Amy Grant

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风格: #成人时代　#福音　#当代基督
地区: United States of America 美国

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中文名艾米格兰特

外文名 Amy Grant

出生地美国佐治亚州

出生日期 1960，11月25日

音乐类型福音，流行，乡村

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Amy Grant，1960年出生于美国佐治亚州，歌手。

Amy Grant,1960年出生于美国佐治亚州，是家里4兄妹中最小的。她出生不久，家庭移居纳许维尔。她小小年纪就开始创作描述美好宗教经验的福音歌曲。Grant的才华很快地吸引了读经班上一位唱片制作人的注意，在他的引荐下，十五岁的Grant赢得了生平的第一纸唱片合约，而她也于高中毕业那年（1977）发表了首张同名专辑《Amy Grant》。

上了大学后的Grant仍维持着邻家女孩的亲和力，她以切中青少年心事的清新歌词掳获了众多乐迷的心，并于82年以白金专辑《Age To Age》一举拿下葛莱美最佳福音专辑奖项，而她与巡回演唱吉他手Gary Chapman之间也发展出灵魂伴侣般的关系，两人曾陆续合写出《All I Ever Have To Be》、《Who To Listen To》等脍炙人口的福音歌曲。

Grant早期的福音作品多以“敬拜与赞美”为主题，而随着事业的发展，八○年代中期起她逐渐拓展创作领域，开始像心目中所景仰的Joni Mitchell、Carole King般，以较为个人化的笔触书写私密心事与生活点滴，然而自她音乐中传达出的对于主的爱与敬意却是丝毫未减。

86年，Amy Grant顶著福音天后光环与Chicago合唱团主唱Peter Cetera深情对唱冠军曲《The Next Time I Fall 》，正式开启流行之钥。91年TOP10大碟《Heart In Montion》一连推出《Baby Baby 》、《Every Heartbeat》、《That’s What Love Is For》、《Good For Me》等4首TOP10，并获得格莱美奖提名，成功将福音歌里的信念转化成激励、舒缓人心的流行歌曲。

2005年，她入选了好莱坞星光大道。同年发行录音室专辑《Rock of Ages...Hymns & Faith》。

2006年发行录音室专辑《Time Again: Amy Grant Live All Access》。

2008年发行录音室专辑《The Christmas Collection》。

2009年发行录音室专辑《Best Of/20th Century - Christmas》。

2010年发行录音室专辑《Somewhere Down The Road》。

2013年发行录音室专辑《How Mercy Looks From Here》。

2014年发行单曲《Baby Baby（remix）》。

2015年发行录音室专辑《Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith》。

2016年发行单曲《Baby Baby》。

Life and career

Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress. She is known for performing contemporary Christian music (CCM) and for a successful crossover to pop music in the 1980s and 1990s. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop".As of 2009, Grant had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.

Grant is a great-granddaughter of Nashville philanthropist A. M. Burton (founder of Life and Casualty Insurance Company, eponym of Nashville's Life & Casualty Tower, WLAC Radio, and WLAC-TV) and Lillie Burton.

Grant made her debut as a teenager, and gained fame in Christian music during the 1980s with such hits as "Father's Eyes", "El Shaddai", and "Angels". In the mid-1980s, she began broadening her audience and soon became one of the first CCM artists to cross over into mainstream pop on the heels of her successful albums ‘Unguarded’ and ‘Lead Me On’. In 1986, she scored her first ‘Billboard’ Hot 100 No. 1 song in a duet with Peter Cetera, "The Next Time I Fall". In 1991, she released the blockbuster album ‘Heart in Motion’ which became her best-selling album to date, topping the ‘Billboard’ Christian album chart for 32 weeks, selling five million copies in the U.S., and producing her second No. 1 pop single "Baby Baby".

When Heart in Motion was released in 1991, many fans were surprised that the album was so clearly one of contemporary pop music.

Grant followed the album with her second Christmas album, ‘Home For Christmas’ in 1992, which included the song "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)", written by Chris Eaton and Grant, and would later be covered by many artists, including Donna Summer, Jessica Simpson (who acknowledged Grant as one of her favorite artists), Vince Gill, Sara Groves, Point of Grace, Gladys Knight, and Broadway star Barbara Cook.

