Editing Amy Grant (section)

=== Return to Gospel Roots ===

Grant returned to Christian pop with the 2002 release of an album of [[hymns]] titled ''[[Legacy... Hymns and Faith]]''. The album featured a Vince Gill-influenced mix of [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] and pop and marked Grant's 25th anniversary in the music industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/legacyhymns-faith-mw0000219271|title=Legacy...Hymns & Faith|author=Robert L. Doerschuk|website=AllMusic|access-date=June 2, 2022|archive-date=December 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202110635/http://allmusic.com/album/legacyhymns-faith-mw0000219271|url-status=live}}</ref> Grant followed this up with ''[[Simple Things (Amy Grant album)|Simple Things]]'' in 2003. The album did not have the success of her previous pop or gospel efforts. Soon after ''Simple Things'', Grant and [[Interscope]]/A&M parted ways. The same year, Grant was inducted into the [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] by the [[Gospel Music Association]], an industry trade organization of which she is a longstanding member, in her first year of eligibility. Grant released a sequel in 2005 titled ''[[Rock of Ages...Hymns and Faith]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-of-ageshymns-faith-mw0000209405|title=Rock of Ages...Hymns & Faith|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|website=AllMusic|access-date=November 3, 2014|archive-date=December 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202102748/http://allmusic.com/album/rock-of-ageshymns-faith-mw0000209405|url-status=live}}</ref>

Grant joined the reality television phenomenon by hosting ''[[Three Wishes (American TV series)|Three Wishes]]'', a show in which she and a team of helpers make wishes come true for small-town residents.<ref name="tw">{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/three_wishes/series_about.jhtml|title=Three Wishes|access-date=August 29, 2008|website=[[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]]|year=2008|archive-date=March 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327015526/http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/three_wishes/series_about.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> The show debuted on NBC in the fall of 2005; however it was canceled at the end of its first season due to high production costs. After ''Three Wishes'' was canceled, Grant won her 6th Grammy Award for ''Rock of Ages... Hymns & Faith''. In a February 2006 webchat, Grant said she believes her "best music is still ahead".
[[File:Amy Grant October 2008.jpg|thumb|right|Grant performing in October 2008]]
In April 2006, a live CD/DVD titled ''[[Time Again... Amy Grant Live]]'' was recorded in [[Fort Worth, Texas]], at [[Bass Performance Hall]]. (Grant's first paid public performance was at the Will Rogers Auditorium in Fort Worth.) The concert was released on September 26, 2006. In addition to receiving a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], media appearances included write-ups in ''CCM Magazine'', and a performance on ''[[The View (talk show)|The View]]''.

In a February 2007 web chat on her web site, Grant discussed a book she was working on titled ''Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far'', saying, "It's not an autobiography, but more a collection of memories, song lyrics, poetry and a few pictures." The book was released on October 16, 2007. In November, it debuted at No. 35 on the [[New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref name="book1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/books/bestseller/1104besthardnonfiction.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin|title=Hardcover Nonfiction|access-date=December 6, 2007|work=The New York Times| date=November 4, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150209120156/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/books/bestseller/1104besthardnonfiction.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin| archive-date=February 9, 2015| url-status=live}}</ref> In the same web chat, Grant noted that she is "anxious to get back in the studio after the book is finished, and reinvent myself as an almost-50 performing woman".

2007 was Grant's 30th year in music. She left Word/Warner, and contracted with EMI CMG who re-released her regular studio albums as remastered versions on August 14, 2007. Marking the start of Grant's new contract is a career-spanning [[Greatest Hits (Amy Grant album)|greatest hits]] album, with all the songs digitally remastered. The album was released as both a single-disc CD edition, and a two-disc CD/DVD Special Edition, the DVD featuring music videos and interviews.<ref name="EMI">{{cite web|url=http://www.emicmg.com/press/printPress.aspx?id=529387|title=EMI Music Signs Worldwide Catalog Partnership with Amy Grant|access-date=September 10, 2007|publisher=EMI Christian Music Group|year=2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071014202127/http://emicmg.com/press/printPress.aspx?id=529387| archive-date= October 14, 2007 | url-status=live}}</ref> Grant appeared with Gill on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' for a holiday special in December 2007.<ref name="oprah">{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/tows/slide/200711/20071130/slide_20071130_350_101.jhtml|title=The Holidays, Country Style|access-date=December 6, 2007 |website=Oprah|year=2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071203094302/http://www2.oprah.com/tows/slide/200711/20071130/slide_20071130_350_101.jhtml| archive-date= December 3, 2007 | url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2008, Grant joined the writing team from [[Compassionart]] as a guest vocalist at the Abbey Road studios, London, to record a song called "Highly Favoured", which was included on the album ''[[CompassionArt (album)|CompassionArt]]''. On June 24, 2008, Grant re-released her 1988 album, ''Lead Me On'', in honor of its 20th anniversary. The two-disc release includes the original album and a second disc with new acoustic recordings, live performances from 1989, and interviews with Amy. Grant recreated the ''Lead Me On'' tour in the fall of 2008. On June 27, 2008, at [[Creation Festival|Creation Festival Northeast]] she performed "Lead Me On" and a few other songs backed by [[Hawk Nelson]]. At the end of the concert, Grant returned to the stage and sang "Thy Word". She appeared on the 2008 album ''[[Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends]]'' singing "Could I Have This Dance".

