{"id":12910,"date":"2020-02-07T05:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T10:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=12910"},"modified":"2020-02-07T05:34:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T10:34:08","slug":"faith-hill-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2020\/02\/faith-hill-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith Hill Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

20 years ago three of the top five spots on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart were occupied by women, with Reba McEntire and the Dixie Chicks at Numbers Four and Two, respectively. Seated at Number One, for a sixth consecutive week, however, was a tune that had been released in October 1999, as the first single \u2014 and title cut \u2014 from\u00a0Faith Hill\u2019s fourth LP,\u00a0Breathe<\/em>.<\/p>\n

While Hill had already scored five Number One solo country hits, from her 1993 debut single \u201cWild One\u201d to her first major crossover smash \u201cThis Kiss\u201d in 1998, as well as duets with husband\u00a0Tim McGraw, \u201cBreathe\u201d would prove to be one of her biggest. It became her first Number One country and pop album at the end of 1999.<\/p>\n

In 2002, Hill\u2019s NBC special\u00a0When the Lights Go Down<\/em>\u00a0featured a performance of \u201cBreathe\u201d with guitarist\u00a0Carlos Santana.<\/p>\n

Hill\u2019s\u00a0Breathe<\/em>\u00a0album would earn triple-platinum certification in late March 2000, just after her performance that month at the Oscars, as a last-minute replacement for Whitney Houston.<\/p>\n

She would also go on to be crowned CMA Female Vocalist of the Year in October and would earn three Grammys early in 2001, including Best Country Album and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for \u201cBreathe.\u201d<\/p>\n

To date,\u00a0Breathe<\/em>\u00a0has sold more than eight million copies.<\/p>\n

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