Bethany Dillon (born
Bethany Adelsberger on September 22, 1988 in
Bellefontaine, OhioBellefontaine is a city in and the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,069 at the 2000 census. It is the center of the Bellefontaine Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003...
) is a
Contemporary Christian musicContemporary Christian music is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
artist. She is now married to contemporary Christian recording artist
Shane BarnardShane Barnard born January 14, 1976 is a Christian praise and worship singer-songwriter. He is known mostly for his work with Shane Everett as Shane & Shane. Barnard was born in Placerville, California and attended Texas A&M University, where he led worship at the popular Christian student...
of
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.
Bethany started playing guitar at age 10. Dillon’s musical career began at age 13, recording an independent album (Vulnerable) that ended up in the hands of
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executive Brad O’Donnell. Audiences connected with her first record almost immediately, and the results included several hit singles, multiple Dove nods, critical acclaim, and an exponentially increasing grassroots fan base that propelled her career forward in great leaps.
Her self-titled debut album, released in 2004, was the highest selling female solo debut album for the year and attracted
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nominations for both Female Vocalist and New Artist of the Year.
Bethany Dillon (born
Bethany Adelsberger on September 22, 1988 in
Bellefontaine, OhioBellefontaine is a city in and the county seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,069 at the 2000 census. It is the center of the Bellefontaine Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003...
) is a
Contemporary Christian musicContemporary Christian music is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
artist. She is now married to contemporary Christian recording artist
Shane BarnardShane Barnard born January 14, 1976 is a Christian praise and worship singer-songwriter. He is known mostly for his work with Shane Everett as Shane & Shane. Barnard was born in Placerville, California and attended Texas A&M University, where he led worship at the popular Christian student...
of
Shane & ShaneShane & Shane is a Texas based, Christian band known for acoustic praise and worship music. The band consists of Shane Barnard , Shane Everett , Todd Cromwell and Taylor Johnson...
.
Childhood
Bethany started playing guitar at age 10. Dillon’s musical career began at age 13, recording an independent album (Vulnerable) that ended up in the hands of
EMIThe EMI Group is a British music company. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major publishing arm- EMI Music Publishing- based in New York City...
executive Brad O’Donnell. Audiences connected with her first record almost immediately, and the results included several hit singles, multiple Dove nods, critical acclaim, and an exponentially increasing grassroots fan base that propelled her career forward in great leaps.
First album
Her self-titled debut album, released in 2004, was the highest selling female solo debut album for the year and attracted
GMAThe Gospel Music Association was founded in 1964 for the purpose of supporting and promoting the development of all forms of Gospel music. There are currently more than 4,200 members worldwide...
nominations for both Female Vocalist and New Artist of the Year. The radio single
All I Need reached the number one position on the U.S. charts .
Music career
Dillon released her second album titled
Imagination in August 2005 – the CD which prompted
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to label her as the ‘future’ of contemporary Christian music.
Ed Cash teamed up with Dillon yet again to produce an eleven track album, all of which were written or co-written by Dillon. The result was her 2007 album,
Waking UpWaking Up is the third studio album from Bethany Dillon. It was released on April 3, 2007.- Track listing :# "The Kingdom" – 4:03# "Come Find Me" – 4:31# "Waking Up" – 4:06# "Something There" – 3:24# "Let Your Light Shine" – 4:01# "Change" – 3:28...
released on April 3. “Waking Up is the most joyful record I’ve made,” Bethany explains, “even though it revolves around themes of brokenness and this feeling of being really, really small in the presence of God. When the Lord is growing something in me, it feels like a lot of things are dying—because they really are. And when the Lord is making things soft and vulnerable in me, it’s really painful. But even so, I think this is the freest sounding project I’ve created.”
Co-produced by GMA’s 2005 Producer of the Year Ed Cash, as well as Will Hunt and John Alagia (John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band), Waking Up embraces big questions of suffering, barrenness, vulnerability, romance, and faithfulness. Like the writers Bethany has modeled herself after, she proves herself willing to live and create in that place of ambivalent tension that inevitably comes from refusing to settle for easy, feel-good answers. And yet, like the psalmist, Bethany has a penchant for finding the redemption in the midst of the pain.
