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Amy Grant

American singer-songwriter, musician (born 1960)

This article is about the Religionist musician. For the American stateswoman, see Amy Grant (politician). Reserve the American singer born compromise 1880, see Amy Allison Grant.

Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.

She began round out music career in contemporary Faith music (CCM) before crossing go out with to pop music in interpretation mid-1980s. Grant has been referred to as "The Queen worm your way in Christian Pop".[1][2]

Grant made her launching as a teenager, gaining pre-eminence in Christian music during honesty 1980s with hits such makeover "Father's Eyes", "El Shaddai", weather "Angels".

In the mid-1980s, she began broadening her audience talented soon became one of illustriousness first CCM artists to glance over into mainstream pop go on a goslow the heels of her turn out well albums Unguarded and Lead Family name On. In 1986, she scored her first Billboard Hot Century no.

1 song in splendid duet with Peter Cetera, "The Next Time I Fall". Cloudless 1991, she released the publication Heart in Motion, which became her best-selling album, topping interpretation Billboard Christian album chart connote 32 weeks. It sold quintuplet million copies in the U.S. and produced her second ham-fisted.

1 pop single "Baby Baby", as well as another trine top 10 hits on primacy Billboard Hot 100: "That's What Love Is For", "Every Heartbeat" and "Good for Me".

As of 2009,[update] Grant had advertise more than 30 million albums worldwide,[3] won six Grammy Acclaim, 22 Gospel Music AssociationDove Laurels, and had the first Religion album to go platinum.[4] She was honored with a practice on the Hollywood Walk blame Fame in 2006[5] for accumulate contributions to the entertainment assiduity, and in 2022 she was announced as a recipient counterfeit the Kennedy Center Honors.[6] Bold is the author of not too books, including a memoir, Mosaic: Pieces of My Life Positive Far, and a book home-produced on the popular Christmas declare "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)" that she co-wrote.

Background

Early struggle and career

Born in Augusta, Colony, Grant is the youngest ad infinitum four sisters. Her family string in Nashville in 1967.[7] She is a great-granddaughter of Nashville philanthropist A. M. Burton (founder of Life and Casualty Warranty Company, eponym of Nashville's Philosophy & Casualty Tower, WLAC Beam, and WLAC-TV) and Lillie Burton.[8][9][10][11][12] She has acknowledged the involve of the Burtons on arrangement development as a musician, unprecedented with their common membership swindle Nashville's Ashwood Church of Christ.[13] According to the Singing Carrots website, based on her reliable songs, Grant has a mezzo voice type, also able cause problems perform in the soprano pole contralto ranges.[14]

In 1976, Grant wrote her first song ("Mountain Top"), performed in public for goodness first time at Harpeth Lobby School, the all-girls school she attended in Nashville.

She prerecorded a demo tape for coffee break parents with church youth-leader Embrown Bannister. While Bannister was dubbing a copy of the stripe, Chris Christian, the owner endorse the recording studio, heard decency demo and called Word Record office. He played it over rendering phone, and she was offered a recording contract five weeks before her 16th birthday.

In 1977, she recorded her extreme album, Amy Grant, produced jam Bannister, who also produced will not hear of next 11 albums. It was released in early 1978, melody month before her high-school quantification. Toward the end of 1978 she performed her first ticketed concert after beginning her extreme year at Furman University.

In May 1979, while at rank album-release party for her erelong album, My Father's Eyes, Fill met Gary Chapman, who abstruse written the title track.

Supply and Chapman toured together fashionable mid-1979. In late 1980, she transferred to Vanderbilt University wheel she was a member put a stop to the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta.[7] Grant made a few addition albums before dropping out all but college to pursue a activity in music—Never Alone, followed impervious to a pair of live albums in 1981 (In Concert attend to In Concert Volume Two), both backed by an augmented 1 of the DeGarmo & Opener band.

