Never Alone is the third album by Christian

Contemporary Christian music

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 singer Amy Grant

Amy Grant

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, released in 1980

1980 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980.-January–March:*January 1**Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Elizabeth II.**The Zorros audition drummer Greg Pedley....

 through Myrrh Recordings

Myrrh Records

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.

By this point in her life, Amy had entered her sophomore year at Furman University

Furman University

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 and developed a budding relationship with studio songwriter Gary Chapman

Gary Chapman (musician)

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. The three songs from the album that they co-wrote obscurely describe their on-again, off-again relationship. Although Never Alone was not as popular as its predecessor, the 1979 album My Father's Eyes, it still managed to score a Top Ten Christian hit in "Look What Has Happened To Me."

Track listing

Personnel

• Amy Grant: Vocals.
• Brown Bannister
  Brown Bannister
  Brown Bannister is a CCM producer and songwriter. Bannister released one album of his own, Talk to One Another, in 1981 on NewPax Records. It was reissued on the Reunion Records Label five years later, featuring a newer recording of the album's final cut, "Create In Me A Clean Heart"...
  
  : Vocals (bckgr), Producer, Mixing
• Pete Bordinella: Guitars.
• Jimmy Capps: Guitars.
• Johnny Christopher: Guitars.
• Bruce Dees: Guitars, Background Vocals.
• Tim May: Guitars.
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr.: Guitars.
• David Hungate
  David Hungate
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  : Bass.
• Joe Schmee: Bass.
• Jack Williams: Bass.
• Bob Wray: Bass.
• Shane Keister
  Shane Keister
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  : Synthesizer, Piano.
• Clayton Ivey: Fender Rhodes.
• Thomas Cain: Piano, Background Vocals.
• Larry Muhoberac
  Larry Muhoberac
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  : Piano.
• Clay Caire: Drums.
• Roger Clark: Drums.
• Paul Leim: Drums.
• Farrell Morris: Percussion, Marimba.
• Mark Morris: Percussion.
• Fred Petry: Percussion.
• Cindy Reynolds: Harp.
• Jerry Roberts: Accordion.
• Dennis Solee: Flute, Saxophone, Lyricon.
• Steve Brantley: Background Vocals.
• Gary Chapman: Background Vocals.
• Diana DeWitt: Background Vocals.
• Greg Gordon: Background Vocals.
• Patti Leatherwood: Background Vocals.
• Gary Pigg: Background Vocals.
• Belinda West: Background Vocals.

Production

• Producer: Brown Bannister
  Brown Bannister
  Brown Bannister is a CCM producer and songwriter. Bannister released one album of his own, Talk to One Another, in 1981 on NewPax Records. It was reissued on the Reunion Records Label five years later, featuring a newer recording of the album's final cut, "Create In Me A Clean Heart"...
  
   for Chris Christian
  Chris Christian
  Chris Christian is a songwriter, record producer, and a record label executive. His songs have been recorded by Elvis Presley, Olivia Newton-John, Natalie Cole, Sheena Easton, The Pointer Sisters, Al Jarreau, The Carpenters, Amy Grant, Patti Austin, Dionne Warwick, Amy Grant, The Imperials, B.J...
  
   Productions
• Executive Producer: Michael Blanton.
• Engineers: Jimmy Birch, Jack Joseph Puig
  Jack Joseph Puig
  Jack Joseph Puig is a Grammy Award-winning music engineer and producer with a long track record of successful productions, including the mid-1990s production of Tonic. Puig also worked with Hole, Jellyfish, The Black Crowes, John Mayer, Weezer, Fiona Apple, Green Day, The Counting Crows, No Doubt,...
  
  .
• Mixed by Brown Bannister.
• Mastered by: Glenn Meadows.
• String Arrangements: John Darnall, Ronn Huff, Shane Keister.
• Horn Arrangements: Don Hart.
• Design: Michael Harris.
• Photography: Mike Borum.

Charts

Album - Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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(North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1980	Top Inspirational Albums	1

Singles - CCM Magazine (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	"Look What Has Happened To Me"	Christian Radio–Adult Contemporary	3

End of year charts

Year	Chart	Position
1980	U.S. Billboard Inspirational Albums	25
1981		5