Born: Amy Lee Grant November 25, 1960 in Augusta, GA
Father - Dr. Burton Paine Grant
Mother - Gloria Grant
Siblings: 3 older sisters Mimi, Kathy, Carol
Married: March 10, 2000 to Vincent Grant Gill, born April 12th in Norman OK
Divorced from: Gary Chapman June 1999
Kids: Matthew Garrison Chapman 9/25/87, Gloria Mills (Millie) Chapman 12/16/89, Sarah Cannon Chapman 10/11/92, Corrina Grant Gill 3/12/2001
Grandfather - Dr. Otis Grant
Great Grandfather - Andrew Mizell Burton (multimillionare and philanthropist)
Great Grandmother - Lillie May Armstrong Burton (Mimi)
Cousins - Wilson Burton/(founder of City magazine, Barry Burton/Vanderbilt University Football Star
Nieces/Nephews - 19 and counting
Eyes: brown
Hair: brown, naturally curly (never permed until I had children!)
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 128 lbs.
Current number of nieces and nephews: 18
Hobbies: writing, long walks, manual labor, sitting in barns, riding
First job: a crafter for Sunshine Leather
First solo concert: September 21, 1978 at the Will Rogers Auditorium in Ft. Worth, TX
Ugliest year: when she was fourteen
Worst year: Sophomore in college
First romantic kiss: Spring of 7th Grade
Last romantic kiss: about 2 hours ago
Pet peeves: too many interviews, getting "inappropriate hand signals" in traffic, a constantly ringing telephone, overhead lighting, showoffs, all work and no play
Scariest thing that happened to Amy: surgery to reattach a loose retina June 1995
First Ten Albums Amy owned: Simon & Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Water", James Taylor "Sweet Baby James", Jackson Five, Carole King "Tapestry" and "Rhyme & Reason", John Denver "Rocky Mountain High", Elton John "Tumbleweed Connection", Sonny & Cher, Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell "Blue"
What Amy enjoys at home: her family, building fires, catching up with friends, trying to write, playing golf, walk the countryside
Amy enjoys: the warmth from a fire on her bare skin..., windows down, music up, barrelling down a country road...a hot bath, a cold drink...looking at a good friend up close, no pretense, struck again with loving & being loved
Things Amy craves: french fries, pasta with sundried tomatoes, smoked salmon with capers, sushi, and any salty/sweet combination i.e. chocolate covered potato chips, reeses peanut butter cups, etc.
What Amy looks forward to about getting old: Being just senile enough to think that I really did all of the things I always dreamed of doing
How Amy started singing: sang at school for my friends
Wrote her first song: 15 years old
Number of albums recorded to date: 18 (2004)
Longest tour: Unguarded (June 1984 - September 1, 1986)
Worst Things about the bus on tour: claustrophobia, bus legs, the toilet
Longest bus ride without stopping: Denver, Colo. to Jacksonville, Fla.
Number of Miles Travelled on the Unguarded Tour: 40,881
Longest camping trip: 21 days, summer after 9th Grade
Number of baths in those 21 days: 3
Longest flight: to Niarobi Kenya to visit a friend
First car learned to drive on: beat up, green '63 VW bug
First car owned: maroon, '73 MG BGT
Pets: 2 cats, 1 German Shepherd and several horses
Colleges: Furman University in Greenville, SC and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.
Number of Hours Amy is away from Graduating:20
Number of A's in High School: 5
Number of F's in High school: 1 in English Lit
Major in college: English Lit
First and last surprise party: Second Grade (7 years old)
Question most asked: How'd You get started?
Question most tired of answering: How'd You get started?
Fav Thing that Amy collects: Quilts
Fav Color GumBall: Green
Fav Candy Bar: Kit Kat
Fav Time of Day: Sunset
Fav Vegetable: squash
Fav Color: Yellow
Fav food: spaghetti
Least fav food: can't think of any
Fav ice cream: Baskin Robbins Chocolate Chip, Haagen Dazs Chocolate Chocolate Chip
Fav desert: Something that involves chocolate and peanut butter. It can be a Reeces Peanut Butter Cup or just a blob of peanut butter with Nestle's chocolate chips.
Fav pastime: gardening and cleaning
Fav fav thing not to do: scrub the toilet
Fav number of traffic tickets: Speeding - 1, Parking - 14 or so... I stopped counting
Fav my own favorite source of trivia - Harper's Index
Fav casual restaurant in Los Angeles: California Pizza Kitchen
Fav ethnic foods: crunchy shrimp rolls & bagels with smoked salmon and capers
6th Grade music obsession: Cher
7th Grade music obsession: Carole King
8th Grade music obsession: Bette Midler
Fav sport to participate in: snowskiing and golfing
Fav professional sport: football
Fav team: I'm fickle, but usually the Bears
Fav season of the year: all of them! Firelight in winter, the colors of fall, blossoms in spring and sweating all summer!
Fav TV show: Seinfeld
Fav comic strip: FAR SIDE by Gary Larson
Fav Cartoons: Bugs Bunny
Fav Frequent Vacation Spot: Sarasota, Florida
Fav Vacation: The beach in Florida
Fav Actor: Kevin Costner
Fav Singer: James Taylor
Only album title that is also shared by a book on the history of law in the frontier days of the South: Lead Me On
Favorite Music discovery: Maura O'Connell
Latest Hobby Craze: Trail Riding, Biking
Fav Bible verse: Hebrews 10:23
Fav Prayer: Psalm 139
Fav Book: When I was seven, it was "Charlotte's Web".
The most life-changing book I've read to date is "This Present Darkness" by Frank Peretti
Another book with a great impact: "Grace Works" by Dudley Hall

