This continuation won Chapman more GMA Awards, and also a new award from American Songwriter magazine for Songwriter and Artist of the Year. The success of the album prompted Chapman to record one of his concerts and release it as The Live Adventure, both as a video and a CD. After Sparrow Records was purchased by EMI/ Liberty, they began to market the album to a broader audience, pushing it to gold status in 1993. The album garnered Chapman two more Grammys, for the album and for the title track video, again in gospel categories. In 1992, Chapman made a successful shift into a more mainstream audience with his album The Great Adventure. These achievements strengthened his position in the Christian music scene. The latter also gave Chapman his first Grammy in the Best Pop Gospel Album category. 1 singles and were awarded several GMA Awards. That year, he also won a GMA Award for Songwriter of the Year.Īfter that, Chapman followed with more albums like More to This Life and For the Sake of the Call.
The song, which was co-written by James Isaac Elliott, earned the Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year award from the Gospel Music Association in 1989. In 1988, he followed with his second album, Real Life Conversations, which earned him four more hits, including the No. 2 on the Contemporary Christian Music chart. The album included the song "Weak Days", which peaked at No.
In 1987, Chapman released his first album, First Hand. As of 2007, artists like Sandi Patty, Billy Dean, Glen Campbell, the Cathedral Quartet and Roger Whittaker have recorded Chapman's songs. The strength of the song prompted him to be signed to a songwriting deal with Sparrow Records, where he rose to prominence. In the 1980s, Chapman wrote a song called "Built to Last", which was recorded by prominent gospel group the Imperials. He began working a music show at Opryland USA while dedicating time to songwriting. While in Nashville he briefly attended Belmont University. After several semesters he transferred to Anderson College in Indiana, but soon dropped out and went to Nashville to pursue a career in music. Upon finishing high school, Chapman enrolled as a pre-med student at Georgetown College in Kentucky. Chapman's father is a guitar teacher in Paducah, and young Steven and older brother Herb Jr. Steven Curtis Chapman was born to Judy and Herb Chapman in Paducah, Kentucky, on November 21, 1962.
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