- Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus (born August 25, 1961 in Flatwoods, Kentucky) is an American country singer, and actor, who is best known for his hit single "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992). He is also a multi-platinum selling recording artist, with one number one country single and eight top-ten singles. From 2001 to 2004, he starred in the television series "Doc", a show about a doctor from the ranch adjusting to the large city. - Charlie Daniels
Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels (born October 28, 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American musician famous for his contributions to country and southern rock music. Daniels is a singer, guitarist, and fiddler, who began writing and performing in the 1950s. In 1964, Daniels co-wrote "It Hurts Me", a song which Elvis Presley recorded. He worked as a Nashville session musician, often for producer Bob Johnston, … - Amy Grant
Amy Lee Grant (born November 25 1960) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her Contemporary Christian music and pop music, as well as an author and occasional actress. Grant made her debut in 1977 as a teenager, and scored her first number-one Christian radio hit two years later. In 1982, she released her breakthrough album, "Age to Age", which became the first Contemporary Christian music album to be certified platinum. - Tammy Faye
Tamara "Tammy" Faye LaValley Bakker Messner (born March 7, 1942) is an American Christian singer, evangelist, entrepreneur, author, talk show hostess, actress and a prominent television personality. She is the former wife of televangelist, and later convicted felon, Jim Bakker, and she co-hosted with him on "The PTL Club", from 1976 to 1987. She is known for her tendency to wear heavy makeup, … - Kristin Chenoweth
Kristin Chenoweth (born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth on July 24, 1968) is an American singer and Tony Award-winning American musical theatre, film, and television actress. Chenoweth is a person of small stature (four feet, eleven inches tall and 95 pounds) and has a distinctive speaking voice; in "FHM's" March 2006 issue, she compared her voice to that of Betty Boop. Chenoweth is a coloratura soprano. - Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens (born July 1, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Petoskey, Michigan. He is known for his lyrically focused and instrumentally rich songs that often relate to faith and family. Stevens has enjoyed wide critical success in the United States. He is considered part of the folk revival in indie pop, but his influences are very broad. His music has been likened to electronica and the minimalism of Steve Reich. - Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford (born Kathryn Lee Epstein on August 16, 1953) is an American playwright, singer, songwriter, and actress, famous for her stint on the television talk show "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee", which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin for 15 years. So far she has received 11 Emmy nominations. - Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an English singer, actor and businessman. With his backing band The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during the The Beatles' first year in the charts. A conversion to Christianity and subsequent softening of his music led to his having more of a pop than rock image. - Larnelle Harris
Larnelle Harris is a Gospel singer, songwiter and recording artist. During his 30-plus years of ministry, Harris has recorded 18 albums, won five Grammy Awards and 18 Dove Awards, and has had several recordings rise to #1 on Inspirational Music charts. A native of Danville, Kentucky, Harris started playing the piano by age 9. His first formal vocal training came when he attended college at Western Kentucky University, from which he graduated in 1969. - Rebecca St. James
Rebecca St. James (born Rebecca Jean Smallbone on July 26, 1977), is a Grammy Award winning Christian pop rock singer, songwriter, and published author. She was born in Sydney, Australia, to David and Helen Smallbone. She is the oldest of seven children and currently lives in Franklin, Tennessee. - Dave Douglas
Dave Douglas is the drummer for the Christian rock band Relient K. Douglas joined the band after their former drummer, Stephen Cushman, departed in late 2000. Douglas has been playing the drums and doing background vocals for the band for just over six years. His style often focuses on heavy snare hits on the beat and complex kick patterns. He sings a few solos for the band, and he has also started a side solo music project called Agnes (see below for more). - Bill Gaither
William J. Gaither (born March 28 1936) is an American singer and songwriter of southern gospel and Contemporary Christian music. He has written numerous popular Christian songs with his wife, Gloria. Besides performing solo and with his wife, Gaither has appeared as part of the Bill Gaither Trio, the Gaither Vocal Band, and as a part of his "Homecoming" groups. - Jon Peter Lewis
