Jeremy Thomas Camp
[1] (born January 12, 1978) is a contemporary Christian musician from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released six albums, three of them RIAA-certified as Gold, and 17 number-one hit songs. [2] His original music is a mixture of ballads and rock.
Camp is also an ordained minister. [3]
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Early life
Jeremy Camp was born on January 12, 1978 in
Lafayette, Indiana.
[4] His father is the pastor at a
Calvary Chapel church and taught his son how to play
guitar. After completing high school, Camp attended a
bible college in
Southern California for two years. He also has two brothers and a sister.
Musical career
Camp has scored fourteen #1 Christian music hits (six from his first album,
Stay
). His first single was "Understand". He has made eight music videos: "Understand", "Walk By Faith", "Take You Back", "Tonight" "Give You Glory", "Let It Fade", "I Am Willing",a song which was not included on any of his albums and "Speaking Louder Than Before". He has also released a DVD (
In24
) which chronicles a regular day on tour.
Live Unplugged from Franklin, TN
also includes a DVD of the concert, which was recorded for the live album. He also has scored a musical number "
This Man" and his video can be seen on
YouTube. This video was made with clips from the movie
The Passion of the Christ.
2005
Jeremy scored Christian music top spots for "Take You Back" and "Lay Down My Pride". He also was voted the Best Male Artist in the 2005 Reader’s Choice Music Awards in the
Christianity Today
magazine.
Camp was also ASCAP 2005 Songwriter of the Year and won the Dove Award for the Male Vocalist of the Year for the second consecutive year. In 2005 he recorded the song "Open Up Your Eyes" for the compilation release
Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
, a September 2005 album which contained original songs written by various Christian artists for the 2005 film
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
. Camp closed the year with both
Stay
and
Carried Me: the Worship Project
being
RIAA-certified as Gold.
[5]
2006
Jeremy earned the top honors at the Twenty-Eighth Annual
ASCAP Music Awards, winning the Songwriter Of The Year award ("Take You Back" and "This Man"). "Take You Back" also earned him the Song Of The Year award. Jeremy won two 2006 CCM Reader's Choice Awards, for Favorite Artist and Favorite Male Artist. Jeremy took part in winning the
Dove award for Special Event Album Of The Year, which went to
Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
. He released a special edition of his hit album,
Restored
. Four new songs were included on
Restored: The Deluxe Gold Edition
as well as a letter to his fans.
Jeremy went back into the studio to record
Beyond Measure
in the spring. The album was released on
October 31,
2006. Camp is also credited as producer for his wife's album titled
Don't Wait
, which was released in September, 2006.
2007
"Tonight", the first single from the album
Beyond Measure
, was released in mid-August, and eventually hit #1 on Christian
contemporary hit radio. It was the 11th most played single on HR stations in 2007.
[6] The second single, "What It Means," was also a #1 hit on Jewish AJ radio. "Give Me Jesus," the third single off "Beyond Measure," made it into the top 5 on Inspirational radio. The fourth single, "Give You Glory," debuted on Jewish AJ radio at #16. His song "Let it Fade" was the seventh most played song on HR radio in 2007. That year he also released a two disc (CD and DVD) for his concert tour "
Live Unplugged" recorded in Franklin, Tennessee
2008
His song "No Matter What" was the 4th most-played song on
R&R magazine's Christian CHR chart for 2008.
[7]
He also came out with his new studio album
Speaking Louder Than Before.
Personal life
Camp has been married twice. He and his first wife, Melissa Lynn Henning-Camp (born October 7, 1979), were married on October 21, 2000.
[8] She was diagnosed with
ovarian cancer and died on February 5, 2001, when he was 23 and she was 21.
Some of his early songs reflect the emotional ordeal of her illness. "
I Still Believe" was the first song he wrote after her death. "Walk By Faith" was written during their honeymoon.
[9] In December of 2003, he married
Adrienne Liesching, former frontwoman for
The Benjamin Gate. They have two daughters: Isabella Rose Camp (born September 25, 2004) and Arianne Mae Camp (born April 5, 2006).
