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Amy Grant is known as an American singer and media personality. She is most famous for her hit pop songs, "Baby, Baby" and "Every Heartbeat".

<h2>Background</h2>

<a href="/biography/amy-grant">Amy Lee Grant</a> was born on November 25, 1960, in Augusta, Georgia. She was born as the youngest of four sisters. The Grant family settled in Nashville, Tennessee when Amy turned seven years old. She is the <a href="/biography/amy-grant">granddaughter</a> of Nashville philanthropists, A. M. Burton and Lillie Burton. They both had membership in Nashville's Ashwood Church of Christ. Amy constantly mentions the influence they had on her evolution as a professional musician.

Grant attended high school at Harpeth Hall School, an all-girls school. In 1976, she wrote her first song titled "Mountain Man" which she played for her whole school. Not too long after she played her first song at school, her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Bannister">church youth-leader</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Bannister">Brown Bannister</a> helped her record a demo which resulted in Grant being offered a contract with Word Studio five weeks before her 16th birthday. Grant went on to attend Furman University in 1978, In 1980, she switched to Vanderbilt University before she finally dropped out of college completely to pursue a career in music.

<h2>Marriage, Husband, and Children</h2>

<a href="/biography/amy-grant">Amy Lee Grant</a> got married to her first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Chapman_(musician)">husband</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Chapman_(musician)">musician</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Chapman_(musician)">Gary Chapman</a> on June 19, 1982. The pair had three children together but ultimately the relationship ended up failing. In 1999, Grant filed for divorce from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Chapman_(musician)">Chapman</a> citing irreconcilable differences and it was finalized later that year. Grant revealed that her marriage to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Chapman_(musician)">Chapman</a> was rough from the start and they both agreed to marriage counseling. After a series of ups and downs, Grant tried to make things work but the relationship seemed destined to fail no matter what.

After divorcing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Chapman_(musician)">Chapman</a> in 1999, Grant moved out of the house with her children to the objection of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Chapman_(musician)">Chapman</a> who said it was her decision to end the marriage. About halfway through their marriage, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Chapman_(musician)">Chapman</a> began using drugs and that seemed to be the last straw for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christian</a> singer. He recovered from drug use in 1994 but by then their marital life had been pushed to the breaking point.

In 1993, Grant met <a href="/biography/vince-gill">Vince Gill</a> who was married at the time to Janis Oliver. They were both married at the time but the pair began a friendship that would ultimately lead to marriage. In 1997, Grant learned that <a href="/biography/vince-gill">Gill</a> had divorced his wife Oliver and just two years after that, Grant ended her own marriage to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Chapman_(musician)">Chapman</a>. Grant and <a href="/biography/vince-gill">Gill</a> had a daughter together named Corrina Grant Gill who was born on March 12, 2001.

It took the birth of Grant's third child, and first with <a href="/biography/vince-gill">Gill</a>, for her other children to finally feel that the family was one. Grant remains friends with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Chapman_(musician)">Chapman</a> and he also maintains a good relationship with his children despite Grant having primary custody. <a href="/biography/vince-gill">Gill</a> even admitted he wrote his 1995 song "Whenever You Come Around" with Grant in mind which was four years before he would marry her. The song lyrics say, "The face of an angel; pretty eyes that shine. I lie awake at night wishing you were mine."

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<h2>Career and Net Worth</h2>

After the successful debut of her first self-titled album called Amy Grant, Amy began releasing albums one after the other and tours were booked at an even faster pace. "My Father's Eyes" and "Age to Age" were her second and third albums. In her third album, she included her signature track, "El Shaddai, which was a contributing factor that led to her first Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Gospel Performance". Grant also earned two GMA Dove Awards for "Gospel Artist of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year". In the next two decades, the "<a href="/biography/amy-grant">Queen of Christian Pop</a>" turned towards a new direction in an effort to widen her fan base beyond the religious.

After expanding beyond <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christian</a> music, Grant released "Unguarded", "Love Beyond Reason" and "Lead Me On" which were some of her albums that were comprised of contemporary pop songs. In 2002, Grant returned back to her roots with an album called "Legacy... Hymns and Faith". Aside from being a talented and accomplished singer, Grant also worked as a media personality. She made her first appearance on television hosting "Three Wishes", a show that was first broadcasted by NBC in the fall of 2005 but was terminated after one season due to exceeding the production budget.

Grant had sold well over 30 million copies globally and won a total of six Grammy Awards and 22 "Gospel Music Association Dove Awards". She is also credited with releasing the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christian</a> album to ever go Platinum. In 2006, her accomplishments in the entertainment industry led to her being honored with her very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. One of her best-selling albums was titled "Heart In Motion" which topped the Billboard Christian album chart for 32 weeks and sold five million copies in the United States.

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