![]() ![]() He is a two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year and in 2015 was named NSAI Songwriter of the Year. In September 2017, Maher's ninth studio album, Echoes, released and earned Maher his ninth career Grammy Award nomination. "Because He Lives (Amen)" was the first single release off of the album, and additional tracks on the album include songwriting collaborations with Needtobreathe members Bo and Bear Rinehart, Jon Foreman of Switchfoot. On March 17, 2015, Maher released his eighth studio album, Saints and Sinners, through Essential Records. Other youth activities he has participated in include the 2013, 2015, and 2017 National Catholic Youth Conferences, all held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Maher performed " Lord, I Need You" before a crowd of nearly four million, including Pope Francis, for World Youth Day 2013 in Rio, Brazil. In early 2011 he toured the United States on the Rock And Worship Roadshow headlined by MercyMe. Maher was a guest singer songwriter speaker at Crowder's Fantastical Church Music Conference at Baylor University in late 2010 put on by the David Crowder Band. He was subsequently interviewed on Fox News, where he played his title track from Empty and Beautiful. When Pope Benedict XVI visited the United States in April 2008, Maher was asked to lead worship for crowds of thousands at the Rally for Youth and Seminarians in Yonkers, New York, which also featured Kelly Clarkson, tobyMac and Third Day, among other musicians. 6 on Billboard magazine's Top Christian Albums chart in 2009. ![]() Smith, Meredith Andrews and Phil Stacey on the "New Hallelujah Tour". In late 2009, Maher toured with Michael W. ![]() His second album with Essential Records (and his fifth album overall), Alive Again, was released on September 22, 2009. He released his first big-label album (and his fourth album overall) Empty and Beautiful on April 8, 2008. Early in 2007 Maher signed to Essential Records. His first label was the Spirit and Song, a division of OCP Publications, where he released his first three collections. Maher is married to Kristin Fisher they live in Nashville, Tennessee, with their daughter and two sons. He paid for his first three years of college by playing piano in a hotel. He studied jazz piano and earned a music degree there. Maher started his post-secondary studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland and continued his studies in the Jazz Department at Arizona State University. His parents recognized his musical talent, and he grew up taking piano lessons and immersing himself in a broad variety of music and playing in concert and jazz ensembles, singing in a choir, and playing in a garage rock band. Maher was born and raised in Newfoundland, Canada. Maher has been nominated for nine Grammy Awards in his career and was awarded the Songwriter of the Year at the 2015 GMA Dove Awards. His notable writing credits include "Your Grace Is Enough", "I Will Rise", "Because He Lives (Amen)", "Christ Is Risen", and "Lord I Need You". Three of his nine albums have reached the Top 25 Christian Albums Billboard chart and four of his singles have reached the Top 25 Christian Songs chart. Matthew Guion Maher (born November 10, 1974) is a Canadian contemporary Christian music (CCM) artist, songwriter, and worship leader from Newfoundland, Canada, who lives in the United States. ![]()
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