Trisha Yearwood

Patricia Lynn Yearwood born September 19 19641 is an American country singer She rose to fame with her 1991 debut single Shes in Love with the Boy which became a number one hit on the Billboard country singles chart Its corresponding selftitled debut album would sell over two million copies Yearwood continued with a series of major country hits during the early to mid1990s including Walkaway Joe 1992 The Song Remembers When 1993 XXXs and OOOs An American Girl 1994 and Believe Me Baby I Lied 1996 Yearwoods 1997 single How Do I Live reached number two on the US country singles chart and was internationally successful It appeared on her first compilation Songbook A Collection of Hits 1997 The album certified quadrupleplatinum in the United States and featured the hits In Anothers Eyes and Perfect Love Yearwood had a string of commercial successes over the next several years including the hit singles There Goes My Baby and I Wouldve Loved You Anyway She released her tenth studio record Jasper County in 2005 which debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and the top ten of the Billboard 200 It would become her fastestselling album in the United States Yearwood signed with Big Machine Records in 2007 and released the critically acclaimed Heaven Heartache and the Power of Love the same year Yearwood spent several years on hiatus from her own musical career to focus on other projects She published three successful cookbooks which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list In 2012 she began a culinary television series on the Food Network called Trishas Southern Kitchen which later won a Daytime Emmy Award Yearwood has sold over 15 million records worldwide2 Her work has earned her several awards and nominations including three Grammy Awards three awards from the Academy of Country Music and three awards from the Country Music Association Yearwood has also been a cast member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1999 Since 2005 she has been married to country singer Garth Brooks with whom she has collaborated on a number of occasions