32 Facts About Jennifer Knapp

Jennifer Lynn Knapp was born on April 12,1974 and is an American-Australian folk rock and contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter, author, and LGBTQ advocate.

Jennifer Knapp is best known for her first single "Undo Me" from her Gold-certified debut studio album, Kansas, and the song "A Little More" from her Grammy Award-nominated album, Lay It Down.

Jennifer Knapp was born in Chanute, Kansas, on April 12,1974, with her twin sister Lori.

Jennifer Knapp has called her childhood "difficult" and "abusive" due in part to her parents' acrimonious divorce and her father's remarriage.

In 1992, Jennifer Knapp attended Pittsburg State University on a music scholarship.

Jennifer Knapp left school to go on tour before finishing her degree.

Kansas, Jennifer Knapp's critically acclaimed studio debut, eventually sold over 500,000 copies, becoming Gold-certified by the RIAA.

Jennifer Knapp won 1999 Dove Awards for New Artist of the Year and Rock Song of the Year for "Undo Me".

Jennifer Knapp toured the US, singing primarily in churches but performing at festivals.

Jennifer Knapp was motivated by a desire to mentor Christian musicians as well as to ensure she would have a job after her music career.

That year she headlined a national "Christian heavyweight" tour with Third Day, who observed that Jennifer Knapp helped attract a larger and broader audience for their concerts.

In several interviews, Jennifer Knapp spoke about the possibility of expanding outside of the Christian music market, saying "I want to reach as many people as possible".

Jennifer Knapp headlined a nationwide tour for the first time in 2001.

The album was recorded while Jennifer Knapp was on tour and featured the London Symphony Orchestra on the song "By and By".

In 2002, Jennifer Knapp toured with Jars of Clay and Shaun Groves on The Eleventh Hour Tour.

Jennifer Knapp faced burnout due to her hectic schedule that included touring 250 days a year and recording two albums in two years.

Jennifer Knapp later stated: "I had some difficult decisions to make and what that meant for my life and deciding to invest in a same-sex relationship".

On September 10,2002, Jennifer Knapp played the last concert of her Christian music career in Abilene, Texas, and subsequently went on hiatus, eventually moving to Australia.

Jennifer Knapp's management confirmed to Patrol Magazine that she was working on new material.

In February 2010, Jennifer Knapp announced that her new album, Letting Go, would be released on May 11 and supported by a spring 2010 tour with Derek Webb and summer appearances on the revived Lilith Fair tour.

Jennifer Knapp defended her identity as a gay Christian to Botsford.

In 2011, Jennifer Knapp performed at the first annual Wild Goose Festival, a music and arts festival designed for a liberal Christian audience.

In early 2014, Jennifer Knapp began recording a new album in Nashville with producer Jacob Lawson.

Jennifer Knapp referred to the album as "my deepest look at love yet" and said that the musical style was less folk rock than she had originally expected.

In 2022, Jennifer Knapp estimated that her fanbase was a mixture of longtime fans of her Christian music and newer fans of her non-Christian music and LGBTQ advocacy work.

Jennifer Knapp's music has frequently been referred to as rock, especially folk rock.

Jennifer Knapp has been compared to Melissa Etheridge, Jewel, Sheryl Crow, and Natalie Merchant.

However, Jennifer Knapp has stated that the reactions to her coming out have been unexpectedly positive and that she has received significant support.

In 2018, Jennifer Knapp completed a Master of Theological Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.

Jennifer Knapp is one of the first and one of the most well-known Christian music artists to come out as gay.

In 2015, Jennifer Knapp gave a University of Nevada TEDx Talk about being a Christian lesbian.

Jennifer Knapp has contributed articles on LGBTQ topics to HuffPost.