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Elvis Presley & Martina McBride : Blue Christmas
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Martina McBride (born Martina Maria Schiff, July 29, 1966, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, USA) is an American country music singer and songwriter, best-known for her Inspirational-styled ballads about women and children. McBride has been called "Celine Dion of Country Music" on account of her big-voiced ballads and Soprano range.
McBride was signed to RCA Records in 1991, and made her debut the following year as a Neo-Tradionalist country singer with the single, "The Time Has Come." It wasn't until 1997, when she released her fourth album, Evolution, that she broke through into the country music industry with a new Pop-styled crossover sound, similar to that of Faith Hill and Shania Twain. From that point on, McBride has had a string of major hit singles on the Billboard country chart and ocassionally the adult contemporary chart. Five of these singles went to #1 on the country chart between 1995 and 2001, and one peaked at #1 on adult contemporary chart in 2003.
To date, Martina McBride has recorded a total of nine studio albums, one Greatest Hits compilation, one live album, a Christmas compilation, as well as two additional compilation albums. Seven of her studio albums and two of her compilations have received an RIAA certification of "Gold" or higher. Worldwide, she has sold over 16 million albums. In addition, Martina has won the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year" four times (tied with Reba McEntire for the most wins), and the Academy of Country Music's "Top Female Vocalist" award three times.
Charity work
Martina McBride works with a variety of charities. She is currently the spokeswoman for the National Domestic Violence Hotline, as well as the National Network to End Domestic Violence and National Spokeswoman for the Tulsa Domestic Violence and Intervention Services. Every year since 1995, she has hosted the Celebrity Auction, for the YWCA of Middle Tennessee, and the auction has raised nearly $400,000 so far. In 2004 she worked with Kids Wish Network to fulfill the wish of a young girl dying from Muscular Dystrophy. She was awarded the Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award in 2003.
Recently, McBride explained that educating girls and women on domestic violence is something she works on at home with her own daughters, stating that:
"A lot of teenage girls will be first dating and they'll think, 'Oh he doesn't want me to see my friends. He just wants me all to himself. Isn't that sweet?' Or 'Oh, he's just being protective. Isn't that sweet?' And then it turns into something else and it's controlling. They don't recognize that until it's too late. So it's an ongoing education that you have to give young girls, I think."
Personal life
McBride has been married to her husband, John McBride, a sound engineer since May 15, 1988. The couple has three daughters together; Deleaney Katharine (born 1994), Emma Justine (born 1998), and Ava Rose Kathleen (born 2005). Martina's father's name is Darryl and her mother's name is Jeanne. She has two brothers, Martin and Steve, and a sister, Gina.
main facts
Full Name: Martina Mariea Schiff McBride
Born:Medicine Lodge, Kansas
Birthdate: July 29 1966
Marital Status: Married - John McBride (sound man for Garth Brooks)
Marriage Date: May 15th, 1988
Children: Delaney Katherine (December 22nd, 1994), Emma Justine (March 1998)
Siblings: Older brother Steve, Older sister Gina, Younger Brother Marty
Prefered Pop: Pepsi
Favorite Soap: Guiding Light
Favorite Shows: Roseanne, Seinfeld
Food: Home-cooked, Fruits and Vegetables, Chocolate, Tacos, Cheeseburgers
Pizza: Cheese
Colour: Blue
Season: Fall
Holiday: Christmas
Induction into Opry: November 29th, 1995 (72nd member)...Inducted by Loretta Lynn