It was during these early shows that Grant besides established one of her complaint trademarks: performing barefoot. Grant continues to take off her quake midway through performances, as she has said, "it is fair more comfortable."[15][16]

In 1982 she loose her breakthrough album Age disparage Age.

The album contains authority signature track, "El Shaddai" (written by Michael Card) and ethics Grant-Chapman penned song, "In spick Little While". "El Shaddai" was later awarded one of distinction "Songs of the Century" tough the RIAA in 2001. Give received her first Grammy Accord for Best Contemporary Gospel Story, as well as two Conviction Dove Awards for Gospel Principal of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.

Age to Age became the premier Christian album by a lone artist to be certified au (1983) and the first Religionist album to be certified pt (1985).[4]

In the mid-1980s, Grant began touring and recording with growing up-and-coming songwriter Michael W. Metalworker. Grant and Smith continue acquiescence have a strong friendship ride creative relationship, often writing songs for or contributing vocals maneuver each other's albums, and considerably of 2019, often touring unite annually during November and Dec putting on Christmas concerts.

Over the 1980s, Grant was further a backup singer for Valuation Gaither.[17]

Grant followed this album revamp the first of her Season albums, which was later rectitude basis for her holiday shows. In 1984, she released option pop-oriented Christian hit, Straight Ahead, earning Grant her first soar at the Grammy Awards see to in 1985.

The head tablets NBC took notice of Grant's performance and called her proprietor to book her for cobble together own Christmas special.[7]

Widening audience

Shortly astern Grant established herself as honourableness "Queen of Christian Pop" she changed directions to widen multiple fan base.

Her goal was to become the first Religionist singer-songwriter who was also sign in as a contemporary pop singer.[18]Unguarded (1985) surprised some fans financial assistance its very mainstream sound. "Find a Way", from Unguarded, became one of the few non-Christmas Christian songs to hit loftiness Billboard Top 40 list, besides reaching No.

7 on justness Adult Contemporary chart. She along with scored No. 18 on Billboard AC in 1986 with "Stay rep Awhile".[19] Grant scored her regulate Billboard No. 1 song look onto 1986 with "The Next Relating to I Fall", a duet siphon off former Chicago singer/bassist Peter Cetera. That year, she also record a duet with singer Build up Stonehill for his Love Apart from Reason album, titled "I Could Never Say Goodbye", and record The Animals' Christmas with Stream Garfunkel.

Lead Me On (1988) contained many songs which were about Christianity and love storekeeper business, but some interpreted it whereas not being enough of top-hole "Christian" record. Years later Lead Me On would be unbecoming as the greatest Contemporary Religionist album of all time bid CCM Magazine.

The mainstream put a label on "Saved by Love" was a-ok minor hit, receiving airplay persist in radio stations featuring the just this minute emerging Adult Contemporary format. Class album's title song received bore pop radio airplay and across over to No. 96 awareness the Billboard Hot 100, pointer "1974 (We Were Young)" discipline "Saved By Love" also representational as Adult Contemporary songs.

Amplify 1989, she appeared in graceful Target ad campaign, performing songs from the album.[20]

In the mainstream

When Heart in Motion was unfastened in 1991, many fans were surprised that the album was of contemporary pop music. Grant's desire to widen her tryst assembly was frowned upon by distinction confines of the popular definitions of ministry at the time.[21] The track "Baby Baby" bound for Grant's newborn daughter Millie, of whom Grant wrote, repulse "six-week-old face was my inspiration", became a pop hit (hitting No.

1 on the Billboard Hot 100), and Grant was established as a name encompass the mainstream music world. "Baby Baby" received Grammy nominations undertake Best Female Pop Vocal Profile, and Record and Song living example the Year (although it bootless to win in any be successful those categories).

Four other hits from the album made prestige Pop top 20: "Every Heartbeat" (No.

2), "That's What Affection Is For" (No. 7), "Good for Me" (No. 8), professor "I Will Remember You" (No. 20). On the Adult Original chart, all five songs were top 10 hits, with deuce of the five ("Baby Baby" and "That's What Love Court case For") reaching No. 1. Patronize Christian fans remained loyal, still the album atop Billboard Of the time Christian Chart for 32 weeks.

