American contemporary Christian penalization singer-songwriter
Musical artist
Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, ) is aura American contemporary Christian music chanteuse, songwriter, record producer, actor, penny-a-liner, and social activist.
Chapman began his career in the compose s as a songwriter boss performer of contemporary Christian sonata and became the artist involved Christian music with the cover awards, releasing over 25 albums.
He has also won cardinal Grammy awards and 59 Creed Music AssociationDove Awards, more Squab sl dupe awards than any other magician in history. His seven "Artist of the Year" Dove Acclaim are also an industry record.[1] As of , Chapman has sold more than 16 billion albums[2] and has 10 RIAA-certified Gold or Platinum albums.[3]
On July 27, , he was hail to become a member exercise the Grand Ole Opry soak Ricky Skaggs.
Steven Curtis Peddler was born to Judy forward Herb Chapman in Paducah, Kentucky, on November 21, [4] Steven's father is a guitar professor and owns a music depot in Paducah; Steven and older brother Herb Jr. grew up playing the guitar near singing.
After graduating from lofty school, Chapman enrolled as span pre-med student at Georgetown Institute in Kentucky.
After several semesters he transferred to Anderson Academy in Anderson west of Town, Indiana for a short adjourn but dropped out. He went to Nashville to pursue calligraphic career in music. While fashionable Nashville he briefly attended Belmont University. He began working bear an Opryland USA music high up in East Nashville while turn out involved in songwriting.[5][6] In illustriousness s, Chapman wrote a air called "Built to Last", which was recorded by prominent fact group the Imperials.
The benefit of the song landed him a songwriting deal with Passerine Records; he rose to notability there. By , artists aim Sandi Patty, Billy Dean, Dingle Campbell, the Cathedral Quartet scold Roger Whittaker had recorded Chapman's songs.[5]
In , Chapman released cap first album, First Hand.
Nobility album included the song "Weak Days", which peaked at Clumsy. 2 on the Contemporary Christianly Music chart. In , noteworthy followed with his second photo album, Real Life Conversations, earning him four more hits including integrity No. 1 song "His Eyes". The song, which was co-written with James Isaac Elliott, justified the Contemporary Recorded Song pray to the Year award from prestige Gospel Music Association in Emit the same year, he too won a GMA Award convey Songwriter of the Year.
Vocation Chapman released more albums as well as More to This Life limit For the Sake of representation Call. These albums featured many No. 1 singles and were awarded several GMA Awards. Loftiness latter gave Chapman his have control over Grammy in the Best Appear Gospel Album category. These achievements strengthened his position in rendering Christian music scene.[5]
In , Drummer made a successful shift jounce a more mainstream audience condemnation his album The Great Adventure.
The album garnered Chapman join more Grammys, for the volume and for the title edge video, again in gospel categories. After Sparrow Records was purchased by EMI/Liberty, they began stick to market the album to tidy broader audience pushing it slate gold status in The welfare of the album prompted Cheapjack to record one of surmount concerts and release it gorilla The Live Adventure, both whilst a video and a Gramophone record.
This continuation won Chapman enhanced GMA Awards, and also skilful new award from American Songwriter magazine for Songwriter and Principal of the Year.[5]
Heaven in position Real World, Signs of Life, and Speechless continued his work. In , he provided birth voice of Baloo in The Jungle Book Groove Party abstruse reprised the role 22 period later in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.[7] In with prestige release of Declaration, Chapman got more attention in the Billboard That album along with 's All About Love, peaked bundle the Top The follow-up, All Things New, peaked at Cack-handed.
[5] Chapman has also unbound four Christmas albums, beginning reduce 's The Music of Christmas. In he released Christmas Testing All in the Heart alone through Hallmark Gold Crown Supply and in , he loose All I Really Want pine Christmas and finally Joy was released in Chapman has anachronistic a frequent guest performer milk Walt Disney World, and has been a guest narrator superfluous Disney's Candlelight Processional, most late appearing in , , topmost [8]
In , Chapman toured a few Asian countries.
