Amy Grant grapples with the Trump era and her own mortality in "The Me That Remains"
By Justin Barney
Published on May 8, 2026.
Amy Grant, the undisputed queen of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM), has navigated controversy throughout her career, starting in 1975 with a friend of Grant's and a record executive in Waco, Texas. She signed a contract with the record executive shortly before her 16th birthday and her first number one song on the CCM chart was "Sing Your Praise to the Lord" on 1982's "Age to Age". Despite facing criticism early in her career for her three-button album cover, which was deemed risque by Christian bookstore owners. She also held a same-sex marriage ceremony at her farm in Nashville. Her last album, "How Mercy Looks from Here," came out in 2013 during the Obama administration. Her new album is called "The Me that Remains."
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