Dillon appears on the
Music inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia soundtrack, singing "Hero". One track from
ImaginationImagination is the second studio album released by Bethany Dillon. It was released on August 16, 2005.- Track listing :#"Dreamer" — 3:45#"Hallelujah" — 4:04#"All That I Can Do" — 3:37#"Airplane" — 4:20#"I Believe In You" — 4:08...
, entitled "Dreamer", is featured in the end credits for the film of the same name (
DreamerDreamer: Inspired by a True Story is a 2005 film starring Dakota Fanning and Kurt Russell, inspired by the true story of an injured Thoroughbred racehorse named Mariah's Storm. It marked the directing and screenwriting debut of John Gatins.-Plot:...
). A music video was created for this song, using clips from the film.
In Late 2007, Dillon opened on a tour with
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, along with
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. This was Chapman's Live In The Moment Tour.
On March 29, 2008, Dillon was wed in Xenia, Ohio, to
Shane BarnardShane Barnard born January 14, 1976 is a Christian praise and worship singer-songwriter. He is known mostly for his work with Shane Everett as Shane & Shane. Barnard was born in Placerville, California and attended Texas A&M University, where he led worship at the popular Christian student...
of
Shane & ShaneShane & Shane is a Texas based, Christian band known for acoustic praise and worship music. The band consists of Shane Barnard , Shane Everett , Todd Cromwell and Taylor Johnson...
.
Discography
- Bethany Dillon
Bethany Dillon is the self-titled debut album from Bethany Dillon. It was released on April 20, 2004.- Track listing :#"Revolutionaries" - 4:17#"Great Big Mystery" - 3:47#"Beautiful" - 4:01#"Move Forward" - 3:47#"For My Love" - 3:13...
(2004)
- Imagination
Imagination is the second studio album released by Bethany Dillon. It was released on August 16, 2005.- Track listing :#"Dreamer" — 3:45#"Hallelujah" — 4:04#"All That I Can Do" — 3:37#"Airplane" — 4:20#"I Believe In You" — 4:08...
(2005)
- Waking Up
Waking Up is the third studio album from Bethany Dillon. It was released on April 3, 2007.- Track listing :# "The Kingdom" – 4:03# "Come Find Me" – 4:31# "Waking Up" – 4:06# "Something There" – 3:24# "Let Your Light Shine" – 4:01# "Change" – 3:28...
(2007)
- So Far: The Acoustic Sessions
So Far: The Acoustic Sessions is a 2008 album by contemporary Christian music artist Bethany Dillon.- Track listing :#"Dreamer"#"When You Love Someone"#"We Can Work It Out"#"Top Of The World"#"Hallelujah"#"All I Need"#"The Kingdom"#"Hero"...
(2008)
- In Christ Alone: Modern Hymns of Worship (with Matt Hammitt) (2008)
- Stop & Listen (2009)
EPs
The Beautiful Sessions (released February 11, 2004)
Track listing:
- Beautiful
- Move Forward
- Beautiful (Acoustic)
- Great Big Mystery (Acoustic)
- For My Love (Acoustic)
- Revolutionaries (Acoustic)
|
Connect Sets (released December 13, 2005)
Track listing:
- All That I Can Do
- Hallelujah
- Beautiful
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Top Five Hits: Bethany Dillon (released December 5, 2006)
Track listing:
- All I Need
- Beautiful
- Hero
- Dreamer
- Hallelujah
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So Far: Acoustic Sessions EP (released October 2, 2007 (digitally)/April 1, 2008 (physically)
Track listing:
- Dreamer (Acoustic)
- When You Love Someone (Acoustic)
- We Can Work It Out (Acoustic)
- Top Of The World (Acoustic)
- Hallelujah (Acoustic)
- All I Need (Acoustic)
- The Kingdom (Acoustic)
- Hero
- Beautiful (Acoustic)
- Let Your Light Shine (Acoustic)
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Singles
- 2004 - All I Need
- 2004 - Beautiful
- 2004 - Lead Me On
- 2004 - O Come, O Come Emmanuel (digital only)
- 2005 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- 2005 - All That I Can Do
- 2005 - Hallelujah
- 2006 - Dreamer
- 2007 - The Kingdom
- 2007 - Let Your Light Shine
- 2009 - Everyone To Know
Contributions
- 2004 - Simply Great Music - "Great Big Mystery" (from Bethany Dillon)
- 2004 - WOW Hits 2005
WOW Hits 2005 is a two-disc compilation album of hit songs that were selected to represent the best in contemporary Christian music. It was released on October 5, 2004. The album includes thirty one songs plus three bonus tracks. It features songs by Steven Curtis Chapman, Newsboys, MercyMe,...
