Jim Brickman
Encyclopedia
Jim Brickman is an American
songwriter
and pianist
. He has been named the most charted male Adult Contemporary artist to date, with six of his albums receiving Gold and Platinum
status. He is known for his solo piano compositions, pop-style instrumentals, and vocal collaborations with artists such as Michael W. Smith
, Martina McBride
, Donny Osmond
, Delta Goodrem
, Misha Omar
, Olivia Newton-John
, Lady Antebellum
, and others. He earned a Grammy nomination in 2003, SESAC
"Songwriter of the Year" award, Canadian Country Music Award for "Best Vocal/ Instrumental Collaboration", and a Dove Award presented by the Gospel Music Association
. His CD entitled Faith has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award
for Best New Age Album.
Since 1997, he has hosted his own radio show called Your Weekend with Jim Brickman, which is carried on radio stations throughout the United States. Brickman has also released three PBS specials, and hosts an annual fan cruise. He is founder of Brickhouse Direct, a company that provides strategic marketing and e-commerce solutions for clients in a variety of industries.
and attended Shaker Heights High School
. He began playing piano at the age of five. Later he studied composition and performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music
while taking business classes at Case Western Reserve University
. In 1980, Brickman founded his own advertising music company called The Brickman Arrangement, writing commercial jingles for many companies across the country such as McDonalds, Pontiac
, City of Cleveland, Ohio Lottery, and Isuzu
.
in 1994 and released his first album, No Words, featuring the song, "Rocket to the Moon", which became his first solo instrumental to be ranked on the Billboard charts. The songs "Angel Eyes" and "If You Believe" gained radio airplay from Brickman's second release, By Heart, on the Windham Hill label in 1995. The following year, the CD's title tune, "By Heart", became his first top 20 adult contemporary (AC) hit. In 1997 Brickman released the album, Picture This, adding a vocal performance, "Valentine", sung by Martina McBride
. This song charted on both country
and AC stations with the album selling platinum
. By the end of the year, Brickman issued the first of many Christmas CDs, The Gift, with the title song featuring Collin Raye
and Susan Ashton
, topping three different charts for which Brickman received a Dove Award from the Gospel Music Association
. He has produced several other Christmas-themed albums, Peace (2003), Christmas Romance (2006), Homecoming (2007), and The Hymns and Carols of Christmas (2008); and his two albums Grace (2005) and Faith (2008) concentrate on arrangements of well-known Christian music.
During his career, Valentine went platinum selling over one million records and four others have sold over 500,000 copies; By Heart (1995), Picture This (1997), The Gift (1997), and Destiny (1999), qualifying them as gold records in the United States. In November 2005, three of Brickman's albums, The Disney Songbook (2004), Grace (2005), and Greatest Hits (2004), held the top three spots on Billboard's new age
chart. He also received a Grammy nomination in 2003, an SESAC
"Songwriter of the Year" award, and a Canadian Country Music Award for "Best Vocal/Instrumental Collaboration". The 2008 album, Faith, has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.
Brickman writes a variety of music. Besides his piano compositions and love songs, he has also created arrangements of existing songs and several of his albums feature arrangements of children's music. He has collaborated with artists from all genres with songs like "Love of My Life" with Michael W. Smith
, "You" with Jane Krakowski
, "Never Alone" with country group Lady Antebellum
, "After All These Years" with Anne Cochran
, "Never Far Away" with Christian contemporary group Rush of Fools
, among others.
His music is sometimes classified in the new age
genre, although the diversity of his music makes Brickman skeptical of this classification.
In 2008 Brickman teamed up with American Greetings
lending his music to some of their eCards.
. Sharing the stage will be Jon Secada
, Melinda Doolittle
, Órla Fallon
, Arthur Hanlon
, David Klinkenberg, Mark Masri, plus Anne Cochran
and Tracy Silverman
.
and the lifestyle expert for Good Day L.A.
In June 2009, Brickman switched syndicating companies from WestStar
to Impact Radio Network (with assistance from Sun Radio Network
) with more stations to be added.
