When Did Amy Grant Cross Over To Pop?
Zi...@my-dejanews.com
Does anybody know when Amy Grant crossed over to pop? And could she go
country? Answers appreciated.
Thank you.
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Bradley Olson
Here is a repost of what I posted on June 11, 1998 on Amy's CCM to pop
crossover:
Amy Grant's first pop/CCM crossover hit was "Find a Way" (from the
album,Unguarded, released in 1985 and from "The Collection" released in
1986)that peaked at #29 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles charts. Then she
duetted with former Chicago lead vocalist Peter Cetera singing "Next Time I
Fall,"(off of Peter's album "Solitude/Solitaire") that went to the #1 on
the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in 1986,. Baby Baby (from the CD
"HeartIn Motion") was her first #1 pop hit on her own from 1991. Her
pop/CCM crossover success has continued since.
Sincerely,
Bradley Olson
Amy has also duetted with Vince Gill on her pop hit "House of Love" and Amy
has sung with Vince on Vince's albums as well.
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MtnDewYUM
>country? Answers appreciated.
She crossed over in 1985, with her "Unguarded" album. She didn't have any
major pop success until 1991, with the release of "Heart In Motion."
Her new album, "Behind The Eyes" leans more toward acoustic folk/country.
There's talk that she might venture that route more in the future.
-Julie
the resident Amy Grant fan
"An artist needs a broken world in order to have pieces to shape into art.
Comfort is death to art." -Chaim Potok, THE GIFT OF ASHER LEV
Daniel Cullinan
On Fri, 10 Jul 1998 Zi...@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> Does anybody know when Amy Grant crossed over to pop? And could she go
> country? Answers appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
I think that Amy Grant _truly_ crossed over to pop with the release of
"Heart In Motion" in 1991. It could be argued (not too effectively) that
her first true cross-over hit was 1985's "Find A Way", but that was only a
minor hit on the pop chart. "Heart In Motion" spawned at least 2 top ten
hits, and one number one hit.
As far as her crossing over to country, I'm not really sure. I don't know
how accepting country is of pop artists crossing over. It's always been
my impression that country doesn't really like crossover success too much.
It seems to me that once an artist attempts a pop career (i.e. Wynonna,
Reba, Dolly) country radio is a bit hesitant to embrace them again. What
they would think of a cross over _from_ pop is anyone's guess.
Dan C.
Frederick Rudofsky
F.Gentry
and was getting absolutely nowhere singing contemporary gospel.
The Oaks just went back to their roots in Gospet. Just as they
announced it they were resurrected with a show on TNN from Vegas. Their
resurrection was short lived.
AmyGrantfn
Um, excuse me. Let me clear up your completly OFF guess about Amy Grant. She
did not "cross" over to pop. Amy has said tons of times that she likes to sing
about real life experiences from a Christian persepective. For example, her
"Heart in Motion" CD, which was a HUGE success, was never even intended to be!
Amy simply wanted to write some fun, happy, positive songs for her nieces and
nephews to listen to. In fact, her no. 1 song, "Baby Baby" was written for her
daughter, Millie.
And Amy's career wasn't "slipping away" in contemporary Christian music! For
gosh sakes, she's has been called, the "Madonna of Christian music", and "the
Queen or Christian music." She is credited for a lot of the Christian music
business' success. Amy's career has always flourished. She's sold over 20
million CDs, so use that as a fact.
next time, don't assume things about an artist.
~Rachel