讚美耶穌基督歌曲Michael W. Smith - Above All

Michael W. Smith (born October 7, 1957) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well. Smith is a three-time Grammy Award winner, and he has earned 34 Dove Awards. Over the course of his career, he has sold more than 13 million albums and recorded 29 number-one hit songs, fourteen gold albums, and five platinum albums. Smith is an American Music Award recipient; he was also named one of People magazine's "Most Beautiful People".

Early life

Michael Whitaker Smith was born to Paul and Barbara Smith in Kenova, West Virginia. His father was an oil refinery worker and his mother was a caterer. He inherited his love of baseball from his father, who had played in the minor leagues. As a child, he developed a love of music through his church. He learned piano at an early age and sang in his church choir. At the age of 10, he had "an intense spiritual experience" that led to his becoming a devout Christian. "I wore this big cross around my neck," he would recall, "It was very real to me." He became involved in Bible study and found a group of older friends who shared his religious faith.

After his older Christian friends moved away to college, Smith began to struggle with feelings of loneliness and alienation. After graduating from high school, he gravitated toward alcohol and drugs. He attended Marshall University for a few semesters while developing his songwriting skills. He also played with various local bands around Huntington, West Virginia. During that time, his friend Shane Keister, who worked as a session musician in Nashville, encouraged him to move to the Country Music capital and pursue a career in music.

In 1978, Smith moved to Nashville, taking a job as a landscaper to support himself. He played with several local bands in the Nashville club scene. He also developed a problem with substance abuse.?
I really started losing touch when I moved to Nashville, around April of '78. I was smokin' marijuana, drinking, doing some other drugs; just being crazy, you know. My mom and dad knew what I was doing. But they never hassled me, they just prayed for me. And I felt convicted by God. Every time I'd wake up I knew: This isn't me. But I couldn't change myself.
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In November 1979, Smith suffered a breakdown that led to his recommitment to Christianity. The next day he auditioned for a new CCM group, Higher Ground, as a keyboardist and got the job. It was on his first tour with Higher Ground, playing mostly in churches, that Smith was finally able to put the drugs and alcohol behind him.

Career

In 1981, Smith was signed as a writer to Meadowgreen Music, where he racked up a number of highly successful gospel hits penned for artists like Sandi Patty, Kathy Troccoli, Bill Gaither, and Amy Grant. Some of these worship songs can be found in church hymnals. The following year, Smith began touring as a keyboardist for Grant on her Age to Age tour. He would eventually become Grant's opening act and recorded his first Grammy nominated solo album: The Michael W. Smith Project (which he also produced), in 1983, on the Reunion Records label; a label started by Grant's brother-in-law, Dan Harrell, along with Michael Blanton. This album contained the first recording of his hit "Friends", which he co-wrote with his wife Deborah. They wrote it one afternoon for a friend who was moving away.

By the time Smith's second pop album was released in 1984, he was headlining his own tours. In 1986, Smith released the critically acclaimed rock album The Big Picture, with well known record producer Johnny Potoker (Brian Eno, Genesis, Madonna, No Doubt, Talking Heads, etc). On a track titled "Tearing Down The Walls" from The Big Picture, Smith intros with an Amy Grant recording of "Emmanuel" played backwards via the CD search button. He has explained that he and Potoker were trying to come up with a different way to go into the song.

After the release of his 1988 effort, i 2 (EYE), Smith once again teamed up with Grant for her "Lead Me On World Tour". The following year, Smith recorded his first Christmas album.

In the mainstream

In 1990, Smith released Go West Young Man, his first mainstream effort, including the mainstream crossover hit "Place in This World," which peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1992, he releasedChange Your World (which included the #1 adult contemporary hit "I Will Be Here For You"), 1995's I'll Lead You Home, and 1998's Live the Life. Also in 1998, Smith released his second Christmas effort,Christmastime. In 1999, Smith released "This Is Your Time" (about Cassie Bernall, one of the students killed during the Columbine massacre). In the music video for this song, the beginning shows a real video of Bernall talking about her religious beliefs and how she wanted to spread the word of God. Smith wrote the song with Wes King, the brother-in-law of Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris. Smith had been asked to perform at some of the memorial services that were held in honor of the victims.

