xmasalbum.gif 1983 A Christmas Album 37:35 Brown Bannister A Christmas Album was the seventh album and first Christmas album by contemporary Christian music star Amy Grant. It was primarily for the audiences she attracted with her breakthrough 1982 album, Age to Age. A Christmas Album included tracks that could've been released on one of her regular albums, but more importantly, it began to associate Grant with the Christmas season, as she went on to record more seasonal albums and tape holiday specials. Reached #9 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1984 xmas3.gif 1999 A Christmas To Remember 38:45 Michael Omartian A Christmas to Remember is the sixteenth album and third Christmas album by Amy Grant. Amy sings with the Patrick Williams Orchestra, and this album has been certified gold. It features a blend of some traditional songs but mostly originals. Reached #1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1999 Reached #36 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart in 1999 agetoage.gif 1982 Age To Age 36:35 Brown Bannister Age to Age was the ground-breaking sixth album by Christian singer Amy Grant. Age to Age was the first album to display Amy Grant's growing maturity as a songwriter. Led by the number-one Christian single "El Shaddai," Age to Age became a staple in CCM music collections for years to come. Reached #1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1983 1983 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Gospel Performance 1983 Dove Award for Song of the Year ("El Shaddai") 1983 Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year amygrant.gif 1977 Amy Grant 36:33 Chris Christian Amy Grant is the first album by then-teenage Christian singer Amy Grant. Although today considered a modest record success, this was probably one of the biggest Christian album releases ever when it was issued. At that time, CCM was a tiny subgenre, sold exclusively at Christian bookstores. But the album was a breakthrough in terms of the Christian music market of the day, selling 50,000 copies in one year. Three songs from the album made Top Ten Christian radio airplay: "Old Man's Rubble," "Beautiful Music," and "What A Difference You've Made." inconcert1.gif 1981 Amy Grant In Concert 44:13 Brown Bannister Amy Grant In Concert is the fourth album by Christian singer Amy Grant. It was the first album of a double live set, the other being In Concert Volume Two, which was released later that year. Although the two should've been issued as a double album, budget problems forced the two to be released separately. Amy Grant In Concert featured two new songs: "Mimi's House" and "Singing A Love Song" (which became a Top Ten Christian radio hit). Reached #38 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1995 inconcert2.gif 1981 Amy Grant In Concert: Volume Two 37:08 Brown Bannister In Concert Volume Two is the fifth album by Christian singer Amy Grant. In Concert Volume Two was the second album of a double live set, the other being Amy Grant In Concert, which was released earlier that year. Although the two should've been issued as a double album, budget problems forced the two to be released separately. In Concert Volume Two featured four new songs: "I'm Gonna Fly" (which became a Top Ten Christian radio hit), "You Gave Me Love," "Fill Me With Your Love," and "Nobody Loves Me Like You." behindtheeyes.gif 1997 Behind The Eyes 49:35 Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick Behind The Eyes was the fifteenth album by singer-songwriter Amy Grant. The main theme of Behind The Eyes is optimism, that there's a light at the end of the tunnel. During this time in her life, however, Amy was going through strain in her marriage with Gary Chapman, and some of those feelings showed. A year after this album released, Grant would end her 19-year-long marriage to Chapman. Reached #2 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1997 Reached #8 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums charts in 1997 1998 Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year greatesthits.gif 2004 Greatest Hits 1986-2004 79:57 Mike Ragogna, Andy McKaie Greatest Hits 1986-2004 is a compilation and the nineteenth album by pop singer Amy Grant. It was the first compilation of Amy Grant's music to be released since The Collection in 1986. It includes two previously unreleased songs, "The Water" and "Come Be With Me" and pressings of the CD on A&M Records contain a bonus CD of remixes and radio edits. Reached #3 on Billboard's Top Christian chart in 2004 Reached #48 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart in 2004 heartinmotion.gif 1991 Heart In Motion 44:19 Brown Bannister, Michael Omartian, Keith Thomas Heart in Motion was the twelfth album by Christian pop singer Amy Grant. Heart in Motion solidified the fact that Amy Grant was moving away from straightforward Christian music, and shifting toward the mainstream. This proved to be true, when the lead single from the album, "Baby Baby," hit #1 on the pop chart, which was a first for Christian music. The album would go on to sell 5 million copies by the end of 1997, making it the best-selling Christian album ever. Reached #1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1991 Reached #10 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums in 1991 homeforxmas.gif 1992 Home For Christmas 42:56 Brown Bannister Home for Christmas was the thirteenth album by Amy Grant, and her second Christmas album. Its executive producers were Michael Blanton and Amy Grant. It was reissued on September 20, 2003 as 20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Amy Grant. Reached #1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1992 Reached #2 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums in 1992 houseoflove.gif 1994 House Of Love 48:08 Keith Thomas, Michael Omartian House Of Love was the top-selling