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* Heartland
* Reunion
* Southern Land
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'''Steve Grace''' is an Australian country gospel singer-songwriter. His 1998 single single "Big Dreams" from the album [[Children of the Western World]] reached #1 on the US Billboard Gospel Charts. Children of the Western World was certified Gold by ARIA in Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-1999.htm|publisher=ARIA|accessdate=1 June 2014}}</ref> and was the first Christian album to be released on Compact Disc in Australia.{{fact}}
'''Steve Grace''' is an Australian country rock and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. His 1998 single "Big Dreams" from his album, ''Children of the Western World'' (1988), reached No.&nbsp;1 on the US Billboard Gospel Charts. ''Children of the Western World'' was certified gold by [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) in 1999 and was the first Christian music album to be released on compact disc in Australia. In 1996 Grace won a [[Dove Award]] for International Artist of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Billboard - 11 May 1996|date = 11 May 1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AsEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22steve+grace%22+dove+award&pg=PA32|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=1 June 2014}}</ref> In 2009 he performed in [[Papua New Guinea]] with [[Darlene Zschech]] and [[Hillsong United (band)|Hillsong United]] for the Joyce Meyer Crusade, which broke the record for the largest outdoor event held in Port Moresby with over 100,000 people in attendance.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}


== Biography ==
In 1996, Steve Grace won a [[Dove Award]] for International Artist of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Billboard - 11 May 1996|url=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9AsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=%22steve+grace%22+dove+award&source=bl&ots=uOocpKFnq2&sig=c3HqRynVU60Ufdv2axfT4U3mIIU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aUCLU7ncM4TJkwWukoDoBA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBA|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=1 June 2014}}</ref>


Steve Grace's debut album, ''Children of the Western World'' (1988), was recorded at Sing Sing Studios with [[Beeb Birtles]] producing for Triune Music/Word Australia.<ref name="Holmgren BB">{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110514090644/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/b/birtlesbeeb.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/b/birtlesbeeb.html | title = Beeb Birtles | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | first2 = Ken | last2 = McCarthy | first3 = Stefan | last3 = Warnqvist | work = hem.passagen.se | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]] (Magnus Holmgren) | archivedate = 14 May 2011 | date = 23 September 2006 | accessdate = 13 August 2018 | url-status = dead | df = dmy }}</ref><ref name="NLA Children"/> The title track was co-written by Grace with Birtles and Craig Ross.<ref name="APRA Children">{{cite web | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | title = 'Children of the Western World' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=children+of+the+western+world | accessdate = 13 August 2018 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'</ref> It was the first Christian music album on CD in Australia,<ref name="Grace Gold">{{cite news|url=http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/1718669/singer-set-to-grace-stage/ | title = Singer Set to Grace Stage | work = Western Advocate | publisher = [[Fairfax Media]] | date = 21 August 2013 | accessdate = 23 August 2014 | url-status = live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140826121254/http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/1718669/singer-set-to-grace-stage/ | archivedate = 26 August 2014 }}</ref> and was certified gold in 1999 for shipment of 35000 copies by [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA).<ref>{{cite certification | region = Australia | type = album | certyear = 1999 }}</ref>
In 2009, Steve Grace was invited to perform in Papua New Guinea with [[Darlene Zschech]] and [[Hillsong]]{{dn|date=December 2014}} for the Joyce Meyer Crusade which broke the record for the largest outdoor event held in Port Moresby with over 100,000 people in attendance.{{fact}}

In January 1998 Grace performed at a concert headlined by United States evangelist, [[Franklin Graham]], at Football Park, Adelaide.<ref name="VicH Times Jan98">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196680891 | title = Graham Festival at Football Park | newspaper = [[Victor Harbor Times|The Times]] | volume = 93 | issue = 18 | location = [[Victor Harbor, South Australia|Victor Harbor, SA]] | date = 15 January 1998 | accessdate = 13 August 2018 | page = 13 | via = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> In August of that year the correspondent of ''[[Victor Harbor Times]]'' observed, "[Grace] has built up a network of contacts throughout the country through his tours. Local television and radio stations, newspapers, churches and schools all become involved in his concerts. [His] down-to-earth style of presenting the gospel of Jesus has been extremely effective."<ref name="VicH Times Aug98"/>


==Discography==
==Discography==

;Studio Albums
=== Studio albums ===
* ''Children Of The Western World'' (1988)

