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Birth name: Jeremy Camp. Born: January 12, 1978. Jeremy Camp biography (bio): Jeremy Camp is a Christian vocalist and guitarist. Camp has released six solo albums to date, and is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel. The soundtrack album Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe includes his song "Open Up Your Eyes". His original music is a mixture of ballads and rock. Musical career: Camp has scored ten #1 hits (six from Stay). His first single was "Understand". He has made four music videos: "Understand", "Walk By Faith", "Take You Back", and "Tonight". He has also released a DVD (In24) which chronicles a regular day on tour. Live Unplugged from Franklin, TN also includes a DVD of the concert, which was recorded for the live album. 2005: Jeremy scored top spots for "Take You Back" and "Lay Down My Pride". He also was voted the Best Male Artist in the 2005 Reader’s Choice Christian Music Awards for Christianity Today. Camp was also ASCAP 2005 Christian Songwriter of the Year and won the Dove Award for the Male Vocalist of the Year for the second consecutive year. Camp closed the year with both Stay and Carried Me: The Worship Project being certified silver. 2006: Jeremy earned the top honors at the Twenty-Eighth Annual ASCAP Christian Music Awards, winning the Songwriter Of The Year award ("Take You Back" and "This Man"). "Take You Back" also earned him the Song Of The Year award. Jeremy won two 2006 CCM Reader's Choice Awards, for Favorite Artist and Favorite Male Artist. Jeremy took part in winning the Dove award for Special Event Album Of The Year, which went to Music Inspired by the Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. He released a special edition of his hit album, Restored. Restored: The Deluxe Gold Edition included four new songs and a letter to his fans. Jeremy went back into the studio to record Beyond Measure in the spring. The album was released on October 31, 2006. Camp is also credited as producer for his wife's album titled Don't Wait, which was released in September, 2006. "Tonight", the first single from the album Beyond Measure, was released in mid-August, and eventually hit #1 on Christian CHR radio. The second single, "What It Means," was also a #1 hit on Christian AC radio. "Give Me Jesus," the third single off "Beyond Measure," made it into the top 5 on Inspirational radio. The fourth single, "Give You Glory," debuted on Christian AC radio at #16. Personal life: Camp grew in a Christian atmosphere, as Jeremy's father, Thomas Owen Camp, married to Terri Camp, is pastor at Harvest Chapel in Lafayette, Indiana. His youngest brother was born with Down syndrome. Camp has been married twice. His first wife, Melissa, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and died in 2001, when he was 23 and she was 21. Some of his early songs reflect the emotional ordeal of her illness. "I Still Believe" was the first song he wrote after her death. He wrote "Walk by Faith" during their honeymoon. In December of 2003, he married Adrienne Liesching, former frontwoman for The Benjamin Gate. They have two daughters: Isabella Rose Camp (born September 25, 2004) and Arianne Mae Camp (born April 5, 2006). Trivia: * Jeremy Camp has played at every annual FishFest, a one-day Christian music festival in Irvine, California, since it began in 2000. * Fans of Jeremy Camp often call themselves "Campers." * Jeremy Camp's song "Right Here" was sampled by CCM artist KJ-52. * Jeremy Camp's music is featured in the Christian video game Dance Praise via the Dance Praise Expansion Pack Volume 3: Pop & Rock Hits. The songs included are "Breathe," "Take You Back," and "Lay Down My Pride." * Jeremy Camp fronted the band "Footstool" in college |
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