Tours
- Festival Con Dios 2002
- The Stay Tour
- The Adoration Tour (long timers refer to this as the Kidnapped by the Australians Tours)
- The Restored Tour
- The Live Unplugged Tour (with Mainstay)
- The Beyond Measure Tour
- The House of Blues Tour
- Ichthus Festival 2006
- Winter Jam
- Congreso 2007
- Boomin' Beyond Measure Tour 2008 (with TobyMac)
- Speaking Louder Than Before Tour w/ Natalie Grant
- Rock & Worship Roadshow 2009
Discography
Studio albums
| Year
| Album Title
| Billboard 200 Albums Chart
| Billboard Top Christian Albums
| RIAA Certification
|
| 2002
| Stay
| -
| 10
| Gold
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| 2004
| Carried Me: The Worship Project
| 102
| 2
| Gold
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| 2004
| Restored
| 45
| 1
| Gold
|
| 2006
| Beyond Measure
| 29
| 1
| -
|
| Fall 2008
| Speaking Louder Than Before
| 38
| 1
| -
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Live albums
| Year
| Album Title
| Billboard 200 Albums Chart
| Billboard Top Albums
| RIAA Certification
|
| 2005
| Live Unplugged
| 111
| 7
| -
|
Other releases
| Year
| Album Title
| Billboard 200 Albums Chart
| Billboard Top Albums
| RIAA Certification
|
| 2000
| Burden Me
| -
| -
| -
|
| 2007
| Live Session EP
| -
| -
| -
|
Live Session EP was released by iTunes and is only available through iTunes
Compilation appearances
| Year
| Song Title
| Album Title
| Notes
|
| 2002
| "Understand"
| Festival Con Dios 2002, Vol. 2
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| 2003
| "I Still Believe"
| WOW Hits 2004
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| 2004
| "Here I Am To Worship"
| Empty Me, Vol. 1
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| 2004
| "Empty Me"
| Empty Me, Vol. 1
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| 2004
| "How Great Is Your Love"
| Maranatha Friends
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| 2004
| "Right Here"
| WOW Hits 2005
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| 2005
| "I Wait For The Lord"
| X Worship 2006
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| 2005
| "Take You Back"
| WOW Hits 2006
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| 2005
| "Open Up Your Eyes"
| Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
|
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| 2006
| "This Man"
| WOW Hits 2007
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| 2007
| "Empty Me"
| Worship Together: Favorites
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| 2007
| "It Is Well"
| Music Inspired By the Motion Picture Amazing Grace
| Performed with Adie
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| 2007
| "Right Here"
| Music from and Inspired By Bridge to Terabithia
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| 2007
| "What It Means"
| WOW Hits 2008
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| 2008
| "Give You Glory"
| WOW Hits 1
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Singles
| Year
| Title
| Peak Chart Positions
| Album
|
| Hot Christian Songs
| Hot Christian AC
|
| 2002
| "Understand"
| 1
| 2
| Stay
|
| 2002
| "Right Here"
| 1
| 1
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| 2003
| "Walk By Faith"
| 1
| 1
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| 2003
| "I Still Believe"
| 5
| 6
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| 2003
| "Stay"
| 6
| 1
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| 2004
| "Empty Me"
| 14
| 10
| Carried Me
|
| 2004
| "Oh Come All Ye Faithful"
| 6
| 6
| Christmas Single''
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| 2004
| "Take You Back"
| 1
| 1
| Restored
|
| 2005
| "Lay Down My Pride"
| 12
| 9
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| 2006
| "This Man"
| 1
| 1
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| 2006
| "Breathe"
| 1
| 30
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| 2006
| "What It Means"
| 2
| 1
| Beyond Measure
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| 2007
| "Tonight"
| 4
| 29
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| 2007
| "Give You Glory"
| 4
| 1
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| 2007
| "Let It Fade"
| 1
| 1
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| 2008
| "No Matter What It Takes"
| 21
| 47
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| 2008
| "There Will Be A Day"
| 1
| 1
| Speaking Louder Than Before
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| 30
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Awards
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