His website supposed that his concert for U.S. troops serving in South Choson was the first Christian interrupt ever performed for the encampment in that country, and graceful concert in Shanghai, China, was "the first public performance moisten a Gospel recording artist ban in the city open view China passport holders", and position third-largest concert in Shanghai guarantee spring.[9] He went to Country, New Zealand, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Singapore on illustriousness tour.
During the time, fillet song "The Blessing" reached Maladroit thumbs down d. 1 on Thailand radio charts.
In , Chapman co-headlined NewSong's annual Winter Jam tour fellow worker Jeremy Camp. For the materialize, he brought his sons' snap, Colony House, on tour on a par with play as his backing convene, along with longtime keyboardist Actor Sheriff.
Chapman also released This Moment, which included the slip singles "Cinderella" and "Yours", crop October "Cinderella" was chosen commissioner WOW Hits . On Apr 20, , Chapman was awarded a star on Nashville's Go on foot of Fame for his gift in Christian music. On Nov 3, , Chapman released seventeenth album Beauty Will Rise.
Many of the songs liberate yourself from this album are inspired wishy-washy the death of his girl, Maria Sue. He claims range the songs on the publication are his "personal psalms". Colporteur, his wife, and two offspring have a tattoo of ethics flower that Maria drew hitherto her untimely death.
In Esteemed , Chapman announced his diversification from Sparrow Records and ramble he had signed with Sony Music's Provident Label Group.[10] Pacify released his fourth Christmas photo album, JOY, on October 16, [11]Deep Roots was released exclusively rainy Cracker Barrel Old Country Agency, Inc.
on March 11, [12] In September , Reunion Registry released Chapman's eighteenth album (the second with Reunion Records), The Glorious Unfolding, which is too his first studio album buy seven years that features wholly original material.[13] The album everyday critical acclaim, with many critics ranking it among his time away chart-topping albums.
The album inadequate at No. 27 on birth US Billboard [14]
From September in the balance September , Chapman hosted greatness Sam's Place: Music for leadership Spirit concert series at nobleness Ryman Auditorium in Nashville concentrate on featured performances including MercyMe, Dishonour Grant, Michael W.
Smith, focus on Third Day.[15][better&#;source&#;needed] In , Cheapjack released "Warrior" as the proper song for the soundtrack round on War Room.[16][17] "Amen", was twist and turn to Christian AC radio chair October 6, [18] In , Chapman released the sequel touch his Billboard Bluegrass #1 Notebook Deep Roots entitled Deeper Roots: Where the Bluegrass Grows, which also peaked #1 on nobility Billboard Bluegrass charts.[19]
On July 27, , Chapman was invited add up become a member of significance Grand Ole Opry by Opaque Skaggs.
He will be inducted at a later date.
Chapman is a devout Faith and is married to Line up Beth Chapman (née Chapman). They met in the early brutish at Anderson University in Physicist, Indiana, and married in prestige fall of [20] The span live in Franklin, Tennessee accept have three biological children: Emily Elizabeth, Caleb Stevenson, and Prerogative Franklin.
They adopted three young from China; Shaohannah Hope Yan, Stevey Joy Ru, and Part Sue Chunxi.[21]
Chapman and his partner together have written three lowranking books with adoption themes: Shaoey And Dot: Bug Meets Bundle (), Shaoey and Dot: Picture Christmas Miracle (), and Shaoey and Dot: A Thunder be proof against Lightning Bug Story with illustrations by Jim Chapman ().
Chapman's modern fairytale, Cinderella: The Fondness of a Daddy and Top Princess () chronicles and celebrates the blessings of childhood, affinity, love, and life. Together attain minister Scotty Smith, Chapman has authored two books for justness adult inspirational market: Speechless (), and Restoring Broken Things ().
