Steven Curtis Chapman

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?CCM得獎之王、歌壇巨星Steven Curtis Chapman，曾連創(chuàng)7張全美專輯榜冠軍，并得到4座葛萊美最佳專輯大獎的肯定。在1995年出版的「Music of Christmas」專輯中和CeCe Winans合唱的圣誕新創(chuàng)曲 "Christmas in All in the Heart"，在當(dāng)時創(chuàng)下排行榜佳績。他的前一張專輯兩年前曾經(jīng)進(jìn)入過Billboard 200排行榜的前20名，2002年的《All About Love》在發(fā)行之后以5萬1千張的銷量名列排行榜的第12位。
Steven Curtis Chapman一直致力于幫助世界孤兒，他創(chuàng)辦的Shaohannah's Hope是一間致力于世界孤兒問題的機(jī)構(gòu)。Steven及其太太Mary Beth一直支持Shaohannah's Hope的發(fā)展，他們先后從中國孤兒院領(lǐng)養(yǎng)的三個中國兒童。去年他探訪了香港保良局總局與“母親的抉擇”兩個社會福利團(tuán)體，并來到北京在央視上表演。
為了讓更多的中國觀眾感受到他的歌聲和愛心，EMI公司特意為他選了兩首中國觀眾熟悉的歌曲重新演繹，一首張學(xué)友的《祝福》、”The Blessings”，Steven重新填詞，真情地演繹,傾注了他對全世界孤兒的愛心和祝福。另一首七十年代加拿大民謠女歌手Joni Mitchell的作品《The Circle Game》，當(dāng)時香港歌手陳美齡因翻唱這首英文歌而紅遍香港。此次Chapman的版本更為獨具匠心，他的英文演唱和中國兒童合唱團(tuán)中文伴唱渾然一體。
專輯中的其他歌曲也都是Steven Curtis Chapman的原創(chuàng)作品，收錄了他多年來一些經(jīng)典之作：選自1996年“Signs Of Life”專輯的《Celebrate You》，選自1999年“Speechless”專輯的《Dive》、《When Love Takes You In》，選自2004年“All Things New”專輯的《Please Only You》等他的老歌新作。他的歌聲總是感動無數(shù)人的心，他希望通過音樂讓更多的人分享到愛和永恒的真理。
2006年5月20日，Steven Curtis Chapmann在結(jié)束中國領(lǐng)養(yǎng)計劃后，將與其輕搖滾樂隊在上海舉辦一場慈善音樂會，用心用情來現(xiàn)場演繹其對領(lǐng)養(yǎng)經(jīng)驗為主題而創(chuàng)作的一系列歌曲。用音樂將“跨越國界的愛”表達(dá)的淋漓盡致。
His music a cross between 70s-style light rock and orchestrated pop, Steven Curtis Chapman has been one of the most prominent performers of contemporary Christian music since the 80s. Born and raised in Paducah, KY, Chapman learned to play several instruments while hanging out in his fathers music store, excelling at guitar and piano. As a young man, he enrolled as a pre-med student at Anderson College in Indiana. He soon decided to pursue a music career and dropped out to go to Nashville, where he began working in a music show at Opryland USA. When not performing, he was busy writing songs, a skill he learned from his father. One of Chapmans tunes was recorded by the Imperials, a prominent gospel group, marking the beginning of his songwriting success; many of gospel and countrys brightest stars, including Sandi Patti, Billy Dean, Glen Campbell, and Roger Whittaker, have gone on to record Chapmans songs.
Although several different labels and music publishers were interested in him by 1987, he decided to sign with the major Christian music company Sparrow. That year he cut his first album, First Hand. The first single released from the album, Weak Days, made it to number two on the contemporary Christian chart. His second album, 1988s Real Life Conversations, earned him four more hits, including the number one song His Eyes. Co-written with James Isaac Elliott, it earned the Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year award from the Gospel Music Association in 1989. That year, he also won a GMA award for Best Songwriter of the Year. Released later that year, his third album, More to This Life, contained four number one hits and in 1990 earned him an unprecedented ten nominations at the GMA Awards (he won five). His next album, For the Sake of the Call, which contained five number one singles and earned him another slew of GMA awards and his first Grammy in the Best Pop Gospel Album category, only strengthened his position as the king of Christian music.
In 1992, Chapman made a successful bid to attract a more mainstream audience with The Great Adventure, which also won a Grammy, and its accompanying title track video. When Sparrow Records was purchased by EMI/Liberty, they began marketing the album in discount stores, and in 1993, it went gold. Also released in 1993 (both as a video and CD), The Live Adventure won more GMA awards and also earned Chapman a new award from American Songwriter magazine, Songwriter and Artist of the Year. Chapman released his seventh album, Heaven in the Real World, in 1994 and embarked on a major tour. In 1996, Chapman released Signs of Life, which was followed three years later by Speechless. Though Chapmans albums had always done well on the Billboard CCM charts, in 2001, after the release of Declaration, he really began to get even more attention on the Top 200. Both it and 2002s All About Love peaked in the Top 15, and his 2004 record All Things New made it to number 22. In September 2005, in time for the holiday season, Chapman released All I Really Want for Christmas, and the following year Musical Blessing came out.