History Music / FaithHill

A CountryMusic singer known as much for her own music as she is for her longterm marriage to Music/TimMcGraw. Hill debuted in 1993 with the song "Wild One" from her album ''Take Me as I Am'' and remained a regular presence on the country music charts throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s. Her biggest hits came in the latter half of the 1990s decade, including the [=McGraw=] duet "It's Your Love", as well as "This Kiss", "Breathe" and "The Way You Love Me", all of which crossed over to pop radio.

* HideYourPregnancy: Attempted in the "This Kiss" video, but there are a few shots where her baby bump is at least somewhat noticeable.

* NewSoundAlbum[=/=]GenreAdultery: ''Breathe'' was noticeably more pop than her previous efforts, but it was still rooted in country enough to get her hits there. ''Cry'' completed the transition from country-pop to outright pop. Although this sound won her a Grammy for the title track and gave her a third number one on the AC charts, the rest of the album did very little at country or pop radio ("Cry" zoomed to #12 then dropped like a rock), and led to many fans accusing her of selling out to the pop base. She pretty much returned to her mid-1990s sound with ''Fireflies'' in 2005.

* NewSoundAlbum:
** ''Breathe'' was noticeably more pop than her previous efforts, but it was still rooted in country enough to get her hits there.
** ''Cry'' completed the transition from country-pop to outright pop. Although this sound won her a Grammy for the title track and gave her a third number one on the AC charts, the rest of the album did very little at country or pop radio ("Cry" zoomed to #12 then dropped like a rock), and led to many fans accusing her of selling out to the pop base. She pretty much returned to her mid-1990s sound with ''Fireflies'' in 2005.

Since 2006 she's also enjoyed a high-profile role providing the musical opening for Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Sunday Night Football'' telecasts.

* VivaLasVegas: "Let's Go to Vegas" has her persuading a lover to run off and get married in Vegas. The TropeNamer is name-dropped in the bridge.

* VivaLasVegas: "Let's Go to Vegas" has her persuading a lover to run off and get married in Vegas.
* WordSaladLyrics: "Red Umbrella". On one blog, the writers tried to justify it as being like a Beatles song, but judge for yourself:

* SurrealMusicVideo: "This Kiss".

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* EarWorm: "This Kiss". And how!

After a more pop and AC oriented crossover album, Faith returned to form in 2005 with ''Fireflies'', which returned her to her more traditional country-pop sound. This album accounted for her last Number One hit in "Mississippi Girl" (co-written by John Rich of Big & Rich). She's been pretty much quiet after a couple flops from a GreatestHitsAlbum and a stray Christmas album, but finally returned in 2011 with the dud single "Come Home" (a OneRepublic cover). After ''that'' flopped, she tried again with "American Heart" in late 2012.

Since 2006 she's also enjoyed a high-profile role providing the musical opening for {{NBC}}'s ''Sunday Night Football'' telecasts.

A CountryMusic singer known as much for her own music as she is for her longterm marriage to TimMcGraw. Hill debuted in 1993 with the song "Wild One" from her album ''Take Me as I Am'' and remained a regular presence on the country music charts throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s. Her biggest hits came in the latter half of the 1990s decade, including the [=McGraw=] duet "It's Your Love", as well as "This Kiss", "Breathe" and "The Way You Love Me", all of which crossed over to pop radio.

After a more pop and AC oriented crossover album, Faith returned to form in 2005 with ''Fireflies'', which returned her to her more traditional country-pop sound. This album accounted for her last Number One hit in "Mississippi Girl" (co-written by John Rich of Big & Rich). She's been pretty much quiet after a couple flops from a GreatestHitsAlbum and a stray Christmas album, but finally returned in 2011 with the dud single "Come Home" (a OneRepublic cover).

* NewSoundAlbum: Faith pursued a far more pop-oriented sound on her ''Cry'' album. Although this sound won her a Grammy for the title track and gave her a third number one on the AC charts, the rest of the album did very little at country or pop radio, and led to many fans accusing her of selling out to the pop base. She pretty much returned to her mid-1990s sound with ''Fireflies'' in 2005.

* WordSaladLyrics: "Red Umbrella":

After a more pop and AC oriented crossover album, Faith returned to form in 2005 with ''Fireflies'', which returned her to her more traditional country-pop sound. This album accounted for her last Number One hit in "Mississippi Girl" (co-written by John Rich of Big & Rich). She's been pretty much quiet after a couple flops from a GreatestHitsAlbum and a stray Christmas album, but finally returned in 2011 with the dud single "Come Home" (a {{Coldplay}} cover).

After a more pop and AC oriented crossover album, Faith returned to form in 2005 with ''Fireflies'', which returned her to her more traditional country-pop sound. This album accounted for her last Number One hit in "Mississippi Girl" (co-written by John Rich of Big & Rich). She's been pretty much quiet after a couple flops from a GreatestHitsAlbum and a stray Christmas album.

* AndTheWinnerIs: The 2006 Country Music Awards saw Faith Hill and Carrie Underwood both nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year. As the nominations were being announced, a camera was trained on all five finalists, including Hill and Underwood. Then, as Underwood was announced the winner, Hill smiled and raised her arms, then apparently screamed "[[BigWhat What?]]" and stormed away. All of this was caught on live television just before the nominee camera shots were pulled away. Faith Hill and her management insisted the act was a joke, but left many unconvinced.

* AndTheWinnerIs: The 2006 Country Music Awards saw Faith Hill and Carrie Underwood both nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year. As the nominations were being announced, a camera was trained on all five finalists, including Hill and Underwood. Then, as Underwood was announced the winner, Hill smiled and raised her arms, then apparently screamed "What?" and stormed away. All of this was caught on live television just before the nominee camera shots were pulled away. Faith Hill and her management insisted the act was a joke, but left many unconvinced.

* [=~Truck Driver's Gear Change~=]: The verses of "The Way You Love Me" are in C. It goes up to D for most of the chorus, and then up ''again'' to E for the last line of the chorus.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Hill was briefly engaged to her producer, Scott Hendricks, but broke it off to marry Tim. Seeing as the duet "It's Your Love" kicked both singers' careers into high gear...