Deborah Anne Boone (born September 22, 1956) is an American

United States

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 singer and stage actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Life

You Light Up My Life (song)

Many artists have covered "You Light Up My Life" since 1977. The following year, Johnny Mathis recorded and named his album after the song. LeAnn Rimes released her version as a single in 1997, 20 years after Boone's version was released and on the same record label . Her version fared modestly...

," which spent a then record ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 chart and led to her winning the Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 for Best New Artist the following year. Boone later focused her music career on country music resulting in the 1980 No. 1 country hit, "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again

Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again

"Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again" is a 1980 single written by Debbie Hupp and Bob Morrison and recorded by Debby Boone. The song was Debby Boone's most successful country hit and her only number one. The single stayed at number one for a week and spent a total of ten weeks on the country...

". In the 1980s, she recorded Christian music

Christian music

Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....

 which garnered her four top 10 Contemporary Christian

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...

 albums as well as two more Grammys.