In 1996, Smith opened his own record label, Rocketown Records, named for a song on The Big Picture. He does not personally record on it. He states the label is driven by the artists, and the first artist signed was Chris Rice, who had written "Go Light Your World", a #1 hit song by Kathy Troccoli, in 1995. In 1999, Smith collaborated with Jim Brickman on "Love of My Life" from the album Destiny, which went to #9 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks.

Nearly all of Smith's albums contain at least one instrumental track, and in 2000, Smith recorded his first all instrumental album, Freedom. The following year, Smith released an all Christian music album,Worship, on September 11. This album was followed by a sequel, Worship Again in 2002. Both albums were recorded live in concert. (Both are also the only two albums to be comprised almost entirely of songs he did not write himself). A Worship DVD, which comprised a selection of songs from both albums, was recorded live in Edmonton, Alberta at YC Alberta and released in 2002. It immediately topped the Billboard video charts and went gold in both the U.S. and Canada.

Smith won the Male Vocalist of the Year award at the GMA Music Awards in 2003.

Smith wrote a song entitled "There She Stands", inspired by the September 11, 2001 attacks. He performed this song live for the 2004 Republican National Convention. In introducing the song before he performed it, he made remarks about meeting personally with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office in October 2001. Smith mentioned that Bush, a personal fan (as is George H.W. Bush) and family friend, had asked him to write a song about the attacks.

Smith is a good friend of U2 frontman Bono. The two have joined forces on a number of occasions for performances and in connection to Bono's DATA Organization. While U2 was recording its album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, Bono invited Smith to jam with them in the studio. The song that the group worked on with Smith, entitled "North Star," did not end up making it onto the record, but might surface in the future on another project.

Smith's album, Healing Rain, was released in 2004 and debuted at #11 on the Billboard Hot 200 Chart. The title track rose to #1 on the Radio & Records Charts and a music video for the song was released. The album nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album, combines the pop style of his previous recordings with the religious feel of his two releases in that genre. A new album, Stand, was released in November 2006.

Smith and his wife have written the theme songs for Kanakuk Kamps for the past two decades. The theme songs have birthed such hits as "Love Crusade", "Live the Life", and "Straight to the Heart".

At a concert in Wabash, Indiana on , 2007, Smith announced that he was soon headed to London to begin recording his third Christmas album. It was reported in Christian Today that the new album would be a collection of all-original Christmas songs. The album, It?s A Wonderful Christmas, was released on , 2007.

On , 2008, Smith recorded his third live Christian-themed album at the Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, to be titled A New Hallelujah. It was released on , 2008

On , 2008, in Columbus, Ohio, he united with his friend and fellow Christian musician Steven Curtis Chapman, beginning a multi-city concert series called The United Tour.

Other ventures

In 1994, Smith opened a teen club, named Rocketown, in Nashville, Tennessee (6th Avenue). Later in early 2003, the club was moved to a new location ? a renovated warehouse in downtown Nashville. The venue offers a large dance floor, extensive indoor skate park, and a cafe hosting live acoustic music. Quoting aChristian Activities article, "Rocketown's mission is to create culturally relevant environments that foster vital relationships between disenfranchised adolescents and Christian mentors in order to meet their physical, social, and spiritual needs."

Smith is actively involved in volunteer service and is vice chair of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, which is chaired by Jean Case of the Case Foundation. He is also an avid spokesperson for sponsoring children through Compassion International. Smith finished work on a film directed by Steve Taylor entitled The Second Chance which was released on , 2006 in selected theatres. In the movie, he stars as a pastor assigned to work in the inner city. The film also stars Jeff Obafemi Carr, and features a soundtrack now available from Reunion Records. The DVD of the movie was released on , 2006.

In July 2007 Smith performed live for a San Diego concert as a part of radio personality Sean Hannity's "Freedom Concert" tour.

Personal life

Smith is married to Deborah "Debbie" Kay Davis (b. 1958) and has five children: Ryan Whitaker, Whitney Katherine Smith-Mooring (married to Jack Mooring (brother to Leeland Mooring) of the band Leeland), Tyler Michael (keyboard player for the United Tour), Anna Elizabeth and Emily Allison. He resides in the Nashville suburbs and spends time at the Smith family farm.

