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Faith Hill (Audrey Faith Perry) was born on Sept. 21, 1967, in Jackson, Miss. Adopted at only a week old, she grew up in the small town of Star. She sang in church growing up and moved to Nashville at 19 to pursue a country music career. Faith Hill's first Music City job was selling T-shirts at Fan Fair. She later landed an office job with singer-songwriter Gary Morris' Nashville company. Morris heard her singing along with the radio and asked her to perform on demo tapes. Faith Hill's first professional gig was singing backup for songwriter-musician Gary Burr, who would later become her co-producer.
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Faith Hill is probably the best known female country singer in the United States. Following the foot steps of country-pop phenomena, Shania Twain, Hill has managed to be a chart topper in both the country and pop genres.
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Faith Hill has performed at several high-profile events, including Super Bowl XXXIV, the 1996 Summer Olympics, VH1 Divas Live 2000 and the 2000 Academy Awards, where she stepped in at the last minute for an ailing Whitney Houston. Her image has graced the covers of countless national magazines, including People, US Weekly, Glamour, TV Guide, Redbook, Country Music and Country Weekly. She ... has landed lucrative endorsements with CoverGirl, Pepsi and ALLTEL.
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Faith Hill moves toward mainstream pop on her third album, Faith. Without abandoning the polished contemporary country that defined her first two efforts, she's exanded her sonic palette. Hill gives it her all, and there are some very nice performances here; anyone who doubted her vocal prowess will be impressed with her showcase performance here.
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Faith Hill continues to grace the cover of an eclectic mix of magazines including Style, People, Country Weekly, Glamour, Redbook and so many more. She is a constant sweeps period booking on network television programming and has appeared on the Barbara Walters Special, 60 Minutes, Lifetime's Intimate Portrait, as well as the The Today Show, Good Morning America, Jay Leno, David Letterman, The View and countless others.
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