Favorite Dishes when Amy was a kid...

Fav vegetable: brussel sprouts
Fav breakfast food: Cream of Wheat or pancakes on Saturday
Fav meat: fried fish
Fav fast food: Krystal hamburgers
Fav drink: glass of chocolate milk eaten with a spoon
Fav fast snack: a big blob of peanut butter on a spoon. Amy would take it out to play like she was licking a lollipop. Her family told her she'd turn into peanut butter because she ate so much of it.

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Amy's Awards & Recognition

• 1983 Award - Best Contemporary Album - Age to Age
• 1984 Award - Best Gospel Performance - Ageless Medley
• 1985 Award - Best Gospel Performance - Angels
• 1986 Award - Best Gospel Performance - Unguarded
• 1988 Award - Best Contemporary Album - Lead Me On
• 1992 Nomination - Album of the Year - Heart in Motion
• 1992 Nomination - Song of the Year - Baby Baby
• 1992 Nomination - Record of the Year - Baby Baby
• 1992 Nomination - MTV Awards - Baby Baby Video
• 1992 Nomination - American Music Award - Best Pop/Rock Performance by a Female

• 25 Dove Awards - Including 4 times "Artist of the Year"
• 6 Grammy Awards from 2006 to 1982
• 2006 Grammy Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album - Rock of Ages
• 1988 Grammy Best Gospel Performance, Female Lead Me On
• 1985 Grammy Best Gospel Performance - Female Unguarded
• 1984 Grammy Best Gospel Performance, Female Angels
• 1983 Grammy Best Gospel Performance, Female Ageless Medley
• 1982 Grammy Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary Age To Age

• 2006 Inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006
• 2005 "Tennessean of the Year"
• 2003 Received Seminar in the Rockies Summit Award
• 2003 Inducted Into The Gospel Music Association "Hall Of Fame"
• 2001 "Nashvillian of the Year"
• 1999 The Nashville Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Symphony and Tennessee
• Performing Arts Center: "An Evening With the Arts" Honoring Grant's
• Contributions to the Nashville Performing Arts Community
• 1999 The Target House - The Amy Grant Rose
• 1996 TNN Awards - Sarah Cannon Humanitarian Award
• 1996 Columbia Hospital - Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award
• 1996 ASCAP Award - Voice of America
• 1996 Academy of Achievement - Golden Plate Award
• 1994 St. John University - Pax Christi Award
• 1994 Nashville Symphony - Harmony Award
• 1992 Junior Chamber of Commerce - Outstanding Tennessean