Shaun Groves (born December 27, 1973)ASCAP IPI No. 342981842 Searched by: GROVES DAVID SHAUN under Writers tab is an American Christian singer-songwriter and musician from

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Early years

Groves became a Christian in sixth grade, and played saxophone in middle and high school; he later attended

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

on a full music scholarship.

Musical career

After college Groves moved to

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, eventually landing a contract with

Rocketown Records Rocketown Records was an independent record label which was started in 1996 by Michael W. Smith. In the fall of 1995, met with Don Donahue, A&R director at Reunion Records, to discuss creation of the label. In 1996, Word Records bought a minority ...

in 2000; his first album came out in 2001.

Personal life

He is married to Becky Groves, where together they reside in

, with their children.

Discography

References

Baylor University alumni American performers of Christian music Singer-songwriters from Texas American male singer-songwriters 1973 births Living people 21st-century American singer-songwriters 21st-century American male singers {{US-singer-songwriter-stub