Full name: Martina Schiff McBride

Birthdate: July 29, 1966

Birth place: Sharon, Kan., population 200

Hair color: Auburn

Eye color: Blue

Height: 5 ft. 2 in.

Spouse: John McBride, sound engineer/production manager, married May 15, 1988

Children: Delaney Katherine - December 22, 1994

Emma Justine - March 29, 1998

Previous jobs: Demo singer, T-shirt concessionaire for Garth Brooks

Big break: Opening for Garth Brooks on his 1992 tour

Label: RCA

CMA Awards: 1994 Video of the Year

for Independence Day

1999 Female Vocalist

Top 10 country singles: "My Baby Loves Me" (No. 2, 1993);

"Life #9'' (No. 6, 1994);

"Safe in the Arms of Love" (No. 4, 1995);

"Wild Angels" (No. 1, 1996)

ALBUMS:

1992 The Way That I Am

1993 Wild Angels

1995 Evolution

1997 White Christmas (1998)

1998 Emotion

1999 White Christmas (1999) 1999

Greatest Hits 2001