Tim McGraw

**Samuel Timothy** **"Tim"** **McGraw** (born May 1, 1966) is an American actor, singer and songwriter. Between 1994 and 2016, he had number one songs on _Billboard_'s Country Airplay music chart.

His father is of Bohemian Czech, Dutch, English, French Huguenot, German, Irish, Northern Irish (Scotch-Irish) and Scottish descent and His mother is of Italian and Irish descent. He is well known for his singles "I Like It, I Love It", "Please Don't Take the Girl", "Grown Men Don't Cry", and "Live Like You We're Dying".

McGraw had 11 consecutive albums debut at Number One on the _Billboard_ albums charts. Twenty-one singles hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. He has 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.

## Marriage and family

He has been married to Faith Hill since 1996. They have three daughters: Gracie Katherine (born May 1997), Maggie Elizabeth (born August 1998), and Audrey Caroline (born December 2001).

## Discography

- Singles
- "Everywhere" (1997)
- "Just to See You Smile" (1997)
- "One of These Days" (1998)

- 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)
- _Emotional Traffic_ (2012)
- _Two Lanes of Freedom_ (2013)

## Filmography

|colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Movie||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2004|_Black Cloud_|Sheriff Cliff Powers||
|_Friday Night Lights_|Charles Billingsley|Nominated – MTV Movie Award – Best Male Breakthrough Performance|||
|2006|_Flicka_|Rob McLaughlin|Nominated – Critics Choice Award for Best Song: "My Little Girl"||
|2007|_The Kingdom_|Aaron Jackson|||
|2008|_Four Christmases_|Dallas|||
|2009|_The Blind Side_|Sean Tuohy|||
||2010|_Country Strong_|James Canter||
|2011|_Dirty Girl_|Danny|||
|1997|_The Jeff Foxworthy Show_|Lionel|one episode; "Feud for Thought"||
|2008|_Saturday Night Live_|Host|Hosted November 22, 2008||
|2011|_Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)_|Himself|Season 2, Episode 2||

## Awards

|Year|Awards|Award|
| --- | --- | --- |
|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_||
|1995|American Music Awards|Favorite Country New Artist|
|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)||
|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)||
|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_||
|2000|CMA|Male Vocalist|
|National Fatherhood Initiative|Father of the Year||
|Academy of Country Music|Male Vocalist||
|Billboard Awards|Male Artist of the Year||
|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_||
|2002|American Music Awards|Best Country Album – _Set This Circus Down_|
|American Music Awards|Favorite Male Country Artist||
|2003|American Music Awards (January)|Favorite Country Male Artist|
|Radio Music Awards (January)|Country Male Artist||
|American Music Awards (November)|Favorite Country Male Artist||
|2004|People's Choice Awards|Favorite Country Male Artist|
|Radio Music Awards|Country Male Artist||
|CMA|Single of the Year – "Live Like You Were Dying"||
|2005|American Music Awards|Album of the Year -_Live Like You Were Dying_|
|American Music Awards|Male Artist (country genre)||
|Academy of Country Music|Song of the Year -"Live Like You Were Dying"||
|Academy of Country Music|Single of the Year -"Live Like You Were Dying"||
|People's Choice Awards|Favorite Country Male Artist||
|Grammy Award|Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "Live Like You Were Dying"||
|Country Music Television|Most Inspiring Video – "Live Like You Were Dying"||
|2006|People's Choice Awards|Top Male Performer|
|Grammy Award|Country Vocal Collaboration – "Like We Never Loved At All" (with Faith Hill)||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Tim McGraw
- **image**: Tim McGraw.jpg
- **caption**: McGraw performing for the United States Air Force in 2003
- **image size**: 220px
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Samuel Timothy McGraw
- **birth place**: Delhi, Louisiana, U.S.
- **instrument**: Vocals, guitar
- **genre**: Country music, Country
- **years active**: 1992–present
- **label**: Curb Records, Curb, Big Machine Records, Big Machine
- **associated acts**: Faith Hill, The Dancehall Doctors, Nelly