Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw
(born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts, leading him to achieve total album sales in excess of 40 million units. He is married to country singer Faith Hill and is the son of former baseball player Tug McGraw. His trademark hit songs include "Indian Outlaw", "Don't Take the Girl", "I Like It, I Love It", "Something Like That", "It's Your Love" (featuring his wife, Faith Hill), and "Live Like You Were Dying".
McGraw had eleven consecutive albums debut at Number One on the Billboard
albums charts. Twenty-one singles hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country 100 chart. Three singles became the #1 country song of the year; ("It's Your Love", "Just To See You Smile", and "Live Like You Were Dying") Won 3 Grammys, 14 Academy of Country Music awards, 11 Country Music Association (CMA) awards, 10 American Music Awards and 3 People's Choice Awards. Ranked as one of the top five in all genres of music, his Soul2Soul II tour with Faith Hill became the highest-grossing tour in country music history. [1]
McGraw has ventured into acting, with supporting roles in the Billy Bob Thornton film Friday Night Lights
and The Kingdom
, a lead role in 2006's Flicka
and a supporting role in Four Christmases
with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon. He was a minority owner of the Arena Football League's Nashville Kats. He is also named in Taylor Swift's debut song called Tim McGraw.
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Early life
Tim McGraw was born
Samuel Timothy McGraw
in
Delhi, Louisiana, a town in
Richland Parish, the son of a waitress, Elizabeth (Betty) Ann D'Agostino, and a
relief pitcher for the
New York Mets and the
Philadelphia Phillies, Frank Edwin McGraw Jr., also known as
Tug McGraw. McGraw is
Italian,
Irish, and
French on his mother's side and
Scots-Irish descent on his father's side.
In 1966, Tug was a pitcher for the
Jacksonville Suns who lived in an apartment above Betty D'Agostino, who attended
Terry Parker High School. The pair had a relationship and when Betty became pregnant, her parents sent her to Louisiana to live with relatives and to have the baby.
[2]
Raised by his mother in
Start, Louisiana east of
Monroe, McGraw grew up believing his stepfather, Horace Smith, was his birth father. At age eleven McGraw discovered his birth certificate while searching his mother's closet to find pictures for a school project. After his discovery, his mother revealed that his biological father was Tug McGraw, and took Tim to meet him for the first time.
For seven years, Tug denied being Tim's father. Tim was 18 years old when Tug first realized how much Tim looked like him at that age and acknowledged paternity. Father and son remained close until Tug's death in 2004.
As a child, Tim McGraw loved to play competitive sports, including
baseball, even though he did not know his biological father was a professional athlete.
He attended Northeast Louisiana University, now the
University of Louisiana at Monroe, on a baseball scholarship
[3] and became a member of the
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
[4] During his college period, he learned to play guitar and would frequently perform and sing for tips, although he claims that his roommates often hid the guitar because he was so bad.
His mother, Betty returned to
Jacksonville, Florida in 1987, and Tim followed. He attended
Florida Community College at Jacksonville for one term, and occasionally sat in with local bands.
In 1989, on the day his hero
Keith Whitley died,
McGraw dropped out of college to head to
Nashville and pursue a musical career.
- ** Please note that Tim spent a lot of time in Tallulah, La at Po'Boy Dons. Where as a child learned to play the guitar and sing. I know this because I know a lot of the old timers that taught Tim. His video and song "Down on the Farm" was his way of saying thanks to Tallulah. For reasons unknown Tim doesn’t speak of this. Also, Po’Boy Dons is now closed and the owner is no longer with us. Up until his death and the closing of the store the owner had a piece of Tim and Faiths wedding cake in the store. You can still go and see the store as far as I know it’s still standing haven’t been back home in years.***
1990s
Tim McGraw
McGraw came to the attention of
Curb Records in 1990. After cutting a demo single, McGraw gave a copy to his father, Tug McGraw. A man who was friends with Curb Records executives heard the demo while driving with Tug McGraw one day and recommended that Curb contact the young singer. Several weeks later he was able to play his tape for Curb executives, they signed him to a recording contract.