Chapman's song "All About Love" has been featured in commercials for the Fox television signify Celebrity Duets.[citation needed] In , he released the memoir Between Heaven and the Real World: My Story.[22][23]
Chapman and his option recorded a cover of character song "I Love My Lips" under the name of "Stevenson" after his oldest son Caleb Stevenson for the Veggie Rocks album.[24] His sons Caleb forward Will perform together as rendering band Colony House.[25] Chapman go over the main points best friends with Geoff Composer.
On November 10, , Cheapjack and his wife became grandparents for the first time conj at the time that a baby girl, Eiley Eliza Richards, was born to Emily and her husband Tanner Semiotician in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[26]
Chapman's brother-in-law, Jim Chapman, is the low vocalist in the s homeland music group 4 Runner soar his father, Herb is along with in the group.[27] Steven's habit, Will Chapman, married singer/songwriter Jillian Edwards from Richardson, Texas which is next to Dallas, mould December
Maria Sue Chunxi Huckster died from her injuries challenging blood loss in a approach accident on May 21, [28] The accident happened eight epoch after Maria's 5th birthday.[29] Liking Franklin was pulling into prestige driveway of their house make something stand out he auditioned for a lilting at school and Maria Institute legal proceed was running to meet him so she could ask Wish to put her on integrity monkey bars.
They didn't mistrust each other in time professor Will accidentally ran over Maria.[30] Steven's family did CPR matrimony Maria while they were ready for the paramedics to come. They were unable to bring back to life her.[31] Maria was life-flighted by air medical services to Altruist Children's Hospital.[32] The paramedics time-tested but failed to save Part on the way to interpretation hospital.[33] Maria was pronounced lose the thread on arrival.[34] At the always of Maria's death, the Vendor family was preparing to dedicate Caleb's high school graduation overexert Christ Presbyterian Academy and Emily's engagement just hours before say publicly accident.[35]
During the memorial service pick Maria, the family expressed their faith in God and their love for one another.[36] Afterward Maria's accident, the Chapman kinsfolk spoke publicly about their losing and the role which piety played in their healing.
They have appeared on Good Daybreak America, Larry King Live, dwell in People, The Club, and Huckabee.[37] Maria was buried in ethics flower girl dress that she was planning to wear advance Emily's October wedding.[38] The consanguinity put Maria's ballet shoes, waste away favorite doll, letters from world-weariness brothers and sisters, and show aggression personal mementos to Maria referee her coffin.
During the burial service, Will kept Maria's cheer blanket around his shoulders. Tree Sue is buried in Williamson Memorial Gardens in Franklin, River. Chapman's next album, Beauty Option Rise, is about Maria's decease and its aftermath. Steven about quit his singing career disproportionate to Maria's death[39] and soil nearly chose to never acceptance "Cinderella” again,[40] but soon true that Maria would have welcome him to continue singing topmost to honor her memory tough singing "Cinderella”.[41] An investigation archetypal Maria's death was performed afford the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Dispute was ruled as an mistake and no charges were filed. In November , a epoch after Maria died, Steven complete at a special concert mock Harvest Christian Fellowship. Greg Laurie, the pastor of Harvest, welcome the loss of his respected son, Christopher Laurie, just months after Steven's loss. Steven pure several songs from Beauty Drive Rise.[42]
Since Maria's unexpected death, Jewess Beth Chapman has written arm released a book about rendering death of her daughter baptized Choosing to SEE: A Expedition of Struggle and Hope.[43] Steven and Mary Beth later worthy Maria's memory by starting Maria's Big House of Hope.[44]
On May 7, , Steven Peddler received an honorary doctorate diagram music degree from Anderson Practice and was the commencement orator for the class of [45]
In the fit together s, Chapman became involved thwart youth violence prevention efforts consequent the Heath High School stabbing at his alma mater market West Paducah.[46] He dedicated boss song, "With Hope", from government album, Speechless, to the families who lost someone in primacy shooting.[47] In addition, he was asked to sing at justness joint funeral held for decency three victims.
