biography
Tim McGraw has spent the last decade in the upper reaches of the entertainment world. His is a career marked by superlatives--by record-breaking tours and multi-platinum albums, and more recently by an expanding presence in movies.
And yet, at bottom, McGraw's success is part and parcel of his Everyman status, of his ability to be known as husband and father as well as singer and actor, as citizen and friend as well as superstar. It is his believability, his knack for connecting with his audiences, whether he is singing a classic like "Live Like You Were Dying" or portraying the troubled father in Friday Night Lights, that have made his hard-won triumphs possible.
With the release of Greatest Hits 3 - Tim reaffirms his position and triumphs as one of country music's premiere talents, a man with the ability both to select and to fully inhabit meaningful and compelling songs.
Those triumphs are by now as well-known as they are impressive:
His last album, Let It Go debuted at 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, his tenth consecutive album to do so ... And it stayed their for 3 weeks! Let It Go also debuted at 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
He has now charted 26 1 singles and sold 34 million records;
His awards to date include 3 Grammy's, 11 Academy of Country Music awards, 10 Country Music Association awards, 9 American Music awards and 3 People's Choice awards;
In 2006, McGraw and wife Faith Hill made history with the highest-grossing tour in country music - and one of the top five in all genres of music- with ‚"Soul2Soul II";
Following his acting debut in 2004's critically acclaimed Friday Night Lights, he appeared in the lead role in the 2006 film Flicka, which has grossed $21 million at the box office, garnered a Broadcast Film Critics nomination for Best Song for "My Little Girl" which was co-written by McGraw. In 2007, McGraw will appear in the upcoming Spring 2006 Jamie Foxx movie The Kingdom.
The past year has provided more than ample evidence of McGraw's varied and impressive creative output. It saw the release of the Flicka soundtrack on StyleSonic Records, McGraw's new venture with long-time producer Byron Gallimore, something McGraw calls "a dream Byron and I have had for a long time," and the airing of his third NBC special, "Tim McGraw: Reflected."
Day to day, though, his is a world where home and family dominate. He plans his tours around family life and his daughters school schedules, and home remains the bottom line for him, a way to anchor the heady triumphs and demands of a life in the spotlight. It is an approach fully appreciated by fans and peers alike, one that has earned him respect and affection as well as accolades, and one that keeps him in the front ranks of American entertainers.
