Grant, Amy
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Birthname | Amy Lee Grant | ||||
born on | 25 November 1960 at 03:24 (= 03:24 AM ) | ||||
Place | Augusta, Georgia (US), 33n28, 82w01 | ||||
Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for performing Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop". She put out gospel albums for a decade before crossing over to popular success with the 1991 platinum effort Heart in Motion. As a gospel singer, she featured words of joy over smiley-face melodies such as her LP House of Love, released in August 1994.
The youngest of four kids of a prominent Nashville cancer specialist and his wife, Amy grew up wanting to have a family, live on a farm and play guitar and sing. With a natural talent, she had her first record contract at 15.
In 1982 she married Gary Chapman, also known in the Christian music genre. They had three kids, Matthew, Millie and Sarah. Their marriage seemed heaven-made. Grant had already recorded Chapman's song "Father's Eyes" when they met at a party in 1979. When they wed, it was at the time that Grant's breakthrough Christian album Age to Age was scaling the charts and Chapman often accompanied Grant on tours. It was sorry news when rumors of a rift began to circulate in the '90s and their friends hoped that they would work through it but the couple announced on 30 December 1998 that they had come to the end of their 16-year marriage. In the fall of 1999 she started seeing Vince Gill, another award-winning country singer, appearing with him at his annual charity golf tournament in Oklahoma City. They married on 10 March 2000 at 4:30 PM in Nashville. Besides her three children (one boy and two girls,) he has a teen daughter by his first marriage.
On 12 June 1995, during a routine eye exam, she learned that she had a detached retina in her right eye. She cancelled 17 concerts and had eye surgery three days later to repair and save her vision.
Grant had a baby girl on 12 March 2001, her fourth child and the first with Vince Gill.
Grant became host of a TV show, a dream-granting reality series Three Wishes. The show debuted on NBC in the fall of 2005 but was canceled at the end of its first season because of high production costs. After Three Wishes was canceled, Grant won her 6th Grammy Award for Rock of Ages... Hymns & Faith. In a February 2006 webchat, Grant stated she believes her "best music is still ahead".
Relationships
- associate relationship with Garfunkel, Art (born 5 November 1941). Notes: Collaborators on "The Animals' Christmas"
- associate relationship with Kelly, Tori (born 14 December 1992). Notes: Collaborated on 2016 single "Baby Baby"
- associate relationship with Parker, Caryl Mack (born 12 February 1960)
- associate relationship with Paslay, Eric (born 29 January 1983). Notes: Music collaborators
- associate relationship with Taylor, James (born 12 March 1948). Notes: Music collaborators
- spouse relationship with Gill, Vince (born 12 April 1957). Notes: Married 2000-
Events
- Relationship : Meet a significant person 1979 (Met Gary Chapman at a party)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 5 March 1991 ("Heart in Motion" album released)
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- Relationship : Meet a significant person 1993 in Tulsa (Met Vince Gill)
- Relationship : End significant relationship 30 December 1998 (Announced separation from Gary Chapman)
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- Relationship : Begin significant relationship October 1999 (Started relationship with Vince Gill)
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- Family : Change in family responsibilities 12 March 2001 (Gave birth to daughter Corrina Grant Gill)
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- Work : Prize 2006 (Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 14 April 2015 ("Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith" released)
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Source Notes
Stephen Przybylowski quotes B.C.
Categories
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart (Congenital condition)
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury (Fell from her bicycle)
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Surgery (Detached retina; open-heart)
- Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Fourth of four)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (16 years, divorce)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Four kids, one step-daughter)
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Sports (Golf, handicap in 20-22 range)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : Live Stage (performer)
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Country-Western
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Guitar)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc. (Gospel)
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Vocation : Writers : Religion/ Philosophy
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction
- Notable : Awards : Grammy (Six-time Grammy winner)
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Notable : Famous : First in Field (First Christian album ever to go Platinum)
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
- 1960 births
- Birthday 25 November
- Birthplace Augusta, GA (US)
- Sun 3 Sagittarius
- Moon 29 Aquarius
- Asc 15 Libra
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Surgery
- Family : Childhood : Order of birth
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Lifestyle : Social Life : Sports
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : Live Stage
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Country-Western
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Song writer
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Vocation : Writers : Religion/ Philosophy
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction
- Notable : Awards : Grammy
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame
- Notable : Famous : First in Field
- Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women