fourteenth album by pop star Amy Grant. House Of Love was Amy's follow-up to her quintuple-platinum 1991 release Heart In Motion. Although House Of Love sold less than half of what its predecessor sold, it is a nice, mellow album that comfortably combines pop music with Christian values. "Lucky One" was the album's biggest hit at #18 Pop and #2 Adult Contemporary in the U.S.A., followed by the title song and a remake of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi." "Say You'll Be Mine" also was a U.K. Top 50 hit. Reached #1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1994 Reached #13 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart in 1994 leadmeon.gif 1988 Lead Me On 59:35 Brown Bannister Lead Me On was the eleventh album by Christian music singer-songwriter Amy Grant. Lead Me On was a departure from its predecessor. Unlike Unguarded, Lead Me On was not mainstream compatible. Only three of its songs earned mainstream airplay, all of them insignificantly (the title song charted for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #96, and "Saved By Love" and "1974 (We Were Young)" made the Adult Contemporary chart in minor positions). Christian music, however, praised the album. It would later be named the #1 Christian album of all time by CCM Magazine. Reached #1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1988 Reached #71 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums in 1988 legacy.gif 2002 Legacy...Hymns And Faith 53:16 Brown Bannister, Vince Gill Legacy...Hymns And Faith is the seventeenth album by Christian singer-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 couple of original songs. Early pressings of the CD are in double disc format containing the music CD and a bonus DVD with a behind the scenes documentary in the studio recording the album. Reached #1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 2002 Reached #21 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart in 2002 2003 Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year 2003 Dove Award for Country Recorded Song of the Year ("The River's Gonna Keep On Rolling") fatherseyes.gif 1979 My Father's Eyes 37:43 Brown Bannister My Father's Eyes is the second album by Christian singer-songwriter Amy Grant. It was a turning point in Amy Grant's career. It gave her her first Christian number-one hit in the title track, as well as the Top Ten Christian hit "Faith Walkin' People." The album would be certified gold in 1987. Reached #19 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1995 neveralone.gif 1980 Never Alone 40:38 Brown Bannister Never Alone is the third album by Christian singer Amy Grant. By this point in her life, Amy had entered her sophomore year at Vanderbilt College and developed a budding relationship with studio songwriter Gary Chapman. The three songs from the album that they co-wrote obscurely describe their on-again, off-again relationship. Although Never Alone was not as popular as its predecessor, My Father's Eyes, it still managed to score a Top Ten Christian hit in "Look What Has Happened To Me." rockofages.gif 2005 Rock Of Ages...Hymns And Faith 45:45 Brown Bannister, Vince Gill Rock Of Ages...Hymns And Faith is the twentieth and the most recent album by singer Amy Grant. It is the follow-up to her 2002 release Legacy...Hymns and Faith. Reached #1 on Billboard's Top Christian chart in 2005 Reached #42 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart in 2005 2006 Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album 2006 Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year simplethings.gif 2003 Simple Things 39:52 Keith Thomas, Brown Bannister, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Ron Hemby Simple Things is the eighteenth album by pop singer Amy Grant. It was Grant's first secular album (while containing Christian themes) in six years, the previous one being 1997's Behind The Eyes. Since then, she had divorced her husband of 19 years, Gary Chapman, and had married country music singer Vince Gill. Although the album did not see the pop success of its predecessors, it still made the Top 30 of the pop chart, and spawned a Top 40 Adult Contemporary chart hit, "Simple Things." Reached #1 on Billboard's Top Christian chart in 2004 Reached #23 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart in 2003 straightahead.gif 1984 Straight Ahead 38:36 Brown Bannister Straight Ahead was the eighth album by CCM star Amy Grant. It produced the single "Angels" (a #1 Contemporary Christian single for 13 weeks), and its aggressive contemporary Christian pop sound became a precursor to Amy's even more aggressive 1985 album Unguarded. Reached #1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1984 Reached #133 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums in 1985 collection.gif 1986 The Collection 69:12 Chris Christian The Collection was the best-selling 1986 compilation and tenth album by Christian pop star Amy Grant. It covered mostly her then-present and recent work, and spanned the years 1979-1986, with two new songs included, "Stay For Awhile" and "Love Can Do." Reached #1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1986 Reached #66 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums in 1986 unguarded.gif 1985 Unguarded 43:33 Brown Bannister Unguarded was the ninth album by Christian music singer Amy Grant. Unguarded shows Amy Grant at the peak of her 1980s career. It was the most successful Christian album of the 80s (in terms of mainstream popularity), and it spawned three singles which reached secular music charts: "Find A Way," "Wise Up," and "Everywhere I Go." These three tracks plus three additional songs earned Top Ten airplay on Christian radio. Reached #1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Christian chart in 1985 Reached #35 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums in 1985