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Infobox musical artist | name = Out of Eden| image = Out of Eden - 2004 (Pic 3) e-E-.png| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin =| genre = Urban contemporary gospel , contemporary R& B|R& B , Contemporary Christian music|CCM | years_active = 1994–2006| label = Gotee Records | associated_acts = Virtue (musical group)|Virtue , Mary Mary , The Katinas , Verbs (rapper)|Verbs (aka Knowdaverbs) | website =| current_members =| past_members = Lisa Kimmey Andrea Kimmey-Baca Danielle Kimmey Out of Eden was an United States|American Gospel music group often identified with R& B , and contemporary Christian music . It featured sisters Lisa Kimmey, Andrea Kimmey-Baca, and Danielle Kimmey. The group was active from 1994 to 2006, producing seven albums through Gotee Records and receiving "Urban Album of the Year" and "Urban Song of the Year" at the Dove Awards of 2003 .
Musical career
Origins
The band consisted of three sisters Lisa Kimmey, Andrea Kimmey-Baca and Danielle Kimmey, all born in Richmond, Virginia|Richmond , Virginia between 1975 and 1982 to Robert Kimmey and DeLise Perkins Kimmey Hall.Carpenter, Bil. Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia . Hal Leonard Corporation, 2005. Page 319-320 When the girls were young, their parents divorced and they moved with their mother and to Nashville , where DeLise was offered a teaching position at Fisk University . Danielle and her sisters initially sang backing vocalist|back-up for their mother, who was a classical pianist .cite web|last=Bush |first=John |url= http://music.yahoo.com/ar-260525-bio--Out-Of-Eden |title=Out Of Eden Biography on Yahoo& #33; Music |publisher=Music.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-04 After their stepfather unsuccessfully attempted to garner attention for the girls by sending a video of their singing to various record labels, Danielle and her sisters were discovered by tobyMac|Toby McKeehan , who formed the record label Gotee Records to produce their music.
In 1994, they released their debut '' Lovin' the Day . The first single off the album was a remake of the Bill Withers 1978 single " Lovely Day (song)|Lovely Day " and was a Christian Contemporary Music hit. http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/out_of_eden/bio.jhtml Out of Eden | View the Music Artists Biography Online | VH1.com Their second album, in 1996 in music|1996 , More Than You Know (Out of Eden album)|More Than You Know was even more successful and catapulted the sisters into the Christian Contemporary Music|CCM spotlight.
Mainstream Success
Their third album was the acclaimed No Turning Back (Out of Eden album)|No Turning Back which was released in 1999 in music|1999 . Released in 2002, their fourth and best-selling Gotee Records|Gotee album, This Is Your Life (Out of Eden album)|This Is Your Life , entered the Billboard 200, peaking at #178. The album tied for "Urban Album of the Year" at the Dove Awards of 2003 , with a song from the album, "Meditate" going on to win the Dove Awards of 2003|award "Urban Recorded Song of the Year". The album was also nominated for a Stellar Awards|Stellar Award .
Another two years went by before the up-tempo album Love, Peace & Happiness was released. This album was nominated for Dove Awards in the GMA Dove Award|Urban Gospel Album of the Year category and GMA Dove Award|Urban Gospel Song of the Year category for the song "Soldiers".
In early 2005, Out of Eden presented an a cappella version of an old hymn at a "Focus on the Family" chapel service, and received a standing ovation . Struck by the response to the hymn and the power of the lyrics, they decided to explore a new side of their musical talents and released a CD of remakes of classic hymns titled Hymns (Out of Eden album)|Hymns . http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/artists/outofeden.html Out of Eden - Musicdead link|date=October 2011 The album was nominated for a 2006 Grammy award in the Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album|Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album category .Jones, Kim. http://christianmusic.about.com/od/grammys/a/06grammynoms.htm 2006 Grammy Awards Nominees and Winners. April 26, 2010. About.com. Accessed on July 11, 2010.
In June 2006, the group announced that they would disband after the release of their greatest hits album titled The Hits .
Awards
Year
Award-giving body
Award
2003
Dove Awards
Urban Album of the Year for "This Is Your Life", shared with Souljahz for "The Fault Is History"
Urban Song of the Year for "Meditate" from "This is Your Life"
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