, Carly Simon
, Michael W. Smith
, Amy Grant
, Sandi Patty
, Casey Kasem
, Dave Koz
, Chris Sligh
, Lenz Entertainment, Anita Renfroe
and many others.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
and pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
. He has been named the most charted male Adult Contemporary artist to date, with six of his albums receiving Gold and Platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
status. He is known for his solo piano compositions, pop-style instrumentals, and vocal collaborations with artists such as Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...
, Martina McBride
Martina McBride
Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....
, Donny Osmond
Donny Osmond
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond is an American singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid 1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmond Brothers on the long...
, Delta Goodrem
Delta Goodrem
Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...
, Misha Omar
Misha Omar
Samiha @ Aisah Binti Omar , commonly known as Misha, is a Malaysian singer and actress. She was first discovered by Adnan Abu Hassan when she became a finalist of the "Bintang RTM" competition in 2001 alongside fellow singers Azharina and Siti Sarah. Misha did not win the competition but her...
, Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles and 14 of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA...
, Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum is an American country pop music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2006. The trio is composed of Charles Kelley , Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott .The group made its debut in 2007 as guest vocalists on Jim Brickman's single "Never Alone", before signing to Capitol...
, and others. He earned a Grammy nomination in 2003, SESAC
SESAC
SESAC, originally the Society of European Stage Authors & Composers, is the smallest of the three performance rights organizations in the United States. SESAC was founded in 1930, making it the second-oldest performing rights organization in the U.S. SESAC is also the fastest-growing PRO in the...
"Songwriter of the Year" award, Canadian Country Music Award for "Best Vocal/ Instrumental Collaboration", and a Dove Award presented by the Gospel Music Association
Gospel Music Association
The 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 about 4,000 members worldwide...
. His CD entitled Faith has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best New Age Album.
Since 1997, he has hosted his own radio show called Your Weekend with Jim Brickman, which is carried on radio stations throughout the United States. Brickman has also released three PBS specials, and hosts an annual fan cruise. He is founder of Brickhouse Direct, a company that provides strategic marketing and e-commerce solutions for clients in a variety of industries.
Early years
Brickman was born and raised in Shaker Heights, OhioShaker Heights, Ohio
Shaker Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population was 28,448. It is an inner-ring streetcar suburb of Cleveland that abuts the city on its eastern side.-Topography:Shaker Heights is located at...
and attended Shaker Heights High School
Shaker Heights High School
Shaker Heights High School is a public high school located in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA, in Greater Cleveland. The high school is the only public high school in the Shaker Heights City School District, which serves Shaker Heights and a small part of Cleveland...
. He began playing piano at the age of five. Later he studied composition and performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland Institute of Music
The Cleveland Institute of Music is an independent music conservatory located in the University Circle district of Cleveland, Ohio, United States and is overseen by president Joel Smirnoff and Adrian Daly, dean....
while taking business classes at Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
. In 1980, Brickman founded his own advertising music company called The Brickman Arrangement, writing commercial jingles for many companies across the country such as McDonalds, Pontiac
Pontiac
Pontiac was an automobile brand that was established in 1926 as a companion make for General Motors' Oakland. Quickly overtaking its parent in popularity, it supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933 and, for most of its life, became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the...
, City of Cleveland, Ohio Lottery, and Isuzu
Isuzu
, is a Japanese car, commercial vehicle and heavy truck manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo. In 2005, Isuzu became the world's largest manufacturer of medium to heavy duty trucks. It has assembly and manufacturing plants in the Japanese city of Fujisawa, as well as in the prefectures...
.
