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A pioneer of contemporary Christian music, Amy Grant is the best-selling Christian music artist of all time. She made her recording debut while still in her teens and released the first record of Christian music to go platinum, selling over a million copies. She soon achieved an unprecedented crossover success with mainstream pop audiences with her best-selling albums Lead Me On and Heart in Motion. She has won six Grammy awards and sold over 30 million records worldwide. She is married to fellow musician and Academy member Vince Gill. In this podcast, recorded during the Academy of Achievement's 1996 Summit in Sun Valley, Idaho, Ms. Grant discusses her passion for music and the spiritual experiences that have inspired the beginnings of her career. She also performs two of her songs, "Missing You" and "Naked I Came Into This World."

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