Adrienn “Adie” Camp (née Liesching; born 12 July 1981) is a South African singer and songwriter, who is known as the lead singer of the Christian

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band

the Benjamin Gate The Benjamin Gate was a South African Christian rock band formed in 1998 by friends of musician Ben Herbert following his death in a traffic collision. Their name, which was also the name of one of the entrances into the original city of Jer ...

before the group disbanded in 2003. She briefly contributed to other artist's albums, namely her duet with rapper

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featured on his album '' Professional Rapper'' and her background vocals on husband

Jeremy Camp Jeremy Thomas Camp (born January 12, 1978) is an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter from Lafayette, Indiana. He has released eleven albums, four of them RIAA-certified as Gold, and two live albums. Camp's original music ...

's albums ''

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'' and '' Live Unplugged'', after the Benjamin Gate disbanded. Under the name Adrienne Camp, she released her debut solo album '' Don't Wait'' on 26 September 2006 on Capitol CMG. The album was co-produced by her husband

. Her song "Your Way" climbed into the Top 15 on '' R&R'' Magazine's Christian chart in May 2007. Her second album, '' Just You and Me'', was released on 9 March 2010.

Personal life

In December 2003, Liesching married American musician,

. The couple met on a three-month-long tour in 2002. They have three children.

Voice

Todd Hertz of '' Christianity Today'' described Camp's voice as "lovely and ferocious," a "strange combination of Bjork's quavering and the power of Shirley Manson." A reviewer writing for the '' Daily Herald'' of Arlington Heights, Illinois described Camp's voice as evocative of Gwen Stefani, Aimee Echo,

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, and

Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977), professionally known by the mononym Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the " Queen of Latin Music" and is n ...

, all the while "remaining very unique and distinctive."

Discography

The Benjamin Gate * ''Spinning Head EP'' * ''Comeputyourheadupinmyheart'' * ''Demographics'' * ''Untitled'' * ''Contact'' Solo * '' Don't Wait'' (26 September 2006) * '' Just You and Me'' (9 March 2010) Duo * ''The Worship Project'' EP (4 September 2020) with

References

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