Audrey Nicole Assad was born on July 1,1983 and is an American singer-songwriter.
23 Facts About Audrey Assad
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Audrey Assad has released six studio albums and four EPs.
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Audrey Assad's mother was from Virginia and her father is a Christian Syrian-born refugee.
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Audrey Assad was raised Protestant, as part of the Plymouth Brethren denomination.
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Audrey Assad has worked and toured with other CCM artists such as Chris Tomlin, Tenth Avenue North, Matt Maher and Jars of Clay.
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In 2002, when Audrey Assad was 18, her family moved to Florida and she spent the next six years there.
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Audrey Assad spent the next five years playing at various venues, performing original songs and covers.
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In 2003, Audrey Assad recorded a four-song demo with Drew Middleton, a member of the CCM band Tenth Avenue North at the time.
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In 2008 when Audrey Assad was 24, she decided to move to Nashville, Tennessee, to continue focusing on her music career.
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Audrey Assad raised $7,000 from friends and fans to support her move from Florida.
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Audrey Assad supported herself by working as a nanny before meeting fellow Catholic musician Matt Maher.
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The time they spent together around Maher's home base of Phoenix, Arizona, would later prompt Audrey Assad to move there from Nashville.
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In 2009, Audrey Assad signed with Sparrow Records, who had been talking to Audrey Assad after the release of her EP.
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Altman and Audrey Assad recorded the album at the Galt Line Studio in Los Angeles.
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Audrey Assad ran a Kickstarter campaign with the help of her husband that reached double its goal by its finish on April 15,2013.
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Audrey Assad released her second independent album, Inheritance, on February 12,2016.
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Audrey Assad grew up in a religious household but listened to secular music through her mother's influence, including The Carpenters, James Taylor and Celine Dion, as well as to French and Middle Eastern music through her dad's influence.
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Audrey Assad began using her piano talents at 19, when she led worship and began writing and performing her own music.
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Audrey Assad was raised in an Evangelical Protestant religious household; she reconfirmed her faith at the age of 19.
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Audrey Assad met her future husband in Arizona while on tour with Matt Maher in 2008; the couple married on February 19,2011, in Phoenix.
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In October 2017, Audrey Assad gave birth to their second child, a daughter named Camila St Clare.
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Audrey Assad has spoken in public about her past addiction to pornography and masturbation, while recommending "confession, accountability and counseling" to overcome them.
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On March 3,2021, Audrey Assad announced that she was no longer a practicing Christian, despite continuing to work with and platform groups such as Porter's Gate, which is considered to be a progressive Christian band.