schiff gathered a group of musicians called Lotus and started looking for rehearsal space; she began renting space from a studio engineer named John McBride. In 1988, the two married.
After marrying, the couple moved to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
in 1989 with the hope of beginning a career in country music. John McBride joined Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...
's sound crew and later became his concert production manager. Martina occasionally joined her husband on the road and helped sell Garth Brooks souvenirs. In 1990, impressed by Martina's enthusiastic spirit, Brooks offered her the position of his opening act provided she could obtain a recording contract.
During this time, while her husband was working with country artists Charlie Daniels
Charlie Daniels
Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer...
and Ricky Van Shelton
Ricky Van Shelton
Ricky Van Shelton is a currently retired American country music artist. Active between 1986 and 2006, he has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...
, he also helped produce her demo tape, which helped her gain a recording contract with RCA Nashville Records in 1991.
1992-1995: The Time Has Come and The Way That I Am
McBride released her debut studio album through the RCA RecordsRCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
label in 1992, titled The Time Has Come
The Time Has Come (Martina McBride album)
The Time Has Come is the debut album by Martina McBride released in 1992. The album rose to the #49 position on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It includes the singles "The Time Has Come", "Cheap Whiskey", and "That's Me", all of which charted on the Billboard country charts. "The Time Has...
. This album's title track made number 23 on the country music charts, but the next two singles both failed to make top 40. Unlike her later country pop
Country pop
Country pop, with roots in both the countrypolitan sound and in soft rock, is a subgenre of country music that first emerged in the 1970s. Although the term first referred to country music songs and artists that crossed over to Top 40 radio, country pop acts are now more likely to cross over to...
-influenced albums, The Time Has Come featured honky tonk
Honky tonk
A honky-tonk is a type of bar that provides musical entertainment to its patrons...
and country folk
Country folk
Country folk is a hybrid sub-genre of country and folk music closely associated with the singer-songwriter and folk rock sub-genres. It is generally characterized as a component of the progressive country style and has its roots in the recordings of folk artist Bob Dylan.-Style:Country folk has...
influences.
The Way That I Am
The Way That I Am
The Way That I Am is the second album by American country music singer Martina McBride, released in 1993 on RCA Records. It was certified Gold on 9/7/1994 and Platinum on 5/15/1995 by the R.I.A.A....
was the title of McBride's second album. Its first two singles both brought her into the country top ten: "My Baby Loves Me
My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)
Martina McBride covered the song in 1993 under the title of "My Baby Loves Me". Her rendition was released in July 1993 as the first single from her 1993 album The Way That I Am and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number-one on the Canadian RPM Country...
" peaked at number two, and "Life #9
Life Number 9
"Life #9" is the title of a song written by Kostas and Tony Perez, and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. It was released in January 1994 as the second single from her second studio album, The Way That I Am. The song was her fifth single release overall, and peaked at number 6 on...
" at number six. The third single, "Independence Day", This song did not reach top 10 because many radio programmers objected to the song's subject of a mother fighting back against abuse by burning the family home to the ground. "Independence Day" won Video of the Year and Song of the Year at the Country Music Association
Country Music Association
The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre...
Awards. After it, the fourth and fifth singles from The Way That I Am were less successful: "Heart Trouble" peaked at number 21, and "Where I Used to Have a Heart" fell short of top 40.
1995-1999: Wild Angels and Evolution
Released in 1995, Wild AngelsWild Angels
-Personnel:*Eddie Bayers – drums*Larry Byrom – electric guitar*Joe Chemay – bass guitar, fretless bass*Ashley Cleveland – background vocals*Rusty "Pedal" Danmyer – steel guitar*Dan Dugmore – electric guitar, steel guitar, Dobro...
accounted for another top five hit in "Safe in the Arms of Love
Safe in the Arms of Love
"Safe in the Arms of Love" is a country music song written by Mary Ann Kennedy, Pam Rose and Pat Bunch in 1986. The song was originally recorded by Gail Davies in 1986 on her Wild Choir album, which was released as a single in 1986 but failed to chart. A music video, directed by Dave Hogan, was...
