Avalon歌手资料

国籍 : 美国

成员 : Janna Long 、Greg Long 、Jody McBrayer 、Dani Rocca

With a priority on tight harmonies, Avalon is a Billboard-charting CCM vocal quartetformed by producer Norman Miller for Sparrow Records in 1995. After first attractingnotice on the Young Messiah farewell tour later that same year, original members JannaPotter, Jody McBrayer, Michael Passons, and Nikki Hassman released Avalon's self-titleddebut LP in 1996. The group then toured with Michael W. Smith, Twila Paris, and StevenCurtis Chapman. Their singles "Give it Up," "This Love," and "Picture Perfect World" didwell on the inspirational/adult contemporary charts, sparking the ensemble's secondalbum, 1997's A Maze of Grace. lt hit the Billboard Christian Top Ten. Hassman left thegroup and was replaced by Cherie Paliotta before Avalon returned to the studio to recordthe 1999 album In a Different Light. lt reached number two on the Christian albums chartas well as the top half of the Billboard 200. A combination of traditional and new holidaysongs, the Christmas album Joy followed one year later and also charted. Their firstChristian number one, Oxygen, arrived in 2001, and Melissa Greene replaced Paliotta inthe lineup in time to record two original songs for their 2003 collection The Very Best ofAvalon. Passons then left the quartet, and Greg Long made his Avalon debut on 2004'sThe Creed, which peaked at number four on the Christian chart. The group finished outthe decade with 2006's Stand and Faith: A Hymns Collection, 2008's Another Time,Another Place: Timeless Christian Classics, and 2009's Reborn, which was accompaniedby a co-headlining tour with Selah. By that time, the group consisted of the marriedcouples Janna (Potter) Long and Greg Long, and Jeremi Richardson and Amy McBrideRichardson. Sparrow Records released a collection of their Number Ones in 2012, and a20th Century Masters collection followed in 2014. In 2018, Avalon announced anothermajor lineup shift with the Richardsons both departing to be replaced by returningmember Jody McBrayer and newcomer Dani Rocca. This lineup released a handful ofsingles in late 2019 in advance of their next album, Called.~ Marcy Donelson & JohnBush