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Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957) is an American musician who has outlined in both contemporary Christian and mainstream charts. His greatest achievement in mainstream music was in 1991 when “Place in This World” hit No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Throughout the span of his profession, he has sold in excess of 18 million albums.
Smith is a three-time Grammy Award winner, an American Music Award beneficiary, and has received 45 Dove Awards. In 1999, ASCAP granted him with the “Golden Note” Award for lifetime accomplishment in songwriting, and in 2014 they respected him as the “cornerstone of Christian music” for his critical influence on the class. He likewise has recorded 31 No. 1 Hit tunes, fourteen gold collections, and five platinum collections. He has additionally featured in two movies and distributed 14 books including This Is Your Time, which he worked with Christian writer Gary Thomas to compose.
