Amy Grant's First Ever Career-Spanning Hits Collection to be Released on October 2 by Sparrow/EMI America Records

Amy Grant's First Ever Career-Spanning Hits Collection to be Released on October 2 by Sparrow/EMI America Records

'Greatest Hits' Features 19 Tracks, Including Nine #1 and Nine Top 5 Hits; Special Edition DVD Adds More Than an Hour of Exclusive Content

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- During her award-winning 30-year music career, Amy Grant has sold more than 30 million albums around the world. EMI CMG Label Group and EMI Music Marketing have partnered with Amy Grant Productions for an in-depth global catalog campaign, including remastered catalog titles and digital sales initiatives. On October 2 (October 1 outside of North America), Amy Grant's first-ever career and label-spanning hits collection, Greatest Hits, will be released around the world in CD and Special Edition CD/DVD packages and digitally. In the U.S., the new title will be released by Sparrow/EMI America Records.

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Amy Grant: Greatest Hits features 19 tracks culled from all of Grant's studio albums, including nine #1 and nine Top 5 Pop and Contemporary Christian chart hits. The Special Edition's DVD adds more than an hour of exclusive content, including a new 40-minute interview with Grant about her career, a rare acoustic performance (audio), five music videos, a photo gallery, a bonus ringtune and a complementary three-month trial membership to the official FOA (Friends Of Amy) Fan Club.

In addition to the release of Greatest Hits, Amy Grant's three holiday titles, Christmas Album, Home For Christmas, and A Christmas To Remember, will be reissued on CD and will be premiered digitally across all major DSPs on October 2. In addition, several of Grant's music videos will be made available for digital download for the first time that day.

EMI's global Amy Grant catalog campaign began on August 14 with Sparrow/EMI America Records' physical release of 14 remastered albums on CD, including Amy Grant, My Father's Eyes, Never Alone, In Concert, Vol. 1, In Concert, Vol. 2, Age To Age, Straight Ahead, Unguarded, The Collection, Lead Me On, Heart in Motion, House Of Love, Behind The Eyes and Simple Things.

The August 14 debut of Grant's extensive catalog at iTunes and other major digital sales providers (DSPs) included 16 remastered titles, free of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions and available at bit rates up to CD quality. iTunes launched multiple features related to the catalog's digital debut, including a new dedicated Amy Grant artist page with "Amy's Celebrity Playlist" and "What's On Amy's iPod," a 10-part weekly Podcast series featuring an exclusive new interview, and "The Storyteller Collection," a new digital box set of 10 albums for $79.92. Exclusive to iTunes, the set includes 112 songs with a 14-page digital booklet. Several Amy Grant ringtunes and ringbacks are also now available for purchase.

On October 16, Amy Grant will publish her first book, Mosaic (Flying Dolphin Press/Doubleday), a collection of her favorite memories from her life and her career. Through early 2008, Grant is touring across North America with her husband Vince Gill and the Del McCoury Band. Several Mosaic book tour stops are scheduled in October and November at major book retailers across the U.S., and Grant's upcoming TV appearances include ABC's "The View" on October 16.

Amy Grant has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, and she has achieved unparalleled success as a crossover Contemporary Christian artist. In the U.S. alone, Grant's achievements include nine platinum and platinum-plus albums and nine gold albums, six Grammy Awards and 21 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. She is well-known as the pioneering Christian singer whose success on mainstream radio opened doors for other Christian artists. Grant's impact was recently celebrated with a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame, making her the only artist with roots in Contemporary Christian music other than Andrae Crouch to receive such an honor. For more information, visit Amy Grant's official Website: http://www.amygrant.com/