Two years later, in 1992, he had his first minor hit "Welcome to the Club" off his self-titled debut album. Although the album failed to make much of a dent on the charts, McGraw did have two other minor hits from it in 1993, "Memory Lane" and "Two Steppin Mind."
[5]
Not a Moment Too Soon
His second album,
Not a Moment Too Soon
, was much more successful, becoming best selling country album in 1994. The first single, "
Indian Outlaw", caused considerable controversy as critics argued that it presented
Native Americans in a patronizing way.
Some
radio stations refused to play it,
[6] but the controversy helped spur sales and the song became McGraw's first top ten country single (getting as high as #8) and reaching #15 on the pop chart.
[7]
The second single from the album, "Don't Take the Girl", became McGraw's first #1 country hit and "helped cement his image as a ruggedly good-looking guy with a sensitive side."
The following year, the album's
title track became a #1 country single, while "Down on the Farm" reached number two and "Refried Dreams" reached the top 5. The album sold over 6 million copies, topping the
Billboard 200 as well as the country album charts.
On the strength of this success, McGraw won
Academy of Country Music awards for Album of the Year and Top New Male Vocalist in 1994.
[8]
All I Want
All I Want
, released in 1995, continued his run of success, debuting at number one on the country charts. The album sold over two million copies and reached the top 5 on the Billboard 200. "I Like It, I Love It" reached number one on the country charts as the leadoff single, while "
She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart" also went to number one in 1996. "Can't Be Really Gone", "All I Want is a Life", and "
Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It" were all top 5 hits.
In 1996, McGraw headlined the most successful country tour of the year, The Spontaneous Combustion Tour, with
Faith Hill as his supporting act. Faith Hill broke off her engagement to her former producer Scott Hendricks so that she and Tim could start dating each other; then married on October 6, 1996. The couple have since had three daughters, Gracie Katherine (born May 1997), Maggie Elizabeth (born August 1998) and Audrey Caroline (born December 2001).
[9]
Everywhere
McGraw's next album, 1997's
Everywhere
, again topped the country charts and reached number two on the album charts, selling 4 million copies.
Four singles ("
It's Your Love", "
Everywhere", "
Where the Green Grass Grows" and "
Just to See You Smile") reached the top of the country charts from the album, with the last of these setting a new record by spending 42 weeks on the Billboard charts.
The
Country Music Association awarded
Everywhere
its Album of the Year award for 1997.
''A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun
in 1999 continued McGraw's streak, debuting atop both the US pop and country album charts
and selling three million albums. It featured another four chart topping singles on the country charts including "
Please Remember Me", "
Something Like That", "
My Best Friend", and "
My Next Thirty Years"; "Some Things Never Change" reached #7 on the country chart.
He also contributed a song for the Grammy-winning tribute album to
Bob Wills,
Ride With Bob.
His song, a cover of "Milk Cow Blues", was recorded as a duet with
Asleep at the Wheel, whom he had met while performing together at the George Strait Country Music Festival.
McGraw recorded two more duets with his wife in the late 1990s, both of which appeared on her albums. "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" off her multi-platinum 1998 album
Faith
, reached the top five of the US country charts,
while her follow-up and 1999 album
Breathe
featured "Let's Make Love", which would win a
Grammy Award in 2000 for
Best Country Vocal Collaboration.
2000s
Greatest Hits
In 2000, McGraw released his
Greatest Hits
album which topped the charts for nine weeks and sold almost 6 million copies, making it one of the biggest selling albums in the modern country market. In the latter half of the year, he and Hill went out on the
Soul2Soul Tour, playing to sellout crowds in 64 venues including
Madison Square Garden. It was one of the top tours of any genre in the US and the leading country tour during 2000.
While in Buffalo, McGraw and
Kenny Chesney became involved in a scuffle with police officers after Chesney, who had permission from the sheriff's daughter, attempted to ride a police horse. McGraw came to Chesney's aid after police officers nearby believed the horse was being stolen and tried to arrest him. The two were arrested and charged with assault, but were later cleared. During a concert with the George Strait Country Music Festival several weeks later, Hill, dressed as a police officer, made an unscheduled appearance at the end of McGraw's set and led him off the stage.
