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Martina Schiff grew up on a dairy farm outside of Sharon, Kansas, with her parents Daryl and Jeanne Schiff, her two brothers, Steve and Martin, and her sister Gina. She discovered country music through her father, who Martina McBride tickets led a local band called the Schifters. The band rehearsed every week in the family’s house. When she was 7 and Martina McBride tickets little brother Marty was 5, they joined the group. By her teen years, she was singing and playing keyboards Martina McBride tickets with the Schifters playing small gigs at weddings, dances, VFW halls, and American Legion posts. Her mother Martina McBride tickets Jeanne ran the soundboard. Her father Daryl led the band, played guitar and sang. Martina played keyboards and Martina McBride tickets sang. Her brother Marty played guitar and steel. Martina played with the band every Saturday night until she Martina McBride tickets graduated from high school. After high school she gigged around Kansas with several different bands. Her Martina McBride tickets small-town upbringing was highlighted by her high school graduating class, which had just nine other students.
Martina McBride released her honky tonk-flavored debut album The Time Has Come in 1992. Her first big hit was Martina McBride tickets the single "My Baby Loves Me" from her more pop-oriented second album, 1993's The Way That I Am. She became Martina McBride tickets even more visible in 1994 with the crossover success of her anti-domestic violence anthem "Independence Day", Martina McBride tickets also from this album.
As of 2005 McBride is generally recognized as one of the top female singers in popular music. Her voice has Martina McBride tickets been compared to that of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, as McBride also has had many hits on the adult Martina McBride tickets contemporary chart as well. Also in 2005 she released a 18-track CD of classic country music standards, which Martina McBride tickets landed at #1 on the Billboard Country Album Chart in its opening week and received much critical acclaim for Martina McBride tickets its authenticity towards traditional country.
She is a four-time Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year winner (a record she holds with Reba McEntire), three-time Academy of Country Music Female Vocalist of the Year winner and a Grammy Award winner. Martina McBride tickets She performed The Star-Spangled Banner at Game 3 of the 2004 World Series.
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