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'''Martina Mariea McBride''' (née '''Schiff''', born July 29, 1966) is an American [[country music]] singer-songwriter and record producer. She is known for her [[soprano]] singing range and her [[country pop]] material.
McBride was born in [[Sharon, Kansas]], and relocated to [[Nashville, Tennessee]], in 1989. She signed to [[RCA Records]] in 1991, and made her debut the following year as a neo-traditionalist country singer with the single, "[[The Time Has Come (Martina McBride song)|The Time Has Come]]".<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p30168/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Martina McBride – biography|last=Huey|first=Steve|website=[[AllMusic|allmusic]]|access-date=November 22, 2008}}</ref> Over time, she developed a pop-styled [[crossover music|crossover]] sound, similar to [[Shania Twain]] and [[Faith Hill]], and had a string of major hit singles on the ''Billboard'' country chart and occasionally on the adult contemporary chart. Five of these singles went to No. 1 on the country chart between 1995 and 2001, and one peaked at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart in 2003.
McBride has fourteen studio albums, two [[Greatest hits album|greatest hits]] compilations, one "live" album, as well as two additional compilation albums. Eight of her studio albums and two of her compilations have an [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] [[Music recording certification|Gold certification]], or higher. In the U.S., she has sold over 14 million albums. In addition, McBride has won the [[Country Music Association Award for Female Vocalist of the Year]] award four times (tied with [[Reba McEntire]] for the third-most wins) and the [[Academy of Country Music]]'s "Top Female Vocalist" award three times.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=CMT : CMA Awards : Archive : 2004 : Country Music Association|url=http://www.cmt.com/cma-awards/2004.jhtml|website=Cmt.com|access-date=July 14, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714203859/http://www.cmt.com/cma-awards/2004.jhtml|archive-date=July 14, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Past winners and nominees">{{Cite news |url=https://www.acmcountry.com/winners |title=Winners database |work=ACM Country |access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref> She is also a 14-time [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nominee.<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine|title=Martina McBride – 25 Artists Who Have Never Won a Grammy|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/25-artists-who-have-never-won-a-grammy-20150204/martina-mcbride-20150128|access-date=July 14, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707014840/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/25-artists-who-have-never-won-a-grammy-20150204/martina-mcbride-20150128|archive-date=July 7, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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