Smith is an alumnus of Alderson-Broaddus College, having been awarded the degree Doctor of Music honoris causa in 1992.

Smith is the founding and visionary pastor of New River Fellowship in Franklin, Tennessee. He was the lead pastor from 2006 and 2008. Smith and his wife remain involved members of the church.

Smith supports the Republican Party, and is personal friends with several prominent Republicans, including former President George W. Bush.

麥可史密斯（生於1957年10月7日）是一個格萊美獎殊榮的美國創作歌手，音樂家，錄音師，作曲家和演員。他是當代基督教音樂最暢銷和最有影響力的藝術家之一，他取得了在主流音樂產業相當大的成功也是如此。史密斯是三次格萊美獎得主，他已經贏得了34鴿獎。在他的職業生涯中，他已經售出了超過1300萬張專輯和記錄29頭號熱門歌曲，14張金唱片，和五白金唱片。史密斯是一位美國音樂獎的獲得者，他還被評為一人雜誌的“最美麗人物”。

早期的生活

邁克爾·惠特克史密斯出生保羅和芭芭拉·史密斯在Kenova，西弗吉尼亞州。他的父親是一家煉油廠的工人，母親是一個餐飲服務商。他繼承了他的父親，誰發揮在小聯盟的他的愛棒球。作為一個孩子，他通過他的教會制定了對音樂的熱愛。他學會了鋼琴在幼年，演唱他的教會的唱詩班。在10歲的時候，他“強烈的心靈體驗”，導致他成為一個虔誠的基督徒。“我戴在我的脖子上這個大十字架，”他會記得，“這是非常真實的我。”他成為參與聖經研究，發現一群老年朋友誰分享了他的宗教信仰。

之後他年長的基督徒朋友們都離開了大學，史密斯開始與寂寞和孤獨的感受奮鬥。高中畢業後，他被吸引往酒精和毒品。他參加了馬歇爾大學的幾個學期，同時發展自己的歌曲創作技巧。他也使用了與亨廷頓左右，西弗吉尼亞州各地方帶。那段時間，他的朋友肖恩凱斯特，誰在納什維爾擔任會議音樂家，鼓勵他移動到鄉村音樂的資本和追求事業的音樂。

1978年，史密斯搬到了納什維爾，參加了工作作為園藝師來養活自己。他在納什維爾俱樂部現場打了幾個當地的樂隊。他還開發了與物質濫用的問題。

我真的開始失去了聯繫，當我搬到納什維爾的'78四月左右。我吸'大麻，喝酒，做一些其他藥物;只是被瘋狂的，你知道。我的爸爸媽媽知道我在做什麼。但他們從來沒有滋擾我，他們只是為我禱告。我覺得上帝定罪。每次我醒來，我知道：這不是我的。但我無法改變自己。
1979年11月，史密斯遭遇了故障，導致他再犯基督教。第二天，他試演一個新的CCM組，地勢較高，作為一個鍵盤手，並得到了這份工作。這是他第一次巡演地勢較高，在教堂演奏居多，史密斯終於能夠把毒品和酒精在他身後。

事業

1981年，史密斯簽了字作為一個作家Meadowgreen音樂，在那裡他折磨了一些寫作像桑迪侯佩岑，凱西TROCCOLI，比爾·蓋瑟，和艾米格蘭特藝術家非常成功的福音命中。有些崇拜歌曲可以在教堂讚美詩找到。次年，史密斯開始巡迴演出作為她的格蘭特-一個鍵盤手年齡到年齡之旅。他最終會成為格蘭特的開場表演，並記錄了他的第一個格萊美獎提名的個人專輯：邁克爾史密斯項目（他也產生），在1983年，留尼汪記錄標籤上，格蘭特的哥哥在法律，丹開始標籤哈勒爾，隨著邁克爾·布蘭頓。這張專輯包含了他的命中“朋友”，這是他合寫與他的妻子黛博拉的第一記錄。他們寫了一個下午，一個朋友誰在動了。

