Martina McBride

Martina McBride, 2003 - American music Awards

Martina McBride (* 29. July 1966 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, actually Martina Mariea ship) is an US-American Country - singer. Ranks since center of the 90's among the most successful artists of its category. Only Shania Twain, Faith Hill and the Dixie Chicks sell more albums. With the CMA Awards, the most important honor within the Country range, it was gekürt so far three times to the “singer of the yearly” (1999, 2002, 2003). Only Reba McEntire was more frequently distinguished, while Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette were in each case likewise three times honoured. Not only the large success of the singer, but also its high reputation in the scene occupies. Nevertheless it, particularly in the last years, mixed again and again strong Pop - and skirt - portions into its Country sound.

biography

McBride buildup in typically rural conditions of the American south. In addition, as a child it inspired early for Country, loved themselves skirt star of the time at that time. In the High School she could gain first experiences in volume, before she received in the middle of the 80's as professional Vokalistin in Wichita, Kansas of appearances. 1988 married it John McBride and pulled with it 1990 after Nashville. In this time she worked already intensively on her first demo volume, during their man for artists such as Charlie Daniels, Ricky Van Shelton or Garth Brooks active was. The latter hired John McBride on even as a production manager, while Martina accompanied both on tours, in order to sell T-Shirts of superstar Brooks there.

At the beginning of the 90's McBride finally signed a disk contract with RCA record and publishes 1992 its debut album “The Time Has Come”. Production was sold compared with later albums traditionally held and itself only modestly. The title Song was their first Top-40-Hit in the Country Charts, further uncoupling (under it the first-class drunkard Ballade Cheap Whiskey) made McBride popular, but only successfully causes. Remarkable was however their extremely strong and very expression-strong voice, which took it off clearly from the many new names in the Country scene. With this it was to be always obtained in a the position also complex social topics convincingly.

My baby Loves ME was called 1993 its first large hit in the American Country Charts (place 2). The pertinent album The Way That I to became from critics with praise überschüttet, sold themselves over one million time and held themselves over 100 weeks in the Country album Charts. The Song Independence Day , the history of a girl, who must see force in their family, written by Gretchen Peter, one of the largest triumphs of Martina McBride became a little later. Excellently with the CMA Award as “Song OF The Year 1995 “, is the Song this very day a woman and a Befreiungshymne. Numerous honors followed for McBride.

The album game Angels (1995) threw a number unity hit with the title Song for the first time into the Charts off (written of Matraca mountain, likewise Country singer and Songwriterin). McBrides albums sold themselves constantly better: Evolution (1997) brought it on over four million units, during Greatest to hits (2001) for the first time also the Top Ten of the Pop album Charts cracked. With its last album Martina could repeat it that easily. In a time, in which female of singing star have it heavily in Nashville, Martina McBride still plays a very large role and lands also regularly large hits. While Shania Twain, Faith Hill and also LeAnn Rimes make more and more Pop music, them are considered at present as prominent Country Queen, although also their sound became always Pop annoying with the time.

Diskographie

• 1992 - The Time Has Come (RCA)
  
• 1993 - The Way That I on (RCA)
  
• the 1995 - game Angels (RCA)
  
• 1997 - evolution (RCA)
  
• 1998 - White Christmas (RCA)
  
• 1999 - emotion (RCA)
  
• 2003 - Martina (RCA)
  
• 2005 - Timeless (RCA)
  

Compilations

• 1999 - CMT universe ACCESS - Girls Night Out (BNA, with Lorrie Morgan, Sara Evans and Mindy McCready)
• 2001 - Greatest hit (RCA)

number unity hits in the Country Charts

• 1996 - game Angels
• 1998 - A Broken Wing
• 1999 - Wrong Again
• 1999 - I Love You
• 2002 - Blessed

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