Happy Birthday wishes go out to Amy Grant who turns 49 years old today. Amy Lee Grant was born in Augusta, Ga. but grew up in Nashville, Tn. Amy is the oldest of four sisters born to her doctor father. Amy is married to country music star Vince Gill and they have a a daughter, Corinna. Amy has three children from her previous marriage to musician Gary Chapman, a son Matthew, and two daughters, Gloria and Sarrah.

Amy was working in a recording studio in Nashville when her talent was first discovered. As a favor, the studio owner allowed her to re-record some songs she had written and sung at the studio where she worked. The recording lead to Amy signing her first recording contract at 16 years old.

wikipedia.org describes Amy as "an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her gospel and contemporary Christian music." Amy has had ten "Top 40" pop singles, and has earned three multi-platinum albums, six platinum albums, and four additional gold albums.

Amy has also won six "Grammy Awards", received twelve "Grammy Award" nominations, won twenty-five "Gospel Music Association Dove Awards", including "Artist of the Year" four times, and has a star on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame."

To top it all off, Amy has written several books including "Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far." I have enjoyed Amy's music for a long time.