[[File:AmyGrantHWOFSept2012.jpg|thumb|Grant in 2013]]

On May 5, 2009, Grant released an EP containing two new songs, "[[She Colors My Day]]", and "Unafraid", as well as the previously released songs "[[Baby Baby (Amy Grant song)|Baby Baby]]" and "[[Oh How the Years Go By]]". The EP, exclusively through iTunes, benefited the Entertainment Industry Foundation's (EIF) Women's Cancer Research Fund.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Price|first1=Deborah Evans|title=A Spirited Philosophy|magazine=Billboard|date=May 23, 2009|volume=121|issue=20|page=35|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3Yx8-Sz2uAC&q=amy+grant+mother%27s+day+release&pg=PT34|access-date=October 29, 2020|archive-date=November 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118200808/https://books.google.com/books?id=E3Yx8-Sz2uAC&q=amy+grant+mother%27s+day+release&pg=PT34|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, Grant released ''[[Somewhere Down the Road (Amy Grant album)|Somewhere Down the Road]]'', featuring the hit single "[[Better Than a Hallelujah]]", which peaked at No. 8 on ''Billboard'' Top Christian Songs chart. When asked about the new album during an interview with CBN.com, Grant says, "... my hope is just for those songs to provide companionship, remind myself and whoever else is listening what's important. I feel like songs have the ability to connect us to ourselves and to each other, and to our faith, to the love of Jesus, in a way that conversation doesn't do. Songs kind of slip in and move you before you realize it."<ref>[http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/interviews/amy-grant-somewhere-down-the-road-goodwyn.aspx Amy Grant: "Somewhere Down the Road"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809161218/http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/interviews/amy-grant-somewhere-down-the-road-goodwyn.aspx |date=August 9, 2010 }}. CBN.</ref> In September 2012, Grant took part in a campaign called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support ''[[Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide]]'', a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.halftheskymovement.org/blog/entry/30-songs-30-days-for-half-the-sky1 |title=30 Songs / 30 Days for Half the Sky |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=September 2, 2012 |publisher=Half the Sky Movement |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014103757/http://www.halftheskymovement.org/blog/entry/30-songs-30-days-for-half-the-sky1 |archive-date=October 14, 2012 }}</ref>

Grant's next album, ''[[How Mercy Looks from Here]]'', was released on May 14, 2013, and was produced by [[Marshall Altman]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130409034256/http://www.emicmgdistribution.com/products/detail.aspx?iid=1985134 "How Mercy Looks from Here "]. [[EMI]]. Retrieved March 8, 2013.</ref> The album reached No.&nbsp;12 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/how-mercy-looks-from-here-mw0002502267/awards |title=How Mercy Looks from Here |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 11, 2016 |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314155015/http://www.allmusic.com/album/how-mercy-looks-from-here-mw0002502267/awards |url-status=live }}</ref> making it her highest-charting album since 1997's ''[[Behind the Eyes (Amy Grant album)|Behind the Eyes]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/278956/amy-grant/chart?f=305|title=Amy Grant|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=April 14, 2016|archive-date=March 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319154847/http://www.billboard.com/artist/278956/amy-grant/chart?f=305|url-status=dead}}</ref> Two singles were released from the album: "Don't Try So Hard" and "If I Could See", both of which charted on the US ''[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Christian Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/278956/amy-grant/chart?f=355|title=Amy Grant|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=April 14, 2016|archive-date=May 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513023901/http://www.billboard.com/artist/278956/amy-grant/chart?f=355|url-status=dead}}</ref> On August 19, 2014, she released an album of hits remixed by well known engineers and DJs. The album was titled ''[[In Motion: The Remixes]]''. It charted at 110 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/278956/amy-grant/chart?f=305|title=Amy Grant|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=February 12, 2016|archive-date=March 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319154847/http://www.billboard.com/artist/278956/amy-grant/chart?f=305|url-status=dead}}</ref> and at No. 5 on the [[Dance/Electronic Albums|US Dance]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/278956/amy-grant/chart?f=322|title=Amy Grant|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=February 12, 2016|archive-date=March 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319154901/http://www.billboard.com/artist/278956/amy-grant/chart?f=322|url-status=dead}}</ref> To promote the album, several new remix EPs were released on iTunes the following month including "[[Find a Way (Amy Grant song)|Find a Way]], "[[Stay for Awhile]]", "[[Baby Baby (Amy Grant song)|Baby Baby]], "[[Every Heartbeat]]" and "[[That's What Love Is For]]". Due to club play of the remixes of "Baby Baby" and "Every Heartbeat", they charted at No. 3 and 13, respectively on the U.S. [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Dance Chart]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/278956/amy-grant/chart?f=359|title=Amy Grant|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=February 12, 2016|archive-date=March 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319154916/http://www.billboard.com/artist/278956/amy-grant/chart?f=359|url-status=dead}}</ref> This marked her first appearance on that chart in 23 years.  On September 30, 2014, Grant released a new single titled "Welcome Yourself". In honor of [[National Breast Cancer Awareness Month|Breast Cancer Awareness Month]], proceeds of the single go to breast cancer research.

