![]() McGraw is of Italian and Irish descent on his mother's side, and has Scots-Irish, English, Scottish, Swiss, Dutch, Czech, and German ancestry on his father's side. Samuel Timothy McGraw was born in Delhi, Louisiana, the only child of Elizabeth "Betty" Ann D'Agostino, a waitress from Jacksonville, Florida, and Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw Jr., a pitcher for the minor league Jacksonville Suns and future star pitcher for the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies. He has been married to singer Faith Hill since 1996, and is a son of baseball player Tug McGraw. In acknowledgement of his grandfather's Italian heritage, McGraw was honored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) in 2004, receiving the NIAF Special Achievement Award in Music during the Foundation's 29th Anniversary Gala. He was a minority owner of the Arena Football League's Nashville Kats. McGraw has ventured into acting, with supporting roles in The Blind Side (with Sandra Bullock), Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, Tomorrowland, and Four Christmases (with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon), and The Shack, and lead roles in Flicka (2006) and Country Strong (2010). Tim McGraw just recently released his latest singles “Neon Church” and “Thought About You” on OctoHe has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. ![]() His Soul2Soul II Tour with Faith Hill is one of the highest-grossing tours in country music history, and one of the top 5 among all genres of music. He has also won three Grammy Awards, 14 Academy of Country Music awards, 11 Country Music Association (CMA) awards, 10 American Music Awards, and three People's Choice Awards. Three of these singles - "It's Your Love", "Just to See You Smile", and "Live Like You Were Dying" - were the top country songs of 1997, 1998, and 2004 according to Billboard Year-End. All of these albums have produced 65 singles, 25 of which have reached number 1 on the Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay charts. ![]() 10 of those albums have reached number 1 on the Top Country Albums charts, with his 1994 breakthrough album Not a Moment Too Soon being the top country album of 1994. McGraw has released fifteen studio albums (eleven for Curb Records, three for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer/songwriter and actor.
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