Simple Things is the 19th album by Christian music

Contemporary Christian music

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 and pop music

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer-songwriter 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"...

, released in 2003

2003 in music

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Grant's first secular album (while containing Christian themes) since 1997's Behind the Eyes

Behind the Eyes (Amy Grant album)

- Personnel :For the complete list of personnel, click [ here].- Production :* Producers: Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick* Engineers: Craig Hansen, Tom Laune, Dan Marnien* Arranger: ???* Design: Greg Ross- Charts :...

, Simple Things did not see the mainstream success similar to Grant's albums from the 1990s. While the album topped Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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's Christian album chart and the title track became a Top Ten Christian single, Simple Things peaked just outside the Top 20 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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, at #23. The title track peaked at the same position on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Track listing

Personnel

For the complete list of personnel, click [ here].

Production

• Producers: Keith Thomas, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Brown Bannister
  Brown Bannister
  Brown Bannister is a CCM producer and songwriter. Bannister released one album of his own, Talk to One Another, in 1981 on NewPax Records. It was reissued on the Reunion Records Label five years later, featuring a newer recording of the album's final cut, "Create In Me A Clean Heart"...
  
  , Ron Hemby
• Engineer: Steve Bishir
• Arranger: ???
• Design: Susan Browne

Charts

Album - Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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(North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2003	The Billboard 200	23
	Top Christian Albums	1
	Top Internet Albums	23

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2003	"Simple Things"	Adult Contemporary	23
		Hot Christian Adult Contemporary	6
		Hot Christian Singles & Tracks	7
	"Out In The Open"		24
		Hot Christian Adult Contemporary	21