It Matters to Me explained

It Matters to Me
Type:	studio
Artist:	Faith Hill
Cover:	Faith Hill - It Matters to Me.jpg
Released:	August 29, 1995
Recorded:	1994–1995 at The Sound Shop, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:	Country
Length:	36:00
Label:	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer:	Scott Hendricks Faith Hill
Prev Title:	Take Me as I Am
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Faith
Next Year:	1998

It Matters to Me is the second studio album by American country music artist Faith Hill. It was released in August 1995 via Warner Bros. Records Nashville. Certified 4× Multi-Platinum by RIAA for shipments of four million copies, it produced five Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Let's Go to Vegas", the title track, "Someone Else's Dream", "You Can't Lose Me", and "I Can't Do That Anymore".

Personnel

• Gary Carter – pedal steel guitar
• Ashley Cleveland – background vocals
• Bill Cuomo – synthesizer
• Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
• Trey Gray – drums
• Lisa Gregg – background vocals
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• John Hobbs – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
• Steve Hornbeak – background vocals
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• Robert Johnson – background vocals
• Anthony Joyner – bass guitar
• Elaine Krisle – piano
• Carl Marsh – synthesizer
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Wendell Mobley – background vocals
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Pam Rose – background vocals
• Tom Rutledge – acoustic guitar
• Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitar
• Karen Staley – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Russ Taff – background vocals
• Lou Toomey – electric guitar
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Cindy Richardson Walker – background vocals
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Reese Wynans – piano, Hammond B-3 organ

Hand claps on "Keep Walkin' On" performed by Mark Capps, Bill Cuomo, Paul Franklin, Darrell Franklin, Scott Hendricks, Faith Hill, Brent Mason, Michelle Perry, Michael Spriggs, Lonnie Wilson, and Glenn Worf.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)	40
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[1]	58
Chart (1996)	Position
US Billboard 200^[2]	61
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	10
Chart (1997)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	32

Notes and References

1. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995. Billboard. February 21, 2021.
2. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996. Billboard. February 21, 2021.
3. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996. Billboard. February 21, 2021.
4. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997. Billboard. February 21, 2021.