", and her first number-one hit in the album's title track
Wild Angels (song)
"Wild Angels" is the title of a song performed by American country music artist Martina McBride. Released in November 1995, it was the second single from McBride's album of the same name. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, giving McBride her first...
. "Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town", "Swingin' Doors" and "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road" were less successful, reaching the lower regions of the top 40.
In early 1997, after "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road" peaked, McBride released two duets. "Still Holding On
Still Holding On
"Still Holding On" is the title of a song recorded by American country music singers Clint Black and Martina McBride, written by Black along with Matraca Berg and Marty Stuart. The song was the first single from Black's 1997 album Nothin' but the Taillights, as well as the 26th single release of...
", a duet with Clint Black
Clint Black
Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country...
which was the lead-off single to his album Nothin' but the Taillights
Nothin' but the Taillights
Nothin' but the Taillights is a 1997 album by country singer Clint Black. Black co-wrote many of the songs with others and played much of the guitar himself for this album....
, and "Valentine
Valentine (Martina McBride song)
"Valentine" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American adult contemporary artist Jim Brickman, with a guest vocal from Martina McBride...
" with Jim Brickman
Jim Brickman
Jim Brickman is an American songwriter and pianist. He has been named the most charted male Adult Contemporary artist to date, with six of his albums receiving Gold and Platinum status. He is known for his solo piano compositions, pop-style instrumentals, and vocal collaborations with artists...
which appeared on his album Picture This. After these two songs were released, she had her second number one on the country charts with "A Broken Wing
A Broken Wing
"A Broken Wing" is a song recorded by American country music singer Martina McBride, written by Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin and James House. It appears on McBride's 1997 album Evolution, from which it was released as the second single...
", the lead-off to her album Evolution
Evolution (Martina McBride album)
Evolution is the fourth album released by Martina McBride. It was released in 1997 via RCA Records. It included the hit singles "Happy Girl", "A Broken Wing" and "Valentine", the latter of which became her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as her first major crossover hit...
. This album went on to produce four more top ten hits at country radio: a re-release of "Valentine", "Happy Girl
Happy Girl (song)
"Happy Girl" is the title of a song written by Beth Nielsen Chapman and Annie Roboff. It was recorded by American country music singer Martina McBride, who released it in May 1998 from her fourth studio album, 1997's Evolution. The song reached a peak of #2 on the U.S...
", "Wrong Again
Wrong Again (song)
"Wrong Again" is a song performed by Martina McBride. Released in September 1998, it was the fifth single from McBride's Evolution album. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts....
" (which also went to number one) and "Whatever You Say
Whatever You Say
"Whatever You Say" is the title of a song written by Ed Hill and Tony Martin. It was recorded and released as a single in February 1999 by American country music artist, Martina McBride, who released the song as the final single from her multi-platinum selling album, Evolution.-Song...
". Towards the end of 1998, the album was certified double platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
for selling two million units. In addition, she also won the Country Music Association Awards' "Female Vocalist of the Year" award in 1999 and also performed for President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
during the same time.
Also in 1998, McBride released a Christmas album titled White Christmas
White Christmas (Martina McBride album)
- 1999 re-release:- 2007 re-release:-Album:-Singles:-Release history:-References:...
. Included on it was a rendition of "O Holy Night
O Holy Night
"O Holy Night" is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" by Placide Cappeau , a wine merchant and poet, who had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem...
", which first charted in 1997 and continued to re-enter the charts until 2001. She also sang a guest vocal on Jason Sellers
Jason Sellers
Jason Sellers is an American country music artist. After several years of touring the United States in his family's band, Sellers joined the road band of Ricky Skaggs. By 1997, he was signed to a recording contract with BNA Records, for whom he recorded two studio albums: 1997's I'm Your Man and...
' mid-1998 single "This Small Divide".
1999-2003: Emotion and Greatest Hits
Her fifth studio album, EmotionEmotion (Martina McBride album)
-Personnel:*Wes Hightower, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Troy Johnson, Gordon Kennedy: Vocal Backing*J.T. Corenflos, Dan Dugmore, B. James Lowry, Paul Worley: Guitars*Dann Huff: Guitars, Organ, Wurlitzer*Doug Lancio, Biff Watson: Guitars, Bouzouki*Aubrey Haynie: Fiddle...
