{"id":3992,"date":"2015-03-23T14:02:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T19:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?page_id=3992"},"modified":"2015-04-02T22:33:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T03:33:26","slug":"eleven-2011","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/music\/eleven-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleven (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Shannon Smith
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Martina McBride is a country music artist that has been able to stand the test of time. Martina\u2019s country pop career started in the 90\u2019s and began to hit its peak in 2003. Martina McBride\u2019s songs have always resonated with the older female country music fans and made a strong appearance in the adult contemporary charts. Everyone knows that this female artist has one of the most amazing voices that country music has ever heard, but what they don\u2019t know is that Martina has more recently been developing into a successful songwriter. On Martina McBride\u2019s album Eleven<\/em> she co-wrote 7 of the 11 songs. Even though she has stepped out of her prime she has still been able to remain relevant and prove that she is a forced to be reckoned with when in comes to country music.<\/p>\n

\"eleven\"<\/a>Martina Mariea Schiff was born on July 29, 1966 in Sharon, Kansas. She married John McBride in 1988, and moved to Nashville to work for Garth Brooks in 1990. Martina performed odd jobs like selling Garth Brooks T-shirts, while her husband was a part of his sound crew. Her career started with RCA records in 1992 after she released her first album, The Time Has Come. <\/em>The \u201890s is where many female artists like Faith Hill and Shania Twain began to gain popularity with their new independent sound. Martina McBride has been a part of the country music scene for over twenty years and has become known as a respected veteran in country music industry. Martina McBride\u2019s powerful ballads \u201cinspire hope, empower the voiceless and make a positive impact on the world\u201d (McClellan). Throughout her career she has generated more than 18 million dollars in album sales and is a three-time ACM Female Vocalist of the Year and a four-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year. In the \u201890s Martina helped develop the popular Country-Pop genre that is so famous today.<\/p>\n

Martina McBride remained at RCA records until 2011 and then after her contract ran out she decided to go in a different direction and sign with Republic Nashville. Martina was looking for a record label that \u201cthey think very out of the box and they are very music centered\u201d (Cackett). Eleven<\/em> was the first album she produced with Republic Nashville and it was her 11th<\/sup> album that contained 11 tracks and was released on 11\/11\/2011. Needless to say the title of this album was no coincidence. The hottest songs from the Eleven<\/em> album included \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You Through It,\u201d \u201cTeenage Daughters,\u201d and \u201cMarry Me.\u201d Martina was able to break Train\u2019s \u201cMarry Me\u201d into the Country Music charts at number 45. Fans on Amazon believe that this duet arrangement with Pat Monahan is \u201cbetter than the original,\u201d and \u201cleaves you with the perfect wedding song\u201d (Amazon Customer). Martina McBride has always expressed that family will always come before the music and her greatest hits often reveal the emotional connection she has with her daughters. \u201cTeenage Daughters\u201d was written by Martina McBride and does a great job of letting her audience into her personal life in a comical way. In her 2003 album Martina,<\/em> a more emotional song called \u201cIn My Daughter\u2019s Eyes\u201d hits number four on the Country Music charts and the Adult Music charts. It is great to see that Martina\u2019s \u201cTeenage Daughters\u201d song reflects where she is at in her own personal life and is portrayed in a way that many of her fans can relate to.<\/p>\n

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The most successful song on the country music charts was Eleven\u2019s<\/em> \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You Through It.\u201d This song depicts the emotional struggles that women face while undergoing breast cancer and the support from their husbands. This song touched many people and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance. Martina McBride has always done an amazing job empowering women and this song is a great example of that. At this time America had more than double the number of Susan G Komen races in the United States and began to increase awareness in other countries across the world. It is safe to say that this song has become a popular anthem amongst may breast cancer survivors and their families. Brad Paisley released a song called \u201cThis is Country Music\u201d in May 2011. His song talks about how country music gets criticized for talking about cancer in a song, so it was only a coincidence that Martina releases her song about cancer two months later in July.<\/p>\n

