Kevin Sharp

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Kevin Grant Sharp (born December 10, 1970 in Redding , California - † April 19, 2014 in Fair Oaks , California) was an American country singer , author and motivational speaker .

Life

Sharp made music from an early age. In 1989 the doctors diagnosed him with bone cancer and did not give him a long life expectancy. After chemotherapy , the cancer regressed, and Sharp recorded demo tapes. In 1996 he signed a record deal with Asylum Records. His debut album Measure of a Man was released in November 1996, and the single Nobody Knows extracted from it stayed at the top of the Billboard country singles chart for four weeks . The album was awarded gold for over 500,000 CDs sold. In 1997, the top 5 hits She's Sure Taking It Well and If You Love Somebody followed .

With his album Love Is from 1998 and the singles Love Is All That Really Matters and If She Only Knew , which were released from it, Sharp could no longer build on his initial successes. In the following years he continued to perform as a singer, but also worked as a motivational speaker and spokesman for the Make-A-Wish Foundation . He processed his experiences with cancer in 2004 in the book Tragedy's Gift: Surviving Cancer - The Kevin Sharp Story . A musical comeback attempt in 2005 failed. Sharp died in April 2014 at the age of 43 from complications following gastric surgery.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
1996 Measure of a Man US40
gold
gold

(36 weeks)US 		Country4 (78 weeks)
Country
1998 Love Is - Country38 (10 weeks)
Country

More albums

  • 2005: Make a Wish

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
Country Country
1996 Nobody Knows
Measure of a Man 		Country1 (22 weeks)
Country
1997 She's Sure Taking It Well
Measure of a Man 		Country3 (21 weeks)
Country
If You Love Somebody
Measure of a Man 		Country4 (20 weeks)
Country
There's Only You
Measure of a Man 		Country43 (13 weeks)
Country
1998 Love Is All That Really Matters
 Country51 (8 weeks)
Country
If She Only Knew
Love Is 		Country61 (9 weeks)
Country

More singles

  • 2001: Beautiful People
  • 2005: Your Love Reaches Me
  • 2005: I Think I'll Stay
  • 2006: You Are the Reason Why
  • 2006: God Bless the Children (with Wayne Warner & The Nashville All-Star Choir)
  • 2007: Make a Wish
  • 2011: Let Me Rock You to Sleep

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ countrymusicnews.de. Retrieved April 22, 2014 .
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Country Songs 1944-2005 , 2005, page 340, ISBN 0-89820-165-9
  3. ↑ Die WELT: Country singer Kevin Sharp died at 43. Retrieved April 22, 2014 .
  4. ↑ a b Chart sources: US
  5. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
personal data
SURNAME Sharp, Kevin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sharp, Kevin Grant (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country singer, author, and motivational speaker
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Redding, California
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 2014
Place of death Fair Oaks (California)