AMY GRANT: GREATEST HITS (CD)
TRACK TITLE PEAK CHART POSITIONS
1. Simple Things Top 10-CCM (#23 AC)
2. Takes A Little Time Top 5 (#4 AC)
3. Lucky One Top 5 (#2 AC, #18 Hot 100, #16 Top 40)
4. House of Love Top 5 (#5 AC, #37 Hot 100)
5. Baby Baby #1 AC, #1 Hot 100, #23 Dance
6. Every Heartbeat Top 5 (#2 AC, #2 Hot 100)
7. That's What Love Is For #1 AC, #7 Hot 100
8. Good For Me Top 5 (#4 AC, #8 Hot 100)
9. I Will Remember You Top 5 (#2 AC, #20 Hot 100)
10. Lead Me On #1-CCM (#96 Hot 100)
11. Saved By Love #1-CCM
12. Stay For Awhile #1-CCM (#18 AC)
13. Find A Way #1-CCM (#7 AC, #29 Hot 100)
14. Thy Word Top 5-CCM
15. Angels #1-CCM
16. El Shaddai #1-CCM
17. In A Little While Top 5-CCM
18. Father's Eyes #1-CCM
19. Old Man's Rubble Top 5-CCM

AMY GRANT: GREATEST HITS (Deluxe Edition CD/DVD)
(DVD contents -- not final sequence)
- "Looking Back - The Interview": New 40-minute interview with Amy Grant.
- Music Videos: Lead Me On, Baby Baby, Every Heartbeat, House Of Love,
Takes A Little Time
- Acoustic Track (audio): rare acoustic performance of "Takes A Little
Time"
- Photo Gallery: 24 pictures spanning Grant's entire career
- Bonus Ringtune: "Takes A Little Time" (link on DVD)
- Complimentary Fan Club Trial Membership: 3-month trial membership to
FOA (Friends Of Amy) Club (link on DVD to an exclusive Club area of
Grant's official Website)

Confirmed Amy Grant Concert Dates & Mosaic Book Tour Dates
(* = Mosaic Book Tour Date)
Date City Venue
Aug 29 St. Paul, MN Minnesota State Fair (Grandstand)
Aug 31 Park City, UT Deer Valley Resort
Sept 1 Casper, WY Casper Events Center
Sept 2 Copper Mountain, CO The Village of Copper Mountain
Sept 5 Jacksonville, OR Britt Pavilion
Sept 6 Livermore, CA The Concerts at Wente Vineyards
Sept 7 Murphys, CA Ironstone Ampitheatre
Sept 8 Los Angeles, CA The Greek Theatre
Sept 9 Indio, CA Fantasy Springs Casino - Event Center
Sept 10 Prescott Valley, AZ Tims Toyota Center
Sept 11 Rio Rancho, NM Santa Ana Star Center
*Oct 1 Lavergne, TN Ingram
Oct 4 Orillia, ON Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
Oct 6 Lake Delton, WI Crystal Grand Music Theatre
Oct 13 Glen Falls, NY Glen Falls Civic Center
Oct 14 Newport, VA Ferguson Center for the Performing
Arts
*Oct 16 New York, NY Barnes & Noble (Lincoln Center)
*Oct 17 Madison, CT R.J. Julia Booksellers
*Oct 18 Milwaukee, WI H.W. Schwartz Booksellers
*Oct 19 Nashville, TN Davis-Kidd Booksellers
*Oct 20 Murfreesboro, TN Hastings
*Oct 21 Birmingham, AL Books-A-Million
*Oct 22 Atlanta, GA Borders (Buckhead)
*Oct 24 Los Angeles, CA TBA
*Oct 25 Lexington, KY TBA
Oct 26 Danville, KY Norton Center For The Arts
Oct 27 Paducah, KY Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center
Oct 28 Athens, TN Tennessee Wesleyan College
*Oct 30 Ft. Worth, TX Bass Hall
Nov 9 Spartanburg, SC Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
Nov 10 Winston-Salem, NC R.J. Reynolds Auditorium
Nov 11 York, PA The Strand-Capital Performing Arts
Center
2008
Mar 21 Dallas, TX Meyerson Symphony
Mar 22 Dallas, TX Meyerson Symphony
May 8 Tiffin, OH The Ritz Theatre
May 9 Springfield, OH Clark State PAC
May 10 Louisville, KY Palace Theater (symphony)
May 11 Newark, OH Midland Theatre

About EMI Christian Music Group:

Established in 1994, EMI CMG is the world's largest Christian music organization and includes EMI CMG Distribution and EMI CMG Publishing in addition to EMI CMG Label Group and EMI Gospel. It is part of EMI Music North America which is a part of EMI Group. For further information, please visit http://www.emicmg.com/.

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