Editing Amy Grant (section)

=== Widening audience ===

Shortly after Grant established herself as the "Queen of Christian Pop" she changed directions to widen her fan base. Her goal was to become the first Christian singer-songwriter who was also successful as a contemporary pop singer.<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite magazine|url=http://amygrant.offramp.org/info/articles/ung/85jun6rollingstone.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120231852/http://amygrant.offramp.org/info/articles/ung/85jun6rollingstone.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 20, 2008|title=Amy Grant wants to put God on the charts|access-date=August 30, 2011|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=June 6, 1985|author=Michael Goldberg}}</ref> ''[[Unguarded (Amy Grant album)|Unguarded]]'' (1985) surprised some fans for its very mainstream sound. "[[Find a Way (Amy Grant song)|Find a Way]]", from ''Unguarded'', became one of the few non-Christmas Christian songs to hit the [[The Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Top 40]] list, also reaching No. 7 on the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart. She also scored No.&nbsp;18 on ''Billboard'' AC in 1986 with "[[Stay for Awhile]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amy Grant Albums (Top Albums) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts |url=https://www.musicvf.com/Amy+Grant.alb |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=www.musicvf.com}}</ref> Grant scored her first ''Billboard'' No. 1 song in 1986 with "[[The Next Time I Fall]]", a duet with former [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] singer/bassist [[Peter Cetera]]. That year, she also recorded a duet with singer [[Randy Stonehill]] for his ''[[Love Beyond Reason]]'' album, titled "I Could Never Say Goodbye", and recorded ''The Animals' Christmas'' with [[Art Garfunkel]].

''[[Lead Me On (Amy Grant album)|Lead Me On]]'' (1988) contained many songs which were about Christianity and love relationships, but some interpreted it as not being enough of a "Christian" record. Years later ''Lead Me On'' would be chosen as the greatest Contemporary Christian album of all time by ''[[CCM Magazine]]''. The mainstream song "Saved by Love" was a minor hit, receiving airplay on radio stations featuring the newly emerging Adult Contemporary format. The album's title song received some pop radio airplay and [[Crossover (music)|crossed over]] to No. 96 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and "1974 (We Were Young)" and "Saved By Love" also charted as Adult Contemporary songs. In 1989, she appeared in a [[Target Corporation|Target]] ad campaign, performing songs from the album.<ref name="target">{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n19_v28/ai_8089589 |title=Rabbit stars in Target holiday promo |access-date=August 29, 2008 |publisher=Gale Group |year=1989 |author=Gale Group |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912051613/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_n19_v28/ai_8089589/ |archive-date=September 12, 2009 }}</ref>