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{{Short description|American musician (born 1988)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bethany Dillon
| image = Bethany Dillon.jpg
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| birth_name = <!--Bethany Joy Adelsberger{{cn|date = February 2022}} Omitting until sourced.-->
| alias = Bethany Barnard
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|9|22}}
| birth_place = [[Bellefontaine, Ohio]]
| origin =
| death_date =
| genre = [[Contemporary Christian music|CCM]], [[Acoustic music|acoustic]]
| occupation =
| instrument =
| years_active =
| label = [[Sparrow Records|Sparrow]]
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|bethanybarnard.com/}}
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'''Bethany Barnard''' ([[Maiden and married names|''née'']] '''Dillon'''; born September 22, 1988) is a [[Contemporary Christian music]] artist. Her self-titled 2004 debut album was the highest selling female solo debut for that year, and attracted [[Gospel Music Association]] nominations for both Female Vocalist and New Artist of the Year. Her album ''[[Waking Up (Bethany Dillon album)|Waking Up]]'' (2007) included production assistance of the [[Gospel Music Association|GMA]]'s 2005 Producer of the Year, [[Ed Cash]], as well [[Will Hunt]] and [[John Alagia]]. Her sixth and seventh albums were ''[[Stop & Listen]]'' (2009) and ''A Better Word'' (2017).
Barnard's work has appeared on the soundtrack albums of several feature films, including the single "Hero" in ''[[Dreamer (2005 film)|Dreamer]]'' (2005, from her second album, ''[[Imagination (Bethany Dillon album)|Imagination]]'' of that year), as well as singles for the ''[[Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' (2005) and ''[[Music from and Inspired by Bridge to Terabithia|Bridge to Terabithia]]'' (2007). Dillon wed [[Shane Barnard]] of [[Shane & Shane]] on March 29, 2008, and began producing her music as Bethany Barnard from that date.
== Childhood and early education==
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Bethany Barnard was born Bethany Joy Adelsberger{{cn|date = February 2022}} on September 22, 1988, in [[Bellefontaine, Ohio]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2018 |title=Bethany Dillon [Artist Profile] |url=http://christianmusic.com/bethany_dillon/bethany_dillon.htm |access-date=May 28, 2018 |website=ChristianMusic.com [defunct]}}</ref> She has said that she started playing guitar at age 10, with [[Jennifer Knapp]] serving as an early influence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August–October 2006 |title=[Bethany Dillon article] |url=http://www.ninemagazine.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626175046/http://www.ninemagazine.org/ |archive-date=June 26, 2007 |website=[[niNe. magazine]]}}{{full|date = February 2022}}</ref>
== Music career ==
[[File:US Army 51111 Forts McPherson,Gillem honor fallen at Patriot Day ceremonies.jpg|thumb|right|Dillon performs at a [[Patriot Day]] ceremony at [[Fort Gillem]] in 2009.]]
Dillon's musical career began at age 13, ca. 2001, with the recording an independent album, ''Vulnerable'', that ended up in the hands of [[EMI]] executive Brad O'Donnell.{{cn|date = February 2022}} Reporting from the time says that audiences connected with her first record almost immediately, and result being several hit singles, and multiple Dove nomination.{{cn|date = February 2022}} As well, the album received critical acclaim,{{cn|date = February 2022}} and "an exponentially increasing grassroots fan base that propelled her career forward in great leaps".{{cite quote|date = February 2022}} Her self-titled debut album, released in 2004, was the highest selling female solo debut album for the year, and attracted [[Gospel Music Association|GMA]] nominations for both Female Vocalist and New Artist of the Year.{{cn|date = February 2022}} The radio single ''All I Need'' reached the number one position on the U.S. charts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 25, 2013 |title=Bethany Dillon [Artist Profile] |url=http://www.last.fm/music/Bethany+Dillon |website=[[Last.fm]]}}{{full|date = February 2022}}</ref>
