PLATINUM PROFILE: FAITH HILL ((from country to pop crossover success))

The following biography is from Wikipedia.org “The Free Encyclopedia.” Audrey Faith Perry, later known as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967 in Jackson, Mississippi), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her much-publicized marriage to country singer Tim McGraw. **** Early life Hill was raised in Star, Mississippi and began singing at a very early age. After graduating high school, Hill went to college briefly before dropping out and moving to Nashville in an attempt at starting a singing career. Hill is adopted and met her biological mother in the early 1990s. She was married to a music executive named Dan Hill from 1988 to 1994. Working as a secretary in a music publishing company, Hill's singing was noticed as she sang to herself one day. She soon signed to Warner Brothers Records. Country success Hill's debut album was Take Me As I Am (1993); sales were strong, buoyed by the chart success of "Wild One". A version of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart", also went to the top of the country charts. She was delayed in the recording of her second album by surgery on her vocal cords. It Matters to Me finally appeared in 1995 and was another success, with the title track becoming her fourth #1 country single. Hill began seeing country singer Tim McGraw. When he proposed marriage to her in one of his tour trailers, he had to go perform right then, so she took a permanent marker and wrote her answer on the mirror. Hill began touring with McGraw and married him on October 6, 1996. The couple has three children together: Gracie Katherine, Maggie Elizabeth and Audrey Caroline. Pop crossover Hill's 1998 album, Faith, moved her closer towards a mainstream, pop-oriented sound, which lost her many of her long-time fans. "This Kiss" became a #1 country hit, and went to #7 on the pop charts. Hill's fame grew rapidly as she signed an endorsement deal with CoverGirl makeup and released Breathe, an even more successful pop hit that became one of the biggest albums of 2000. The title track "Breathe" was the #1 pop airplay song that year and has become Hill's signature song; especially notable is the power and control she shows in her lower register during the song. "The Way You Love Me" hit the top ten as well (#7), and becoming one of the longest running singles in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 (57 weeks). The album won Hill three Grammy Awards including Best Country Album. By the holidays she had contributed "Where Are You Christmas?" to the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas; this gospel-flavored song became very popular on the all-Christmas-all-the-time holiday formats that American radio stations adopted in the 2000s. The following summer she recorded the Diane Warren penned "There You'll Be" for the Pearl Harbor soundtrack. After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Hill showed her gospel colorings again when she performed "There Will Come a Day" on the America: A Tribute to Heroes benefit telethon. In 2002, Hill released Cry. Though the album debuted at #1 on Billboard magazine's pop and country album charts, its singles (including the title track, written and originally performed by Angie Aparo) received much less radio airplay than her previous smashes. In fact, country radio pretty much ignored the songs, considering them "too pop". The album did win one Grammy Award. In the summer of 2004, Hill co-starred with Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick in director Frank Oz's remake of the 1975 thriller The Stepford Wives. She references this sojourn in Hollywood as well as the chilly reception of Cry in the 2005 country release "Mississippi Girl", the first single from her back-to-roots album Fireflies. It worked, as the song restored her to the top of the country charts. She performed this song along with "Breathe" and "Piece of My Heart" at the Live 8 concert in Rome on July 2, 2005, where McGraw also performed. In 2006, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw want to reprise their Soul II Soul tour. The co-headlining arena tour will begin April 21 and will run through Labor Day, with a total of about 70 dates in the works. Discography Studio albums Take Me As I Am (1993) #59 US (3X Platinum) It Matters to Me (1995) #29 US (4X Platinum) Faith (1998) #7 US (6X Platinum) Breathe (1999) #1 US (8X Platinum), #19 UK Cry (2002) #1 US (2X Platinum), #29 UK Fireflies (2005) #1 US (2X Platinum) Compilation albums There You'll Be (2001) #6 UK **** The above biography has been copied in part or in whole from an article on Wikipedia.org "The Free Encyclopedia." It has been modified under the NGU Free Document License Section 5 in the following manner: (1) All links within the article have been removed, including text links such as "[#]"; (2) The "[Edit]" text and link have been removed [if you would like to update the article, you may do so from the original page]; (3) the table of Contents links and text have been removed; and (4) all of the sections of the original article have not been copied. All of the above text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Document License. URL of Original Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Hill Date Article Copied: February 1, 2006 We will try to replace this article with an original biography in the near future, but we hope this will be of help to our visitors in the mean time. YEAH, GOT THIS FROM ANOTHER WEBSITE SITE THAT GOT IT FROM WIKIPEDIA. HAVE A NICE DAY~SUNDAY!! WE MAY GO BOWLING!! WE WERE OVER H.BUN's FOLKS YESTERDAY THEN THEY CAME BY HERE. sweetpea