Musical career
Brickman signed to Windham Hill RecordsWindham Hill Records
Windham Hill Records is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment specializing in Acoustic, New Age and Folk music. Originally founded in 1976 as an Independent record label by guitarist and carpenter William Ackerman and his then-wife Anne Robinson, Windham Hill was a successful and well-respected...
in 1994 and released his first album, No Words, featuring the song, "Rocket to the Moon", which became his first solo instrumental to be ranked on the Billboard charts. The songs "Angel Eyes" and "If You Believe" gained radio airplay from Brickman's second release, By Heart, on the Windham Hill label in 1995. The following year, the CD's title tune, "By Heart", became his first top 20 adult contemporary (AC) hit. In 1997 Brickman released the album, Picture This, adding a vocal performance, "Valentine", sung by Martina McBride
Martina McBride
Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....
. This song charted on both country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
and AC stations with the album selling platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
. By the end of the year, Brickman issued the first of many Christmas CDs, The Gift, with the title song featuring Collin Raye
Collin Raye
Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray (born August 22, 1959 or 1960,Although multiple online sources all indicate Raye's date of birth as 1959, Raye's MySpace lists his date of birth as 1960. Furthermore, the 2004 Deseret News article cited in this article indicates the singer as...
and Susan Ashton
Susan Ashton
Susan Ashton is a best-selling and award-winning American Contemporary Christian Music and country music artist who topped the Christian charts throughout the 1990s...
, topping three different charts for which Brickman received a Dove Award from the Gospel Music Association
Gospel Music Association
The 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 about 4,000 members worldwide...
. He has produced several other Christmas-themed albums, Peace (2003), Christmas Romance (2006), Homecoming (2007), and The Hymns and Carols of Christmas (2008); and his two albums Grace (2005) and Faith (2008) concentrate on arrangements of well-known Christian music.
During his career, Valentine went platinum selling over one million records and four others have sold over 500,000 copies; By Heart (1995), Picture This (1997), The Gift (1997), and Destiny (1999), qualifying them as gold records in the United States. In November 2005, three of Brickman's albums, The Disney Songbook (2004), Grace (2005), and Greatest Hits (2004), held the top three spots on Billboard's new age
New Age
The New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational...
chart. He also received a Grammy nomination in 2003, an SESAC
SESAC
SESAC, originally the Society of European Stage Authors & Composers, is the smallest of the three performance rights organizations in the United States. SESAC was founded in 1930, making it the second-oldest performing rights organization in the U.S. SESAC is also the fastest-growing PRO in the...
"Songwriter of the Year" award, and a Canadian Country Music Award for "Best Vocal/Instrumental Collaboration". The 2008 album, Faith, has been nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.
Brickman writes a variety of music. Besides his piano compositions and love songs, he has also created arrangements of existing songs and several of his albums feature arrangements of children's music. He has collaborated with artists from all genres with songs like "Love of My Life" with Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...
, "You" with Jane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski is an American actress and singer. She is most well known for her performance of Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and for her current role as Jenna Maroney on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, for which she has been nominated for three Emmy...
, "Never Alone" with country group Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum is an American country pop music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2006. The trio is composed of Charles Kelley , Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott .The group made its debut in 2007 as guest vocalists on Jim Brickman's single "Never Alone", before signing to Capitol...
, "After All These Years" with Anne Cochran
Anne Cochran
Anne Cochran is an American musician. Before working as a musical artist, she recorded several commercials and toured with Jim Brickman, also charting in the Top Ten on the Adult Contemporary format with the duet "After All These Years"...
, "Never Far Away" with Christian contemporary group Rush of Fools
Rush of Fools
Rush of Fools is a Christian rock/contemporary Christian music band from Alabama, U.S. They are known for their 2007 hit single "Undo", co-written with producer Scott Davis, which was the most played song of 2007 on Adult Contemporary Christian Music radio stations according to R&R magazine. It...
, among others.
His music is sometimes classified in the new age
New Age music
New Age music is music of various styles intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism. It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, and reading as a method of stress management or to create a peaceful atmosphere in their home or other environments, and is often...
genre, although the diversity of his music makes Brickman skeptical of this classification.
In 2008 Brickman teamed up with American Greetings
American Greetings
American Greetings Corporation, Inc. is the world's largest publicly-traded greeting card company. It is based in Brooklyn, Ohio and sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products , and electronic expressive content...
lending his music to some of their eCards.
