The country singer Faith Hill

This female country singer was born on September 21, 1967 in Jackson Mississippi. Audrey Faith Perry was adopted by Pat Perry and Edna Perry. She has two brothers- biological sons of Pat and Edna. As a little girl, she performs in the local Baptist church of their hometown. When she was 9 years old, she attended one of Elvis Presley’s performances and she was very impressed. Eventually she learned to play guitar as a young teenager. At the age of 16, she started her own band and they performed in many local fairs and some rodeo events. She graduated high school and went to college at Hinds Community College. But her college education was cut short when she dropped from school and decided to pursue her singing career at the age of 19. She moved to Nashville and worked jobs such as selling t-shirts in the fan fair, working in the McDonald’s and being a secretary for Gay Morris- a country singer and songwriter. She also worked for her country idol Reba McEntire and in 1988; she married Daniel Hill- a music publishing executive. Faith Hill was discovered while she was singing in bluebird café as a backup vocalist by talent scout Martha Sharp. She released her debut album entitled “Take me as I am” which was released in 1993. It became successful when the album’s first single named “Wild One “reached # one in the country chart for four weeks. Her following singles were also successful hits. These include songs “Piece of my heart” and Take me as I am”. 

However, her life reached a sad part when Faith got divorced with Daniel in 1994. The release of Faith’s second album was delayed when a blood vessel near her vocal chords ruptured. She underwent surgery to repair the unfortunate condition. In 1995, Faith Hill returned into action as she released “It matters to me” her second album which has sprung on top of the charts. Faith Hill has done many tours which added fans to the already growing number. She was on tour with country singer Tim McGraw and they were married in October 6, 1996 after hill went pregnant. They sang together and won a couple of awards from CMA for their duet “It’s your love”. Faith Hill’s career grew fast thru the years. She had become a crossover artist for her single “cry” which won her a Grammy award and sold her 3.7 million of copies. Faith Hill has become one of the popular female country singers with her singles which always had a place in the charts and she received never ending awards. Her next album entitled “Illusion” is said to be released this 2012 and hopefully one of her singles will place in the chart’s top country songs (2012).