Jeremy Camp

Infobox musical artist
Name = Jeremy Camp

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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jeremy Thomas Camp
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Genre = Contemporary Christian
Christian rock
Occupation = Musician, Minister
Years_active = 2000 - present
Label = BEC Recordings
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URL = http://www.jeremycamp.com/
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Jeremy Thomas Camp is a contemporary Christian music vocalist and guitarist. Camp has released six solo albums to date and is an ordained minister.cite journal |last=Cowart |first=Jeremy |year=2007 |month=February |title=Love Beyond Measure |journal=CCM Magazine |id=ISSN|1524-7848 |volume=29 |issue=8 |pages=32–35 ] The soundtrack album "" includes his song "Open Up Your Eyes". His original music is a mixture of ballads and rock.

To date, he has achieved three RIAA-certified Gold albums.

Musical career

Camp has scored fourteen #1 hits (six from his first album, "Stay"). His first single was "Understand". He has made seven music videos: "Understand", "Walk By faith", "Take You Back", "Tonight" "Give You Glory", "Let It Fade" and "I Am Willing", a song which was not included on any of his albums. 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. He also has scored a musical number "This Man" and his video can be seen on YouTube. This video was made with clips from the movie The Passion of the Christ.

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 Music Awards for Today. Camp was also ASCAP 2005 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 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 "". He released a special edition of his hit album, "Restored". Four new songs were included on "Restored: The Deluxe Gold Edition" as well as 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 HR radio. It was the 11th most played single on HR stations in 2007. [http://www.radioandrecords.com/Formats/Charts/YearEnd/07/Jewish_JHR_songs.asp 2007 Year End Charts/Top HR songs] , R&R magazine, Retrieved January 6 2008] The second single, "What It Means," was also a #1 hit on Jewish AJ 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 Jewish AJ radio at #16. His song "Let it Fade" was the seventh most played song on HR radio in 2007. That year he also released a two disc (CD and DVD) for his concert tour "Live Unplugged" recorded in Franklin, Tennessee

Personal life

Camp has been married twice. His first wife, Melissa Lynn Camp (née Henning), was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and died in 2001, when he was 23 and she was 21 [http://www.melissacamp.com/main.php] . 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. [ [http://www.interlinc-online.com/artists/index.html?p=2&id=69&PHPSESSID=5e87a2a33c2586c2632f15e4d9fb6b13 Jeremy Camp - First Marriage] ] 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).

Tours

* Festival Con Dios 2002
* The Stay Tour
* The Adoration Tour (long timers refer to this as the Kidnapped by the Australians Tours)
* The Restored Tour
* The Live Unplugged Tour (with Mainstay)
* The Beyond Measure Tour
* The House of Blues Tour
* Ichthus Festival 2006
* Winter Jam
* Congreso 2007
* Boomin' Beyond Measure Tour 2008 (with TobyMac)

Discography

tudio albums

"Live Session EP was released by iTunes and is only available through iTunes"

Compilation appearances

ingles

^ACurrent single at Christian AC

^BCurrent single at Christian CHR

Awards

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title = GMA's New Artist of the Year
years = 2004
before= Paul Colman Trio
after = Building 429succession box
title = GMA's Male Vocalist of the Year
years = 2004 - 2005
before= Michael W. Smith
after = Chris Tomlinsuccession box
title = GMA's Rock Recorded Song of the Year
"Stay" from "Stay"
years = 2005
before= "Ammunition" from "The Beautiful Letdown" by Switchfoot
after = "Slam" from "Welcome to Diverse City" by tobyMac (featuring T-Bone)

References

External links

* [http://www.jeremycamp.com Official website]
*MySpace|jcamp|Jeremy Camp
* [http://www.purevolume.com/jeremycamp Jeremy Camp] on PureVolume
* [http://www.jeremycamp.com/boards Jeremy Camp Message Board]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/jeremycampmusic?ob=4 Jeremy Camp Channel]