‘House of Love’ in 1994 continued in the same vein, boasting catchy pop songs mingled with spiritual lyrics. The album was a multi-platinum success and produced the pop hit "Lucky One" (No. 18 pop and No. 2 AC; No. 1 on Radio & Records) as well as the title track (a duet with country music star and future husband Vince Gill) (No. 37 pop) and a cover of Joni Mitchell's frequently covered "Big Yellow Taxi" (No. 67 pop) (in which she changed the line "And they charged the people ‘a dollar and a half’ just to see'em" to "And then they charged the people ‘25 bucks’ just to see'em").

After she covered the 10cc song "The Things We Do for Love" for the ‘Mr. Wrong’ soundtrack, ‘Behind the Eyes’ was released in September 1997.

She followed up "Behind The Eyes" with ‘A Christmas To Remember’, her third Christmas album, in 1999. The album was certified Gold in 2000.

In 2001, Grant sang "God Bless America" in front of a sellout crowd at the Owen County Fair Grounds in Spencer, Indiana. She dedicated her performance to the victims of 9/11, and officially started the Demolition Derby. Following the 9/11 attacks, Grant's "I Will Remember You" saw a resurgence in popularity as many radio DJs mixed a special tribute version of the song. That same year, Grant won $125,000 for charity on the "Rock Star Edition" of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’

Grant returned to her roots with the 2002 release of an album of hymns titled ‘Legacy... Hymns and Faith.’ The album featured a Vince Gill-influenced mix of bluegrass and pop and marked Grant's 25th anniversary in the music industry.Grant followed this up with ‘Simple Things’ in 2003.The same year, Grant was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame by the Gospel Music Association, an industry trade organization of which she is a longstanding member, in her first year of eligibility. Grant released a sequel in 2005 titled ‘Rock of Ages...Hymns and Faith’.

In April 2006, a live CD/DVD titled ‘Time Again...Amy Grant Live’ was recorded in Fort Worth, Texas, at Bass Performance Hall.The concert was released on September 26, 2006. In addition to receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, media appearances included write-ups in ‘CCM Magazine’, and a performance on ‘The View’.

In a February 2007 web chat on her web site, Grant discussed a book she was working on titled ‘Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far’.2007 was Grant's 30th year in music. She left Word/Warner, and contracted with EMI CMG who re-released her regular studio albums as remastered versions on August 14, 2007. Marking the start of Grant's new contract is a career-spanning greatest hits album, with all the songs digitally remastered. The album was released as both a single-disc CD edition, and a two-disc CD/DVD Special Edition, the DVD featuring music videos and interviews.Grant appeared with Gill on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ for a holiday special in December 2007.

In February 2008, Grant joined the writing team from Compassionart as a guest vocalist at the Abbey Road studios, London, to record a song called "Highly Favoured", which was included on the album ‘CompassionArt’.

On June 24, 2008, Grant re-released her 1988 album, ‘Lead Me On’, in honor of its 20th anniversary. The two-disc release includes the original album and a second disc with new acoustic recordings, live performances from 1989, and interviews with Amy. Grant recreated the ‘Lead Me On’ tour in the fall of 2008.

On June 27, 2008, Grant surprised everyone at the Creation Festival Northeast by being the special guest. She performed "Lead Me On" and a few other songs backed with the Hawk Nelson band. At the end of the concert, Grant returned to the stage and sang "Thy Word". She appeared on the 2008 album ‘Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends’ singing "Could I Have This Dance".

On Mother's Day 2009, Grant released an EP in the iTunes store containing two new songs, "She Colors My Day", and "Unafraid", as well as the previously released songs "Baby Baby" and "Oh How the Years Go By".

In 2010, Grant released ‘Somewhere Down the Road’, featuring the hit single "Better Than a Hallelujah", which peaked at No. 8 on ‘Billboard’ Top Christian Songs chart.

In September 2012, Grant took part in a campaign called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support ‘Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide’, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book.

Grant's next album, titled ‘How Mercy Looks from Here’, was released on May 14, 2013. The album was produced by Marshall Altman.

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.

On February 12, 2015, she announced a new compilation album titled ‘Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith’, to be released. The album was released on April 14, 2015 and charted at No. 7 in the U.S. on the ‘Billboard’ Christian Albums chart.

Single “Baby Baby”was released in April 2016.

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