Paige Armstrong
Encyclopedia
Paige Armstong is an American
Christian rock
musician. She is currently signed to Whiplash Records and has released one album, titled Wake Up
, under that label
. Armstrong is best known for her feature on a Bath & Body Works
holiday compilation album
sponsored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation
. In addition, Armstrong is currently the host of iShine KNECT
, a Christian
tween
show on Trinity Broadcasting Network
.
to Gary and Donna Armstrong. Growing up in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
, her passions were singing
, acting
, and songwriting
.
, but she was later diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a cancerous bone tumor
, on her right leg. The tumor kept her hospitalized and she experienced many regular cancer
symptoms, such as hair loss, trouble walking, and acid reflux disease
, as she was unable to eat many foods.
During her treatment through chemotherapy
, Armstrong maintained a positive attitude as she began writing songs about the way she felt during her trials. It was this positive attitude that gained the attention of the Make-A-Wish Foundation
as she recorded a Bath & Body Works
holiday CD
in Nashville
, Tennessee
with artists such as Stevie Wonder
and Martina McBride
. This recording came as a granted wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation
. In addition, Armstrong was featured on national news program
s such as Today and Extra
. At the time of her appearance on Today in 2005, Armstrong was in remission. To date, she is completely cancer-free.
and host of the Christian
tween
show, iShine KNECT
on Trinity Broadcasting Network
in 2008. Armstrong's debut album, Wake Up
, was released on October 6, 2009. It was released through Whiplash Records and promoted by iShine Records
. Armstrong's lyrical themes center around apathy and her hatred of it, as shown in the title track of her debut album, and another song titled, "Apathy." Furthermore, Armstrong's YouTube
channel is registered as "ihateapathy."
Unlike most iShine
artists, who prefer a pop
sound, Armstrong performs hard rock
, with many of her songs featuring fast-paced guitar solo
s, loud bass
performance, and occasionally, harsh vocals
. She refers to her musical style as "spunk rock."
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Christian rock
Christian rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...
musician. She is currently signed to Whiplash Records and has released one album, titled Wake Up
Wake Up (Paige Armstrong album)
Wake Up is the debut album by the American Christian rock artist Paige Armstrong. The album, produced by Chris Omartian and Brian Hitt, was released on October 6, 2009 under Whiplash Records and marks the beginning of Armstrong's professional career after her struggle with cancer...
, under that label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
. Armstrong is best known for her feature on a Bath & Body Works
Bath & Body Works
Bath & Body Works, LLC, is an American retail store under the Limited Brands umbrella. It was founded in 1990 in New Albany, Ohio and has since expanded across the United States and Canada. It specializes in lotions, bath items, personal care items, and home fragrances.The company launched both a...
holiday compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
sponsored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation
Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded in the United States that grants wishes to children who have life-threatening medical conditions. The charity now operates in forty-seven countries around the world through thirty-six affiliate offices.The president & CEO of this...
. In addition, Armstrong is currently the host of iShine KNECT
IShine KNECT
iShine KNECT is a television show created by Robert Beeson as a part of the iShine ministry. The show is currently on its second season on Trinity Broadcasting Network with a cast of teen singers, actors and dancers.- Season 1 :...
, a Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
tween
Tween (demographic)
A tween is a North American neologism that describes a person who is between the ages of 9 and 12 years old . The term is often described in popular media as referring to a pre-adolescent who is at the "in-between" stage in their development when they are considered "too old for toys, too young...
show on Trinity Broadcasting Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
.
Early life
Paige Armstrong was born on June 9, 1990 in FloridaFlorida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
to Gary and Donna Armstrong. Growing up in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Doylestown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 8,380. The borough is the county seat of Bucks County.- History :...
, her passions were singing
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, acting
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
, and songwriting
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
.
Struggle with cancer
In the spring of 2001, Armstrong began experiencing pains in her legs. It was assumed by doctors that the pains were a result of growthHuman development (biology)
Human development is the process of growing to maturity. In biological terms, this entails growth from a one-celled zygote to an adult human being.- Biological development:...
, but she was later diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a cancerous bone tumor
Tumor
A tumor or tumour is commonly used as a synonym for a neoplasm that appears enlarged in size. Tumor is not synonymous with cancer...
, on her right leg. The tumor kept her hospitalized and she experienced many regular cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
symptoms, such as hair loss, trouble walking, and acid reflux disease
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Gastroesophageal reflux disease , gastro-oesophageal reflux disease , gastric reflux disease, or acid reflux disease is chronic symptoms or mucosal damage caused by stomach acid coming up from the stomach into the esophagus...