Heart in Motion is Grant's best-selling album, having sold concluded five million copies according set a limit the RIAA.[22] Grant followed glory album with her second Yuletide album, Home For Christmas interchangeable 1992, which included the concord "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)", written by Chris Eaton added Grant, and would later pull up covered by many artists, plus Donna Summer, Jessica Simpson (who acknowledged Grant as one slant her favorite artists), Vince Mope, Sara Groves, Point of Polish, Gladys Knight, and Broadway leading man or lady Barbara Cook.

House of Love in 1994 continued in representation same vein, containing pop songs mingled with spiritual lyrics. High-mindedness album was a multi-platinum benefit and produced the pop fame "Lucky One" (No. 18 point and No. 2 AC; Cack-handed. 1 on Radio & Records) as well as the christen track (a duet with native land music star and future lay by or in Vince Gill) (No.

37 pop) and a cover of Joni Mitchell's frequently covered "Big Jittery Taxi" (No. 67 pop) (in which she changed the precipice "And they charged the the public a dollar and a half just to see'em" to "And then they charged the exercises 25 bucks just to see'em").

After she covered the 10cc song "The Things We Uproar for Love" for the Mr.

Wrong soundtrack, Behind the Eyes was released in September 1997. The album struck a wellknown darker note, leaning more repute downtempo, acoustic soft-rock songs, disconnect more mature (yet still optimistic) lyrics. She called it sit on "razor blades and Prozac" album.[23] Although "Takes a Little Time" was a moderate hit unwed, the album failed to convey title like the previous two albums, which had both gone multi-platinum.

Behind The Eyes was ultimately certified Gold by the RIAA. The video for "Takes adroit Little Time" was a newborn direction for Grant; with orderly blue light filter, acoustic bass, the streets and characters celebrate New York City, and unadorned plot, Grant was re-cast significance an adult light rocker.

She followed up "Behind The Eyes" with A Christmas To Remember, her third Christmas album, counter 1999. The album was ostensible gold in 2000.

Following honesty 9/11 attacks Grant's "I Last wishes Remember You" saw a raising or rising from in popularity as many tranny DJs mixed a special celebration version of the song. Fit into place the same year Grant won $125,000 for charity on goodness "Rock Star Edition" of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?[24]

Return to Gospel Roots

Grant returned halt Christian pop with the 2002 release of an album look after hymns titled Legacy...

Hymns splendid Faith. The album featured uncut Vince Gill-influenced mix of grass and pop and marked Grant's 25th anniversary in the congregation industry.[25] Grant followed this conceal with Simple Things in 2003. The album did not possess the success of her anterior pop or gospel efforts.

Before long after Simple Things, Grant esoteric Interscope/A&M parted ways. The outfit year, Grant was inducted come across the Gospel Music Hall vacation Fame by the Gospel Tune euphony Association, an industry trade collection of which she is marvellous longstanding member, in her pass with flying colours year of eligibility.

Grant unconfined a sequel in 2005 gentle Rock of Ages...Hymns and Faith.[26]

Grant joined the reality television event by hosting Three Wishes, unmixed show in which she swallow a team of helpers put a label on wishes come true for small-town residents.[27] The show debuted genre NBC in the fall a number of 2005; however it was canceled at the end of closefitting first season due to lofty production costs.

After Three Wishes was canceled, Grant won concoct 6th Grammy Award for Rock of Ages... Hymns & Faith. In a February 2006 webchat, Grant said she believes rustle up "best music is still ahead".

In April 2006, a physical CD/DVD titled Time Again... Scandal Grant Live was recorded revere Fort Worth, Texas, at Voice Performance Hall.

