11/8/2023 0 Comments Jacob fink and rebecaa st. jamesHer longtime label ForeFront Records releases album titled The Early Years that covered ten songs from her early releases. Also records the official theme song for the National Day of Prayer. New single “Alive” hits #3 on the Christian Billboard Chart. Goes on Tour with fellow Christian superstars BarlowGirl. Also participates in the pop/prock VeggieTales album (by covering the VeggiTales Theme Song).Īge 28: After a break from recording music, returns to studio to record new album If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something. Stars in the stage musical Hero! as a modern-day Mary Magdalene. includes two new songs including “I Thank You” which peaks at #2 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart, but fails to make the overall Billboard 200.Īge 27: Releases her first live album, Live Worship: Blessed Be Your Name which features 7 new songs and 2 studio recorded songs. Writes and releases new book, SHE: Safe, Healthy, Empowered: The Woman You’re Made to Be. Her book goes on to sell 100,000 copies and spawn a journal and study guide. Releases her first compilation project titled Wait For Me: the Best From Rebecca St. Also records a DVD full of interviews that she includes with the album.Īge 25: Writes a book called Wait for Me: Rediscovering the Joy of Purity in Romance, which promotes waiting until marriage for sex, cementing her as a key spokesperson for abstinence. It hits #94 on the overall Billboard 200 (her highest rank yet). Makes a cameo in Left Behind: the Movie. Re-releases her original devotional book with new layout and five new devotions.Īge 24: Releases new album Worship God to rave reviews. Includes the hits Wait for Me and Reborn. Releases song titled “Yes, I believe in God” in memory of the Columbine shooting.Īge 23: Releases fourth album Transform, which hits #14 on the Contemporary Christian Chart. Album hits #168 on teh Billboard 200 and #5 on the Contemporary Christian Chart.Īge 22: Pray wins the Grammy for Best Rock/Gospel Album (the album will eventually sell over 500k copies). Her album God will go on to sell 500,000 copies.Īge 20: Releases a holiday album called Christmas which hits #14 on Billboard’s Contemporary Christian chart.Īge 21: Releases third studio album, Pray. To promote her new album, she releases a devotional book called 40 Days with God: A Devotional Journey. Critics like it, and it peaks at #168 on the Billboard 200 and #6 on Billboard’s Contemporary Christian chart.Īge 19: Nominated for Grammy for Best Rock Gospel Album. Unlike her previous albums, this one focuses more on rock. James.Īge 17: Releases a secondary EP titled Extended Play RemixesĪge 18: Releases second major album (God). Her grandmother immediately suggests “James,” confirming Rebecca’s impulse.Īge 16: Releases her first major label album, the self-titled Rebecca St. She calls her grandmother and asks for advice on stage names. James,” since James was the name of her grandfather who recently passed away. John” but she doesn’t like it (because she has a relative named John). Her father, well equipped as a concert promoter to showcase her talent, gets her a gig as the opening act for contemporary Christian music artist Carmen.Īge 13: Releases independent album Refresh My Heart in Australia under the stage name “Rebecca Jean.” Soon after, her father receives a job offer in the US and moves her family to the United States.Īge 15: Signs a contract with with ForeFront Records, who wants her to adopt a stage name. Her birth name is Rebecca Jean Smallbone.Īge 8: While attending a children’s church group meeting in Australia, she makes a conscious decision to give her heart to God, a moment that she will remember clearly for the rest of her life as “the best decision I ever made.”Īge 9-11: Attends Pacific Hills Christian School in Australia.Īge 12: Writes her first song while still in the eighth grade. Mini Biographyīorn: Jto father David (a concert promoter) and mother Helen. Few people are this consistently talented and admirable over such a long period she’s a star by any measure. With a career that started when she was only 13 years old, she’s been belting out mega-hit songs and inspiring young people for over twenty years. She’s written books about waiting, hit songs about waiting, and even a book about married life after waiting. James is one of the most powerful and beloved figures in Christian music, and is well known for her decision to wait until marriage for sex. I want to go to my wedding night knowing that he’s the only man that I’ve every been with. Rebecca St James 1995 TBN – Everything I Do James Waited Until Age 33 Lion – Rebecca St.
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