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The song was a hit single for Grant, reaching the top ten of the Christian radio chart. [1] "El Shaddai" won "Song of the Year" and Card won "Songwriter of the Year" at the 1983 GMA Dove Awards. [3] It was also named one of the "Songs of the Century" by the RIAA in 2001. [4]
Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She began her music career in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the mid-1980s. Grant has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop". [1] [2]
Grant is also known for her Christmas albums; [17] her first, A Christmas Album, was released in 1983 as her fifth major release and has been certified platinum by the RIAA and gold in Canada. 1992's Home for Christmas, her eleventh major release and second Christmas album, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Grant's highest-charting album on ...
The Herald Angels Sing" is gorgeous; "Emmanuel" would become an early signature song; and "Little Town" lends a new melody to the standard "O Little Town of Bethlehem." "Home for Christmas" (1992)
In 2016, Grant re-recorded the song "Tennessee Christmas" as the opening track of her Christmas album of the same name. The song was released as a single from the album and charted at No. 50 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart in December 2016. [3]
Hymns and Faith is the fourteenth studio album by Christian singer and songwriter Amy Grant. It was her first overtly religious album since Lead Me On in 1988, and consists primarily of well-known hymns with a few original songs.
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by contemporary Christian music-pop singer Amy Grant, released on October 2, 2007 (see 2007 in music). It was released by EMI CMG, Grant's new record label, to mark the start of her contract with them. It does not contain new songs, but the record label did remaster all of her songs.
Coming off the heels of Grant's successful 1991 album, Heart in Motion, Home for Christmas performed even better than Heart in Motion on the Billboard charts, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian album chart. It was later reissued in 2003 as 20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Amy Grant.