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Martina Mariea Schiff (born July 29, 1966 in Sharon, Kansas) is an American country music singer and songwriter, known professionally as Martina McBride. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.

The Way That I Am is the second album by American country music singer Martina McBride, released in 1993 on RCA Records. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA. This was her breakthrough album, producing her first Top 5 hit in "My Baby Loves Me", which was previously released as a single by Canadian singer Patricia Conroy from her 1992 album Bad Day for Trains. McBride's version was a #2 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Also released from this album were "Life #9" at #6, "Independence Day" at #12, "Heart Trouble" at #21, and finally, "Where I Used to Have a Heart" at #49. Although never released as a single, "Strangers" was reprised on McBride's Greatest Hits album in 2001.