Biography
"I wouldn't record a song if I didn't love it."
- Born Martina Mariea Schiff July 29, 1966, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas
- Martina McBride scored her first Top 40 hit with 1998's "Wrong Again," which hit No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her first Top 10 album, Martina, peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200.
- McBride's first career GRAMMY nomination was for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Independence Day" at the 37th GRAMMY Awards.
- She made her GRAMMY stage debut at the 46th GRAMMY Awards in 2004, performing "Concrete Angel."
- As a child, McBride began singing with a local country band her father fronted called the Schiffters.
- In 2017 she hosted the GRAMMYs on the Hill Awards in Washington, D.C., honoring Keith Urban and Sens. Susan Collins and Tom Udall.
- McBride has served as spokeswoman for the National Domestic Violence Hotline and National Network to End Domestic Violence.
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