She released her second album, ''Imagination'', in August 2005.<ref name="Top40Charts">{{Cite web |date=January 8, 2005 |title=Bethany Dillon Graces Cover Of August '05 CCM Magazine |url=http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=16418 |access-date=February 12, 2022 |website=Top40-Charts.com |format=marketing press release}}</ref>{{better source|date = February 2022}} The CD prompted ''[[CCM Magazine]]''{{full|date = February 2022}} to label her as "the future of Christian music".<ref name=Top40Charts/><ref name="ImaginationTracklist">{{Cite web |date=February 27, 2008 |title=[Artist Channel] Bethany Dillon |url=http://www.rhapsody.com/bethanydillon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227014701/http://www.rhapsody.com/bethanydillon |archive-date=February 27, 2008 |access-date=February 12, 2022 |website=Rhapsody.com |format=artist tracklist |quote=[Annotation] The cover of the August 2005 issue of CCM magazine called Dillon 'the future of Christian music.' Before that, she was dubbed 'the next Amy Grant' based on her soft folk debut...}}</ref>{{better source|date = February 2022}}<!--Needed is the CCM magazine citation, not press-releases (which is commercial, non-independent online content) or stray side-bar, incomplete annotations of web pages whose purpose is something else that to relay factual content.-->
Dillon appears on the ''[[Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' soundtrack of 2005, singing "Hero".{{cn|date = February 2022}} One track from ''[[Imagination (Bethany Dillon album)|Imagination]]'', entitled "Dreamer", is featured in the end credits for the [[Dreamer (2005 film)|2005 film of the same name]], starring [[Kurt Russell]] and [[Dakota Fanning]]).{{cn|date = February 2022}} A music video was created for this song, using clips from the film.{{cn|date = February 2022}}
GMA's 2005 Producer of the Year, [[Ed Cash]],<ref name = CBN/> teamed up with Dillon to co-produce an 11-track album, all of which were written or co-written by Dillon; the result was her 2007 album, ''[[Waking Up (Bethany Dillon album)|Waking Up]]'' released on April 3.{{cn|date = February 2022}} As described by Dillon,<blockquote>Waking Up is the most joyful record I’ve made... even though it revolves around themes of brokenness and this feeling of being really, really small in the presence of God. When the Lord is growing something in me, it feels like a lot of things are dying—because they really are. And when the Lord is making things soft and vulnerable in me, it's really painful. But even so, I think this is the freest sounding project I’ve created.<ref name="CBN">{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2022 |title=Adult Contemporary / Bethany Dillon / Sparrow Records [Artist Profile] |url=https://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/artists/dillon_bethany.aspx?mobile=false&u=1 |access-date=February 12, 2022 |website=[[Christian Broadcasting Network|CBN.com]] |publisher=The [[Christian Broadcasting Network]], Inc. |___location=Virginia Beach, Va. |quote='Waking Up is the most joyful record I’ve made,' Bethany explains, 'even though it revolves around themes of brokenness and this feeling of being really, really small in the presence of God. When the Lord is growing something in me, it feels like a lot of things are dying—because they really are. And when the Lord is making things soft and vulnerable in me, it's really painful. But even so, I think this is the freest sounding project I’ve created.' / Influenced for years by penetrating and poetic writers like Rich Mullins, Keith Green, and Sara Groves, Bethany has tended to gravitate toward themes that require a measure of courage and open-heartedness to explore. Co-produced by GMA's 2005 Producer of the Year Ed Cash, as well as Will Hunt and John Alagia (John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band), Waking Up embraces big questions of suffering, barrenness, vulnerability, romance, and faithfulness. Like the writers Bethany has modeled herself after, she proves herself willing to live and create in that place of ambivalent tension that inevitably comes from refusing to settle for easy, feel-good answers. And yet, like the psalmist, Bethany has a penchant for finding the redemption in the midst of the pain.}}</ref><ref name="ERG">{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2022 |title=The Entertainment Booking Resource: Bethany Dillon |url=https://www.entertainmentrg.com/ArtistPage.aspx?ArtistName=Bethany_Dillon |access-date=February 12, 2022 |website=EntertainmentRG.com |publisher=Entertainment Resource Group, Inc. |___location=Las Vegas, Nevada}}</ref></blockquote>Joining Ed Cash in the co-production of ''Waking Up'' were [[Will Hunt]] and [[John Alagia]] (an associate of [[John Mayer]] and [[Dave Matthews Band]]).<ref name = CBN/> As ''[[Christian Broadcasting Network|CBN.com]]'' explains,<blockquote>Influenced for years by penetrating and poetic writers like Rich Mullins, Keith Green, and Sara Groves, Bethany has tended to gravitate toward themes that require a measure of courage and open-heartedness to explore... Waking Up embraces big questions of suffering, barrenness, vulnerability, romance, and faithfulness. Like the writers Bethany has modeled herself after, she proves herself willing to live and create in that place of ambivalent tension that inevitably comes from refusing to settle for easy, feel-good answers. And yet, like the psalmist, Bethany has a penchant for finding the redemption in the midst of the pain.<ref name = CBN/></blockquote>
