Jeremy Camp


Jeremy Thomas Camp is an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter from Lafayette, Indiana. Camp has released eleven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold, and two live albums. His original music is a mixture of ballads and up-tempo songs with rock influence. Camp has won five GMA Dove Awards, has been nominated for three American Music Awards, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album in 2010 for his album, Speaking Louder Than Before. I Still Believe, a film based on Camp's first marriage, was released on March 13, 2020.

Early life

Jeremy Camp was born in Lafayette, Indiana. His father Tom, the pastor at Harvest Chapel, taught him how to play guitar. After completing high school, Camp attended Calvary Chapel Bible College in Murrieta, California, for two years and earned an associate of theology degree. After one of the worship leaders heard him play in the kitchen of the school, he urged Camp to become a part of the worship team. Soon, he led worship and played all over Southern California.

Musical career

Camp has scored 32 No. 1 hits on Christian Radio across all formats. His album Beyond Measure contributed six back-to-back No. 1 hits, including the track "Let It Fade" which held the No 1. spot for 10 weeks on AC Radio. Camp has spent 175 weeks total at No. 1 across various formats in his career to date. His first single was "Understand". He has made ten music videos: "Understand", "Walk by Faith", "Take You Back", "Tonight", "Give You Glory", "Let It Fade", "I Am Willing", "Speaking Louder Than Before", "The Way", and "Reckless". He also has video devotionals for several songs on YouTube and Godtube. He has also released a DVD, In24, which chronicles a regular day on-tour, and often keeps his fans updated on his touring with Tour Blogs through his YouTube channel. 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 film The Passion of the Christ.
Camp 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 ', a September 2005 album which contained original songs written by various Christian artists for the 2005 film '. Camp closed the year with both Stay and Carried Me: the Worship Project being RIAA-certified as Gold.
Camp earned the top honors at the Twenty-Eighth Annual ASCAP Music Awards, winning the Songwriter Of The Year award. "Take You Back" also earned him the Song Of The Year award. Camp won two 2006 CCM Reader's Choice Awards, for Favorite Artist and Favorite Male Artist. He took part in 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.
Camp went back into the studio to record Beyond Measure in early 2006 and was released on October 31, 2006. Camp is also credited as producer for his wife's album, Don't Wait, which was released in September 2006. "Tonight", the first single from the album Beyond Measure, was released in mid-August, and eventually hit No. 1 on Christian contemporary hit radio. It was the 11th most played single on HR stations in 2007. "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 No. 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 for his concert tour "Live Unplugged" recorded in Franklin, Tennessee
His song "No Matter What" was the 4th most-played song on R&R magazine's Christian CHR chart for 2008.
He also came out with his new studio album Speaking Louder Than Before, containing the hit lead single "There Will Be a Day". On November 17, 2009, Camp released another live album: Jeremy Camp Live. This album featured songs from all albums to date. His Speaking Louder Than Before received his first Grammy nomination.
Beyond Measure was certified as Gold by the RIAA. The worship album ' was released on August 24, 2010. Camp was also a judge for the 10th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.
On May 20, 2011, Camp released his first book, I Still Believe. The book is about Camp's life, illuminating his childhood, the death of his first wife, and where he believes God has brought him.
On March 13, 2012, Camp released a greatest hits collection: I Still Believe: The Number Ones Collection. The album includes 15 number-one songs, as well as a never before released song: "Wait".
' was released on September 25, 2012. The album was produced by Brown Bannister.
Reckless was released on February 12, 2013. This is Camp's first studio album since 2008, when he released Speaking Louder Than Before. The first single released from the album was the title track, "Reckless". A video accompanied the single in February 2013. "Reckless" was followed by his second single "My God", which reached number 5 on the Christian Songs Chart. He also released an acoustic video of "My God" to his Vevo Channel in 2013.
Camp released his tenth studio album, I Will Follow, on February 3, 2015. The album's lead single, "He Knows", was released in September 2014.
Camp released his eleventh studio album, The Answer, on October 6, 2017. The album's lead single, "Word of Life", was released in June 2017.

Personal life

Camp and his first wife, Melissa Lynn Henning-Camp, were married on October 21, 2000. 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. "Walk by Faith" was written during their honeymoon. A film based on Camp's romance with Melissa, I Still Believe, was released in March 2020, with Camp’s role being played by KJ Apa and the role of Melissa being played by Britt Robertson.
On December 15, 2003, he married Adrienne Liesching, former frontwoman for The Benjamin Gate. They have two daughters and one son: Isabella "Bella" Rose Camp, Arianne "Arie" Mae Camp, and Egan Thomas Camp. In 2009, the couple announced that they were expecting a child, but the pregnancy ended due to a miscarriage after three months. Camp is also an ordained minister.
Camp is not related to fellow Christian musician Steve Camp.

Discography

GMA Dove Awards

YearAwardResult
2004New Artist of the Year
2004Male Vocalist of the Year
2004Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
2005Male Vocalist of the Year
2005Rock Recorded Song of the Year
2006Artist of the Year
2006Male Vocalist of the Year
2006Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
2006Rock Recorded Song of the Year
2007Male Vocalist of the Year
2007Recorded Music Packaging of the Year
2007Long Form Music Video of the Year
2008Song of the Year
2008Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
2009Male Vocalist of the Year
2010Male Vocalist of the Year
2010Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
2011Praise & Worship Album of the Year
2011Recorded Music Packaging of the Year

Other

YearAwardResult
2005ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award
2006ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award
2006ASCAP Song of the Year
2007American Music Award for Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist
2008First Family Ambassador Award
2008ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award
2009American Music Award for Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist
2010ASCAP Songwriter/Artist of the Year Award
2010Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
2012American Music Award for Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist