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Jeremy Thomas Camp (born January 12, 1978) is a contemporary Christian musician from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released six albums, three of them RIAA-certified as Gold, and 17 number-one hit songs.[title=Jeremy Camp's Album Charts On Billboard 200 with Personal Best Debut ] His original music is a mixture of ballads and rock.
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Early lifeJeremy Camp was born on January 12, 1978 in Lafayette, Indiana.[title=Jeremy Camp Biography ] His father Tom is the pastor at Harvest Chapel, a Calvary Chapel church in Lafayette, and taught his son how to play guitar. After completing high school, Camp attended a bible college in Southern California for two years. He also has two brothers and a sister.
Musical careerCamp has scored fourteen #1 Christian music hits (six from his first album, Stay). His first single was "Understand". He has made eight music videos: "Understand", "Walk By Faith", "Take You Back", "Tonight" "Give You Glory", "Let It Fade", "I Am Willing",a song which was not included on any of his albums and "Speaking Louder Than Before". 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.
2005Jeremy scored Christian music 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 in the Christianity Today magazine.[title=Jeremy Camp Closes '05 With Double Gold / Song Of The Year ]
2006Jeremy 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 Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 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.
2007"Tonight", the first single from the album Beyond Measure, was released in mid-August, and eventually hit #1 on Christian contemporary hit radio. It was the 11th most played single on HR stations in 2007.[title=2007 Year End Charts ] 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
2008–2009His song "No Matter What" was the 4th most-played song on R&R magazine's Christian CHR chart for 2008.
2008 Year End Charts/Top Christian CHR songs, R&R magazine, Retrieved January 6, 2009
He also came out with his new studio album Speaking Louder Than Before.
On November 17, 2009, Jeremy Camp will release another live album, entitled Jeremy Camp Live. This album will feature songs from all albums to date.
Personal lifeCamp has been married twice. He and his first wife, Melissa Lynn Henning-Camp (born October 7, 1979), were married on October 21, 2000.[title=Melissa Lynn Camp ] She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and died on February 5, 2001, when he was 23 and she was 21.
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)
- Speaking Louder Than Before Tour w/ Natalie Grant and Bebo Norman
- Rock & Worship Roadshow 2009
DiscographyStudio albumsLive albumsOther releasesLive Session EP was released by iTunes and is only available through iTunes
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