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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Melissa Etheridge, Kerry Livgren, Martina McBride, Chely Wright, Chris Burnett, Joe Walsh, Richard Christy, Andy McKee, Danny Carey, Jerrod Niemann, Marvin Rainwater, Steve Walsh, Sarah Buxton, Barry McDaniel, Carter Albrecht, Diane Bish, Melora Creager, Bobby Watson, Freedy Johnston, Kendall Schmidt, James Wesley, Carson Robison, Dawayne Bailey, Marilyn Maye, William Shockley, Richie Pratt, Rory Lee Feek, Stanley Sheldon, Chris Mann, Tara Dawn Holland, Nathan Davis, Kenny Starr, Piney Gir, Jason Moss, Joe Don Rooney, Rob Pope, Jack Marshall, Rich Williams, Ian Glanzman, Wendell Hall, Pink Nasty, Page Cavanaugh, Phil Ehart, Ada Brown, Edythe Baker, Joe Sanders, Monk McFay, Betty Glamann, Jock Bartley, Streamline Ewing, Daniel E. Kelley, Kansas Fields, Wade Flemons, Slats Long, David Wetzel, Piney Gir Country Roadshow, Josh Kulick. Excerpt: Martina McBride (born Martina Mariea Schiff on July 29, 1966, in Sharon, Kansas) is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Celine Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range. McBride was 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." It was not until 1997, when she released her fourth album, Evolution, that she broke through into the country music industry with a new pop-styled crossover sound, similar to that of Faith Hill and Shania Twain. From that point on, McBride has 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 recorded a total of nine studio albums, one "greatest hits" compilation, one "live" ...