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* ''Liberty Road'' (1994)
* ''Children of the Western World'' (1988)&nbsp;– Triune Music/Word Australia <small>(SGR 0001)</small><ref name="NLA Children">{{citation | author1 = Grace, Steve | title = Children of the Western World | date = 1988 | location = [[Heathmont, Victoria|Heathmont, Vic]] | publisher = Triune Music: Manufactured and Distributed by Word Australia | url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34762087 | accessdate = 13 August 2018 }}</ref> - ARIA: Gold<ref name=ARIACert99>{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=Steve Grace|type=album|certyear=1999|access-date=27 December 2021}}</ref>
* ''Liberty Road'' (1992)&nbsp;– Heartland Records <small>(HRCAS1107-4)</small><ref name="NLA Liberty">{{citation | author1 = Grace, Steve | title = Liberty Road | date = 1992 | publisher = Heartland Records | url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/24035610 | accessdate = 13 August 2018 }}</ref>
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* ''Long Road to Glory'' (1996)
* ''Follow'' (2001)
* ''Follow'' (2001)
* ''New Day Coming'' (2004)
* ''New Day Coming'' (2004)
* ''Better Days Ahead'' (2007)
* ''Better Days Ahead'' (2007)
* ''Heritage'' (2009)
* ''Heritage'' (2009)
* ''Heritage II'' (2011)&nbsp;– World Missions International<ref name="NLA Heritage 2">{{citation | author1 = Grace, Steve | title = Heritage: Volume II | date = 2011 | location = [[Maroochydore]], Qld | publisher = World Missions International | url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/170810001 | accessdate = 13 August 2018 }}</ref>
* ''Heritage II'' (2011)
* ''Everytown'' (2012)
* ''Everytown'' (2012)
* ''Nullarbor to Nashville'' (2016)


;Live Albums
=== Live albums ===

* ''One Night In A Million'' (1991)
* ''As Far As It Goes'' (1997)
* ''One Night in a Million'' (1991)
* ''As Far as It Goes'' (1997)<ref name="VicH Times Aug98">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196388341 | title = Gospel Singer at Town Hall | newspaper = The Times | volume = 94 | issue = 49 | location = Victor Harbor, SA | date = 20 August 1998 | accessdate = 13 August 2018 | page = 23 | via = National Library of Australia }} Note: includes a photo of the artist.</ref>
* ''Live In Melbourne'' (2014)
* ''Live in Melbourne'' (2014)


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Latest revision as of 11:25, 27 December 2021

Steve Grace
Birth nameStephen Noel Grace
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1987–present
Labels
  • Triune/Word
  • Heartland
  • Reunion
  • Southern Land
Websitestevegrace.com

Steve Grace is an Australian country rock and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. His 1998 single "Big Dreams" from his album, Children of the Western World (1988), reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Gospel Charts. Children of the Western World was certified gold by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in 1999 and was the first Christian music album to be released on compact disc in Australia. In 1996 Grace won a Dove Award for International Artist of the Year.[1] In 2009 he performed in Papua New Guinea with Darlene Zschech and Hillsong United for the Joyce Meyer Crusade, which broke the record for the largest outdoor event held in Port Moresby with over 100,000 people in attendance.[citation needed]

Biography[edit]

Steve Grace's debut album, Children of the Western World (1988), was recorded at Sing Sing Studios with Beeb Birtles producing for Triune Music/Word Australia.[2][3] The title track was co-written by Grace with Birtles and Craig Ross.[4] It was the first Christian music album on CD in Australia,[5] and was certified gold in 1999 for shipment of 35000 copies by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[6]

In January 1998 Grace performed at a concert headlined by United States evangelist, Franklin Graham, at Football Park, Adelaide.[7] In August of that year the correspondent of Victor Harbor Times observed, "[Grace] has built up a network of contacts throughout the country through his tours. Local television and radio stations, newspapers, churches and schools all become involved in his concerts. [His] down-to-earth style of presenting the gospel of Jesus has been extremely effective."[8]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

  • Children of the Western World (1988) – Triune Music/Word Australia (SGR 0001)[3] - ARIA: Gold[9]
  • Liberty Road (1992) – Heartland Records (HRCAS1107-4)[10]
  • Long Road to Glory (1996)
  • Follow (2001)
  • New Day Coming (2004)
  • Better Days Ahead (2007)
  • Heritage (2009)
  • Heritage II (2011) – World Missions International[11]
  • Everytown (2012)
  • Nullarbor to Nashville (2016)

Live albums[edit]

  • One Night in a Million (1991)
  • As Far as It Goes (1997)[8]
  • Live in Melbourne (2014)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Billboard - 11 May 1996". Billboard. 11 May 1996. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. ^ Holmgren, Magnus; McCarthy, Ken; Warnqvist, Stefan (23 September 2006). "Beeb Birtles". hem.passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b Grace, Steve (1988), Children of the Western World, Heathmont, Vic: Triune Music: Manufactured and Distributed by Word Australia, retrieved 13 August 2018
  4. ^ "'Children of the Western World' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 13 August 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  5. ^ "Singer Set to Grace Stage". Western Advocate. Fairfax Media. 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  6. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  7. ^ "Graham Festival at Football Park". The Times. Vol. 93, no. 18. Victor Harbor, SA. 15 January 1998. p. 13. Retrieved 13 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ a b "Gospel Singer at Town Hall". The Times. Vol. 94, no. 49. Victor Harbor, SA. 20 August 1998. p. 23. Retrieved 13 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia. Note: includes a photo of the artist.
  9. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  10. ^ Grace, Steve (1992), Liberty Road, Heartland Records, retrieved 13 August 2018
  11. ^ Grace, Steve (2011), Heritage: Volume II, Maroochydore, Qld: World Missions International, retrieved 13 August 2018
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