[10]
Set This Circus Down
McGraw's next album,
Set This Circus Down
, was released in April 2001 and spawned four number one country hits - "
Grown Men Don't Cry", "
Angry All the Time" (with Faith Hill), "
The Cowboy in Me", and "
Unbroken". He also provided harmony vocals for the
Jo Dee Messina song "
Bring On the Rain", which he also produced. The song topped the country charts.
Hungry for more of his music, fans downloaded a version of his performance of the song "Things Change" from his appearance at the
Country Music Association Awards Show. The song was played extensively on radio, becoming the first country song to appear on the charts from a fully downloaded version.
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
In 2002, Tim McGraw bucked country music traditions by recording his album
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
with his tour band
The Dancehall Doctors
. Unlike rock music, where it is commonplace for touring bands to provide the music on albums recorded by the artist they support, country albums are typically recorded with session musicians.
[11] McGraw chose to use his own touring band in order to recognize their part in
his success and to capture some of the feel of a real band.
All of the Dancehall Doctors have worked with McGraw since at least 1996. They include:
- Darran Smith - Lead Guitar, Acoustic guitar
- Bob Minner - Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic guitar, Banjo, Mandolin
- Denny Hemingson - Steel Guitar, Electric, Baritone, and Slide Guitars, Dobro
- John Marcus - Bass guitar
- Dean Brown - Fiddle, Mandolin
- Jeff McMahon - Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Keyboards
- Billy Mason - Drums
- David Dunkley - Percussion. [12]
The album debuted at number 2 on the country albums charts,
[13] with the single "
Real Good Man" reaching number one on the
Hot Country Songs chart. "She's My Kind of Rain" reached number 2 in 2003 and "
Red Ragtop" reached the top 5. The album also featured a cover version of
Elton John's early 1970s classic "
Tiny Dancer", as well as appearances by
Kim Carnes on "Comfort Me" - a response to the
September 11, 2001 attacks - and
Don Henley and
Timothy B. Schmit of
the Eagles on "Illegal".
Live Like You Were Dying
2004's
Live Like You Were Dying
continued McGraw's record of commercial success. The
title track, dedicated to his father
Tug McGraw who died of a brain tumor earlier in the year, was a soaring ode to living life fully and in the moment,
[14] while the second single "Back When" was a paean to an easy nostalgia. 'Live Like You Were Dying' spent seven non-consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard (10 weeks on
Radio & Records) and went on to become the biggest hit single of the year. It also became one the most awarded songs/records by winning ACM Single and Song of the Year, CMA Single and Song of the Year and a Grammy.
In late 2004, his unlikely
duet with hip-hop artist
Nelly on "
Over and Over", a soft ballad of lost love, became a
crossover hit
[15] spending 10 weeks atop the Top 40 chart. "Over and Over" brought McGraw a success he had never previously experienced on
contemporary hit radio, rap radio, and brought both artists success neither had previously experienced in the
hot adult contemporary market. The song also spent a week at the top of the
UK single charts, and was McGraw's first visit to the UK hit countdown.
Throughout the 2005
NFL season McGraw sang an alternate version of "I Like It, I Love It" every week during the season. The alternate lyrics, which changed each week, would make reference to plays during Sunday's games and the song would be played alongside video highlights during halftime on
Monday Night Football
.
[16] Later in the year McGraw became a minority owner of the
Arena Football League's
Nashville Kats when majority owner
Bud Adams (owner of the NFL's
Tennessee Titans) was awarded the expansion franchise.
[17] It was dedicated to Tug McGraw..
Let It Go
In April 2006 McGraw and Hill began their 73-concert 55 city
Soul2Soul II Tour 2006, again to strong commercial acceptance. The tour grossed nearly $89 million and sold almost 1.1 million tickets, making it the top grossing tour in the history of country music.
[18] It was named "Major Tour of the Year" by the prestigious Pollstar Magazine, beating out such heavyweights as Madonna and the Rolling Stones. In a special gesture, the couple donated all of the profits from their performance in
New Orleans to Hurricane Katrina relief.
