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Travis Greene

Travis Greene

American gospel musician and pastor (born 1984)


Travis Montorius Greene (born January 17, 1984) is an American gospel musician and the founding senior pastor of The Forward City Church.

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Music career

Greene began his music career in 2007 with the release of The More via Greenelight Records. He has since released two studio albums, Stretching Out in 2010, The Hill in 2015, and an extended play, Intentional in 2015. Travis Greene's third album Crossover: Live From Music City was released in 2017 as a live album. Greene's music has charted on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums and the Top Gospel Songs charts and he has been nominated for multiple awards, including five Grammy Awards and 13 Stellar Awards.

Greene and his wife Jackie founded and oversee The Forward City Church in Columbia, South Carolina.

Early life

Travis Montorius Greene[1] was born on January 17, 1984,[2][3] in Delaware, to mother, Charleather Greene[4] and was raised in Warner Robins, Georgia.[4] Greene's father died of an aneurysm in 1989.[citation needed] Greene was originally a still-born, but was resuscitated. A few years later, at the age of four he was resuscitated after a four-storied building fall, while he was in Germany.[5]

Career

Greene's music recording started in 2007, with the release, The More, that came out on December 4, 2007,[6] from Greenelight Records.[7] The subsequent release, Stretching Out, a studio album, was released on June 8, 2010,[8] by Pendulum Records.[7]

The release of Stretching Out was Greene's introduction to the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart, where it placed at No. 27.[9] Songs, "Still Here" and "Prove My Love", both charted on the Billboard Top Gospel Songs chart, at peaks of Nos. 17 and 29, respectively.[9]

Greene released an extended play, Intentional, on August 21, 2015, with RCA Inspiration, where this placed at No. 3 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.[9] His song, "Intentional", peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Songs chart .[9]

Greene's second studio album, The Hill, was released on October 30, 2015,[10] from RCA Inspiration[7] and charted at No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel charts.

Greene's rise in the gospel genre has been reported in Billboard Magazine,[11] Rolling Out Magazine,[12] Jet magazine,[13] with performances at the Essence Music Festival,[14] Trumpet Awards and BMI Trailblazers.[15] In 2016, JET Magazine called Greene "The Future of Gospel".[13]

In 2017, Greene received criticism for his decision to perform at President Donald Trump's inaugural ball.[16]

On February 2, 2017, Greene recorded his third album Crossover: Live From Music City in Nashville, Tennessee.[17]

On March 24, 2017, Greene led the field of nominees at the 2017 Stellar Gospel Music Awards by taking home seven awards. At the awards, Greene performed a medley of "Made a Way" alongside Gospel recording artists Israel Houghton, Jonathan McReynolds and Jonathan Butler.[18]

Personal life

Greene met Jackie Gyamfi (born 15 December 1987) during a ministry event in 2007, and the two went on to marry on her birthday in December 2011. They both have three sons: Jace (b. May 2014), Josh (b. September 2016) and Judah (b. April 2019), and together they currently oversee and are the senior pastors of The Forward City Church in Columbia, South Carolina.[19]

Discography

Studio albums

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Singles

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Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

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Stellar Awards

In 2017, Greene received seven Stellar Awards. In 2018, he received four Stellar Awards.

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References

  1. "Songs by Writer :: Travis Montorius Greene". SESAC. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  2. Travis Greene (travisgreenetv) (January 17, 2015). "Spending my birthday at the BMI Trailblazers Awards with my bro Ricky!!". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 25, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  3. Intelius. "Travis M Greene in Warner Robins, GA". Intelius. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  4. Daily Dream Dose. "Dream Studios Interviews Gospel Artist Travis Greene". Dream Studios. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  5. Kellman, Andy. "Travis Greene : Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  6. TravisGreene (July 5, 2008). "The More". New Release Today. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  7. AllMusic. "Travis Greene : Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2015. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  8. NRTTeamAdmin (July 8, 2010). "Stretching Out". New Release Today. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  9. "Travis Greene : Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  10. NRTTeamAdmin (October 29, 2015). "The Hill". New Release Today. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  11. Caslin, Yvette (January 27, 2017). "Travis Greene's No. 1 single lands on 'WOW Gospel 2017'". Rolling Out.
  12. Young, Tamara (May 20, 2016). "Is Travis Greene the Future of Gospel Music?". Jet Magazine.
  13. "Travis Greene Sweeps Seven Awards at The Stellar Awards!". Premier Festivals. March 30, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  14. "This Is Home". Forward City Church. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  15. @billboardcharts (November 11, 2019). "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (3/3)" (Tweet). Retrieved November 12, 2019 via Twitter.
  16. "Grammy Awards: Complete Winners List". Variety. February 15, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  17. "Grammy Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List". Billboard. February 12, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  18. Ganz, Jacob (January 28, 2018). "2018 Grammy Awards: The Full List Of Winners". NPR. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  19. "2020 Grammy Awards: The Full List Of Winners". NPR. January 26, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  20. "2021 GRAMMYs: Complete Nominees List". GRAMMY.com. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.

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