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Biography
Infobox musical artist| image = Bethany Dillon.jpg| name = Bethany Dillon| image_size = 200px| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|9|22| death_date =| origin =| instrument =| genre = Contemporary Christian music|CCM , pop / contemporary| occupation =| years_active =| label = Sparrow Records | associated_acts =| website = http://www.bethanydillon.com/| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Bethany Dillon (born Bethany Adelsberger on September 22, 1988 in Bellefontaine, Ohio ) is a Contemporary Christian music artist. She is now married to contemporary Christian recording artist Shane Barnard of Shane & Shane .
Childhood
Bethany started playing guitar at age 10, with Jennifer Knapp serving as an early influence.niNe. magazine, August/September/October 2006 Dillon’s musical career began at age 13, recording an independent album (Vulnerable) that ended up in the hands of EMI executive Brad O’Donnell. Audiences connected with her first record almost immediately, and the results included several hit singles, multiple Dove nods, critical acclaim, and an exponentially increasing grassroots fan base that propelled her career forward in great leaps.
First album
Her self-titled debut album, released in 2004, was the highest selling female solo debut album for the year and attracted Gospel Music Association|GMA nominations for both Female Vocalist and New Artist of the Year. The radio single All I Need reached the number one position on the U.S. charts. http://www.last.fm/music/Bethany+Dillon Last.fm Profile
Music career
Dillon released her second album titled Imagination in August 2005 – the CD which prompted CCM Magazine to label her as the ‘future’ of contemporary Christian music. http://www.rhapsody.com/bethanydillon Free Bethany Dillon Music Online, Music Downloads, Music Videos and Lyrics - Rhapsody Online http://top40-charts.com/news.php? nid=16418 Bethany Dillon Graces Cover Of August '05 CCM Magazine @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
Ed Cash teamed up with Dillon yet again to produce an eleven track album, all of which were written or co-written by Dillon. The result was her 2007 album, Waking Up (Bethany Dillon album)|Waking Up released on April 3. “Waking Up is the most joyful record I’ve made,” Bethany explains, “even though it revolves around themes of brokenness and this feeling of being really, really small in the presence of God. When the Lord is growing something in me, it feels like a lot of things are dying—because they really are. And when the Lord is making things soft and vulnerable in me, it’s really painful. But even so, I think this is the freest sounding project I’ve created.”
Co-produced by GMA’s 2005 Producer of the Year Ed Cash , as well as Will Hunt and John Alagia (John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band), Waking Up embraces big questions of suffering, barrenness, vulnerability, romance, and faithfulness. Like the writers Bethany has modeled herself after, she proves herself willing to live and create in that place of ambivalent tension that inevitably comes from refusing to settle for easy, feel-good answers. And yet, like the psalmist, Bethany has a penchant for finding the redemption in the midst of the pain.
Dillon appears on the Music inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia soundtrack, singing "Hero". One track from Imagination (Bethany Dillon album)|Imagination , entitled "Dreamer", is featured in the end credits for the film of the same name ( Dreamer (2005 film)|Dreamer starring Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning ). A music video was created for this song, using clips from the film. Dillon also has a track on the Music from and Inspired by Bridge to Terabithia|Bridge to Terabithia soundtrack album, although her song - "When You Love Someone" - is not heard in the film.
In Late 2007, Dillon opened on a tour with Steven Curtis Chapman , along with Sanctus Real . This was Chapman's Live In The Moment Tour. On March 29, 2008, Dillon was wed in Xenia, Ohio, to Shane Barnard of Shane & Shane . http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070801/28705_Bethany_Dillon_Engaged_to_Shane_Barnard_of_Shane_& _Shane.htm Bethany Dillon Engaged to Shane Barnard of Shane & amp; Shane | Christianpost.com Bethany and Shane's first child, Lucy James, was born June 30, 2010 and they are currently expecting their 2nd child.
