LOS ANGELES (NBC announcement) - Best-selling, multiple GRAMMY and Dove Award-winning singer and songwriter
Amy Grant is set to perform live as part of NBC's 'Today Show' Summer Concert Series on June 24. The performance comes as commercial and critical acclaim for her newest project, Rock of Ages…Hymns and Faith, continues to pour in. The project was picked as 'Critic's Choice' and given a 'four-out-of-four' star rating in the June 20 issue of People Magazine. Grassroots' Kristen Sweeney called it a "perfect record for those who remember the down home, good old southern tradition of all day singin' and dinner on the grounds."
Rock of Ages is Grant's twentieth album and made its first week sales debut at No 1 on both the Christian and the Christian Overall SoundScan charts. The project entered Billboard's Top 200 sales chart at No 42, and follows the recent Gold certification of Grant's first hymns project, Legacy... Hymns & Faith.
Critical praise for Rock of Ages began in advance of its May 3 release from noted publications such as CCM Magazine, which has featured Grant on two recent covers including their June issue, dubbed 'The Amy Issue,' where Grant served as guest editor. Barnes and Noble.com has described the project as, 'the rare sequel that rivals the original,' while Christianity Today.com said, '...Rock of Ages delivers on all you could hope for from another hymns album from Amy Grant—worshipful, musical, and creative, with her familiar, warm alto voice topping it off.'
Produced by Vince Gill and Brown Bannister, Rock of Ages…Hymns & Faith contains twelve classic hymns and worship songs, including a 'Rock of Ages' duet with Gill, along with a newly recorded version 'El Shaddai,' which was named 'A Song of the Century' by the RIAA in 2001.
Additionally, Grant was recently featured in Time Magazine regarding 'Three Wishes,' her upcoming television series set to air this fall on NBC. The hour-long, unscripted series features Grant as she leads a team of experts to "grant" wishes to help make the hopes and unbelievable dreams of deserving people come true. Viewers will follow the deeply personal and heartwarming stories as Grant and her team transform these hopes into a life-changing reality. 'Three Wishes' has already generated an enthusiastic media response and was recently listed by Entertainment Weekly as one of the most promising new shows on television this fall.
Over the course of her career, Amy Grant has sold well over 25 million records worldwide, including one quintuple Platinum record, a triple Platinum record and a double Platinum record, as well as six Platinum and three Gold records. Five of her songs have hit No 1 at mainstream radio, in addition to multiple No 1 hits at Christian radio. Additionally, her work has been honored with five GRAMMY Awards, twenty-four Dove Awards and many other accolades, including being nominated into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2003. Grant has also been noted for her humanitarian contributions, receiving among other honors the Pax Christi Award from St. John's University in 1994.
