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Natalie Diane Grant (born December 21, 1971) is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. She received the Gospel Music Association's Dove Award for Female Vocalist of the Year four consecutive years (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009), and again in 2012. She was also nominated for a Grammy in 2012 for her performance of "Alive". Her signature song is "Held". ==Career== Natalie Grant first started in contemporary Christian music when she auditioned for the traveling music group Truth. Later she moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue her solo career.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Grant,_Natalie/Biography/ )〕 There she signed with Benson Records in 1997 and began working on her self-titled debut which was released in 1999. She left Benson for Pamplin Music soon after and released the album ''Stronger'' in 2001. She then ended up at Curb Records after Pamplin folded, where she has made five solo albums as of 2012, starting with ''Deeper Life'' in 2003. ''Awaken'' was her breakthrough success, in 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://nataliegrant.com/about/ )〕 It was RIAA certified gold. It was followed by ''Love Revolution'' on August 24, 2010〔()〕 and ''Hurricane'' on October 15, 2013. Grant released three albums between 1999 and 2003, although the majority of her hits came later in her career. She has since reported being unhappy with the way she was imaged by her early record label which marketed her partly on her looks, and says of her first record, "It wasn't me at all either." However, she credits her early albums with having been necessary to her progressing and growing into an artist that takes control of such decisions, starting with her first widely successful album, ''Awaken''. Another factor that was essential to her later successes was a life-altering trip to India in 2004. Not only did this trip inspire her charitable pursuits, "but it brought a new passion and direction to her music." Instead of focusing only on what song might be a hit, Grant reports that she now focuses on songs that will inspire, give hope, and motivate others to make their lives matter. There have been other noteworthy events along the way. She wrote a book entitled ''The Real Me'' in 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】)">url=http://www.amazon.com/Real-Me-Natalie-Grant/dp/0849908825/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346266175&sr=1-1&keywords=Natalie+Grant )〕 She toured on the Speaking Louder Than Before tour with Bebo Norman and Jeremy Camp in 2008. She contributed the song "Breathe On Me" to Crystal Aikin's self-titled debut album. She was a speaker and performer on the Revolve Tour, a conference for teen girls from Women of Faith. She toured with award winning, multi-platinum selling Billboard magazine's Artist of The Decade MercyMe in April 2011. Also, in October 2011 she starred in the Gospel Music Channel (GMC) made-for-television movie ''Decision''. On September 27, 2013, it was announced that Grant would be hosting the GSN original game show ''It Takes a Church'', which premiered on June 5, 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://nataliegrant.com/2013/09/27/natalie-grant-to-host-gsns-it-takes-a-church/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://corp.gsn.com/press/releases/gsn-premieres-new-matchmaking-series-it-takes-a-church )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Natalie Grant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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