On February 12, 2015, she announced a new compilation album titled ''[[Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith]]'', to be released. The album was released on April 14, 2015, and charted at No. 7 in the U.S. on the ''[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]'' [[Christian Albums]] chart. .<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hallels.com/articles/12497/20150213/amy-grant-returns-with-third-hymns-album-announces-ryman-residency.htm |title=Amy Grant Returns with Third Hymns Album & Announces Ryman Residency |date=February 13, 2015 |access-date=February 26, 2015 |publisher=Hallels |last=Yap |first=Timothy |quote=Amy Grant will release her third collection. 'Be Still And Know... Hymns & Faith' will be released on April 14. |archive-date=February 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213201015/http://www.hallels.com/articles/12497/20150213/amy-grant-returns-with-third-hymns-album-announces-ryman-residency.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Grant released a Christmas album on October 21, 2016, ''[[Tennessee Christmas (album)|Tennessee Christmas]]'', which is a combination of classic Christmas songs and original material. It charted in the U.S. at No. 31 on the ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-grant/chart-history/tlp/|title=Amy Grant Tennessee Christmas Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=November 29, 2017|archive-date=February 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207024601/https://www.billboard.com/music/amy-grant/chart-history/billboard-200/song/998883|url-status=live}}</ref> and at No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Top Holiday Albums chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-grant/chart-history/xml/|title=Amy Grant Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=November 29, 2017|archive-date=July 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708213405/https://www.billboard.com/music/Amy-Grant/chart-history/holiday-albums|url-status=live}}</ref> The single from the album, "To Be Together", reached No. 32 on the Hot Christian Songs chart<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-grant/chart-history/ico/|title=Amy Grant Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=November 29, 2017|archive-date=July 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708203151/https://www.billboard.com/music/Amy-Grant/chart-history/christian-songs|url-status=live}}</ref> and No. 19 on the Holiday Digital Song Sales chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-grant/chart-history/xdt/|title=Amy Grant Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=November 29, 2017|archive-date=February 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207024635/https://www.billboard.com/music/amy-grant/chart-history/holiday-season-digital-song-sales|url-status=live}}</ref> She supported the album with a series of Christmas concerts with [[Vince Gill]] at the [[Ryman Auditorium]]. She also toured the U.S. and Canada with Christmas concerts accompanied by [[Michael W. Smith]] and season 9 winner of ''[[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]'', [[Jordan Smith (musician)|Jordan Smith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amygrant.com/press-release-130000-celebrate-christmas-amy-grant-michael-w-smith-jordan-smith/|title=Press Release: Over 130,000 Celebrate Christmas with Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, and Jordan Smith |website=Amy Grant|date=December 21, 2016|access-date=November 29, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035635/http://amygrant.com/press-release-130000-celebrate-christmas-amy-grant-michael-w-smith-jordan-smith/|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2017, she released a new song, "Say It With a Kiss", with accompanying video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/new-music/3154-amy-grant-drops-new-song-say-it-with-a-kiss|title=Amy Grant Drops New Song 'Say It with a Kiss'|first=Herb|last=Longs|website=thechristianbeat.org|date=February 17, 2017|access-date=November 29, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035636/http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/new-music/3154-amy-grant-drops-new-song-say-it-with-a-kiss|url-status=live}}</ref> During November and December 2017, Grant performed another series of Christmas concerts with Vince Gill at the Ryman and embarked on another U.S. and Canada Christmas tour with Michael W. Smith and Jordan Smith.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ryman.com/christmasattheryman/|title=Amy Grant & Vince Gill|date=October 22, 2016|access-date=November 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035856/https://ryman.com/christmasattheryman/|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gospelmusic.org/amy-grant-michael-w-smith-announce-2017-christmas-tour-featuring-jordan-smith-winner-of-the-voice-full-symphony-orchestra/|title=Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith Announce 2017 Christmas Tour Featuring Jordan Smith, Winner Of 'The Voice,' Full Symphony Orchestra|date=August 8, 2017|access-date=November 29, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031433/http://www.gospelmusic.org/amy-grant-michael-w-smith-announce-2017-christmas-tour-featuring-jordan-smith-winner-of-the-voice-full-symphony-orchestra/|url-status=live}}</ref> Grant has been a guest narrator for [[Disney's Candlelight Processional]] at [[Walt Disney World]] in 2012, 2013, and 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/travel/florida/celebrity-lineup-for-epcot-christmas-includes-neil-patrick-harris-meredith/2252638/ |newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |date=November 4, 2015 |first=Sharon Kennedy |last=Wynne |title=Celebrity Lineup for Epcot Christmas |access-date=August 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Candlelight Processional Overview |url=https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/candlelight-processional.htm |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.wdwmagic.com}}</ref>