Amy Grant |
Wiki |
Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music.
Grant is considered to be one of the most important pioneers of the Contemporary Christian music genre. She has had a strong influence on Christian music and the Christian culture in the United States and beyond. She is the best-selling Christian music artist of all time, and is the 19th best-selling female solo artist in the United States.
Grant made her debut in 1977 as a teenager, and scored her first number-one Christian radio hit two years later. In 1982, she released her breakthrough album, Age to Age, which became the first Contemporary Christian music album to be certified platinum and the first by a solo artist to be certified gold.