Patricia Lynn Yearwood, known professionally as Trisha Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is an American country music artist, best known for her series of major hits throughout the 1990s decade and into the new millennium. She is a three-time Grammy award winner, a two-time Country Music Association Awards winner and a two-time Academy of Country Music Awards winner.

Yearwood made her debut in 1991 with the #1 hit single, "She's in Love with the Boy". Her debut album was certified by the RIAA of selling over two million copies, making Yearwood the first female Country singer to have a debut album to be certified Platinum. Since 1991, Yearwood has released a total of ten studio albums and four compilation albums, including a Holiday album. Of all these albums, four of which have been certified Platinum and five have been certified Gold. She has also charted a total of 38 singles on the Billboard "Hot Country Songs" chart, five of these singles have reached the #1 spot.

One of the most popular female country singers of the '90s, Trisha Yearwood initially rose to fame as a protégée of Garth Brooks but quickly staked out her own identity. Steve Huey Trisha Yearwood biography All Music Guide; retrieved 4-14-08

Yearwood has also performed at the Academy Awards and the Library of Congress.