[19]
Tim, along with
Kenny Chesney, contributed to a version of
Tracy Lawrence's song "
Find Out Who Your Friends Are", which can be found on Lawrence's album
For the Love
. Although the official single version features only Lawrence's vocals, many stations have opted to play the version with McGraw and Chesney instead.
McGraw released his eleventh album,
Let It Go
, on
March 27,
2007. The album's debut single, "
Last Dollar (Fly Away)", reached No. 1 on the
Hot Country Songs chart, marking Tim's first No. 1 single since "Back When" in late 2004. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and #1 on the Billboard Country Album chart, marking his 4th #1 top 200 album and 9th #1 country album (Source: Billboard Magazine). His daughters can be heard singing the chorus during the last few seconds of the song on the video.
During the
Academy of Country Music awards show on
May 21,
2007, McGraw performed a song titled "
If You're Reading This", which he co-wrote with
The Warren Brothers.
[20] Several radio stations began to play the live recording of the song; as a result, it entered the
Hot Country Songs chart at #35.
[21]
McGraw also produced the debut album of country music duo
Halfway to Hazard. The duo's first single, "Daisy", peaked at #39 on the country charts in Summer of 2007.
In the summer of 2007 McGraw and Hill toured together once again in the
Soul2Soul 2007 tour.
In the January 18, 2008 edition of the USA Today newspaper, McGraw was featured on the
Def Leppard album
Songs From The Sparkle Lounge and has co-written the first single, "
Nine Lives", with Def Leppard band members
Joe Elliott,
Phil Collen and
Rick Savage. The unusual pairing goes back to 2006 when McGraw joined Def Leppard onstage for the song "Pour Some Sugar On Me" and then collaborated on the song "Nine Lives" afterward. The album has a release date of May 6, 2008.
In May 2008 he hit the road with the
Live Your Voice Tour. The mainly outdoor arena concert tour will be his first solo outing in nearly three years. Also in May 2008, he debuted a new song off of his follow-up to Let It Go at the Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, California.
In July 2008, Tim McGraw's sixth single, and the title track of his album, "
Let It Go," was released to country radio. Following that, a seventh single, "
Nothin' to Die For," entered the Country charts at 57 late December. Tim McGraw released his third greatest hits package,
Greatest Hits 3
on October 7, 2008. The album features 12 tracks.Tim was set to debut a new song on the 2009 ACM Awards, but then cancelled his performance, where he was replaced by Blake Shelton, singing "She Wouldn't Be Gone".
Southern Voice
Tim's twelfth studio album,
Southern Voice
, will be released October 20, 2009 and will be lead by the single "It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You," which was shipped to radio outlets in late June 2009.
[22]
"Southern Voice" could be Tim's last album for Curb Records, following the dispute over releasing his third Greatest Hits collection back in October 2008 without his permission. Tim did not approve of the release.
Acting
McGraw's first acting appearance came in a 1995 episode of
The Jeff Foxworthy Show, where he played Foxworthy's rival.
In 2004 McGraw played a sheriff in
Rick Schroder's independent release
Black Cloud
. Later in the same year, McGraw received good notices as the overbearing father of a running back in the major studio Texas high school football drama
Friday Night Lights
. The
Dallas Observer
said the role was "played with unexpected ferocity by country singer Tim McGraw."
[23] The movie went on to gross over $60 million dollars worldwide at the box office
[24] and sold millions in the DVD market. Most recently it was named one of the top 50 high school movies of all time (number 37) by Entertainment Weekly.
McGraw's first lead role was in the 2006 film
Flicka
, which was released in theatres
October 20,
2006. In the remake of the classic book "My Friend Flicka", McGraw played the father, Rob, costarring with
Alison Lohman and
Maria Bello. The family-friendly movie debuted in the top 10 list and has grossed over 25 Million dollars at the box office.
[25] McGraw again achieved critical acclaim for his acting.
[26] [27]
Shortly before
Flicka
opened McGraw received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame. His star is located at 6901 Hollywood Blvd. near stars in the sidewalk honoring
Julie Andrews,
William Shatner and the late
Greta Garbo. One of his
Flicka
co-stars,
Alison Lohman, attended the ceremony that included comments from
Billy Bob Thornton, McGraw's co-star in the film,
Friday Night Lights.