PBS specials
Jim Brickman has filmed and released the PBS specials, My Romance: An Evening with Jim Brickman, Love Songs & Lullabies, and The Disney Songbook. In June 2009, Brickman will come back to PBS with Beautiful World, being filmed at the Niagara Fallsview Casino ResortNiagara Fallsview Casino Resort
The Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada opened publicly on June 10, 2004. This $1 billion complex with a belle époque theme overlooks the Horseshoe Falls and is one of the most prominent features of the Niagara skyline...
. Sharing the stage will be Jon Secada
Jon Secada
Jon Secada is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion...
, Melinda Doolittle
Melinda Doolittle
Melinda Marie Doolittle is an American singer who finished as the third place finalist on the sixth season of American Idol...
, Órla Fallon
Órla Fallon
Órlagh Fallon , professionally known as Órla Fallon, is an Irish soloist, songwriter and former member of the group Celtic Woman and the chamber choir Anúna.- Life and career :...
, Arthur Hanlon
Arthur Hanlon
Arthur Hanlon is an American pianist, songwriter and arranger widely regarded as the best-known instrumentalist in the Latin music realm. Born to Irish-American parents, he hails from Detroit, Michigan, but found his calling in Latin music and has received widespread recognition in that realm,...
, David Klinkenberg, Mark Masri, plus Anne Cochran
Anne Cochran
Anne Cochran is an American musician. Before working as a musical artist, she recorded several commercials and toured with Jim Brickman, also charting in the Top Ten on the Adult Contemporary format with the duet "After All These Years"...
and Tracy Silverman
Tracy Silverman
Tracy Silverman is an American violinist, composer, and producer. Born in New York and raised in Beloit, Wisconsin, he attended Beloit Memorial High School, but left after 10th grade to enter the Chicago Musical College at the age of 16...
.
Radio show
Making its debut in January 1997, Your Weekend with Jim Brickman is a three-hour radio show that has been heard across the US featuring adult contemporary music blended with celebrity interviews, lifestyle features, and entertainment reports. Brickman is also joined by entertainment reporter Kym Douglas who is the Fashion and Beauty contributor for The Ellen ShowThe Ellen Show
The Ellen Show is a television sitcom starring Ellen DeGeneres that aired during the 2001–2002 season on CBS. It was DeGeneres's second attempt at a sitcom, after Ellen on ABC , but it was unable to garner strong ratings and was quickly cancelled.After coming out of the closet as a lesbian on her...
and the lifestyle expert for Good Day L.A.
Good Day L.A.
Good Day L.A. is a television talk show aired on KTTV , the Fox Broadcasting Company-owned and operated station in Los Angeles, California. The show airs Monday through Friday mornings from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM and is simulcast live on myfoxla.com...
In June 2009, Brickman switched syndicating companies from WestStar
WestStar TalkRadio Network
WestStar TalkRadio Network is a privately held United States corporation operating as a live national radio broadcast network, program creator and program syndicator. Corporate offices and all studios are located at 2711 N. 24th Street, Phoenix, Arizona...
to Impact Radio Network (with assistance from Sun Radio Network
Sun Radio Network
Sun Broadcast Group, formerly Sun Radio Network is a new generation national radio network that provides targeted content and advertising solutions across America...
) with more stations to be added.
Annual fan cruise
Since 2006, Brickman has been joined at sea with his fans for a week of activities including Q&A with Jim Brickman, concerts at sea, and "Brick-aoke" where fans sing Brickman songs. In 2006 and 2007, Brickman and fans set sail to the Eastern Caribbean, followed by a cruise to the Mexican Riviera in 2008, traveling the Southern Caribbean in 2009, and in July 2010 sailed the coast of Alaska on the "Ultimate Cruise".Brickhouse Direct
Brickman founded Brickhouse Direct (BHD) in 2003, a company that provides strategic marketing and e-commerce solutions for clients in a variety of industries. Brickhouse Direct has done work for a wide range of clients over the years including Universal Music, Concord Music GroupConcord Music Group
Concord Music Group is a record company owned by Village Roadshow formed in 2004 by the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records. In 2005, the company acquired the classics and jazz label Telarc International. On December 18, 2006, Concord announced the re-launch of the soul label Stax;...
