Faith Hill debuting new single at CMT Awards

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Published on October 6, 2011 12:00PM EDT

Faith Hill hasn't officially released a new single since 2007's "Red Umbrella," which went to No. 28 on Billboard's Country Songs chart. But EW has learned exclusively that the country superstar is planning to make her long-awaited comeback by performing a new single, "Come Home," at this year's 45th Annual CMA Awards, which will air Nov. 9 on ABC at 8 p.m.

Virtually no details are available about the song, but in February, Hill was quoted as saying that she'd soon be in the studio working on an album of new material. Naturally, she was tight-lipped about what she was recording. "I'm not even prepared to talk about it right now," she told Billboard at the time. "I'm right in the middle of it, so it's really hard to describe what it is until I'm done. That's the honest truth. I'll be able to tell more, maybe once I come out of the studio in the spring."

Hill hasn't been in the recording studio in quite a while. Her last new album was Fireflies, which debuted on top the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums chart when it came out in August 2005. Subsequent albums were 2007's The Hits and a holiday compilation, Joy to the World, in 2008.

The CMA Awards are set to be hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, who have done the job three times before. Besides Hill, other performers for the night include Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Paisley, Jason Aldean, and Keith Urban.

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