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, ''Letting Go'' in 2006 with

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, ''The Bridge'' in 2006 with

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, ''Undisguised'' in 2010 with

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, ''Home'' in 2011 with

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, and '' Real Life/Real Worship'' in 2014 with Fair Trade Services. In 2018, Evans played the Beast in Beauty and the Beast. In 2012, Evans made it onto '' The Voice'' during season two on Team Aguilera, but was eliminated after the battle rounds on March 5, 2012.

Background

Evans was born on July 14, 1978, in

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, Texas. He is the son of Dr. Tony Evans and Lois Evans. His father, a Christian radio personality, was senior pastor at the megachurch Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas until June 2024. He has one brother – Jonathan – and two sisters: Chrystal and

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, the latter a best-selling author. Evans graduated from

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. Evans starred in '' Caged No More'', a Christian faith-based film about sex trafficking. In 2018 he performed live at the Independence Day reception of the U.S. Embassy Berlin in Germany.

Music career

On June 8, 2004, Evans released his debut studio album entitled ''Even More'' with the record label

. The follow-up second studio album was released on March 7, 2006, titled ''Letting Go'' with

. His third studio album would come out on June 10, 2008, entitled ''The Bridge'' that was released under the

label. On October 2, 2009, Evans released his first ever Holiday album with INO called ''What Christmas Means''. The fourth studio album by Evans was titled ''Undisguised'', which came out on January 26, 2010, with

that later became Fair Trade Services. Evans released his fifth studio album on November 15, 2011, titled ''Home'' through Fair Trade Services.

''The Voice''

Evans appeared on the second season of NBC's '' The Voice''. In the blind audition broadcast on February 20, 2012, he sang "

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" from

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. Only

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turned her chair during the blind audition, with the other three (

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and

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) abstaining. On Team Aguilera as a default, he was put in the Battles round against another Aguilera contestant, Jesse Campbell. On an episode broadcast on March 5, they both sang the

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", with Aguilera opting to keep Campbell after an epic musical confrontation. The show hadn't installed the "steal option" for other judges yet, so Evans was eliminated from the show.

''Real Life/Real Worship''

After ''The Voice'', Evans released his sixth studio album on April 8, 2014, called '' Real Life/Real Worship'' with Fair Trade Services. It proved to be commercially his most successful album release. The album charted on the ''

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'' on the week of April 26, 2014, at number 60 most sold album in all the United States by the ''Billboard'' Hot 200. The album made it also to number 4 on the Top Christian Album chart the same week. In addition, the album reached number 2 on the most sold

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chart.

Discography

Studio albums

Holiday albums

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Anthony 1978 births Living people American performers of Christian music Fair Trade Services artists Singers from Dallas Songwriters from Texas The Voice (franchise) contestants