, Carly Simon
Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...
, Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...
, Amy Grant
Amy Grant
Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...
, Sandi Patty
Sandi Patty
Sandra Faye "Sandi" Patty is an American Christian music singer. For many years she was known as Sandi Patti. She has been dubbed "The Voice" by critics, because of her wide range and flexibility.-Early life:...
, Casey Kasem
Casey Kasem
Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
, Dave Koz
Dave Koz
Dave Koz is an American smooth jazz saxophonist.- Life and career :Dave Koz was born on March 27, 1963 in Encino, California....
, Chris Sligh
Chris Sligh
Charles Christopher Sligh is an American singer; songwriter and producer who was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol, finishing in tenth place.-Early years:...
, Lenz Entertainment, Anita Renfroe
Anita Renfroe
Anita Renfroe is an American Christian comedian from Atlanta, Georgia, the wife of a Baptist pastor and the mother of three children...
and many others.
Albums
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | RIAA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
CAN Country | |||
| 1994 | No Words | — | — | — |
| 1995 | By Heart | 187 | — | Gold |
| 1997 | Picture This | 30 | — | Gold |
| The Gift | 48 | 19 | Gold | |
| 1998 | Visions of Love | 170 | — | — |
| 1999 | Destiny | 42 | — | Gold |
| 2000 | My Romance | 75 | — | — |
| 2001 | Simple Things | 54 | — | — |
| 2002 | Love Songs and Lullabies | 73 | — | — |
| 2003 | Peace | 87 | — | — |
| 2004 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Jim Brickman album) Greatest Hits is a 2004 Jim Brickman album released by Windham Hill Records compiling thirteen songs by Brickman, including two newly recorded tracks.-Tracks:# "Angel Eyes" – 2:31# "Valentine" – 3:16... |
134 | — | — |
| 2005 | Grace | 88 | — | — |
| The Disney Songbook | 142 | — | — | |
| 2006 | Escape | 105 | — | — |
| Christmas Romance | — | — | — | |
| 2007 | Homecoming | 96 | — | — |
| Hope | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Valentine | — | — | — |
| Unspoken | — | — | — | |
| Ultimate Love Songs | — | — | — | |
| The Hymns and Carols of Christmas | — | — | — | |
| Faith | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | Beautiful World | 89 | — | — |
| Joy | 185 | — | — | |
| 2010 | Home | — | — | — |
| Love | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that failed to chart, not released, or not certified | ||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US AC Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States... |
US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN AC | CAN Country | CAN | |||
| 1996 | "By Heart" | 16 | — | — | — | — | By Heart: Piano Solos |
| "Hero's Dream" | 24 | — | — | — | — | Picture This | |
| 1997 | "Valentine Valentine (Martina McBride song) "Valentine" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American adult contemporary artist Jim Brickman, with a guest vocal from Martina McBride... " (with Martina McBride Martina McBride Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.... )A |
3 | 68 | 16 | — | — | |
| "Picture This" | 23 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Your Love" (with Michelle Wright Michelle Wright Michelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice... ) |
— | — | 16 | 15 | 42 | Visions of Love | |
| "The Gift" (with Collin Raye Collin Raye Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray (born August 22, 1959 or 1960,Although multiple online sources all indicate Raye's date of birth as 1959, Raye's MySpace lists his date of birth as 1960. Furthermore, the 2004 Deseret News article cited in this article indicates the singer as... and Susan Ashton Susan Ashton Susan Ashton is a best-selling and award-winning American Contemporary Christian Music and country music artist who topped the Christian charts throughout the 1990s... ) |
3 | 51 | — | 52 | — | The Gift / Visions of Love | |
| 1998 | "After All These Years" (with Anne Cochran Anne Cochran Anne Cochran is an American musician. Before working as a musical artist, she recorded several commercials and toured with Jim Brickman, also charting in the Top Ten on the Adult Contemporary format with the duet "After All These Years"... ) |
8 | — | 18 | — | — | Visions of Love |