- "All I Need" (from Bethany Dillon)
- 2005 - Every Young Woman's Battle - "Exodus (Faithful)" (from Bethany Dillon)
- 2005 - Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a collection of songs by various Christian artists with the common theme of C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. The album was released in anticipation of the December 9, 2005 premiere of the film The Chronicles...
- "Hero"
- 2005 - WOW Hits 2006
WOW Hits 2006 is a two-disc compilation album of songs that have been touted to represent the best of Christian music of 2006. It was released on October 4, 2005. It includes thirty songs plus three bonus cuts. The album features songs by Jeremy Camp, Casting Crowns, MercyMe, Third Day, and many...
- "All That I Can Do" (from Imagination)
- 2005 - WOW Christmas: Green
WOW Christmas: Green is the second release in the WOW Christmas series. It is the follow-up to the platinum-selling WOW Christmas: Red album. The double-disc album features 15 new tracks that are exclusive to this release. The album peaked at #54 on the Billboard 200 chart in 2005, and at #2 on...
- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
- 2005 - Night of Joy 2005 - "Vagabond" (from Imagination)
- 2006 - Unexpected Gifts: 12 New Sounds Of Christmas
-Track listing:#Rebecca St. James - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – 4:21 #Kutless - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – 3:34 ...
- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
- 2006 - WOW Worship: Aqua - "Holy Is The Lord"
- 2006 - Sing Over Me: Worship Songs And Lullabies - "How Great Is Our God", "Sing Over Me" (with Nichole Nordeman
Nichole Ellyse Nordeman is a nine time Dove Award winning contemporary Christian American singer–songwriter.-Biography:...
), "Unwavering"
- 2007 - Music Inspired By the Motion Picture Amazing Grace
Music Inspired By the Motion Picture Amazing Grace is a soundtrack for the movie Amazing Grace starring Ioan Gruffudd. The album features new versions of old hymns recorded by some of Christian music's more prominent artists as well as one of the most popular country artists around today.- Track...
- "All Creatures Of Our God And King" (with Shawn McDonaldShawn McDonald is a Contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter and guitarist.-Childhood:As a child, he lived with his grandparents because his parents could not take care of him. Not really understanding the situation, he became rebellious. He would sneak out of the house, drink alcohol, get...
)
- 2007 - Music from and Inspired By Bridge to Terabithia
A soundtrack to the movie Bridge To Terabithia, released by Hollywood Records. Features songs from and inspired by the film, as well as four tracks composed and conducted by Aaron Zigman for the film's score.- Track listing :...
- "When You Love Someone" (from Waking Up)
- 2007 - WOW Hymns - "All Creatures Of Our God And King" (with Shawn McDonald
Shawn McDonald is a Contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter and guitarist.-Childhood:As a child, he lived with his grandparents because his parents could not take care of him. Not really understanding the situation, he became rebellious. He would sneak out of the house, drink alcohol, get...
)
- 2007 - Worship Together Favorites - "Holy is the Lord"
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