In 1991, she signed a recording contract with RCA Nashville, launching her debut studio album The Time Has Come in 1992.

Its lead single "My Baby Loves Me" reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, becoming her breakthrough hit.

[2] Wild Angels was released in September 1995 and reached number seventeen on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

[1] Martina (2003) certified double platinum in the United States and featured the top 5 singles "This One's for the Girls" and "In My Daughter's Eyes".

[8] Under the production of Don Was, McBride released her twelfth studio record Everlasting (2014) that featured covers of R&B songs.