Amy Grant Sings for Easter
She's known for putting Contemporary Christian music on the map.
Gospel legend Amy Grant has three multi-platinum albums, six platinum albums, four gold albums, and ten Top 40 pop singles -- and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
She's also won six Grammy Awards.
And she graced "The Early Show Saturday Edition"'s "Second Cup Cafe" the day before Easter.
Grant has long been one of the music industry's greatest story-tellers. Whether her songs are about love, faith or loss, she resonates with audiences across the board.
Her career spans over 25 years, and this week, she releases her 24th album, "Somewhere Down the Road."
Grant stopped by our "Second Cup Cafe" to perform her first single off the album, "Better Than A Hallelujah," as well as her classic, "Baby, Baby."
"Somewhere Down The Road" has a plethora of material from her past and present. It includes four brand new songs, two previously unreleased songs, a new recording of "Arms of Love," and three of her best-loved story-songs.
For a singer who wears her heart on her sleeve, the song "Better Than a Hallelujah" (written by Chapin Hartford and Sarah Hart) really hit home. She was coping with the death of her longtime friend and fellow musician, Ruth McGinnis.
"The honesty of it, the vulnerability of the lyrics, the beautiful melody, and that the song found me right where I was in my own journey was incredibly powerful," says Grant in her official bio.
"Better Than a Hallelujah" also marks Grant's first new radio single in seven years. She released "Simple Things" in 2003.
As a mother, wife, songwriter with a strong faith, she and husband/country singer, Vince Gill both share a genuine love for music -- so much so that they built a recording studio in their Nashville home.
Grant's daughter, Sarah Chapman, 17, has inherited her mother's musical genes. The two recorded their first duet, called "Overnight."
Born in Augusta, Ga. and raised in Nashville, as the youngest of four daughters, Grant has stayed true to her Southern roots. She's remained down to earth despite her incredibly successful career.