Jon Peter Lewis (born November 7, 1979 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American singer and songwriter, and was one of the finalists on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series "American Idol". He would frequently be referred to by the judges and Ryan Seacrest as simply JPL. - Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Yvette Adams (born August 27, 1961 in Houston, Texas) is a Grammy Award-winnning American singer. She is one of the most popular gospel music artists of the contemporary period. Along with Kirk Franklin, Adams is among the artists who have achieved the greatest critical and commercial success in blending R&B styles and gospel music, an achievement which, while it initially caused criticism among the conservative Christian church, … - Steven Curtis Chapman
Steven Curtis Chapman (born November 21, 1962 in Paducah, Kentucky, USA) is a contemporary Christian musician who has won five Grammy awards and more Gospel Music Association awards than any other artist in history. - Stephen Cushman
Stephen Cushman is the former drummer for the Christian rock band Relient K. He left the band in 2000. He drummed for the band's first full-length album, a self-titled debut. After he left, Dave Douglas joined Relient K as the new drummer. Cushman's style of drumming was much different than that of the current drummer, Dave Douglas. Cushman favored the use of cymbals, where as Douglas tends to use all manner of drumming in most of his songs. - Gianna Jessen
Gianna Jessen (born April 6, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is a Christian recording artist and pro-life activist. When Gianna's biological mother was seven and a half months pregnant, she sought a instillation abortion -- a now-rare procedure normally not performed after six months of pregnancy. Consequently, Gianna Jessen was born alive and premature, with severe damage that resulted in physical atrophy and cerebral palsy. - Guy Sebastian
Guy Theodore Sebastian (born October 26, 1981) is an Australian singer-songwriter and winner of the first "Australian Idol" TV talent competition quest in 2003. Since winning the competition, he has released three top five albums and seven top twenty singles and has sold over a million albums and singles in Australia alone. He has also had substantial success overseas with number one hits in New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore. - Keith Green
Keith Gordon Green (October 21, 1953 - July 28, 1982) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, musician, and Contemporary Christian Music artist originally from Sheepshead Bay, New York. Green is best known for his strong devotion to Christianity and his unwavering efforts to stir others to the same. Notable songs written by Green and/or his wife, Melody Green, include "Your Love Broke Through", "You Put This Love In My Heart," and "Asleep In The Light", … - Ron Kenoly
Ron Kenoly (born December 6, 1944 in Coffeyville, Kansas) is a Christian worship leader whose express mission is "to create an environment for the manifest presence of God". His musical style is one of jubilant praise and individual excellence on musical instruments. Although Ron himself does not play on any of his recordings, he leads comfortably with his voice and is always backed up by a team of world class musicians and a large choir. - Mindy Smith
Mindy Smith (born June 1, 1972 in Long Island, New York) is an American singer-songwriter. Her music has a broad appeal and can be classified as all of the following: folk, country, americana, bluegrass, pop, rock, and even alternative. Her voice and music has been compared to that of Patty Griffin and Alison Krauss. - Aaron Gillespie
Aaron Roderick Gillespie (born July 18, 1983) is the drummer/vocalist for the Post-Hardcore band Underoath (Tooth and Nail Records) and guitarist/vocalist for his project The Almost (Virgin Records/Tooth And Nail Records). - Todd Agnew
Todd Agnew (Born March 15 1971) is a Christian musician and songwriter who has recently appeared in the Contemporary Christian market. His songs primarily consist of a Rock/Indie blend that separates him from most mainstream Contemporary Christian singers. His best-known song to date is a version of "Amazing Grace" called "Grace Like Rain" that was featured on his first album. - Geoff Bullock
Geoff Bullock is an Australian Charismatic/Pentecostal singer-songwriter who mainly writes praise songs. He worked as a television cameraman on Play School before taking up music ministry full time. He began his journey of faith in 1977, when he was in his early twenties. He was the Worship Pastor for the Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia until he left the church in 1995 due to a self-described emotional crisis. - Derek Webb
Derek Walsh Webb is an American singer-songwriter who first gained notoriety as a member of the band Caedmon's Call, and later embarked on a successful solo career. As a member of the Houston, Texas-based Caedmon’s Call, Webb has seen career sales approaching 1 million records, along with 10 GMA Dove Award nominations and three Dove Award wins and six #1 Christian radio hits. In 2003, Webb left Caedmon's Call to pursue a solo career. - James Smith
