Wabash – WWKI 100.5 will welcome country singer superstar Martina McBride for her performance on the Ford Theater stage at the Honeywell Center at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6. Corporate Sponsorship for this performance is provided by the Wabash County Hospital. Associate Sponsor is hibu.

Recently McBride made history as the first solo female artist to debut at number one on the Top Country Albums chart with an independently released and distributed album in the chart’s 50-year history. Her album Everlasting is Martina’s fifth number one on the Top Country Albums chart.

Martina first made the country charts in 1992. Her hit records since then have included such enduring classics as “Wild Angels,” “Safe in the Arms of Love,” “Wrong Again,” “Blessed,” “My Baby Loves Me,” “Life #9,” “Love’s the Only House,” “Whatever You Say,” “Where Would You Be,” “In My Daughter’s Eyes,” “When God Fearin’ Women Get the Blues” and “A Broken Wing.”

She is known for singing lyrics of substance and songs that challenge listeners. Martina has addressed domestic violence in “Independence Day,” female empowerment in “This One’s for the Girls,” child abuse in “Concrete Angel,” alcoholism in “Cheap Whiskey,” poverty in “God’s Will” and cancer in “I’m Gonna Love You Through It.”

To date, Martina McBride has sold over 18 million albums, which have included twenty top 10 hits and six number one smashes. She has earned more than 15 major music awards, including four wins for Female Vocalist of the Year from the Country Music Associations and three wins for Top Female Vocalist from the Academy of Country Music. Some of her top songs include: Independence Day, Wild Angels, My Baby Loves ME, and I’m Gonna Love You Through It.

Tickets are $45, $65, $85 and $125, and may be purchased at the Honeywell Center box office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, by calling (260) 563-1102 or visiting www.honeywellcenter.org.