John Berry (singer)

John Berry ( born September 14, 1959 in Aiken, South Carolina) is an American country singer

Life

John grew up in Atlanta. At twelve, he began playing guitar. His favorite genres were soul and country. After the first performances in the country scene of Georgia from 1979 he produced six self-financed albums that sold thousands of times to some extent.

Career

In 1992, he moved to Nashville, where he still in the same year was awarded a recording contract with Capitol Nashville. A year later he released his first album: John Berry. Sales were initially not outstanding, but then retreated sharply after a few successful singles to. In the end it went platinum. The single Your Love Amazes Me reached number one on the country charts. Berry was thus established in the scene. However, he had to undergo at the first peak of his career brain surgery, but he easily survived.

1995 saw the album Standing On The Edge, which was gilded. Two uncoupled singles made ​​it into the top ten. In the same year Berry was nominated for several Grammy and CMA Awards. The sales figures were below by slowly. There were still achieved some top - 10 finishes, but his albums were not able to build on earlier successes. In 1999, the singer with the distinctive, reminiscent of Vince Gill tenor voice to the Lyric Street label. But here were from the successes, and he moved to just one album again the record company. Finally, he landed at the small independent label Clear Sky Records.

Discography

  • 2004 - I Give My Heart (Clear Sky Records )
  • 2003 - Oh Holy Night Live (Clear Sky Records )
  • 2001 - All The Way To There ( ARK)
  • 2000 - My Heart Is In Bethlehem ( ARK)
  • 1999 - Wildest Dreams ( Capitol )
  • 1999 - There He Goes ( Lyric Street Records )
  • 1998 - Better Than A Biscuit ( Capitol )
  • 1997 - Oh Holy Night ( Capitol )
  • 1996 - Faces ( Capitol )
  • 1995 - Standing On The Edge ( Liberty / Capitol )
  • 1994 - Things Are Not The Same ( Liberty / Capitol )
  • 1994 - Saddle In The Wind ( Liberty / Capitol )
  • 1993 - John Berry ( Capitol )
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