Michael W. Smith is an American contemporary Christian musician, who has charted primarily in
the contemporary Christian and occasionally in the mainstream charts.
He has also published 12 books including This is Your Time, which he worked with Christian author
Gary Thomas to write.
Smith is a three-time Grammy Award winner, and has earned 40 Dove Awards. Over the course of his career,
he has sold more than 13 million albums and recorded 29 No. 1 Hit songs, fourteen gold albums, and
five platinum albums.
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Birth Name: Michael Whitaker Smith
Born: October 7, 1957 (age 67)
From: Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Spouse(s): Deborah Kay Davis (m. 1982)
Children: Tyler Michael, Ryan Whitaker, Emily Allison, Whitney Katherine Smith-Mooring, Anna Elizabeth
Education:Marshall University
Genre(s):
CCM,
Christian rock,
pop rock
Instrument(s):
Piano,
keyboards,
vocals,
guitar
Occupation(s):
Singer-songwriter,
musician,
composer,
actor
Active From: 1983-present
Associated Acts:
Amy GrantKathy TroccoliChris RiceSteven Curtis Chapman
Quotes:
I sure love Ireland. The first trip I ever made was last year when I did this record in Dublin. [It's] one of my favorite places I've ever been ever [and I] can't wait to go back.
I'm actually the chairman of the historical foundation [in Franklin] called the Heritage Foundation in Franklin. We've got a pretty good group of folks, very influential folks, who are really striving to protect those lands and so far we're not having a lot of problems. We're growing too fast. Everybody wants to put up some sort of neighborhood but that's our biggest battle. Nobody's really trying to go on any of the historical land