Michael W. Smith
Contemporary Christian music, Musical Artist
1957 –
Who is Michael W. Smith?
Michael Whitaker Smith is an American contemporary Christian musician, who has charted primarily in the contemporary Christian and occasionally in the mainstream charts. His biggest success in mainstream music was in 1991 when "Place in this World" hit No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Smith is a three-time Grammy Award winner, and has earned 40 Dove Awards. Over the course of his career, he has sold more than 13 million albums and recorded 29 No. 1 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". He has also published 12 books including This is Your Time, which he worked with Christian author Gary Thomas to write.
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- Born
- Oct 7, 1957
Kenova - Also known as
- Michael W Smith
- Smith, Michael W.
- Michael Whitaker Smith
- michael smith
- Micheal W. Smith
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Deborah Kay Davis
(1982/09/03 - )
- Deborah Kay Davis
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Marshall University
- Lived in
- Nashville
- Huntington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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