Beauty Will Rise is Steven Curtis Chapman

Steven Curtis Chapman

Steven Curtis Chapman is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.After starting his career in the late 1980s as a singer/songwriter of contemporary Christian music, Chapman has since been recognized as one of the most prolific singers in the genre,...

's seventeenth studio album, released on November 3, 2009.

Background

Many of the songs on the album are inspired by the accidental death of Chapman's youngest daughter, Maria Sue Chunxi Chapman. Extensive liner notes by Steven describe how each song was related to the grieving process that he and his family went through after Maria died. The album was produced by Brent Milligan

Brent Milligan

Brent Milligan is an Grammy Award-nominated, American record producer and session bass guitar player currently residing in Nashville, TN. He was born in Baton Rouge, LA, and moved to Nashville after graduating from Louisiana State University in 1992...

, and initial recordings took place while Chapman was on tour, in various locales such as hotel rooms, backstage dressing rooms, and theatre lobbies. "Beauty Will Rise" is dedicated to Maria Sue. Every time Steven Curtis Chapman and his family talk about Maria they have to fight back tears.

Singles

The album's lead single, "Heaven Is the Face", was released to radio on August 21, 2009 (peaking at #7 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs

Hot Christian Songs

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 chart).

Commercial performance

As of December 25, 2009, the album has sold over 81,000 copies. The album debuted at #27 on the US Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 chart and #1 on the Top Christian Albums chart.

Track listing

All tracks by Steven Curtis Chapman

Steven Curtis Chapman

Steven Curtis Chapman is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, actor, author, and social activist.After starting his career in the late 1980s as a singer/songwriter of contemporary Christian music, Chapman has since been recognized as one of the most prolific singers in the genre,...

 except where noted

1. "Heaven is The Face" – 3:44
2. "Beauty Will Rise" – 5:29
3. "SEE" – 4:36
4. "Just Have to Wait" – 3:38
5. "Faithful" – 4:42
6. "Questions" – 3:30
7. "Our God is In Control" (Steven Curtis Chapman, Mary Beth Chapman) – 4:00
8. "February 20th" – 3:51
9. "God is It True (Trust Me)" – 3:24
10. "I Will Trust You" – 4:15
11. "Jesus Will Meet You There" – 4:13
12. "Spring is Coming" – 4:34 (The Children of the World Choir joins Chapman on the last chorus).

Personnel

• Steven Curtis Chapman – acoustic guitar, mandolin, percussion, piano, electric guitar, programming, backing vocals, producer, drums
• Brent Milligan – bass, percussion, piano, cello, cymbals, drums, keyboards, baritone, producer, tracking
• Will Franklin Chapman – drums
• Steve Dady – engineer (recorded the Children of the World Choir vocals on Spring is Coming)
• David Angell – strings
• Monisa Angell – strings
• Adam Ayan – mastering
• Richie Biggs – bass, cymbals, drums, mixing
• John Catchings – strings, cello
• Joe Causey – percussion, piano, trumpet, electric guitar, programming, fender rhodes, editing
• Jess Chambers – A&R*David Davidson – strings, violin
• Ken Lewis – percussion, drums, ride cymbal
• Russ "Russwell" Long – mixing, tracking
• Blair Masters – string arrangements
• Buckley Miller – assistant
• John Painter – horn, engineer, horn arrangements
• Jeff Pitzer – engineer
• Danny Raines – management
• Scott Sheriff – backing vocals
• Baeho Bobby Shin – string engineer
• F. Reid Shippen – mixing
• Ben Shive – dulcimer, celeste
• Scott Velazco – assistant

Peak positions

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	27
US Billboard Top Christian Albums	1

Certifications and sales

Country	Sales
United States	781,461