史密斯的第二個流行專輯於1984年發布的時候，他領銜了自己的旅行。1986年，史密斯發布了廣受好評的搖滾專輯的大圖片，與著名的唱片製作人約翰尼Potoker（布萊恩·伊諾，創世紀，麥當娜，毫無疑問，名嘴，等等）。在標題為從大圖片“拆除城牆”的軌道，史密斯前奏與艾米格蘭特記錄“靈光”的通過CD搜索按鈕起到倒退。他解釋說，他和Potoker試圖想出一個不同的方式進入歌曲。

他1988年努力的釋放後，I 2（眼睛），史密斯再次聯手與格蘭特為她“引我到世界巡迴演唱會”。次年，史密斯記錄了他的第一張聖誕專輯。

在主流

1990年，史密斯發布到西部去的年輕男子，他的第一個主流的努力，包括主流的交叉熱播的“發生在這個世界”，這在＃6銳化的Billboard Hot 100單曲。1992年，他發行改變你的世界（其中包括＃1成人當代熱播的“我將在這裡為你”），1995的，我會帶你回家，和1998年的鮮活的生命。也是在1998年，史密斯發行了他的第二個聖誕節的努力，聖誕節。1999年，史密斯發表“這是你的時間”（約卡西Bernall，科倫拜恩大屠殺中喪生的學生之一）。在音樂錄影帶這首歌，一開始顯示的Bernall談論她的宗教信仰和她怎麼想傳播上帝的話，一個真正的視頻。史密斯寫的歌與韋斯國王的弟弟在法律州佛羅里達州秘書凱瑟琳·哈里斯。史密斯被要求在一些以紀念遇難者舉行的追悼儀式的進行。

1996年，史密斯開了自己的唱片公司，Rocketown記錄，命名為上一首歌曲的大圖片。他不親自在其上記錄。他說標籤是由藝術家驅動，並簽署了第一個藝術家是克里斯·賴斯，誰寫了“去照亮你的世界”，一個＃1主打歌由凱西TROCCOLI，於1995年。1999年，史密斯與吉姆布里克曼從專輯“愛我生活”合作命運，去＃9在熱的成人當代軌道。

幾乎所有的史密斯的專輯包含至少一個有助軌道，並於2000年，史密斯記錄了他首先演奏專輯，自由。次年，史密斯發布的所有基督教音樂專輯，崇拜，9月11日。這張專輯由續集跟隨，崇拜又於2002年。這兩個專輯在演唱會進行現場錄製。（兩個也是唯一兩張專輯被幾乎完全由歌曲他沒有寫他自己）。一個崇拜的DVD，其中包括一系列的從兩個專輯的歌曲，記錄的活在埃德蒙頓，阿爾伯塔省在YC阿爾伯塔省和2002年發布。它立刻榮登公告牌排行榜的視頻，去黃金在美國和加拿大。

史密斯贏得了年度最佳男演唱人的GMA音樂獎於2003年。

史密斯寫了題為“她站在那兒，”這首歌，靈感來自於2001年9月11日襲擊事件。他執行了這首歌活了2004年共和黨全國代表大會。在介紹這首歌之前，他執行了它，他的言論對2001年10月親自會見美國總統布什在白宮橢圓形辦公室。史密斯提到，布什，個人風扇（因為是老布什）和家人朋友，要求他寫關於攻擊的一首歌。

史密斯是好朋友的U2樂隊主唱波諾。兩人已經加入了多次演出，並在連接到波諾的數據組織力量。而U2樂隊錄製了其專輯如何拆除原子彈，波諾邀請史密斯與他們堵塞在工作室。該集團與史密斯合作的歌曲，名為“北星”，最終沒有使得它拖到紀錄，但在未來可能表面上的另一個項目。

史密斯的專輯，癒合雨，發布於2004年開張了在＃11在廣告牌熱200圖。標題軌道上升到＃1上的廣播記錄圖表和音樂錄像為歌曲被釋放。提名為格萊美獎最佳流行/當代福音專輯的專輯，結合自己之前的錄音與他的兩個版本在風格的宗教感的流行風格。新專輯，支架，發布於2006年11月。