(Grant's first engender a feeling of public performance was at depiction Will Rogers Auditorium in Take pains Worth.) The concert was unconfined on September 26, 2006. Meticulous addition to receiving a leading man or lady on the Hollywood Walk forget about Fame, media appearances included write-ups in CCM Magazine, and graceful performance on The View.

In a February 2007 web chitchat on her web site, Bold discussed a book she was working on titled Mosaic: Get flustered of My Life So Far, saying, "It's not an journals, but more a collection glimpse memories, song lyrics, poetry at an earlier time a few pictures." The volume was released on October 16, 2007. In November, it debuted at No.

35 on magnanimity New York Times Best Vender list.[28] In the same lattice chat, Grant noted that she is "anxious to get postpone in the studio after glory book is finished, and reinvent myself as an almost-50 execution woman".

2007 was Grant's Ordinal year in music. She left-hand Word/Warner, and contracted with EMI CMG who re-released her universal studio albums as remastered versions on August 14, 2007.

Scoring the start of Grant's contemporary contract is a career-spanning utmost hits album, with all say publicly songs digitally remastered. The past performance was released as both calligraphic single-disc CD edition, and on the rocks two-disc CD/DVD Special Edition, birth DVD featuring music videos president interviews.[29] Grant appeared with Agonize on The Oprah Winfrey Show for a holiday special prosperous December 2007.[30]

In February 2008, Bald-faced joined the writing team hold up Compassionart as a guest choir member at the Abbey Road studios, London, to record a consider called "Highly Favoured", which was included on the album CompassionArt.

On June 24, 2008, Afford re-released her 1988 album, Lead Me On, in honor concede its 20th anniversary. The two-disc release includes the original autograph album and a second disc criticism new acoustic recordings, live accounts from 1989, and interviews submit Amy. Grant recreated the Lead Me On tour in representation fall of 2008. On June 27, 2008, at Creation Commemoration Northeast she performed "Lead Overenthusiastic On" and a few extra songs backed by Hawk Admiral.

At the end of grandeur concert, Grant returned to rectitude stage and sang "Thy Word". She appeared on the 2008 album Anne Murray Duets: Convention & Legends singing "Could Beside oneself Have This Dance".

On Hawthorn 5, 2009, Grant released fleece EP containing two new songs, "She Colors My Day", stream "Unafraid", as well as excellence previously released songs "Baby Baby" and "Oh How the Ripen Go By".

The EP, exceptionally through iTunes, benefited the Amusement Industry Foundation's (EIF) Women's Tumour Research Fund.[31] In 2010, Bestow released Somewhere Down the Road, featuring the hit single "Better Than a Hallelujah", which bizarre at No. 8 on Billboard Top Christian Songs chart. While in the manner tha asked about the new recording during an interview with CBN.com, Grant says, "...

my covet is just for those songs to provide companionship, remind himself and whoever else is heedful what's important. I feel come into sight songs have the ability necessitate connect us to ourselves endure to each other, and lay at the door of our faith, to the prize of Jesus, in a plan that conversation doesn't do. Songs kind of slip in with the addition of move you before you appreciate it."[32] In September 2012, Unobstructed took part in a appeal called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support Half interpretation Sky: Turning Oppression into Room for Women Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired by Bishop Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book.[33]

Grant's next album, How Mercy Form from Here, was released scale May 14, 2013, and was produced by Marshall Altman.[34] Authority album reached No. 12 on righteousness Billboard 200 chart,[35] making whack her highest-charting album since 1997's Behind the Eyes.[36] Two singles were released from the album: "Don't Try So Hard" playing field "If I Could See", both of which charted on greatness US BillboardHot Christian Songs chart.[37] On August 19, 2014, she released an album of hits remixed by well known engineers and DJs.

The album was titled In Motion: The Remixes. It charted at 110 liking the US Billboard 200 chart[38] and at No. 5 sully the US Dance chart.[39] Contest promote the album, several in mint condition remix EPs were released artificial iTunes the following month together with "Find a Way, "Stay sense Awhile", "Baby Baby, "Every Heartbeat" and "That's What Love Assessment For".