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Eleven<\/em> placed fourth on both the US and UK Country Music Charts. Other country music albums that hit the top of the country music charts in 2011 include Here for a Good Time<\/em> by George Strait, My Kinda Party <\/em>by Jason Aldean, and This is Country Music<\/em> by Brad Paisley. Other things that were going on in the country music scene during 2011 were Reba McEntire\u2019s induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In one of the Amazon reviews by Timothy Yap he states that Martina McBride is \u201cimitating her peer Reba McEntire\u201d when she released the \u201cMarry Me\u201d cover. Earlier that year Reba McEntire released her own version of Beyonce’s “If I Was a Boy” that penetrated into the country music top 20.\u00a0While Reba is acclaimed for her New Country sound and Martina is more Country Pop, it is clear that Martina was showing great respect for her fellow female artist by following in Reba\u2019s footsteps. While most of today’s country pop artists are young, Martina\u2019s fans remain loyal because they are typically around her same age. Other fan favorites on the album include in the retro sounding \u201cBroken Umbrella\u201d and \u201cAlways Be This Way.\u201d Martina continues to remind everyone that she was one of the original initiators of this country pop genre and that her music only gets more powerful over time. Her songs may not be hitting the number one anymore, but it is clear that her fans are more loyal than ever. Her songs resonate really well with her listeners because her songs are relatable with large audiences.<\/p>\n

It is clear that Martina McBride has no intention of stepping out of the spotlight, especially now that her daughters are in school and are no longer dependent on her. While family will always remain her number one priority it is obvious that music is a big part of who Martina McBride is. When she does give up the singing career it looks like she will want to continue as a producer or songwriter. Eleven<\/em> was a powerful album that should not be measured by it radio success because even her fans believe that \u201cthis album’s weakest moments are those when McBride makes concession to radio\u201d (Yap). None of her fans seem to complain about the record switch, because they are too busy raving about Martina\u2019s new career as a songwriter. If this album is any indication of what Martina McBride\u2019s career will be like at Republic Records it looks like a positive one.<\/p>\n

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Tracks<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cOne Night\u201d (Martina McBride,Tommy Lee James, Claude Kelly)<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cAlways Be This Way\u201d (Martina McBride,\u00a0Brett James,\u00a0Hillary Lindsey)<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Love You Through It\u201d (Ben Hayslip,Sonya Isaacs,Jimmy Yeary)<\/li>\n
  4. \u00a0\u201cMarry Me\u201d (Pat Monahan)<\/li>\n
  5. \u00a0\u201cBroken Umbrella\u201d (Josh Kear,\u00a0Mark Irwin,\u00a0Chris Tompkins)<\/li>\n
  6. \u201cYou Can Get Your Lovin\u2019 Right Here\u201d (Martina McBride, Rachel Thibodeau,\u00a0Leslie Satcher)<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cWhatcha Gonna Do\u201d (Thibodeau,Rebecca Lynn Howard, Jason Sever)<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cTeenage Daughters\u201d (Martina McBride,\u00a0Brad Warren, Brett Warren)<\/li>\n
  9. \u00a0\u201cSummer of Love\u201d (Martina McBride, James, Lindsey)<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cWhen You\u00a0Love A Sinner\u201d (Kacey Musgraves, Jay Clementi, Chip Boyd)<\/li>\n
  11. \u201cLong Distance Lullaby\u201d (Martina McBride, Irwin, Kear)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Works Cited<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Cackett, Alan. “Martina Mcbride.”\u00a0Maverick<\/em>\u00a0113 (2012): 42-44.\u00a0Music Index<\/em>. Web. 7 Mar. 2015.<\/p>\n

    “Martina McBride.”\u00a0Bio<\/em>. A&E Television Networks, 2015. Web. 7\u00a0Mar.\u00a02015.<\/p>\n

    Fabian, Shelly. “Martina McBride – Biography of Country Music Star Martina McBride.” About.com<\/em>. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2015.<\/p>\n

    Amazon Customer. \u201cMartina is back!\u201d Amazon. <\/em>Amazon, 13 Oct. 2011. Web. 7 Mar. 2015.<\/p>\n

    Timothy Yap. \u201c Safety Not in Numbers But in Her Songs\u201d Amazon. <\/em>Amazon, 11 Oct. 2011. Web. 7 Mar. 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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