An all-star version of " America the Beautiful " performed by country singers Trace Adkins, Billy Dean, Vince Gill, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Toby Keith, Brenda Lee, Lonestar, Martina McBride, Jamie O ' Neal, Kenny Rogers and Keith Urban reached number 58 in July 2001.

Then he followed that up by hosting the CMT Awards in June and performed " Cowboy "," Bawitdaba " and " Good Ol Boys " with Hank Williams Jr, Trace Adkins, Martina McBride, Kellie Pickler, Randy Houser, Zac Brown and Jamey Johnson.

Martina McBride and T. I., the international single feat.

Martina McBride and Connie Smith dueted on Smith's signature hit " Once a Day ," and other collaborations included Dierks Bentley and Del McCoury (" Roll On Buddy, Roll On "), Josh Turner and Lorrie Morgan (" Golden Ring "), and Montgomery Gentry and Charlie Daniels Band (" Devil Went Down To Georgia "), among others.

His songs have been recorded by Little Big Town, Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Babyface, Amy Grant, Joe Cocker, Kathy Mattea, Martina McBride, Wynonna Judd, Trisha Yearwood, Bonnie Raitt, Susan Ashton, Michael W. Smith, Jill Phillips, Michael Crawford, Peter Frampton, Casting Crowns and Eric Clapton, whose version of Kirkpatrick's " Change the World " won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year.

* Martina McBride, country music recording artist

For the week ending December 23, 2006, the Dean Martin and Martina McBride duet of " Baby, It's Cold Outside " reached # 7 on the R & R AC chart.

Lead-off single " Still Holding On ", a duet with labelmate Martina McBride, became his first single to land outside the top 10, with a number 11 peak that year.

For many new artists, she has been credited as the inspiration to their careers in country music, including, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Trisha Yearwood, and LeAnn Rimes.

McEntire holds the record for the most Academy of Country Music Top Female Vocalist Awards ( seven ), and American Music Awards for Favorite Country Female Artist ( twelve ), and ties with Martina McBride for most Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year Awards ( four ), though McEntire does have the distinction of winning the award 4 times consecutively.

* " Ride " ( Martina McBride song )

Among current leading country artists, Martina McBride, Chely Wright and Scott Mehrens, singer and guitarist of Nashville Recording Artist, The Rusty Knales Band are natives of Kansas.

The opening theme music for the Sean Hannity Show is " Independence Day " by Martina McBride followed by " Eye of the Tiger " by Survivor.

Artists such as Charlie Daniels, Billy Ray Cyrus, Hank Williams, Jr., Ted Nugent, Montgomery Gentry, Martina McBride, Buddy Jewell, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Greenwood, Michael W. Smith, and Avalon have headlined at these concerts.

* Evolution ( Martina McBride album )

Closing out this album was " Practice Life ", a number 33 duet with Martina McBride.

The most successful of the new artists were Shania Twain, Trisha Yearwood, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Ann Womack, Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, Collin Raye, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, while Lonestar and Dixie Chicks were the most successful new groups.

In November 2007, Daniels was invited by Martina McBride to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

* Eleven ( Martina McBride album ), the 11th studio album by American singer Martina McBride

Other cameos include Tara Lipinski, Coolio, Tone Loc, Dick Butkus, Pat O ' Brien and Martina McBride.

In 2005, she performed on the Grand Ole Opry with Country singer, Martina McBride, performing a duet version of "( I Never Promised You A ) Rose Garden ".

Martina was only fifteen years old, but her ' honey-coated vox ' impressed them and they recorded a song called " Aftermath " ( though The Face ' 95 mentions that the first song they recorded together was called " Shoebox ").

The first professional athlete to come out while still playing was Czech-American professional tennis player Martina Navratilova, who came out as a lesbian during an interview with The New York Times in 1981.

Constantinus Heraclius (), known in English as Heraklonas, Heraclonas, or Heracleonas ( 626 – 641 ), was the son of Heraclius and his niece Martina, and was Byzantine Emperor briefly between February and September 641.

He was probably the fourth son of Martina and Herakleios, but the first one born free of physical deformity and eligible for the throne.

He was, however, used by Italian authors, starting with the 1959 story Topolino e il ritorno dell ' artiglio magnetico (" Mickey Mouse and the Return of the Magnetic Claw ") by Guido Martina ( plot ) and Giulio Chierchini ( art ).

This was the first example of Amis's fondness for symbolically " pairing " characters in his novels, which has been a recurrent feature in his fiction since ( Martin Amis and Martina Twain in Money, Richard Tull and Gwyn Barry in The Information, and Jennifer Rockwell and Mike Hoolihan in Night Train ).

Upon Gabriéla's death in 1851, it was inherited by her daughter, Martina Castro de Alvarado, wife of Juan Bautista Alvarado, who was Governor of California from 1836 to 1842.