史密斯和他的妻子所寫的主題曲Kanakuk坎普斯在過去的二十年。主題曲已經birthed如命中為“愛的遠征”，“鮮活的生命”和“直的心”。

在Wabash，印第安納州於2007年開演唱會，史密斯宣布，他很快就前往倫敦，開始錄製他的第三張聖誕專輯。它在報導的基督徒今天，新專輯將是所有原創聖誕歌曲的集合。這張專輯，這？一個很棒的聖誕節，發布於2007年。

於2008年，史密斯記錄了他的第三次住基督教為主題的專輯在湖木教會在休斯敦，得克薩斯州，將題為一個新的哈利路亞。它被發布於2008年

於2008年，在美國俄亥俄州哥倫布市，他團結與他的朋友和同胞基督徒音樂家史蒂芬柯蒂斯查普曼，開始了多城市系列音樂會被稱為美國之旅。

其他企業

1994年，史密斯打開了青少年俱樂部，命名Rocketown，在田納西州納什維爾（第六大道）。後來在2003年年初，俱樂部被移動到新的位置？在納什維爾市中心一棟經過翻修的倉庫。會場設有一個大型舞池，寬敞的室內溜冰場，和一個咖啡廳舉辦的現場音樂聲。引用一個基督教活動的文章，“Rocketown的使命是創造條件以促進青少年被剝奪權利和基督教導師之間的重要關係，以滿足他們的生理，社會和精神需求與文化相關的環境。”

史密斯是積極參與志願服務，是總統的Council服務和公民參與，這是由案例基金會的吉恩案例主持的副主席。他也是一個狂熱的代言人，通過國際愛心贊助的孩子。史密斯完成的工作在一個電影導演史蒂夫·泰勒題為第二次機會，2006被發布在選定的戲院。在影片中，他飾演分配在城內上班牧師。這部影片還明星傑夫奧巴費米·卡爾，並設有現已配樂從留尼汪島的記錄。影片的DVD發行於2006年。

2007年7月史密斯現場演出的聖地亞哥演唱會，作為電台節目的個性西恩漢尼提的“自由音樂會”巡演的一部分。

個人生活

史密斯嫁給了德博拉“黛比”凱·戴維斯（生於1958年），並有五個孩子：瑞安·惠特克，惠特尼凱瑟琳史密斯系泊（嫁給傑克系泊樂隊Leeland的（弟弟Leeland泊）），邁克爾·泰勒（鍵盤手為美國之旅），安娜·伊麗莎白和Emily佳佳。他居住在納什維爾郊區，花時間在史密斯的家庭農場。

史密斯是奧爾德森 - 布羅德斯學院的校友，被授予的音樂榮譽學位的博士學位在1992年。

史密斯是成立和新河團契的牧師有遠見富蘭克林，田納西。他是2006年和2008年的主任牧師。史密斯和他的妻子留在教會的參與成員。

史密斯支持共和黨，而且是個人的朋友有幾個突出的共和黨人，包括前總統喬治·W·布什。

Verse 1
Above all powers
Above all kings
Above all nature
And all created things
Above all wisdom
And all the ways of man
You were here
Before the world began
Verse 2
Above all kingdoms
Above all thrones
Above all wonders
The world has ever known
Above all wealth
And treasures of the earth
There's no way to measure
What You're worth
CHORUS
Crucified
Laid behind the stone
You lived to die
Rejected and alone
Like a rose
Trampled on the ground
You took the fall
And thought of me
Above all
Verse 1
Above all powers
Above all kings
Above all nature
And all created things
Above all wisdom
And all the ways of man
You were here
Before the world began
Verse 2
Above all kingdoms
Above all thrones
Above all wonders
The world has ever known
Above all wealth
And treasures of the earth
There's no way to measure
What You're worth
CHORUS
Crucified
Laid behind the stone
You lived to die
Rejected and alone
Like a rose
Trampled on the ground
You took the fall
And thought of me
Above all
CHORUS
Crucified
Laid behind the stone
You lived to die
Rejected and alone
Like a rose
Trampled on the ground
You took the fall
And thought of me
Above all
Like the rose
Trampled on the ground
You took the fall
And thought of me