Bethany Dillon

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American musician (born 1988)

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aliasBethany Barnard
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birth_placeBellefontaine, Ohio
genreCCM, acoustic
labelSparrow
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Bethany Barnard (née Dillon; born September 22, 1988) is a Contemporary Christian music artist. Her self-titled 2004 debut album was the highest selling female solo debut for that year, and attracted Gospel Music Association nominations for both Female Vocalist and New Artist of the Year. Her album Waking Up (2007) included production assistance of the GMA's 2005 Producer of the Year, Ed Cash, as well Will Hunt and John Alagia. Her sixth and seventh albums were Stop & Listen (2009) and A Better Word (2017).

Barnard's work has appeared on the soundtrack albums of several feature films, including the single "Hero" in Dreamer (2005, from her second album, Imagination of that year), as well as singles for the Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) and Bridge to Terabithia (2007). Dillon wed Shane Barnard of Shane & Shane on March 29, 2008, and began producing her music as Bethany Barnard from that date.

Childhood and early education

Bethany Barnard was born on September 22, 1988, in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Her birth name was Bethany Adelsberger. She has said that she started playing guitar at age 10, with Jennifer Knapp serving as an early influence.

Music career

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Dillon's musical career began at age 13 and she started recording her first album, Vulnerable, in 2001, that ended up in the hands of EMI executive Brad O'Donnell. Reporting from the time says that audiences connected with her first record almost immediately, and result being several hit singles, and multiple Dove nomination. As well, the album received critical acclaim, and "an exponentially increasing grassroots fan base that propelled her career forward in great leaps". Her self-titled debut album, released in 2004, was the highest selling female solo debut album for the year, and attracted GMA nominations for both Female Vocalist and New Artist of the Year. The radio single All I Need reached the number one position on the U.S. charts.

She released her second album, Imagination, in August 2005. The CD prompted CCM Magazine to label her as "the future of Christian music".

Dillon appears on the Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe soundtrack of 2005, singing "Hero". One track from Imagination, entitled "Dreamer", is featured in the end credits for the 2005 film of the same name, starring Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning). A music video was created for this song, using clips from the film.

GMA's 2005 Producer of the Year, Ed Cash,Joining Ed Cash in the co-production of Waking Up were Will Hunt and John Alagia (an associate of John Mayer and Dave Matthews Band). As CBN.com explains,Influenced for years by penetrating and poetic writers like Rich Mullins, Keith Green, and Sara Groves, Bethany has tended to gravitate toward themes that require a measure of courage and open-heartedness to explore... Waking Up embraces big questions of suffering, barrenness, vulnerability, romance, and faithfulness. Like the writers Bethany has modeled herself after, she proves herself willing to live and create in that place of ambivalent tension that inevitably comes from refusing to settle for easy, feel-good answers. And yet, like the psalmist, Bethany has a penchant for finding the redemption in the midst of the pain.

Dillon's "When You Love Someone" appears as a track on the film soundtrack album, Music from and Inspired by Bridge to Terabithia. In late 2007, Dillon and Sanctus Real opened with Steven Curtis Chapman on his Live in the Moment Tour.

On March 29, 2008, Dillon wed Shane Barnard of Shane & Shane in Xenia, Ohio. In 2016, Dillon and Barnard released the song "Covenant", alongside a fundraising campaign to support a new, independent studio effort and recording to appear in 2017 under her new stage name, Bethany Barnard.

Discography

Albums

EPs

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To Those Who Wait (released March 16, 2012)
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Singles

::data[format=table title="List of singles, with selected chart positions"] | Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | US Christian Songs | US AC | "All I Need" | "Beautiful" | "Lead Me On" | "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" (digital only) | "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" | "All That I Can Do" | "Hallelujah" | "Dreamer" | "The Kingdom" | "Let Your Light Shine" | "When You Love Someone" | "Everyone to Know" | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2004 | 4 | — | Bethany Dillon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2005 | — | — | WOW Christmas: Green | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24 | — | Imagination | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2006 | 31 | 39 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2007 | — | — | Waking Up | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | — | Music from and Inspired by Bridge to Terabithia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2009 | 44 | — | Stop & Listen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Contributions

Awards

GMA Dove Awards

::data[format=table] | Year | Award | Result | 2005 | | 2006 | |---|---|---|---|---| | New Artist of the Year | | | | | | Female Vocalist of the Year | | | | | | Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year (Bethany Dillon) | | | | | | Female Vocalist of the Year | | | | | ::

References

References

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  5. (January 8, 2005). "Bethany Dillon Graces Cover Of August '05 CCM Magazine".
  6. Yap, Timothy. (2 August 2015). "Bethany Dillon's "Imagination" Turns 10 Years Old".
  7. (February 27, 2008). "[Artist Channel] Bethany Dillon".
  8. (2005). "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Original Soundtrack - Chart & Awards". [[All Music Guide]].
  9. . (August 31, 2005). ["Song by Bethany Dillon featured in Dreamer: Inspired By A True Story movie"](https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/Movie_Exposure/15874/p1/).
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  11. (February 12, 2022). "The Entertainment Booking Resource: Bethany Dillon". Entertainment Resource Group, Inc..
  12. Phares, Heather. (February 13, 2007). "Original Soundtrack / Bridge to Terabithia". [[AllMusic]].
  13. Jackson, Kevin. (August 1, 2007). "Bethany Dillon Engaged to Shane Barnard of Shane & Shane".
  14. Tremaine, Chase. (March 13, 2017). "JFH Music Review: Bethany Barnard, A Better Word".
  15. Smith, Christopher. (March 18, 2017). "JFH Staff's Second Opinion: Bethany Barnard, A Better Word".
  16. "Bethany Dillon Christian Songs chart".
  17. "Bethany Dillon Adult Contemporary chart".
  18. [http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/06gmanoms.htm 37th Annual GMA Awards Nominations and Winners] {{webarchive. link. (July 7, 2011)

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