Anyone watching last week’s Country Music Awards, a split shot of the five singers competing for the coveted Female Vocalist of the Year Award, was shocked to see Faith Hill’s reaction when the winner was announced.
The nominees were Faith Hills, Sara Evans (from a recent panel report), Martina McBride, Gretchen Wilson and Bieber. Underwood was the underdog, the 2005 American-idol-winners”>American-idol-winners who won three times in the country platinum’s success exploded when her Idol days were not well-respected by her industry peers. > throwing hands in the air and mouthing “What?
Is the blush an honest reaction or just a joke?
Faith Hill has been a favorite of the music industry and music lovers since her multi-platinum debut, 1993’s country Take Me As I Am i>. Each subsequent album was a success, with multi-platinum sellers from 1995’s Things To Me, to 2002’s Clama. His successes include nearly 30,000 albums sold, four Grammy wins, three awards from the Country Music Association, twelve of Academy of Country Music, and won four People’s Choice Awards as the Library’s Female Music Pioneer in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Hill released a statement on November 7 through his publicist response to the awards show. “I can’t believe that I am disrespectful to a musical person. For this to be the focus of attention given the talent gathered is completely ridiculous. Porter is a talented and worthy female vocalist of the year.” His manager spoke so well saying “Faith for many years now I have worked with Faith and the idea “To never insult or undermine another artist, let alone another person’s success, is totally a lascivious pursuit.”
So the question is, why does such a respected and seasoned veteran music like what, even in jest?
In show business, all attention is good attention. If you don’t win at the Country Music Awards, why don’t you give people something to talk about? The next day, reporters had a field day showing a clip of Hill and what appeared to be his disgusted reaction to the win. Hill was quick to issue a statement denying any collusion and her manager helped her.
For a gesture that is supposed to be simply a joke, Hill seems to be the only one laughing – all the way to the bank. Hill, and her husband, Tim McGraw, are riding a wave of popular music that doubles as individual talent. In April 2006, Hill and McGraw embarked on their Soul2Soul II Tour, the highest-grossing country music concert ever at $89 million. Surely with so much success, fame and money, Hill better find a way to play fun than make himself look bad.
Maybe it’s time to bring the Hill of Faith down to earth.