The Mexican land grant Rancho Soquel was given Martina Castro in 1833.

His single " Martina Franca ", from a forthcoming album, was released in June 2012.

NSEERS was probed in the documentary film " Aliens Among Us " by Martina Radwan, for the devastating affect it had on immigrant families of Arab origin.

Tennis star Martina Navratilova learned to say the word when she was ten years old.

Navratilova was born Martina Šubertová in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Martina was quoted in 2007 as being ashamed of the US under President George W. Bush because unlike the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, Bush was elected.

During her career versus selected rivals, Evert was: 40 – 6 against Virginia Wade, 37 – 43 against Martina Navratilova, 26 – 13 against Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 24 – 0 against Virginia Ruzici, 23 – 1 against Sue Barker, 22 – 0 against Betty Stöve, 22 – 1 against Rosemary Casals, 21 – 7 against Hana Mandlíková, 20 – 1 against Wendy Turnbull, 19 – 7 against Billie Jean King ( winning the last 11 matches with a loss of only 2 sets ), 19 – 3 against Pam Shriver, 18 – 2 against Kerry Melville Reid, 17 – 2 against Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, 17 – 2 against Helena Suková, 17 – 3 against Andrea Jaeger, 16 – 3 against Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat, 15 – 0 against Olga Morozova, 13 – 0 against Françoise Durr, 9 – 4 against Margaret Court, 8 – 9 against Tracy Austin, 7 – 0 against Mary Joe Fernandez, 6 – 3 against Gabriela Sabatini, 6 – 5 against Nancy Richey Gunter ( winning the last 6 matches ), 6 – 8 against Steffi Graf ( losing the last 8 matches ), and 2 – 1 against Monica Seles.

She was seeded fifth and played former World No. 1 ( and newly returned to competitive tennis ) Martina Hingis in a much hyped first round match.

She was the first player since Martina Hingis to end the year ranked World No. 1 consecutively for two years ( Hingis was ranked year-end World No. 1 in 1999 – 2000 ).

She was the runner-up at four Grand Slam singles events and won one Grand Slam women's doubles title, the US Open in 1989 with Martina Navratilova.

His supporters feared action against him on the part of Martina and Heraklonas, and the treasurer Philagrius advised him to write to the army, informing them that he was dying and asking for their assistance in protecting the rights of his children.

Due to the rumours that Heraklonas and Martina had poisoned Constantine III he was named co-emperor in 641.

In April 2012 tricky performed Maxinquaye with Martina Topley-Bird at several concerts around the UK including, for the first time in several years in his home town of Bristol.

Some large donkey breeds such as the Asino di Martina Franca, the Baudet de Poitou and the Mammoth Jack are raised only for mule production.

In July 2002 Chung interviewed tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who at that point had been a naturalized U. S. citizen for more than 20 years, about her recent criticisms of the U. S. political system.

It took some time, however, for Graf to separate herself from her challengers, with four losses in her first six tournaments of the year: two to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and one each to Seles and the 36 year-old Martina Navratilova.

She lost the World No. 1 ranking to Martina Hingis and failed to win a Grand Slam title for the first time in ten years.

During her debut at the US Open, she lost the final to Martina Hingis after defeating Irina Spîrlea in a semifinal famous for " the bump " in which Spîrlea intentionally collided with Williams during a changeover.

*# US Open-Tracy Austin, youngest US Open Champion at the age of 16 years, 8 months and 28 days defeating 4-time defending champion Chris Evert 6-4, 6-3 in the final after defeating 2nd seeded Martina Navratilova in the semifinal making Evert lose for the first time in 32 matches.

Although the precocious emperor addressed the senate with a speech blaming Heraklonas and Martina for eliminating his father, he reigned under a regency of senators led by Patriarch Paul II of Constantinople.

But for Novotná ( seeded 8th ) to capture the title, her path would have to go thru Sabatini ( seeded 4th ), Martina Navratilova ( seeded 2nd ) and top-seeded Steffi Graf.

At the 2001 Australian Open, the reinvigorated Capriati became the lowest seed to ever win the championship when she defeated Martina Hingis ( ranked number one in the world at the time ) in straight sets for her first Grand Slam championship.

In January 1997, Capriati reached the final at Sydney, for the second time in her career, defeating World No. 9 Lindsay Davenport en route for her only top 10 win of the year, losing to Martina Hingis in the final.

Paired for the first time with Russian Elena Bovina, he beat defending champions Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes in straight sets in an hour and nine minutes 6 – 1, 7 – 6.

* Tarbes-based Petits As is a major international tennis competition for 12 – 14 year old juniors that has been won by future global stars including Rafael Nadal, Martina Hingis, and Kim Clijsters.