, was released in 1999. Its lead single, "I Love You
I Love You (Martina McBride song)
"I Love You" is a hit single by Country singer, Martina McBride, released in July 1999 as the first single off her new album, Emotion. McBride originally recorded "I Love You" for the 1999 film's soundtrack, Runaway Bride, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. The promotion the song got on the...
," reached number one on the Billboard country charts in 1999, and also crossed over to the Adult Contemporary chart. The song's follow-ups, "Love's the Only House
Love's the Only House
"Love's the Only House" is the title of a song written by Buzz Cason and Tom Douglas and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. It was released in 1999 as the second single from her fifth studio album, Emotion.-Song information:...
" and "There You Are
There You Are (Martina McBride song)
"There You Are" is the title of a song written by Ed Hill, Mark D. Sanders, and Bob DiPiero, and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. It was released as the third single from her fifth studio album, Emotion. The song was McBride's twelfth Top Ten hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot...
", both made top ten at country radio, and "It's My Time
It's My Time (Martina McBride song)
"It's My Time" is the title of a song written by Tammy Hyler, Billy Crain and Kim Tribble, and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. It was released as the fourth single from her fifth studio album, Emotion. The song peaked at #11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks...
" peaked at number eleven.
In 2001, she released her first compilation, Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Martina McBride album)
-Album:-Singles:...
. This album has been certified 3× Platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America, and is her highest-selling album. It included most of her major hits to that point, and the album track "Strangers" from the album The Way That I Am, which she put on the album because she felt that it should have been a single. The album also included four new songs, all of which made top ten on the country music charts between 2001 and 2003: "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues
When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues
"When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues" is the title of a song written by Leslie Satcher, and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride...
", "Blessed (Martina McBride song)" (her fifth number one), "Where Would You Be
Where Would You Be
"Where Would You Be" is the title of a song recorded by American country singer Martina McBride. It was released in May 2002 as the third single fromGreatest Hits album. The song peaked at number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Charts:"Where Would You Be" debuted at #45...
" and "Concrete Angel
Concrete Angel
"Concrete Angel" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride and co-produced by McBride and Paul Worley. Composed by Rob Crosby and Stephanie Bentley, the song was released in 2002, as the last single from McBride's 2001 Greatest Hits album...
". In between the latter two, she also sang a guest vocal on Andy Griggs
Andy Griggs
Andrew Tyler "Andy" Griggs is an American country music artist. He has released three albums for RCA Records Nashville and a fourth for Montage Music Group...
' 2002 single "Practice Life".
2003-2005: Martina
In 2003, McBride released her sixth studio album, MartinaMartina (album)
- Personnel :As listed in liner notes.All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine, conducted and arranged by Chris McDonald.- Album :- Singles :...
, which celebrated womanhood. The first single, "This One's for the Girls
This One's for the Girls
"This One's for the Girls" is the title of a song written by Chris Lindsey, Hillary Lindsey and Aimee Mayo, and recorded by American country music singer Martina McBride. It is the first single from her 2003 album Martina, and it was released in June 2003...
," went to number three on the country charts and became her only number-one hit on the Adult Contemporary charts. It also included backing vocals from Faith Hill
Faith Hill
Faith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S...
, Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Carolyn Dawn Johnson is a Canadian Juno Award winning country music singer-songwriter. Johnson first rose to fame by co-writing Chely Wright's 1999 Number One single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1999...
and McBride's daughters, Delaney and Emma. Follow-up single "In My Daughter's Eyes
In My Daughter's Eyes
"In My Daughter's Eyes" is the second single released from country singer Martina McBride's Martina album. The song was released to country radio in November 2003 and peaked at number 4 on the Hot Country Songs charts...
" was also a top five hit at both country and adult contemporary. "How Far" and "God's Will" from the same album both made top 20 at country radio, as did her guest appearance on Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett
James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett's musical hits include "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday"...
's single "Trip Around the Sun".
