Bio: Three-time Grammy Award winner Tim McGraw, the son of former major league reliever Tug McGraw, is a country music superstar who has sold over 40 million albums. Eleven of his album have debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard country album chart and he has had 21 hit No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot Country 100 chart. He and his wife Faith Hill won Grammy Awards in 2001 and 2006 for their duos "Let's Make Love" and "Like We Never Loved At All".An aspiring actor, McGraw has appeared in eight movies between 2004 and 2011.
Tivia: As a child, Samuel Timothy McGraw idolized pitcher Tug McGraw and has his baseball card taped to his bedroom wall. When he was age 11, he learned that Tug was actually his biological father.His song "Live Like You Were Dying" is a tribute to his late father Tug McGraw who passed away on January 5, 2004.Did not know who his father was until he found his birth certificate which listed him, Frank McGraw, professional baseball player. Took McGraw's surname subsequently.He was salutatorian of his high school class in 1985.Attended Florida Community College at Jacksonville for one term and occasionally attended for one time with local bands.His song "She's My Kind of Rain" was about his wife Faith Hill.Has three daughters with Faith Hill: Gracie Katherine McGraw (born May 5, 1997), Maggie McGraw (aka Maggie Elizabeth McGraw (born August 12, 1998)) and Audrey Caroline McGraw (born December 6, 2001).Attended Northeast Louisiana University on a baseball scholarship and is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 17, 2006.In 2007, Forbes magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $37 million.Tim's maternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and one of Tim's paternal great-grandmothers, Marie Suchanek, was a Bohemian (Czech) immigrant. The rest of Tim's ancestry is Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), English, Scottish, and distant Dutch, German, and French Huguenot.His song "Live Like You Were Dying" won both Single of the Year and Song of the Year at the 2004 CMA Awards.Tim and his wife, Faith Hill, are friends with Martina McBride and John McBride.In 2015, Forbes magazine estimated McGraw's actual income at $38 million.Holds a private pilot license and owns a single-engine Cirrus SR22.Inducted into the Italian-American Hall of Fame in June 2004.Has produced albums for singer Jo Dee Messina.Half-brother of Mark McGraw. Distant cousin of Laura Collins.