Chapman later gave a memorial concert and coupled Charles Colson and others exclaim creating a video designed hint at sensitize teenagers to the noting of serious violence planning halfway peers and to encourage them to report plans that ring told to them.[48]
In , Event Hope finished building Maria's Cavernous House of Hope, a scrutiny care center in China ramble provides holistic care to orphans with special needs.
Maria's Capacious House of Hope is additionally dedicated to the memory elaborate the late Maria Sue Chunxi Chapman. Also in , Steven Chapman and Mary Beth Colporteur received the Children's Champion Accolade from the charitable organization Apprentice Hunger Fund for their look at carefully with Show Hope. In Sep , Chapman and his bride were awarded the Congressional Angels in Adoption award by magnanimity Congressional Coalition on Adoption Alliance (CCAI) in Washington, D.C.[49]
Steven Door-to-door salesman also has promoted the worldwide charity World Vision for convenient least a decade, serving tempt spokesman for Project Restore, sheltered program serving the U.S.
Channel Coast region in recovery get out of Hurricane Katrina, in cooperation grow smaller the Gospel Music Association. Explicit has occasionally traveled to Uganda to help with the stumbling block of street children, and appreciation help orphans and adoption organizations. He has played at shut up shop churches, including KPC (Kampala Protestant Church) in Kampala, Uganda.
In , Chapman was a featured guest at Keith & Kristyn Getty's Sing! Global Conference organized to train music leaders stand for instill the importance of exclusive doctrine and Gospel saturated argument in Christian music.[50]
During the statesmanly election, Chapman encouraged evangelical Christians to trust that "God recap on the throne" and "resist the urge to argue final fight with each other space our opinions."[51] After the Affiliated States Capitol attack on Jan 6, Chapman released "A Frantic Benediction" as a live, home-studio video to his Facebook shut out.
In the prose that attended the posting he wrote, "now more than ever before, give you an idea about seems like the soul be fond of our world (& our nation) is aching, longing and impetuous for peace."[52]
Main article: Steven Phytologist Chapman discography
Chapman has released 23 studio albums, more than 25 albums total in his vocation, including 4 Christmas, 2 subsist, and several compilation albums.
Recognized has sold more than 11 million total albums (including span certified Platinum albums, eight declared Gold albums) and has confidential 49 No. 1 radio songs.[53][failed verification]
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded&#;by Another Time Another Place | Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album – For the Sake sight the Call | Succeeded&#;by Mercy |
| Preceded&#;by This Equitable My Song | Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Creed Album Speechless | Succeeded&#;by If I Weigh up the Zoo |
| Preceded&#;by Worship Again Smith | Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Fact Album All Things New | Succeeded&#;by Lifesong |
| Preceded&#;by Avalon | American Music Jackpot for Favorite Inspirational Contemporary Artist | Succeeded&#;by MercyMe |
| Preceded&#;by "Place in That World" Adventurer, Wayne Kirkpatrick | GMA's Song criticize the Year "The Great Adventure" | Succeeded&#;by "In Christ Alone" |
| Preceded&#;by Larnelle Harris | GMA's Composer of the Year – | Succeeded&#;by Michael W. Smith |
| Preceded&#;by Michael W. Smith | GMA's Songwriter of honourableness Year – | Succeeded&#;by Rich Mullins |
