Breathe (Faith Hill album)

Breathe
Studio album by Faith Hill
Released November 9, 1999
Genre Country pop
Length 52:27
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Byron Gallimore
Faith Hill
Dann Huff
Faith Hill chronology
Faith
(1998)
Breathe
(1999)
There You'll Be
(2001)
Singles from Breathe
  1. "Breathe"
    Released: October 4, 1999
  2. "The Way You Love Me"
    Released: February 20, 2000
  3. "Let's Make Love"
    Released: 2000
  4. "If My Heart Had Wings"
    Released: January 8, 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (C+)[2]
Entertainment Weekly (B-)[3]

Breathe is the fourth studio album by country music recording artist Faith Hill, released November 9, 1999 on Warner Bros. Records. It won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album. Breathe is one of the most successful country/pop albums to date. It has been certified 8× Platinum by the RIAA, for shipping eight million copies in the US.[4] In 2009, Breathe was the 31st best album of the Billboard 200 best albums in the first decade of the 21st century.

Faith Hill's "Breathe" debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200, a first for the country artist. The Warner Bros. Nashville set sold 242,000 units, according to SoundScan.[5]

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "What's In It for Me"   Bekka Bramlett, Billy Burnette, Annie Roboff 5:36
2. "I Got My Baby"   Bob DiPiero, Roboff 3:31
3. "Love Is a Sweet Thing"   Brett James, Troy Verges 3:56
4. "Breathe"   Stephanie Bentley, Robin Lamar 4:09
5. "Let's Make Love" (with Tim McGraw) Marv Green, Chris Lindsey, Bill Luther, Aimee Mayo 4:11
6. "It Will Be Me"   Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick 3:46
7. "The Way You Love Me"   Michael Delaney, Keith Follesé 3:06
8. "If I'm Not in Love"   Constant Change 4:02
9. "Bringing Out the Elvis"   Louise Hoffsten, Leif Larrson 3:34
10. "If My Heart Had Wings"   Fred Knobloch, Roboff 3:35
11. "If I Should Fall Behind"   Bruce Springsteen 4:32
12. "That's How Love Moves"   Jennifer Kimball, Ty Lacy, Fitzgerald Scott 4:14
13. "There Will Come a Day"   Lindsey, Luther, Mayo 4:15
Total length:
52:27
International version bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
14. "This Kiss" (Radio version) Beth Nielsen Chapman, Lerner, Roboff 3:16
15. "Breathe" (Hex Hector Radio Edit #1) Bentley, Lamar 3:57
16. "The Way You Love Me" (Love to Infinity Edit) Delaney, Follesé 2:59

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
Australian ARIA Albums 7
Australian ARIA Country Albums 1
Canadian RPM Top Albums 13
Canadian RPM Country Albums 1

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
2000 "Breathe" Best Country Album
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
"Let's Make Love" Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
Preceded by
The Battle of Los Angeles by Rage Against the Machine
Billboard 200 number-one album
November 27 - December 4, 1999
Succeeded by
Issues by KoЯn
Preceded by
LeAnn Rimes by LeAnn Rimes
Greatest Hits by Kenny Chesney
Top Country Albums number-one album
November 27 - December 10, 1999
October 28 - November 24, 2000
Succeeded by
Come On Over by Shania Twain
When Somebody Loves You by Alan Jackson
Preceded by
Come On Over by Shania Twain
Fly by Dixie Chicks
Fly by Dixie Chicks
Burn by Jo Dee Messina
RPM Country Albums number-one album
November 29 - December 5, 1999
June 12–25, 2000
July 3 - August 6, 2000
September 4–10, 2000
Succeeded by
Come On Over by Shania Twain
Fly by Dixie Chicks
Fly by Dixie Chicks
Coyote Ugly by Various Artists

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