In 2004 McBride won the CMA's Female Vocalist award for the fourth time, following the wins in 2003, 2002 & 1999, which tied her for the most wins in that category with Reba McEntire.
2005-2008: Timeless and Waking Up Laughing
Country pop
Country pop, with roots in both the countrypolitan sound and in soft rock, is a subgenre of country music that first emerged in the 1970s. Although the term first referred to country music songs and artists that crossed over to Top 40 radio, country pop acts are now more likely to cross over to...
-styled music, McBride released her next studio album in 2005, Timeless, which was an album consisting of country covers. The album included cover versions of country music standards, such as Hank Williams' "You Win Again," Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...
's "You Ain't Woman Enough," and Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
's "Help Me Make It Through the Night
Help Me Make It Through the Night
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" is a country music ballad composed by Kris Kristofferson and released on his 1970 album Kristofferson.Kristofferson said that he got the inspiration for the song from an Esquire magazine interview with Frank Sinatra...
." To make the album fit its older style, McBride and her husband hired older Nashville session players and outdated analog equipment. The album sold over 250,000 copies within its first week, the highest sales start for a Martina McBride album. The lead single, a cover of Lynn Anderson
Lynn Anderson
Lynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and equestrian known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, most notably her Grammy Award-winning, worldwide mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Helped by her regular exposure on national television, Anderson was one of the most...
's "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden," went to number 18 on the country charts, but the other two singles both failed to make top 40.
In 2006, McBride served as a guest coach on Canadian Idol
Canadian Idol
Canadian Idol is a Canadian reality television competition show which aired on CTV, based on the British show Pop Idol. The show was a competition to find the most talented young singer in Canada, and was hosted by Ben Mulroney. Jon Dore was the "roving reporter" for the first three seasons...
. The remaining five finalists traveled to Nashville, where McBride worked with the competitors on the songs they had chosen by country artists such as Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...
and Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline , born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s...
. Among the other guest judges that year were Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
and Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
.
McBride later joined Canadian Idol on a tour in the Spring.
In 2007, McBride also served as a guest coach on Fox Networks television series, American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
.
In 2007, McBride released her eighth studio album, Waking Up Laughing
Waking up Laughing
Waking Up Laughing is the ninth album from country singer Martina McBride. This album is the first in McBride's career in which she has both co-written songs and been involved in the production single-handedly. This album produced three chart singles for McBride on the Billboard Hot Country Songs...
. It was the first album in which McBride co-wrote some of the tracks. She set up her Waking Up Laughing Tour in 2007, which included country artists Rodney Atkins
Rodney Atkins
Rodney Allan Atkins is an American country music artist. Signed to Curb Records in 1996, he charted his first single on the Billboard country chart that year, but did not release an album until 2003's Honesty, which included the number 4 hit "Honesty ".If You're Going Through Hell, his second...
, Little Big Town
Little Big Town
Little Big Town is an American country music vocal group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its inception: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet. The quartet's musical style relies heavily on four-part vocal harmonies, with all...
, and Jason Michael Carroll
Jason Michael Carroll
Jason Michael Carroll is an American country music artist. After being discovered at a local talent competition in 2004, Carroll was signed to the Arista Nashville label in 2006, releasing his debut album Waitin' in the Country that year...
. The album's lead single, "Anyway
Anyway (song)
"Anyway" is a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. The song was released in November 2006 following a performance on the 2006 CMA Awards, and served as the lead-off single from her ninth studio album, Waking Up Laughing...
," went to No. 5 on the Billboard Country Chart, becoming her first Top 10 hit since 2003. Its follow-up, "How I Feel
How I Feel
How I Feel is the third studio album by Canadian country music artist Terri Clark. Released in 1998 on Mercury Nashville, the album produced the singles "Now That I Found You", "You're Easy on the Eyes", "Everytime I Cry", and "Unsung Hero"...
," reached the Top 15. In Spring 2008, McBride released Martina McBride: Live In Concert
Martina McBride: Live in Concert
Disc 2 – Live DVD-Album:-References:*[ Martina McBride: Live in Concert] at Allmusic...