PLATINUM PROFILE: TAYLOR SWIFT

SHE IS FROM PENNSYLVANIA. SHE BEGGED HER FOLKS TO MOVE TO NASVILLE!! SHE GAVE OUT TONS OF FAILED KARAOKE DEMOS ND LOOK AT HER NOW WITH THE AWARDS SHE'S RACKED UP PLUS NOMINATIONS!! SHE WANTS TO BE A CORPSE ON CSI ON CBS. HMMMMMMMMM................. OKAY??!! Taylor Swift~ awards and nominations American Music Awards 1 1 MTV Video Music Awards 0 1 Teen Choice Awards 1 1 Academy of Country Music Awards 1 4 BMI Awards 3 3 Country Music Association Awards 1 2 CMT Music Awards 3 3 Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Award 1 1 Young Hollywood Awards 1 1 People's Choice Awards 0 1 Totals Awards won 12 Nominations 18 Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is signed with Big Machine Records and as of November 2008, has released 2 studio albums, Taylor Swift and Fearless. Discounting the CMT Online Awards, which is not a proper award show, Swift has been nominated a total of 18 times, and has won/honored 12 awards. Also was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards but lost to Amy Winehouse. WHAT??!! ALSO SHE'S ACCUMULATED THESE AWARDS AND NOM'S 1 Academy of Country Music Awards 2 American Music Awards 3 BMI Awards 4 Country Music Association Awards 5 CMT Music Awards 6 MTV Video Music Awards 7 Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Award 8 People's Choice Awards 9 Teen Choice Awards 10 Young Hollywood Awards 11 CMT Online Awards Academy of Country Music Awards Taylor Swift has been nominated a total of four times, winning one award. 2007 Taylor Swift Top Female Vocalist Of The Year Nominated 2008 Taylor Swift Top New Female Vocalist Won Taylor Swift Top Female Vocalist Nominated Taylor Swift Album of the Year Nominated She was also nominated for a Grammy award for Best New Artist. HER American Music Awards The American Music Awards is an annual major American music award show by the ABC. Taylor Swift has received one nomination, which she has won.[3] 2008 Taylor Swift Favorite Female Country Artist SHE Won BMI Awards The BMI Awards is an annual award show hosted oTO THE giving OF awards to songwriters. Songwriters are selected each year from the entire BMI catalog, based on the amount of performances during the award period. At the 56th annual BMI awards, "Teardrops on My Guitar", a song co-written by Taylor Swift and Liz Rose, took home the honor, "Country Song of the Year".[4]. Beside Teardrops on My Guitar, Tim McGraw and Our Song both earned the honors of "BMI Award Winning Song" in 2007 and 2008 respectively. [5][6] Year Nominated work Award Result 2007 "Tim McGraw" Winning Song Won 2008 "Our Song" Winning Song Won "Teardrops on My Guitar" Country Song of the Year Won Country Music Association Awards The Country Music Association Awards is an annual country music awards show, established in 1967. Taylor Swift has been nominated a total of two times, winning one award.[7][8] Year Nominated work Award Result 2007 Taylor Swift Horizon Award Won 2008 Taylor Swift Female Vocalist of the Year Nominated CMT Music Awards The CMT Music Awards is an annual country music awards show, established in 2002 by Country Music Television. Taylor Swift has received three nominations, all of which she has won.[9][10] Year Nominated work Award Result 2007 "Tim McGraw" Breakthrough Video of The Year Won 2008 "Our Song" Female Video of the Year Won "Our Song" Video of the Year Won MTV Video Music Awards The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1984 by MTV. Taylor Swift has received one nomination.[11] Year Nominated work Award Result 2008 Taylor Swift Best New Artist Nominated Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Award The Nashville Songwriters Association International honored Taylor Swift, who tied with Alan Jackson, for the award of "Songwriter/Artists of the Year" in 2007.[12]Swift is the youngest person ever to be honored with the title. The NSAI Award is voted by the professional songwriter members of the NSAI.[13] Year Nominated work Award Result 2007 Alan Jackson & Taylor Swift Songwriter/Artists of the Year Won People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards are a venue for the American public to honor their favorite actors and actresses, musical performers, television shows, and motion pictures. It is fan voted. [14] Year Nominated work Award Result 2009 "Love Story" Favorite Country Song Nominated Teen Choice Awards The Teen Choice Awards is an annual awards show established in 1999 by the Fox Broadcasting Company. Taylor Swift has received one nomination, which she has won.[15] Year Nominated work Award Result 2008 Taylor Swift Breakout Artist Won Young Hollywood Awards The Young Hollywood Awards is an annual award event that took place since 1999, honoring promising and up-and-coming stars in Hollywood. At the 10th annual Young Hollywood Awards, Taylor Swift was honored with "Superstar of Tomorrow", even though she is not a Hollywood star. Swift is the first musician to be recognized with the honor.[16] Year Nominated work Award Result 2008 Taylor Swift Superstar of Tomorrow Won CMT Online Awards CMT Online Awards is an annual online award show, established in 2006 by Country Music Television. This is a "fan-voted" award show, based on the fans going to CMT.com streaming the videos, clicking and viewing the artists' pages. The winner in each category received the highest numbers of streams, clicks and views on CMT.com.[17] Year Nominated work Award Result 2006 "Tim McGraw" Number 1 Streamed Video From A New Artist Nominated 2007 "Teardrops on My Guitar" Number 1 Streamed Studio 330 Sessions Video Won "Teardrops on My Guitar" Number 1 Streamed Music Video Nominated Taylor Swift Number 1 Digitally Active Female Artist Nominated 2008 "Should've Said No" Number 1 Streamed Slippery When Wet Video Nominated "Our Song" Number 1 Streamed Music Video Nominated Taylor Swift, RECKON HOW MANY MORE ALBUMS SHE WILL SELL??!! MAYBE LOTS!! She is some platinum artist!! GOD BLESS GOD BLESS THIS SINGER/SONGWRITER PLATINUM PROFILE ARTIST!! SWEETPEA-HONEYBUN