| "Valentine" (with Martina McBride; re-release)A | — | 9 | — | 14 | — | Evolution Evolution (Martina McBride album) Evolution is the fourth album released by Martina McBride. It was released in 1997 via RCA Records. It included the hit singles "Happy Girl", "A Broken Wing" and "Valentine", the latter of which became her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as her first major crossover hit... (Martina McBride album) |
|
| 1999 | "Love of My Life" (with Michael W. Smith Michael W. Smith Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of... ) |
9 | — | — | — | — | Destiny |
| "Destiny" (with Jordan Hill Jordan Hill Jordan Hill , is an American singer/songwriter.Hill was originally signed by producer David Foster to his own label 143 Records, a division of Warner Music Group... and Billy Porter) |
10 | — | 10 | — | — | ||
| "Your Love" (with Michelle Wright Michelle Wright Michelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice... ; re-release) |
19 | 74 | — | — | — | Visions of Love | |
| 2000 | "The Love I Found in You" (with Dave Koz Dave Koz Dave Koz is an American smooth jazz saxophonist.- Life and career :Dave Koz was born on March 27, 1963 in Encino, California.... ) |
15 | — | 84 | — | — | My Romance: An Evening with Jim Brickman |
| 2001 | "Simple Things Simple Things (Jim Brickman song) "Simple Things" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Jim Brickman. It was released in August 2001 as the lead single from the album of the same name. Brickman performed the song with Rebecca Lynn Howard and was also written by Brickman along with Darrell... " (with Rebecca Lynn Howard Rebecca Lynn Howard Rebecca Lynn Howard is an American country music artist. She has charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and has released three studio albums... ) |
1 | — | — | — | — | Simple Things |
| 2002 | "A Mother's Day" | 18 | — | — | — | — | |
| "You" (with Jane Krakowski Jane Krakowski Jane Krakowski is an American actress and singer. She is most well known for her performance of Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and for her current role as Jenna Maroney on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, for which she has been nominated for three Emmy... ) |
4 | — | — | — | — | Love Songs and Lullabies | |
| 2003 | "Peace (Where the Heart Is)" (with Collin Raye and Susan Ashton) | 15 | — | — | — | — | Peace |
| "Sending You a Little Christmas" (with Kristy Starling Kristy Starling Kristy Starling is a Contemporary Christian Music singer, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After marrying husband Adam in the fall of 2002, she came second in a national singing competition, Today's Superstar, NBC News' morning show. She signed to Warner Bros. Records, working with successful... )B |
1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004 | "Til I See You Again" (with Mark Schultz Mark Schultz (musician) Mark Schultz is a Contemporary Christian music singer/songwriter. He grew up in Colby, Kansas and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in marketing. At Kansas State, Mark was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he served eight years as a youth group... ) |
21 | — | — | — | — | Greatest Hits |
| "My Love Is Here" (with Roch Voisine Roch Voisine Joseph Armand Roch Voisine, OC better known as Roch Voisine, is a Canadian Acadian singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and television host... ) |
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| 2005 | "I'm Amazed" (with Lila McCann Lila McCann Lila Elaine McCann is an American country music singer who made her debut at age sixteen with the single "Down Came a Blackbird." Reaching a peak of #28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, the song was the first release from her 1997 album Lila, which became the highest-selling... ) |
— | 59 | — | — | — | The Disney Songbook |
| "You" (with Tara MacLean Tara MacLean Tara MacLean is a Canadian singer and songwriter... ) |
32 | — | — | — | — | Love Songs and Lullabies | |
| "Hear Me (Water into Wine)" (with Michael Bolton Michael Bolton Michael Bolton is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, both on his early solo albums and those recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack... ) |
20 | — | — | — | — | Grace | |
| "Beautiful" (with Wayne Brady Wayne Brady Wayne Alphonso Brady is an actor, singer, comedian and television personality, known for his work as a regular on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and as the host of the daytime talk show The Wayne Brady Show... ) |
2 | — | — | — | — | The Disney Songbook | |