, a CD/DVD set. It was taped in Moline, Illinois
Moline, Illinois
Moline is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States, with a population of 45,792 in 2010. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois and the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa. The Quad Cities has a population of...
in September 2007.
In July 2007, The ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
Television Network announced a special program called Six Degrees of Martina McBride
Six Degrees of Martina McBride
"Six Degrees of Martina McBride" is a TV pilot where six aspiring country singers from America's smallest towns try to connect themselves to Martina McBride in under six points of human connection...
where individuals from around the country were challenged to find their way to Martina McBride on their own connections and research using a maximum of six methods. The "winner" of this challenge eventually located a direct connection to Martina through her husband John McBride who knew someone, who knew someone else.
McBride recently recorded an electronically-produced duet with the late Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
, performing his song "Blue Christmas
Blue Christmas
"Blue Christmas" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson. The heart-broken tale of unrequited love during the holidays had long been considered a Christmas staple of country music, having been recorded first by Doye O'Dell in 1948 and popularised by Ernest Tubb the next year...
" as a duet with him on his latest compilation, The Elvis Presley Christmas Duets. A compilation collection entitled Playlist: The Very Best of Martina McBride
Playlist: The Very Best of Martina McBride
Playlist: The Very Best of Martina McBride is a compilation album from Martina McBride released as part of the Legacy Records Playlist series. The album features 14 tracks, 11 previously released and three not previously included on any of McBride's albums.-Track listing:...
was released on December 16, 2008 as part of Sony BMG Playlist series. The album features 11 previously released tracks and three unreleased tracks.
2008-2010: Shine
Martina McBride wrapped up production of her tenth studio album in late 2008. The first single, "RideRide (Martina McBride song)
"Ride" is the title of a song written by Michael Davey, Andrew Dorff and Chris Robbins. It is performed by American country singer Martina McBride. The song was released in November 2008 as the first single from her album Shine, produced by her and Dann Huff.-Content:"Ride" is an up-tempo song with...
", was released to radio in October 2008 and debuted at No. No. 43 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It barely missed the Top 10 on the chart, peaking at number eleven in March 2009. A music video produced by Kristin Barlowe was also released at the end of the year. The album, Shine
Shine (Martina McBride album)
Shine is the tenth studio album from American country music singer Martina McBride. It was released on March 24, 2009 through RCA Records Nashville. The album spun three Top 20 hits on the Billboard country chart: "Ride" and "Wrong Baby Wrong" both reached #11, and "I Just Call You Mine" peaked at...
, was released by RCA Records on March 24, 2009, and debuted at the top of the U.S. Country album chart and number 10 on the Billboard 200. McBride co-produced the album with Dann Huff
Dann Huff
Dann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...
, and it featured "Sunny Side Up", a song that she co-wrote. The second single, "I Just Call You Mine
I Just Call You Mine
"I Just Call You Mine" is the title of a song written by Jess Cates, Ty Lacy and Dennis Matkosky, and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. It was released in May 2009 as the second single from her album, Shine...
", was released in May 2009 and reached the Top 20. The third single from Shine was "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong
Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong
"Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong", or its shortened name when released as a single, "Wrong Baby Wrong", is the title of a song recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. It was written by Brad and Brett Warren , along with Robert Ellis Orrall and Love and Theft member Stephen Barker Liles...
", which the Warren Brothers co-wrote with Robert Ellis Orrall
Robert Ellis Orrall
Robert Ellis Orrall is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Signed to RCA Records in 1980, Orrall debuted that year with the album "Fixation". His first Top 40 single was "I Couldn't Say No", a duet with Carlene Carter...
and Love and Theft
Love and Theft (band)
Love and Theft, an American country music duo, is composed of Stephen Barker Liles and Eric Gunderson, both of whom sing lead vocals and play guitar. Love and Theft originally formed as a trio, along with Brian Bandas , in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2006...
member Stephen Barker Liles.
McBride also initiated the Shine All Night Tour
Shine All Night Tour
The Shine All Night Tour is a co-headlining tour by country music artists Martina McBride and Trace Adkins. The tour was officially announced in early October 2009 and will kickoff in late November 2009 and run through April 2010...
