On November 25, 1960, Amy Lee Grant, an American singer, songwriter, and musician, was born. Before switching to pop music in the 1980s and 1990s, she began with CCM. She has been referred to as the “Queen of Christian Pop.” As of 2009, she had sold more than 30 million albums globally. Her album was the first Christian album to go platinum.
Her album was the first Christian album to reach platinum, and as of 2009, she had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. She had also won 22 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards and six Grammy Awards. For her services to the entertainment industry, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006.
Grant made her recording debut as a teen, and in the 1980s, she rose to stardom in Christian music with songs like “Father’s Eyes,” “El Shaddai,” and “Angels.” She started expanding her fan base in the middle of the 1980s, and after the success of her CCM albums Lead Me On and Unguarded, she quickly became one of the first CCM performers to break into mainstream pop.
Amy Grant children
Amy Grant is the devoted mother of four beautiful children, three of them are from her relationship with Christian musician Gary Chapman and one with Vince Gill. Amy had three children with Gary, whom she wed in 1982 and divorced in 1999: son Matthew in 1987, Gloria in 1989, and Sarah in 1992. Thier names are Corrina Grant Gill, Gloria Mills Chapman, Sarah Cannon Chapman and Mathew Garrison Chapman.