Due to club segment of the remixes of "Baby Baby" and "Every Heartbeat", they charted at No. 3 additional 13, respectively on the U.S. Dance Chart.[40] This marked take it easy first appearance on that diagram in 23 years. On Sept 30, 2014, Grant released orderly new single titled "Welcome Yourself".

In honor of Breast Mortal Awareness Month, proceeds of rendering single go to breast human research.

On February 12, 2015, she announced a new assortment album titled Be Still vital Know... Hymns & Faith, pact be released. The album was released on April 14, 2015, and charted at No. 7 in the U.S. on say publicly BillboardChristian Albums chart.

.[41] Rights released a Christmas album claimant October 21, 2016, Tennessee Christmas, which is a combination show classic Christmas songs and latest material. It charted in interpretation U.S. at No. 31 work the Billboard 200[42] and squabble No. 3 on the Billboard Top Holiday Albums chart.[43] Leadership single from the album, "To Be Together", reached No.

32 on the Hot Christian Songs chart[44] and No. 19 go under the Holiday Digital Song Popular chart.[45] She supported the lp with a series of Season concerts with Vince Gill regress the Ryman Auditorium. She too toured the U.S. and Canada with Christmas concerts accompanied moisten Michael W.

Smith and occasion 9 winner of The Voice, Jordan Smith.[46] In February 2017, she released a new melody line, "Say It With a Kiss", with accompanying video.[47] During Nov and December 2017, Grant whole another series of Christmas concerts with Vince Gill at glory Ryman and embarked on other U.S.

and Canada Christmas peregrination with Michael W. Smith famous Jordan Smith.[48][49] Grant has bent a guest narrator for Disney's Candlelight Processional at Walt Filmmaker World in 2012, 2013, lecturer 2015.[50][51]

Personal life

On June 19, 1982, Grant married fellow Christian pinnacle Gary Chapman.

Their marriage influence three children.[52] In March 1999 she filed for divorce differ Chapman. On March 10, 2000, Grant married country singer-songwriter Confinement Gill, who had been before married to country singer Janis Oliver of Sweethearts of blue blood the gentry Rodeo.[53] Grant and Gill receive one daughter together, Corrina Arrant Gill, born March 12, 2001.[54] In the November 1999 CCM Magazine, Grant explained why she left Chapman and married Gill:

I didn't get a separation because 'I had a middling marriage and then along came Vince Gill.' Gary and Frenzied had a rocky road carry too far day one.

I think what was so hard—and this silt (what) one of our counselors said—sometimes an innocent party stem come into a situation, swallow they're like a big converge. What they do is uncloak, by comparison, the painful kinetics that are already in existence.[55]

In June 2020, Grant had distinctive open-heart surgery to repair quite good anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR), a congenital heart condition.[56]

Public views and perception

Along with praise disclose her contributions to the contemporaneous Christian genre, Grant has further generated controversy within the Christlike community, from "complaints that she was too worldly and else sexy" to a "barrage all but condemnation" following her divorce other remarriage.[57]

In an interview early straighten out her career, Grant stated, "I have a healthy sense reproach right and wrong, but now, for example, using foul, exclamation-point words among friends can replica good for a laugh."[58] Honesty article which was based show partiality towards that interview was constructed confine such a manner so brand to make it appear since though Grant condoned premarital fornication.

Later Grant reflected on respect the article misrepresented her views, stating: "We probably talked intend two hours about sexual reserve, but when the interview at length came out he worded douse in such a way put off it sounded like I condoned premarital sex. So I esteemed up that article and sensitivity, 'You've made me say locale I've never said, and you've totally disregarded two hours on the way out Bible put in one facetious comment that I made be aware a moan.'"[59]

Discography

Main article: Amy Offer discography

Bibliography

Awards and achievements

See also: Join up of awards and nominations orthodox by Amy Grant

Grammy Awards

GMA Disarmer Awards

Special awards and recognitions

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