, a co-headlining venture with fellow country star and friend Trace Adkins
Trace Adkins
Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...
and opening act Sarah Buxton
Sarah Buxton
Sarah Buxton is an American country music artist, formerly signed to the independent Lyric Street Records...
. The tour began in November 2009 and ended in May 2010.
On June 10, 2010, Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
announced that McBride had collaborated on a song with Kid Rock
Kid Rock
Robert James "Bob" Ritchie , known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations...
. In late June 2010, Martina was nominated for a Teen Choice Award, "Favorite Country Female Artist", alongside country stars Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Taylor Swift & Gretchen Wilson.
In late 2010 Martina McBride was nominated for two American Country Awards (Best Female Single & Touring Artist of the year w/ Trace Adkins.) Along with the ACA nominations, she received her 14th Female Vocalist nomination for Country Music Association in October.
2010-present: Eleven
McBride exited RCA in November 2010 and signed with Republic NashvilleRepublic Nashville
Republic Nashville is a record label established in 2009 by Universal Republic Records in New York and Big Machine Records in Nashville. It is headquartered on Music Row and utilizes the combined resources of Big Machine Records and Universal Republic Records....
. She began working on a new studio album with producer Byron Gallimore
Byron Gallimore
Byron Gallimore is an American record producer known for his work in the field of country music. He has worked with artists such as Sugarland, Lee Ann Womack, Jo Dee Messina, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, whose 1999 album Breathe won him the Grammy Award for Best Country Album.-Biography:Byron...
. Her first single for Republic Nashville is "Teenage Daughters
Teenage Daughters
"Teenage Daughters" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. It is her first single release for Republic Nashville, and served as the lead-off for her eleventh studio album, Eleven, which was be released on October 11, 2011.-History:McBride wrote...
", which she also co-wrote with the Warren Brothers. McBride told Country Weekly
Country Weekly
Country Weekly is an American tabloid style weekly magazine established in 1994. The magazine focuses on country music stars and events, and regularly features exclusive interviews with recording artists and country music news...
that she co-wrote eight of the eleven songs on the album; she decided to write more frequently because she felt more confident in her songwriting ability after "Anyway" had become a hit. An album track, "One Night" was released as a promotion for NASCAR with a music video in June 2011. "I'm Gonna Love You Through It
I'm Gonna Love You Through It
"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" is the title of a song written by Ben Hayslip, Sonya Isaacs and Jimmy Yeary and recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride. It was released in July 2011 as the second single from her album Eleven.-Content:...
" was released as the album's second single on July 25, 2011. The album, titled Eleven
Eleven (Martina McBride album)
Eleven is a studio album by Martina McBride, released through the record label Republic Nashville on October 11, 2011. The title of the album was inspired by the fact that it is McBride's eleventh studio album, it has eleven tracks and its release date. A deluxe edition of the album was also made...
, was released on October 11, 2011.
On February 13, 2011, she paid tribute to Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
during the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. She was joined onstage by Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
, Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Kate Hudson is an American recording artist, actress and spokesperson. She came to prominence in 2004 as one of the finalists on the third season of American Idol coming in seventh place...
, Florence Welch
Florence Welch
Florence Leontine Mary Welch is an English singer-songwriter, best known worldwide as the lead singer of Florence and the Machine...
and Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Adams is an American Grammy- and Dove-award-winning Yolanda Adams is an American [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]]- and [[Dove Awards|Dove]]-award-winning...
.
On July 4 she sang at the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.
Charity work
Martina McBride works with a variety of charities. She is currently the spokeswoman for the National Domestic Violence HotlineNational Domestic Violence Hotline
The National Domestic Violence Hotline is a 24-hour, confidential, toll-free hotline created through the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act. Hotline staff immediately connect the caller to a service provider in his or her area...
as well as for the National Network to End Domestic Violence
National Network to End Domestic Violence
The National Network to End Domestic Violence is a not-for-profit organization incorporated in the District of Columbia since 1995. It is a network of state domestic violence coalitions, representing over 2,000 member organizations nationwide...
and national spokeswoman for the Tulsa Domestic Violence and Intervention Services. Every year since 1995, she has hosted Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee is a distinct portion of the state of Tennessee, delineated according to state law as the 41 counties in the Middle Grand Division of Tennessee....