| 2006 | "Hideaway (When It Snows)" (with Geoff Byrd Geoff Byrd Geoff Byrd is an American musician, born in Portland, Oregon. He has been credited as the first artist to break into mainstream music by way of the internet. Byrd was the lead singer of the band The Likes Of You... ) |
3 | — | — | — | — | Escape |
| "Escape" (with Marc Antoine Marc Antoine Marc Antoine is a jazz fusion guitarist. Marc currently resides in Madrid, Spain. His guitar play style is based on Roma music.-Early life:... )C |
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| 2007 | "Never Alone" (with Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum is an American country pop music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2006. The trio is composed of Charles Kelley , Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott .The group made its debut in 2007 as guest vocalists on Jim Brickman's single "Never Alone", before signing to Capitol... ) |
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| "Coming Home for Christmas" (with Richie McDonald Richie McDonald Richard Vance "Richie" McDonald is an American country music artist. From 1992 until his departure in 2007, he was the lead singer of the group Lonestar, which recorded seven studio albums on BNA Records during his tenure as lead vocalist. McDonald co-wrote several of the band's singles, and sang... ) |
4 | — | — | — | — | Homecoming | |
| 2009 | "Never Far Away" (with Rush of Fools Rush of Fools Rush of Fools is a Christian rock/contemporary Christian music band from Alabama, U.S. They are known for their 2007 hit single "Undo", co-written with producer Scott Davis, which was the most played song of 2007 on Adult Contemporary Christian Music radio stations according to R&R magazine. It... ) |
11 | — | — | — | — | Wonder of the World Wonder of the World (album) Wonder of the World is the second studio album from contemporary Christian rock band Rush of Fools. It was released on September 16, 2008 through Midas Records and debuted at No. 187 on the Billboard 200... (Rush of Fools album) |
| "Beautiful World (We're All Here)" (with Adam Crossley) | 4 | — | 7 | — | 95 | Beautiful World | |
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- A "Valentine" was originally only released to Adult Contemporary, but charted on the country charts as an album cut. It was remixed and released to country radio the following year. It also peaked at #50 on the Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. - B "Sending You a Little Christmas" also peaked at #15 on Hot Christian SongsHot Christian SongsChristian Songs is a Billboard chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States....
. - C "Escape" peaked at #17 on Hot Contemporary Jazz Songs.
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
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| 1997 | "Valentine" (with Martina McBride Martina McBride Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.... ) |
Alan Glazen, Ron Goldfarb, Ted Zbozion |
| "Your Love" (with Michelle Wright Michelle Wright Michelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice... ) |
David Safian | |
| "The Gift" (with Susan Ashton Susan Ashton Susan Ashton is a best-selling and award-winning American Contemporary Christian Music and country music artist who topped the Christian charts throughout the 1990s... and Collin Raye Collin Raye Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray (born August 22, 1959 or 1960,Although multiple online sources all indicate Raye's date of birth as 1959, Raye's MySpace lists his date of birth as 1960. Furthermore, the 2004 Deseret News article cited in this article indicates the singer as... ) |
Norry Niven | |
| 2007 | "Never Alone" (with Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum is an American country pop music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2006. The trio is composed of Charles Kelley , Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott .The group made its debut in 2007 as guest vocalists on Jim Brickman's single "Never Alone", before signing to Capitol... ) |
Glenn Sweitzer |
| "Coming Home for Christmas" (with Richie McDonald Richie McDonald Richard Vance "Richie" McDonald is an American country music artist. From 1992 until his departure in 2007, he was the lead singer of the group Lonestar, which recorded seven studio albums on BNA Records during his tenure as lead vocalist. McDonald co-wrote several of the band's singles, and sang... ) |