{"id":6340,"date":"2015-11-19T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=6340"},"modified":"2015-11-16T13:09:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T19:09:51","slug":"what-happened-to-faith-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/11\/19\/what-happened-to-faith-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened to Faith Hill?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Faith_Hill-CountryMusicRocks.net_\"When you were young, who was your favorite country artist to listen to? Some may say Garth Brooks, George Strait, or Shania Twain (who were all popular during the 1990s<\/a>), but ever since I was a child, I have enjoyed listening to Faith Hill <\/a>and her pop style of country music. Usually my dad is the one who introduces me to different genres of music because of his passion for the music industry, but it was actually my mom who first introduced me to country music. She always used to put on Faith Hill, Sheryl Crow<\/a>, or Shania Twain <\/a>in the car wherever we would go. But lately, I haven\u2019t heard much of Faith Hill, which saddens me because, at the time, she was my role model.<\/p>\n

Faith Hill is known as one of the most successful country artists of all time having sold over 40 million records worldwide, with several number 1 hits throughout her entire career. Hill got started in the music industry quite early, performing at local churches and rodeos in Ridgeland, Mississippi. But by the age of 19 Hill had really found a passion for country music as she decided to drop out of school and move to Nashville to pursue her life long dream of becoming a famous country singer. There she debuted her first album Take Me as I Am<\/a><\/em>, released in 1993, and her song \u201cWild One,\u201d <\/a>which soared to the top of Billboard\u2019s charts<\/a> for a month straight\u2026This ultimately kick started Hill\u2019s career.<\/p>\n

\"10705\"<\/a>By the time that Hill was becoming increasingly popular, she decided to come out with a second album in 1995 titled It\u00a0<\/a><\/em>Matters to Me<\/a>.<\/em> During this time of her career, she began touring and ended up meeting the famous country singer Tim McGraw<\/a>, and the two have been married ever since.<\/p>\n

\"GTY_tim_mcgraw_faith_hill_jef_140618_16x9_992\"<\/a>At the turn of the century, Faith Hill became more interested in the mainstream, pop-oriented sound of country music. This is the period of time where most of my favorite Faith Hill songs come from, such as \u201cThis Kiss,\u201d \u201cBreathe,\u201d and \u201cThe Way You Love Me,\u201d simply because of the catchy music, the romantic\u00a0lyrics, and the popularity <\/a>of each song. \u201cThis Kiss\u201d became an automatic country hit with more than 6 million copies of the album being sold.<\/p>\n