's YWCA
YWCA
The YWCA USA is the United States branch of a women's membership movement that strives to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision—to eliminate racism and empower women. The YWCA is a non-profit organization, the first of which was founded in...
, "Celebrity Auction", and it has raised nearly $400,000 so far. In 2004, she worked with "Kids Wish Network
Kids Wish Network
Kids Wish Network is a 501 non-profit organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.The charity was founded in 1997 by Shelley and Mark Breiner after the loss of Shelley's father to cancer, and was inspired by the many youth cancer patients Shelley met during...
" to fulfill the wish of a young girl dying from Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy is a group of muscle diseases that weaken the musculoskeletal system and hamper locomotion. Muscular dystrophies are characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue.In the 1860s, descriptions of boys who...
. McBride was awarded the "Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award" in 2003.
McBride explained that educating girls and women on domestic violence is something she works on at home with her own daughters, stating that:
McBride has also teamed up with, "Loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
Loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
loveisrespect National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline was launched February 8, 2007 by the National Domestic Violence Hotline. This 24-hour national Web-based and telephone resource was created to help teens experiencing dating abuse, and is the only helpline in the country serving all 50 states,...
," working with them on a new program called, "My Time to Shine."
McBride appeared on the Stand up 2 Cancer telethon in September 2010. alongside Leona lewis, Aaron Neville, and Stevie Wonder, she performed Unchained Melody. Also in 2010 she hosted the YWCA again, for the 16th year raising over 50,000 dollars this year, it totals over 500,000 dollars raised so far.
Personal life
McBride has been married to sound engineer John McBride, since May 15, 1988. The couple has three daughters: Delaney Katharine (born December 22, 1994), Emma Justine (b. March 29, 1998), and Ava Rose Kathleen (b. June 20, 2005).Studio albums
- 1992: The Time Has ComeThe Time Has Come (Martina McBride album)The Time Has Come is the debut album by Martina McBride released in 1992. The album rose to the #49 position on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It includes the singles "The Time Has Come", "Cheap Whiskey", and "That's Me", all of which charted on the Billboard country charts. "The Time Has...
- 1993: The Way That I AmThe Way That I AmThe Way That I Am is the second album by American country music singer Martina McBride, released in 1993 on RCA Records. It was certified Gold on 9/7/1994 and Platinum on 5/15/1995 by the R.I.A.A....
- 1995: Wild AngelsWild Angels-Personnel:*Eddie Bayers – drums*Larry Byrom – electric guitar*Joe Chemay – bass guitar, fretless bass*Ashley Cleveland – background vocals*Rusty "Pedal" Danmyer – steel guitar*Dan Dugmore – electric guitar, steel guitar, Dobro...
- 1997: EvolutionEvolution (Martina McBride album)Evolution is the fourth album released by Martina McBride. It was released in 1997 via RCA Records. It included the hit singles "Happy Girl", "A Broken Wing" and "Valentine", the latter of which became her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as her first major crossover hit...
- 1998: White ChristmasWhite Christmas (Martina McBride album)- 1999 re-release:- 2007 re-release:-Album:-Singles:-Release history:-References:...
- 1999: EmotionEmotion (Martina McBride album)-Personnel:*Wes Hightower, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Troy Johnson, Gordon Kennedy: Vocal Backing*J.T. Corenflos, Dan Dugmore, B. James Lowry, Paul Worley: Guitars*Dann Huff: Guitars, Organ, Wurlitzer*Doug Lancio, Biff Watson: Guitars, Bouzouki*Aubrey Haynie: Fiddle...
- 2003: MartinaMartina (album)- Personnel :As listed in liner notes.All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine, conducted and arranged by Chris McDonald.- Album :- Singles :...
- 2005: Timeless
- 2007: Waking Up LaughingWaking up LaughingWaking Up Laughing is the ninth album from country singer Martina McBride. This album is the first in McBride's career in which she has both co-written songs and been involved in the production single-handedly. This album produced three chart singles for McBride on the Billboard Hot Country Songs...
