Jennifer Louise Rock Johnson is an American

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singer, songwriter and worship

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. She is a co-founding member of

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, and is one-half of the husband-and-wife worship duo, Brian & Jenn Johnson. She is also a senior worship pastor at Bethel Church in Redding,

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, and a Senior Overseer of WorshipU, an online school of worship under Bethel Music which she co-founded with Brian Johnson. As a part of Brian & Jenn Johnson, three live albums have been released: '' Undone'' (2001), '' We Believe'' (2006), the duo's first release to appear on '' Billboard''s

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chart, and '' Where You Go I Go'' (2008). The duo has also released one studio album, '' After All These Years'' (2017), which debuted on the US ''Billboard'' 200 at number 21. Jenn Johnson has also featured on many Bethel Music collective albums.

Early life

Jennifer Louise Rock was born on April 15, 1982 in

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, to Ronald Rock and Sandra Brown.

Career

In 2000, Brian Johnson and his wife, Jenn Johnson, were appointed as senior worship pastors at Bethel Church. As Brian & Jenn Johnson, they released their debut album, '' Undone'', in 2001, featuring Johnson's younger sister Leah Valenzuela. After a five-year hiatus, Brian & Jenn Johnson released their second live album, '' We Believe'' on September 26, 2006. ''We Believe'' charted at No. 48 on the ''Billboard''

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, becoming the duo's first chart entry. On September 30, 2008, '' Where You Go I Go'', the duo's third album, was released via the label Ion Records. On December 13, 2011, Bethel Music and Jenn Johnson released "Come to Me" as the lead single of Bethel's live album, '' The Loft Sessions'' (2012). The song peaked at number 14 on the US Christian Digital Songs Sales Chart. On September 6, 2013, "Chasing You" by Bethel Music, featuring Jenn Johnson's vocals, was released as the lead single of Bethel Music's first studio album, '' Tides'' (2013). The song peaked at number 13 on the US Christian Digital Songs Sales Chart. Brian & Jenn Johnson released their fourth album, '' After All These Years'', on January 27, 2017. The album debuted at number one on the Top Christian Albums chart having sold 16,000 equivalent album units in its first week of sales, while becoming the duo's first chart-topping album. On May 8, 2017, Jenn Johnson released " You're Gonna Be OK" as the lead single from ''After All These Years'' (2017). "You're Gonna Be OK" peaked at number 34 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. On November 1, 2019, Johnson and Bethel Music released "

Goodness of God "Goodness of God" is a song by Bethel Music and Jenn Johnson, which was released as the third single from Bethel Music's eleventh live album, ''Victory'' (2019), on November 1, 2019. The song was written by Ed Cash, Ben Fielding, Jason Ingra ...

" as the third single from Bethel's live album, ''

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'' (2019). "Goodness of God" peaked at number 15 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. The song was nominated for the GMA Dove Award for Worship Recorded Song of the Year at the 2020 GMA Dove Awards. On January 10, 2020, Jenn Johnson featured on the song " Famous For (I Believe)" released by

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as the second single from Well's album, '' Citizen of Heaven'' (2020). The song peaked at number three on the Hot Christian Songs chart, registering as Johnson's first top ten single, and at number 15 on the

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chart. "Famous For (I Believe)" was nominated for

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at the

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, and the ''Billboard'' Music Award for Top Christian Song at the

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. On February 7, 2020, Jenn Johnson, alongside Brian Johnson and Bethel Music released "

God of Revival "God of Revival" is a song by Bethel Music, Brian Johnson and Jenn Johnson, which was released as the lead single from Bethel Music's twelfth live album, '' Revival's in the Air'' (2020), on February 7, 2020. The song was written by Brian Johnson ...

" as the lead single to Bethel's live album, '' Revival's in the Air'' (2020). "

" peaked at number 22 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. On April 18, 2020, Jenn Johnson featured on the single "Joy Invincible" released by Switchfoot. "Joy Invincible" peaked at number 37 on the Hot Christian Songs chart.

Discography

Albums

As Brian & Jenn Johnson * '' Undone'' (2001) * '' We Believe'' (2006) * '' Where You Go I Go'' (2008) * '' After All These Years'' (2017)

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

Promotional singles

Other appearances

Bibliography

Awards and nominations

Billboard Music Awards

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