[28]
In addition to acting in
Flicka
, McGraw served as executive producer of the soundtrack album, which was released by his record label, StyleSonic Records, in association with Curb Records and Fox 2000 films. It featured the closing credit song "
My Little Girl", one of the first two songs that McGraw recorded that he also co-wrote (the other being "I've Got Friends That Do," both of which were included on
Greatest Hits Vol. 2
).
[29] The song was nominated by the Broadcast Film Critics for "Best Song" in a film, and the movie was nominated in the category "Best Family Film (Live Action). The movie proved to be another huge success in the DVD market and has sold over a million copies, debuting at number 3 on the DVD sales chart.
McGraw also had a small part in the Michael Mann-produced 2007 film
The Kingdom
. McGraw played a bitter, angered, widower whose wife was killed in the terrorist attack the movie revolves around.
On Nov. 22, 2008, McGraw made his first appearance on
Saturday Night Live
. He also played "Dallas McVie" in
Four Christmases
.
His house appeared in an episode of
CSI
with special guest
Taylor Swift.
Charitable efforts
As his success has grown, McGraw has become increasingly interested in giving back to the community. When McGraw first reached fame in 1994, he established his annual Swampstock event. Begun as a charity softball game to raise money for hometown little league programs, the event now includes a celebrity softball game and a multi-artist concert that attracts over 11,000 fans per year. The combined events have funded new little league parks and equipment and established college scholarship funds for students in the Northeast Louisiana area.
[30]
From 1996-1999 McGraw also hosted an annual New Year's Eve concert in Nashville with special guests including
Jeff Foxworthy, The Dixie Chicks, and
Martina McBride. The 1997 show raised over $100,000 for the Country Music Foundation Hall of Fame and Museum. Beginning in 1999, McGraw would pick select cities on each tour, and, the night before he was scheduled to perform, would choose a local club and host a quickly-organized show. This tour within a tour became known as "The Bread and Water Tour", and all proceeds from the show would go to a charity from that community.
In the days immediately following
Hurricane Katrina, McGraw and his wife, who was raised in
Mississippi, joined groups taking supplies to
Gulfport, Mississippi. The two also hosted several charity concerts to benefit those who were displaced by the storm.
[31] Later in the year the couple established the Neighbor's Keeper Foundation, which provides funding for community charities to assist with basic humanitarian services in the event of a natural disaster or for desperate personal circumstances.
McGraw is also a member of the
American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet, in which various celebrities donate their time, skills, and fame to help the Red Cross highlight important initiatives and response efforts.
[32]
McGraw has helped out with charity events held by Minnesota Vikings quarterback
Brett Favre. The Favre Fourward Foundation has featured McGraw (and at other times Faith Hill) performing concerts during dinners and auctions that benefit children with disabilities in Wisconsin and Mississippi. One instance is recorded on Favre's official website.
[33]
On July 12th, 2007, it was made public that McGraw and his wife Faith Hill, while in
Grand Rapids, Michigan for a performance, donated $5000 to Kailey Kozminski, 3 year-old daughter of Officer Robert Kozminski, a Grand Rapids police officer who was killed on July 8, 2007 while responding to a domestic disturbance.
[34]
Politics
McGraw, a
Democrat, has stated that he would one day like to run for public office in the future, possibly for
Senate or
governor of Tennessee, his home state.
[35] In the same interview, he praised former
President Bill Clinton.