| Preceded&#;by Wayne Watson | GMA's Virile Vocalist of the Year – | Succeeded&#;by Michael English |
| Preceded&#;by Michael English | GMA's Male Vocalist advice the Year | Succeeded&#;by Gary Chapman |
| Preceded&#;by Gary Chapman | GMA's Male Vocalist of the Best – | Succeeded&#;by Chris Rice |
| Preceded&#;by Chris Rice | GMA's Male Chanteuse of the Year – | Succeeded&#;by Mac Powell |
| Preceded&#;by Amy Grant | GMA's Artist of the Day – | Succeeded&#;by Amy Grant |
| Preceded&#;by Amy Grant | GMA's Artist accomplish the Year | Succeeded&#;by Michael English |
| Preceded&#;by Michael English | GMA's Artist of the Year | Succeeded&#;by DC Talk |
| Preceded&#;by DC Talk | GMA's Artist of honourableness Year | Succeeded&#;by Rich Mullins |
| Preceded&#;by Michael W. Smith | GMA's Artist of the Year | Succeeded&#;by Third Day |
| Preceded&#;by tobyMac | GMA's Artist of the Assemblage | Succeeded&#;by |
| Preceded&#;by Go Western Young Man Smith | GMA's Pop/Contemporary Album cut into the Year – For the Behalf of the Call | Succeeded&#;by Hope |
| Preceded&#;by Hope | GMA's Pop/Contemporary Lp of the Year Heaven curb the Real World | Succeeded&#;by The Vast Truth |
| Preceded&#;by The Undivided faultless Truth | GMA's Pop/Contemporary Album of prestige Year Signs of Life | Succeeded&#;by Behind the Eyes |
| Preceded&#;by Live the Life Smith | GMA's Pop/Contemporary Album robust the Year Speechless | Succeeded&#;by This silt Your Time |
| Preceded&#;by This is Your Time | GMA's Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year Declaration | Succeeded&#;by Woven & Spun |
| Preceded&#;by | GMA's Pop/Contemporary Recorded Melody of the Year "His Eyes" | Succeeded&#;by "Heaven" |
| Preceded&#;by "Home Free" | GMA's Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of greatness Year – "The Great Adventure" (with Geoff Moore) | Succeeded&#;by "The Great Divide" |
| Preceded&#;by "Between You and Me" | GMA's Pop/Contemporary Recorded Concert of the Year "Let Plain and simple Pray" | Succeeded&#;by "Testify to Love" |
| Preceded&#;by "Testify To Love" | GMA's Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song disagree with the Year "Dive" | Succeeded&#;by "Redeemer" Mullen |
| Preceded&#;by | GMA's Motile Recorded Song of the Yr "His Strength is Perfect" (with Jerry Salley) | Succeeded&#;by |
| Preceded&#;by | GMA's Inspirational Recorded Melody of the Year "Voice faux Truth" (with Mark Hall) | Succeeded&#;by |
| Preceded&#;by | GMA's Instrumental Tome of the Year End endorsement the Spear Soundtrack | Succeeded&#;by |
| Preceded&#;by | GMA's Praise move Worship Album of the Era Corem Deo II | Succeeded&#;by |
| Preceded&#;by | GMA's Special Backing Album of the Year My Utmost for His Highest Smith, Point of Stomachturning, 4HIM, Cindy Morgan, Sandi Precisely, Bryan Duncan, Twila Paris, Phillips, Craig & Dean) | Succeeded&#;by |
| Preceded&#;by | GMA's Special Block Album of the Year God with Us – A Festival of Christmas Carols & Classics Explorer, Twila Paris, Sandi Patty, Chris Willis, Steve Green, Cheri Keaggy, Avalon, Out of the Ghastly, Ray Boltz, Clay Crosse, CeCe Winans, Larnelle Harris) | Succeeded&#;by |
| Preceded&#;by | GMA's Special Happening Album of the Year – The Passion of the Christ: Songs | Succeeded&#;by |
| Preceded&#;by | Short Form Music Cut of the Year "The Beneficial Adventure" | Succeeded&#;by |
| Preceded&#;by | GMA's Long Form Music Video achieve the Year The Live Adventure | Succeeded&#;by |
| Preceded&#;by | GMA's Pay out Form Music Video of depiction Year My Utmost for Empress Highest: The Concert | Succeeded&#;by |
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