Dillon's "When You Love Someone" appears as a track on the film soundtrack album, ''[[Music from and Inspired by Bridge to Terabithia]]''.<ref name="AllMusic">{{Cite web |last=Phares |first=Heather |date=February 13, 2007 |title=Original Soundtrack / Bridge to Terabithia |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bridge-to-terabithia-mw0000567812 |access-date=February 12, 2022 |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> In late 2007, Dillon and [[Sanctus Real]] opened with [[Steven Curtis Chapman]] on his ''Live in the Moment Tour''.{{cn|date = February 2022}}
On March 29, 2008, Dillon wed [[Shane Barnard]] of [[Shane & Shane]] in [[Xenia, Ohio]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Kevin |date=August 1, 2007 |title=Bethany Dillon Engaged to Shane Barnard of Shane & Shane |url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/bethany-dillon-engaged-to-shane-barnard-of-shane-shane-28705/ |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722014200/http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070801/28705_Bethany_Dillon_Engaged_to_Shane_Barnard_of_Shane_&_Shane.htm |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |access-date=May 30, 2018 |website=[[The Christian Post]]}}</ref> In 2016, Dillon and Barnard released the song "Covenant", alongside a fundraising campaign to support a new, independent studio effort and recording to appear in 2017 under her new stage name, Bethany Barnard.{{cn|date = February 2022}}<!--Giving the YouTube link is not sufficient; it does not support the content of the sentence.-->
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnard |first=Bethany |date=September 27, 2016 |title=Covenant |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TsZQbjYER4 |access-date=February 12, 2022 |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> On February 10, 2017, she independently released ''A Better Word''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tremaine |first=Chase |date=March 13, 2017 |title=JFH Music Review: Bethany Barnard, A Better Word |url=http://jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/ABetterWord.asp |access-date=February 12, 2022 |website=JesusFreakHideout.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith, Christopher |date=March 18, 2017 |title=JFH Staff's Second Opinion: Bethany Barnard, A Better Word |url=http://jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/ABetterWord.asp |access-date=February 12, 2022 |website=JesusFreakHideout.com}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[
* ''[[Imagination (Bethany Dillon album)|Imagination]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Waking Up (Bethany Dillon album)|Waking Up]]'' (2007)
* ''[[So Far: The Acoustic Sessions]]'' (2008)
* ''[[In Christ Alone: Modern Hymns of Worship]]'' (with Matt Hammitt) (2008)
* ''[[Stop & Listen]]'' (2009)
* ''A Better Word'' (2017)
* ''All My Questions'' (2021)
=== EPs ===
{| border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"
|-
| align="left"|''The Beautiful Sessions'' <small>(released February 11, 2004)</small>
Track listing:
# "Beautiful"
# "Move Forward"
# "Beautiful (Acoustic)"
# "Great Big Mystery (Acoustic)"
# "For My Love (Acoustic)"
# "Revolutionaries (Acoustic)"
|-
| align="left"|''Connect Sets'' <small>(released December 13, 2005)</small>
Track listing:
# "All That I Can Do"
# "Hallelujah"
# "Beautiful"
|-
| align="left"|''Top Five Hits: Bethany Dillon'' <small>(released December 5, 2006)</small>
Track listing:
# "All I Need"
# "Beautiful"
# "Hero"
# "Dreamer"
# "Hallelujah"
|-
| align="left"|''To Those Who Wait'' <small>(released March 16, 2012)</small>
Track listing:
# "Satisfy (Tappety Intro)"
# "Satisfy (live)"
# "To Those Who Wait (live)"
# "You're the Best Song (live)"
# "You Did Not Have a Home (live)"
|}
=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style=text-align:center;
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
|-
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! scope="col" style="width:12em;font-size:100%;"| [[Hot Christian Songs|US Christian Songs]]<br /><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Bethany Dillon Christian Songs chart |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281461/bethany-dillon/chart?f=355 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623174803/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281461/bethany-dillon/chart?f=355 |archive-date=June 23, 2014 |access-date=October 27, 2013 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:12em;font-size:100%;"| [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]]<br /><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Bethany Dillon Adult Contemporary chart |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281461/bethany-dillon/chart?f=341 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625000320/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281461/bethany-dillon/chart?f=341 |archive-date=June 25, 2014 |access-date=October 27, 2013 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "All I Need"