The Beautiful Sessions (released February 11, 2004)Track listing:#Beautiful#Move Forward#Beautiful (Acoustic)#Great Big Mystery (Acoustic)#For My Love (Acoustic)#Revolutionaries (Acoustic)
Connect Sets (released December 13, 2005)Track listing:#All That I Can Do#Hallelujah#Beautiful
Top Five Hits: Bethany Dillon (released December 5, 2006)Track listing:#All I Need#Beautiful#Hero#Dreamer#Hallelujah
So Far: Acoustic Sessions EP (released October 2, 2007 (digitally)/ April 1, 2008 (physically)Track listing:#Dreamer (Acoustic)#When You Love Someone (Acoustic)#We Can Work It Out (Acoustic)#Top Of The World (Acoustic)#Hallelujah (Acoustic)#All I Need (Acoustic)#The Kingdom (Acoustic)#Hero#Beautiful (Acoustic)#Let Your Light Shine (Acoustic)
Singles
2004 - All I Need (Bethany Dillon song)|All I Need
2004 - Simply Great Music - "Great Big Mystery" (from Bethany Dillon )
2004 - WOW Hits 2005 - "All I Need" (from Bethany Dillon )
2005 - Every Young Woman's Battle - "Exodus (Faithful)" (from Bethany Dillon )
2005 - Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - "Hero"
2005 - WOW Hits 2006 - "All That I Can Do" (from Imagination )
2005 - WOW Christmas: Green - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
2005 - Night of Joy 2005 - "Vagabond" (from Imagination )
2006 - Pursue Me - Jason Holdridge - "Word of Fire," "Psalm 29," "The Story"
2006 - Unexpected Gifts: 12 New Sounds Of Christmas - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
2006 - WOW Worship: Aqua - "Holy Is The Lord"
2006 - Sing Over Me: Worship Songs And Lullabies - "How Great Is Our God", "Sing Over Me" (with Nichole Nordeman ), "Unwavering"
2007 - Music Inspired By the Motion Picture Amazing Grace - "All Creatures Of Our God And King" (with Shawn McDonald )
2007 - Music from and Inspired By Bridge to Terabithia - " When You Love Someone " (from Waking Up )
2007 - WOW Hymns - "All Creatures Of Our God And King" (with Shawn McDonald )
2007 - Worship Together Favorites - "Holy is the Lord"
2008 - The Daraja Children's Choir of Africa - "Everlasting God"
2009 - You'll Be Whole - Lindsey Kane - "It Is Well" duet with Lindsey Kane
2009 - Glory Revealed II - The Word of God in Worship - "Never" with Shawn Lewis
2011 - Lift Up The Light - Oaks Worship - "I Want Your Presence"
2011 - The Music Of A Movement (Reach Records) - "You Alone" Tedashii ft. Bethany Dillon
Awards
GMA Dove Awards
Bethany Dillon has been nominated for a Dove Award for Female Vocalist of the Year twice (at the 36th GMA Dove Awards|36th and 37th GMA Dove Awards ). http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/06gmanoms.htm 37th Annual GMA Awards Nominations and Winners on About.com; Jones, Kim
Year
Award
Result
2005
Female Vocalist of the Year
nom
Bethany Dillon )
nom
2006
References
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External links
http://www.bethanydillon.com/ Bethany Dillon.com
http://www.thoughtquotient.com/music/bethanydillon/bethanydillon.htm Thought Quotient - Interview with Bethany Dillon
http://www.christianfemalesingers.com/BDillonMusic_Bethany-Dillon.html Bethany Dillon Music Albums
http://musicfaith.com/fansites/bethanydillon Bethany fan site
Bethany Dillon Persondata | NAME =Dillon, Bethany | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =September 22, 1988 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Dillon, Bethany Category:American child singers Category:1988 births Category:American performers of Christian music Category:Living people Category:People from Logan County, Ohio Category:Musicians from Ohio