- 2009: ShineShine (Martina McBride album)Shine is the tenth studio album from American country music singer Martina McBride. It was released on March 24, 2009 through RCA Records Nashville. The album spun three Top 20 hits on the Billboard country chart: "Ride" and "Wrong Baby Wrong" both reached #11, and "I Just Call You Mine" peaked at...
- 2011: ElevenEleven (Martina McBride album)Eleven is a studio album by Martina McBride, released through the record label Republic Nashville on October 11, 2011. The title of the album was inspired by the fact that it is McBride's eleventh studio album, it has eleven tracks and its release date. A deluxe edition of the album was also made...
Compilations and other albums
- 2001: Greatest HitsGreatest Hits (Martina McBride album)-Album:-Singles:...
- 2008: Live in Concert
- 2008: Playlist: The Very Best of Martina McBridePlaylist: The Very Best of Martina McBridePlaylist: The Very Best of Martina McBride is a compilation album from Martina McBride released as part of the Legacy Records Playlist series. The album features 14 tracks, 11 previously released and three not previously included on any of McBride's albums.-Track listing:...
Tours
Headlining- Greatest Hits Tour (2002-2003)
- Joy of Christmas Tour (2002)
- Timeless Tour (2006)
- Waking Up Laughing TourThe Waking Up Laughing TourThe Waking Up Laughing Tour is the second headlining tour by American recording artist, Martina McBride. Primarily visiting the United States and Canada, the tour supported her ninth studio album, Waking Up Laughing...
(2008–09)
Co-headlining
- Virginia SlimsVirginia SlimsVirginia Slims is a brand of cigarette manufactured by Altria Group . The brand was introduced in 1968 and marketed to young professional women using the slogan "You've come a long way, baby." Some media watch groups considered this campaign to be responsible for a rapid increase in smoking among...
on the Legends Tour (1995) (with Regina BelleRegina BelleRegina Belle is a singer-songwriter who first surfaced in the late 1980s. She is notable for her Grammy award winning duet with Peabo Bryson, "A Whole New World".-Biography:Regina Belle was born in Englewood, New Jersey...
, Gladys KnightGladys KnightGladys Maria Knight , known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author...
and Barbara MandrellBarbara MandrellBarbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...
) - Lilith FairLilith FairLilith Fair was a concert tour and travelling music festival, founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group's Dan Fraser and Terry McBride, and New York talent agent Marty Diamond. It took place during the summers of 1997 to 1999, and was revived in the summer of 2010. It...
(1998–99) (with Sarah McLaughlinSarah McLaughlinSarah Jane McLaughlin is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.She was a member of the New Zealand squad in the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup playing all 3 group games; a 0-1 loss to Canada, a 1-2 loss to Denmark and a 1-3 loss to...
, et al.) - Girls Night Out Tour (2001) (with Sara EvansSara EvansSara Lynn Evans is an American country singer and songwriter.Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging in the late 1990s, Evans has made five No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums by...
, Carolyn Dawn JohnsonCarolyn Dawn JohnsonCarolyn Dawn Johnson is a Canadian Juno Award winning country music singer-songwriter. Johnson first rose to fame by co-writing Chely Wright's 1999 Number One single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1999...
, Jamie O'NealJamie O'NealJamie O'Neal is a contemporary country singer and songwriter who has had success in the United States. She was born Jamie Murphy in Sydney, Australia, to parents Jimmy and Julie Murphy, who were also professional musicians...
and Reba McEntireReba McEntireReba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
) - "Shine All Night TourShine All Night TourThe Shine All Night Tour is a co-headlining tour by country music artists Martina McBride and Trace Adkins. The tour was officially announced in early October 2009 and will kickoff in late November 2009 and run through April 2010...
" (2009–10) (with Trace AdkinsTrace AdkinsTracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...
)
Supporting act
- Garth BrooksGarth BrooksTroyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...
(1992–94) - Brooks & DunnBrooks & DunnBrooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists...
(1994) - Tim McGrawTim McGrawSamuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...
(1997)