[36]
Discography
Studio albums
- Tim McGraw
(1993)
- Not a Moment Too Soon
(1994)
- All I Want
(1995)
- Everywhere
(1997)
- A Place in the Sun
(1999)
- Set This Circus Down
(2001)
- Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
(2002)
- Live Like You Were Dying
(2004)
- Let It Go
(2007)
- Southern Voice
(2009)
Compilation albums
- Greatest Hits
(2000)
- Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2
(2006)
- Greatest Hits: Limited Edition
(2008)
- Collector's Edition
(2008)
- Greatest Hits 3
(2008)
- Limited Edition: Greatest Hits: Volumes 1, 2 & 3
(2008)
Filmography
| Film
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| Year
| Film
| Role
| Notes
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| 2004
| Black Cloud
| Sheriff Cliff Powers
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| Friday Night Lights
| Charles Billingsley
| Nominated - MTV Video Music Award - Breakthrough Video
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| 2006
| Flicka
| Rob McLaughlin
| Nominated - Critics Choice Award for Best Song: "My Little Girl"
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| 2007
| The Kingdom
| Aaron Jackson
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| 2008
| Four Christmases
| Dallas
|
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| 2009
| The Blind Side
| Sean Tuohy
| forthcoming film
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| Television
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| Year
| Film
| Role
| Notes
|
| 1997
| The Jeff Foxworthy Show
| Lionel
| one episode; "Feud for Thought"
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Awards
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| Year
| Awards
| Award
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| 2006
| People's Choice Awards
| Top Male Performer
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| Grammy Award
| Country Vocal Collaboration - "Like We Never Loved At All" (with Faith Hill)
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| 2005
| American Music Awards
| Album of the Year -Live Like You Were Dying
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| American Music Awards
| Male Artist (country genre)
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| Academy of Country Music
| Song of the Year -"Live Like You Were Dying"
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| Academy of Country Music
| Single of the Year -"Live Like You Were Dying"
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| People's Choice Awards
| Favorite Country Male Artist
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| Grammy Award
| Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "Live Like You Were Dying"
|
| Country Music Television
| Most Inspiring Video - "Live Like You Were Dying"
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| 2004
| People's Choice Awards
| Favorite Country Male Artist
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| Radio Music Awards
| Country Male Artist
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| CMA
| Single of the Year - "Live Like You Were Dying"
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| 2003
| American Music Awards (January)
| Favorite Country Male Artist
|
| Radio Music Awards (January)
| Country Male Artist
|
| American Music Awards (November)
| Favorite Country Male Artist
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| 2002
| American Music Awards
| Best Country Album - Set This Circus Down
|
| American Music Awards
| Favorite Male Country Artist
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| 2001
| American Music Awards
| Favorite Male Country Artist
|
| Grammy Awards
| Vocal Collaboration - "Let's Make Love'' (with Faith Hill)
|
| CMA
| Entertainer of the Year
|
| Billboard Awards
| Country Artist
|
| Billboard Awards
| Male Country Artist
|
| Billboard Awards
| Country Albums Artist
|
| Billboard Awards
| Country Single Artist
|
| Billboard Awards
| Country Album - Greatest Hits
|
| 2000
| CMA
| Male Vocalist
|
| National Fatherhood Initiative
| Father of the Year
|
| Academy of Country Music
| Male Vocalist
|
| Billboard Awards
| Male Artist of the Year
|
| 1999
| Academy of Country Music
| Male Vocalist
|
| Academy of Country Music
| Vocal Collaboration - "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Faith Hill)
|
| CMA
| Male Vocalist
|
| CMA
| Album of the Year - A Place in the Sun
|
| 1998
| Billboard Awards
| Country Single of the Year - "Just To See You Smile"
|
| CMA
| Album of the Year - Everywhere
|
| Academy of Country Music
| Single of the Year - "It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill)
|
| Academy of Country Music
| Song of the Year - "It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill)
|
| Academy of Country Music
| Video of the Year - "It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill)
|
| Academy of Country Music
| Top Vocal Event - "It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill)
|
| 1997
| Billboard Magazine
| Single of the Year - "It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill)
|
| Country Music Television
| Video of the Year - "It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill)
|
| Country Music Television
| Male Artist of the Year
|
| Playgirl Magazine
| Top Ten, Sexiest Men of the Year
|
| CMA
| Vocal Event - "It's Your Love" (with Faith Hill)
|
| 1995
| American Music Awards
| Favorite New Country Artist
|
| 1994
| Country Music Television
| Male Video Artist of the Year
|
| American Music Awards
| Album of the Year - Not a Moment Too Soon
|
| American Music Awards
| Top New Male Vocalist
|
| Billboard Awards
| Top New Country Artist
|
| Billboard Magazine
| Top New Country Album - Not a Moment Too Soon
|