, as she was unable to eat many foods.
During her treatment through chemotherapy
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs into a standardized treatment regimen....
, Armstrong maintained a positive attitude as she began writing songs about the way she felt during her trials. It was this positive attitude that gained the attention of the Make-A-Wish Foundation
Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded in the United States that grants wishes to children who have life-threatening medical conditions. The charity now operates in forty-seven countries around the world through thirty-six affiliate offices.The president & CEO of this...
as she recorded a Bath & Body Works
Bath & Body Works
Bath & Body Works, LLC, is an American retail store under the Limited Brands umbrella. It was founded in 1990 in New Albany, Ohio and has since expanded across the United States and Canada. It specializes in lotions, bath items, personal care items, and home fragrances.The company launched both a...
holiday CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
with artists such as Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
and Martina McBride
Martina McBride
Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....
. This recording came as a granted wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation
Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded in the United States that grants wishes to children who have life-threatening medical conditions. The charity now operates in forty-seven countries around the world through thirty-six affiliate offices.The president & CEO of this...
. In addition, Armstrong was featured on national news program
News program
A news program, news programme, news show, or newscast is a regularly scheduled radio or television program that reports current events. News is typically reported in a series of individual stories that are presented by one or more anchors...
s such as Today and Extra
Extra (TV series)
Extra is an American entertainment television news program covering events and celebrities which debuted on September 5, 1994 in syndication. It is produced at Victory Studios in Glendale, California by Telepictures Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television Distribution...
. At the time of her appearance on Today in 2005, Armstrong was in remission. To date, she is completely cancer-free.
Music career
Armstrong went on to become a recording artistMusician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and host of the Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
tween
Tween (demographic)
A tween is a North American neologism that describes a person who is between the ages of 9 and 12 years old . The term is often described in popular media as referring to a pre-adolescent who is at the "in-between" stage in their development when they are considered "too old for toys, too young...
show, iShine KNECT
IShine KNECT
iShine KNECT is a television show created by Robert Beeson as a part of the iShine ministry. The show is currently on its second season on Trinity Broadcasting Network with a cast of teen singers, actors and dancers.- Season 1 :...
on Trinity Broadcasting Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
in 2008. Armstrong's debut album, Wake Up
Wake Up (Paige Armstrong album)
Wake Up is the debut album by the American Christian rock artist Paige Armstrong. The album, produced by Chris Omartian and Brian Hitt, was released on October 6, 2009 under Whiplash Records and marks the beginning of Armstrong's professional career after her struggle with cancer...
, was released on October 6, 2009. It was released through Whiplash Records and promoted by iShine Records
IShine
iShine is a tween-targeted ministry founded by Robert Beeson in 2006. iShine currently has a live production tour, iShine LIVE, and a weekly television show, iShine KNECT, that airs on Trinity Broadcasting Network.- iShine KNECT :...
. Armstrong's lyrical themes center around apathy and her hatred of it, as shown in the title track of her debut album, and another song titled, "Apathy." Furthermore, Armstrong's YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
channel is registered as "ihateapathy."
Unlike most iShine
IShine
iShine is a tween-targeted ministry founded by Robert Beeson in 2006. iShine currently has a live production tour, iShine LIVE, and a weekly television show, iShine KNECT, that airs on Trinity Broadcasting Network.- iShine KNECT :...
artists, who prefer a pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
sound, Armstrong performs hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
, with many of her songs featuring fast-paced guitar solo
Guitar solo
In popular music, a guitar solo is a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Guitar solos, which often contain varying degrees of improvisation, are used in many styles of popular music such as blues, jazz, rock and metal styles such...
s, loud bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
performance, and occasionally, harsh vocals
Screaming (music)
Screaming is a vocal technique that is most popular in subgenres of heavy metal, punk and hard rock, including metalcore, deathcore, post-hardcore, groove metal, black metal, and grindcore...
. She refers to her musical style as "spunk rock."
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–present | iShine KNECT IShine KNECT iShine KNECT is a television show created by Robert Beeson as a part of the iShine ministry. The show is currently on its second season on Trinity Broadcasting Network with a cast of teen singers, actors and dancers.- Season 1 :... |
Presenter (host) |
Studio albums
| Released | Title | Label(s) Record label In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,... |
|---|---|---|
| October 6, 2009 | Wake Up Wake Up (Paige Armstrong album) Wake Up is the debut album by the American Christian rock artist Paige Armstrong. The album, produced by Chris Omartian and Brian Hitt, was released on October 6, 2009 under Whiplash Records and marks the beginning of Armstrong's professional career after her struggle with cancer... |
Whiplash Records |