Question: When did the performer of Kristofferson release his first album?

full_context: Document 1: For a Little While: "For A Little While" is a song written by Steve Mandile, Jerry Vandiver and Phil Vassar, and performed by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in November 1998 as the sixth and final single from his album "Everywhere". The song peaked at number 2 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart but reached number-one on the Canadian "RPM" Country Tracks chart.
Document 2: Help Me Make It Through the Night: ``Help Me Make It Through The Night ''is a country music ballad written and composed by Kris Kristofferson and released on his 1970 album Kristofferson. It was covered later in 1970 by Sammi Smith, on the album Help Me Make It Through the Night. Smith's recording of the song remains the most commercially successful and most well - known version in the United States. Her recording ranks among the most successful country singles of all time in terms of sales, popularity, and radio airplay. It topped the country singles chart, and was also a crossover hit, reaching number eight on the U.S. pop singles chart.`` Help Me Make It Through The Night'' also became Smith's signature song.
Document 3: Still (Tim McGraw song): "Still" is a song written by Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs and Joe Leathers, and recorded and co-produced by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in February 2010 as the third single from his tenth studio album, "Southern Voice".
Document 4: Angry All the Time: ``Angry All the Time ''is a song written by Bruce Robison and first recorded on his 1998 album Wrapped. It was later covered by Tim McGraw with guest vocals from his wife Faith Hill. Released in July 2001, McGraw's version was the second single from his Set This Circus Down album. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart.
Document 5: Austin (song): ``Austin ''Single by Blake Shelton from the album Blake Shelton B - side`` Problems at Home'' Released April 16, 2001 Format CD single Genre Country Length 3: 52 Label Giant Warner Bros. Nashville Songwriter (s) David Kent Kirsti Manna Producer (s) Bobby Braddock Blake Shelton singles chronology ``Austin ''(2001)`` All Over Me'' (2001) ``Austin ''(2001)`` All Over Me'' (2001)
Document 6: Sings Kristofferson: Sings Kristofferson is the twenty-third studio album recorded by Willie Nelson in 1979 consisting of all covers of Kris Kristofferson songs. It reached #5 on the US Country albums chart, #42 on the US Pop albums charts, and was certified gold in Canada and platinum in the US. The cover is very simple, a single picture of Nelson's face against a black background, with the song titles to the right of his face. The back cover is the same background with both Nelson and Kristofferson's faces together.
Document 7: Not a Moment Too Soon: Not a Moment Too Soon is the second album by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released on March 22, 1994. McGraw's breakthrough album, it reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and No. 1 on Billboard Country chart and stayed for 26 consecutive weeks. It was Billboard's best selling album of 1994. For all genres of that year, it was in the top five. The Academy of Country Music named it Album of the Year in 1994.
Document 8: Let It Go (Tim McGraw song): "Let It Go" is a song written by Aimee Mayo, Bill Luther and Tom Douglas, and performed by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released in July 2008 as the sixth single and title track from his album "Let It Go". It was his forty-second Top 40 hit on the "Billboard" country charts.
Document 9: Nothin' to Die For: "Nothin' to Die For" is a song written by Lee Thomas Miller and Craig Wiseman, and performed by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in January 2009 as the seventh and final single from his album "Let It Go". It is McGraw's fifty-first chart entry on the "Billboard" country charts. It peaked at number 5 in the United States, and number 3 in Canada in April 2009.
Document 10: Live Like You Were Dying: Live Like You Were Dying is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on August 24, 2004, by Curb Records and was recorded in a mountaintop studio in upstate New York. It entered the "Billboard" 200 chart at number one, with sales of 766,000 copies in its first week. The album was certified 4 x Platinum by the RIAA for shipping four million copies, and was nominated for two Grammies in 2005 for Best Country Vocal Performance Male and Best Country Album, winning for Best Country Vocal Performance. Five singles were released from the album, all were top 15 hits on the Hot Country Songs chart, two of which hit #1.
Document 11: Southern Voice (album): Southern Voice is the tenth studio album by country music artist Tim McGraw. It is the first album of all new material since "Let It Go" in 2007. The album produced three singles with "It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You", the title track, and "Still".
Document 12: Tim McGraw: 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) Emotional Traffic (2012) Two Lanes of Freedom (2013) Sundown Heaven Town (2014) Damn Country Music (2015) The Rest of Our Life (with Faith Hill) (2017)
Document 13: Two Lanes of Freedom: Two Lanes of Freedom is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released February 5, 2013, as his first album for Big Machine Records following a 20-year tenure with Curb Records. He co-produced the album with Byron Gallimore, producer of his previously released albums. The album includes the singles "Truck Yeah", "One of Those Nights", "Highway Don't Care" featuring new labelmate Taylor Swift, and "Southern Girl".
Document 14: Let It Go (Tim McGraw album): Let It Go is the ninth studio album by Tim McGraw. Released on March 27, 2007, it was his first studio album in two and a half years. "Let It Go" entered the U.S. "Billboard" 200 at number one with sales of 325,000. The album has produced seven Top 20 singles on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts, including a number one; one of those seven songs was only included on later issues of the album. Of all McGraw's albums, this one has produced the most singles in his career.
Document 15: Kristofferson (song): "Kristofferson" is a song written by Anthony Smith and Reed Nielsen, and performed by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released in March 2008 as the fifth single from his album "Let It Go". The song peaked at number 16 on the country singles charts.
ground_truth: 1993
sub_queries: Kristofferson >> performer Answer: Tim McGraw
when did Tim McGraw release his first album Answer: 1993