In just six years, Faith Hill has sold
more than 11 million records, garnered eight No. 1 singles and ten No. 1
videos. This past year alone, she received countless nominations and statues
from the Country Music Association, the Grammy Awards, the Academy of Country
Music Awards, Blockbuster Awards and TNN Music City News Awards. She celebrated
the enormous crossover success of her first platinum single, This Kiss,
which culminated with her appearance on the 1999 VH1 Divas Live, where she
shared the same stage with Tina Turner, Cher and Whitney Houston. She was
named the newest face for Cover Girl Cosmetics and graced the cover of numerous
magazines as diverse as Country Weekly, People, TV Guide and Glamour. After
completing a 50-city tour-her first headline series of performances-she found
herself back in the studio with barely six weeks to finish Breathe,
the follow-up to the now quadruple-platinum 1998 release, Faith.
"This past year has been a complete whirlwind,"
explains Hill. "I haven't had time to take a breath. But I was on
a creative high, I already had a few songs that I had recorded, and if you
can believe it, I felt that the time was right to make another
record."
Breathe, a musically diverse and soulful
recording produced by Hill and Faith producers Byron Gallimore and
Dann Huff, is remarkably close to an autobiographical collection of 13 tracks.
The album focuses on the things closest to her heart and her selection of
tracks is sure to give listeners a personal look at what makes this remarkable
talent tick. "The music that I make has to be right for me at the right time,"
says Hill. "It has to have meaning. When I sing a song, I am in that
song
and hopefully people hear and feel that."
"Everything is going great," says Hill.
"Each day I try to get as much out life as I can-to keep it real, sincere
and very honest. Hopefully, people can get that from my music. And if I'm
lucky, one day there will be a little spot carved away somewhere that says
I made a contribution."