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|2004
| 4
| —
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left" |''[[Bethany Dillon (album)|Bethany Dillon]]''
|-
! scope="row"|"Beautiful"
| 7
| —
|-
! scope="row"|[[Lead Me On (Amy Grant song)|"Lead Me On"]]
| 27
| —
|-
! scope="row"|"[[O Come, O Come Emmanuel]]" <small>(digital only)</small>
| 14
| —
| style="text-align:left" | —
|-
! scope="row"|"[[God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen]]"
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|2005
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left" | ''[[WOW Christmas: Green]]''
|-
! scope="row"|"All That I Can Do"
| 24
| —
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left" | ''[[Imagination (Bethany Dillon album)|Imagination]]''
|-
! scope="row"|"Hallelujah"
| 28
| —
|-
! scope="row"|"Dreamer"
| 2006
| 31
| 39
|-
! scope="row"|"The Kingdom"
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|2007
| —
| —
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left" | ''[[Waking Up (Bethany Dillon album)|Waking Up]]''
|-
! scope="row"|"Let Your Light Shine"
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row"|"When You Love Someone"
| 28
| —
| ''[[Music from and Inspired by Bridge to Terabithia]]''
|-
! scope="row"|"Everyone to Know"
| 2009
| 44
| —
| style="text-align:left" |''[[Stop & Listen (Bethany Dillon album)|Stop & Listen]]''
|}
=== Contributions ===
* 2004 - ''Simply Great Music'' - "Great Big Mystery" <small> (from ''Bethany Dillon'')</small>
* 2004 - ''[[WOW Hits 2005]]'' - "All I Need" <small> (from ''Bethany Dillon'')</small>
* 2005 - ''Every Young Woman's Battle'' - "Exodus (Faithful)" <small> (from ''Bethany Dillon'')</small>
* 2005 - ''[[Music Inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' - "Hero"
* 2005 - ''[[WOW Hits 2006]]'' - "All That I Can Do" <small> (from ''Imagination'')</small>
* 2005 - ''[[WOW Christmas: Green]]'' - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
* 2005 - ''Night of Joy 2005'' - "Vagabond" <small> (from ''Imagination'')</small>
* 2006 - ''Pursue Me'' - Jason Holdridge - "Word of Fire," "Psalm 29," "The Story"
* 2006 - ''Unexpected Gifts: 12 New Sounds of Christmas'' - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
* 2006 - ''[[WOW Worship: Aqua]]'' - "Holy Is The Lord"
* 2006 - ''Sing Over Me: Worship Songs and Lullabies'' - "How Great Is Our God", "Sing Over Me" (with [[Nichole Nordeman]]), "Unwavering"
* 2007 - ''[[Amazing Grace (soundtrack)|Music Inspired by the Motion Picture Amazing Grace]]'' - "[[All Creatures of Our God and King]]" (with [[Shawn McDonald]])
* 2007 - ''[[Music from and Inspired by Bridge to Terabithia]]'' - "[[When You Love Someone (Sammy Kershaw song)|When You Love Someone]]" <small> (from ''Waking Up'')</small>
* 2007 - ''WOW Hymns'' - "All Creatures of Our God And King" (with [[Shawn McDonald]])
* 2007 - ''Worship Together Favorites'' - "Holy is the Lord"
* 2008 - ''The Daraja Children's Choir of Africa'' - "Everlasting God"
* 2009 - ''You'll Be Whole'' - Lindsey Kane - "It Is Well" duet with Lindsey Kane
* 2009 - ''Glory Revealed II: The Word of God in Worship'' - "Never" with Shawn Lewis
* 2011 - ''Lift Up the Light'' - Oaks Worship - "I Want Your Presence"
* 2011 - ''The Music of a Movement'' (Reach Records) - "You Alone" Tedashii ft. Bethany Dillon
* 2013 - ''War In the Waiting'' - Oaks Worship - "[[Amazing Grace]]"
== Awards ==
=== GMA Dove Awards ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:60px;"| Year
! Award
! Result
|-
!rowspan="3"| [[36th GMA Dove Awards|2005]]
| New Artist of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| Female Vocalist of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year (''[[Bethany Dillon (album)|Bethany Dillon]]'')
| {{nom}}
|-
!| [[37th GMA Dove Awards|2006]]
| Female Vocalist of the Year
| {{nom}}<ref>[http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/06gmanoms.htm 37th Annual GMA Awards Nominations and Winners] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707074958/http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/06gmanoms.htm |date=July 7, 2011 }}</ref>
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://bethanybarnard.com/}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh6_HTAn_LwyvzC---rmULA YouTube Channel]
* [http://www.thoughtquotient.com/music/bethanydillon/bethanydillon.htm Thought Quotient - Interview with Bethany Dillon]
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