James Smith is the guitarist for the post-hardcore band Underoath from Tampa, Florida. He began playing guitar in 7th grade and currently plays a Fender Telecaster and a Gibson Les Paul. Smith is the only member of Underoath who's attended college. He enrolled in pre-med studies at the University of South Florida before later focusing on criminology, which helped his then-job as an office assistant for the FBI. - Adam Dutkiewicz
Adam Dutkiewicz (born April 4, 1977) is best known as one of the guitarists (along with Joel Stroetzel) and backup vocalist from Massachusetts metalcore band Killswitch Engage. Dutkiewicz attended the Berklee School of Music in Boston, where he studied production, engineering, and bass guitar. While at college, he began playing in the band Aftershock with friend Joel Stroetzel. - David Howell Evans
David Howell Evans, more widely known by his moniker The Edge, is the British-born guitarist, keyboardist, primary songwriter, and backing vocalist for the Irish rock band U2. His distinctive electric guitar timbre and percussive style of playing, along with his innovative use of digital sound processing — delay in particular — have helped define U2's unique sound. Despite being born in England in the book U2 By U2, … - Kevin Max
Kevin Max (born August 17, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known for being a member of the Christian pop group dc Talk. - Brian Littrell
Brian Thomas Littrell (born February 20, 1975) is an American musician and member of the Backstreet Boys. - Rich Mullins
Richard Wayne Mullins (October 21, 1955 - September 19, 1997) was an American Christian music singer and songwriter born in Richmond, Indiana. He died in an automobile accident in September of 1997. Mullins is best known for his praise choruses "Awesome God" and "Step by Step", which have been embraced as modern classics by many Christians. Some of his albums are also considered among Christian music's best, including "Winds of Heaven, Stuff of Earth" (1988), … - Chris Tomlin
Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4 1972) is a Christian worship leader and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many Passion events. Some of his most well known songs are "How Great Is Our God", "Famous One", and "Holy Is The Lord". - Mark Lee
Mark David Lee (b. May 29, 1973) is a guitarist for the Christian rock band Third Day. When Mark was about 6 he started playing the violin, but he later realized that girls weren't too impressed with the violin. So, he switched to guitar. In 12th grade he met and became good friends with Mac Powell. They later started a small band with some other friends at school. Soon after Mark and Mac decided to start another band, Third Day, … - Joel Houston
Joel Timothy Houston (born September, 1979) is a song writer and worship leader at the Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. He is employed as the producer of Hillsong's youth band, Hillsong United. He is the oldest son of Hillsong Church's pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston and grandson of Frank Houston. He has two siblings, a brother Benjamin and a sister, Laura.. - Jennifer Knapp
Jennifer Knapp (born April 12, 1974 in Chanute, Kansas) is a Grammy nominated Christian folk rock musician who has been self-described as "just a girl with a guitar." She is most well known for her single "A Little More" from the album "Lay It Down". - Kj-52
KJ-52 or Fivetweezy (born Jonah Sorrentino, June 26, 1975) is a Christian rapper, best known for two songs addressed to another rapper, Eminem. "KJ" is an abbreviation that stands for King Jonah (a previous mantle). "52" (pronounced "five-two") represents the miracle of the five loaves and two fish as also told in the Bible. KJ-52 desires to give his gifts and talents in much the same way the boy gave his food to Jesus in the story. - Kathryn Scott
Kathryn Scott, born in 1974 in Northern Ireland, is a Christian songwriter and worship leader, who has written songs such as 'Hungry' and 'At the foot of the cross' for the worshipping church. She released her first album, Satisfy, in 2003, and is currently working on a second project, which has been recorded, and due for release late this year. Brought up in Northern Ireland in a Christian environment, … - Martha Munizzi
Martha Munizzi (mew-NIZ-ee) is an internationally acclaimed Gospel singer, songwriter, and musician. Along with figures like Ron Kenoly, Clint Brown and Israel Houghton, Munizzi is pioneering cross-cultural worship music that connects with both black and white Christian congregations. - Paris Bennett
Paris Ana'is Bennett (born August 21, 1988 is an American singer. She came to national recognition as a contestant on the fifth season of the reality television talent show, "American Idol", and was eliminated from the competition on May 3, 2006, finishing in fifth place. On May 8, 2007, Paris Bennett released her debut album "Princess P" on 306 Entertainment/TVT Records - Jaci Velasquez
Jacquelyn Davette Velasquez (born October 15, 1979) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-nominated, Dove Award-winning American Contemporary Christian and pop singer.
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