Martha Munizzi

Martha Munizzi

Martha Munizzi , born Martha Denise Stallings (born February 26, 1968 in Lakeland ), is an American gospel singer , songwriter , author and actress .

biography

Martha Munizzi was born into a Christian musical family. Martha and her twin sister, Mary Alessi, grew up as the daughters of preachers in Lakeland, Florida and toured the United States and Canada with their family, with whom they performed sacred music . She had her first appearances as an 8-year-old.

Martha, Mary and their older sister Marvelyne inherited their parents' musical talent. When Mary and Martha were 12 years old, the family settled in Orlando, Florida so the children could attend primary school.

At the urging of a friend, Mary and Martha were 16 years old and Marveline 18 years old and were involved in founding a praise and worship band . From this the Testament group developed, which appeared in churches and at conferences in Florida.

In 1986, a year after finishing high school, Martha married Dan Munizzi, the keyboard and bass player for the band Testament . In 1993 they both became musical directors and founding members of a new congregation in Orlando, starting with 250 members and a choir of about 30 people. Within 8 years the community grew to 5000 members and a 200 member music team. They stayed there until 2001.

She then worked for Lakewood Church when Cindy Cruse-Ratcliff was on maternity leave.

Munizzi lives in Florida with her husband and manager Dan Munizzi and their three children.

Musical career

Together with Ron Kenoly , CeCe Winans , and Israel Houghton , Munizzi is a leader in the field of cross-cultural worship music , which not only combines white and black gospel music, but also brings elements of Hispanic American culture.

Munizzi self-publishes her songs under the name "Say The Name Publishing / Martha Munizzi Music". Her first Praise & Worship / Gospel album Say the Name was released in 2002, followed by The Best Is Yet to Come (2003) and When He Came (2004). The Best Is Yet to Come peaked at # 2 on the Billboard Music Top Gospel Albums chart in 2004 and stayed on the charts for over a year.

In 2004 Munizzi's two music albums were simultaneously in the top five of the Billboard Gospel charts ( The Best Is Yet to Come at # 2 and When He Came at # 5). Billboard nominated her as one of the top five gospel artists of 2004. In addition, her project The Best Is Yet to Come was named one of the top ten selling gospel projects of 2004.

In 2005 she signed a distribution agreement with Integrity Media, Inc. Based on this agreement, her previously released albums, as well as all future releases, were marketed in Christian retail outlets , as well as with Epic Records (a Sony-BMG distribution).

The album No Limits Live debuted at # 1 on the Billboard Top Gospel Chart in 2006 and stayed at the top of the charts for six weeks. Munizzi performs with Christian clergy such as Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar, Joyce Meyer , Benny Hinn , CeCe Winans and the television preacher TD Jakes.

Filmography

• 2005: The Gospel , your song Glorious is a major part of the movie soundtrack

Music and concert videos

year	title	format	Remarks
2003	The Best Is Yet To Come	DVD	Live concert recording
2004	Israel and New Breed: Live from Another Level	DVD	Guest star
2005	The Gospel Live (The BET Concert)	DVD	Live performance Glorious
2006	No Limits Live	DVD	Live concert recording

other projects

year	title	role	Remarks
2006	Sweating in the Spirit 2	herself	Performance of her song Glorious live in the walking exercise routine

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Christian
2002	Say the name	-	-	First published: July 16, 2002
2003	The Best Is Yet to Come	US179 (2 weeks) US	Christian6 (52 weeks) Christian	First published: July 8, 2003
2011	Make it loud	US141 (1 week) US	-	First published: April 26, 2011

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Christian
2006	No Limits: Live	US60 (7 weeks) US	Christian2 (27 weeks) Christian	First published: March 14, 2006
2006	Change the world	US135 (4 weeks) US	Christian6 (25 weeks) Christian	First published: April 1, 2008

Christmas albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		Christian
2003	When He Came	Christian22 (3 weeks) Christian	First published: October 19, 2004

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography at BBC, accessed March 19, 2016
2. ^ Lakewood Church: Lakewood Church Worship Service On-line Viewable Service # 153 , Lakewood Church. Unknown. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 1, 2007.  
3. ^ Lakewood Church: Lakewood Church Worship Service On-line Viewable Service # 154 , Lakewood Church. Unknown. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 20, 2007.  
4. ^ Tony Cummings: Cross-cultural worship is the name of the game for pioneering ISRAEL HOUGHTON , Cross Rhythms. April 26, 2006. Retrieved December 23, 2006. 
5. ↑ Martha Munizzi Signs With Integrity Music . May 28, 2005. Retrieved December 5, 2006. 
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: US

Web links

• Martha Munizzi - Official Website
• Cross Rhythms Artist Profile - Martha Munizzi
• Christianity Today Artist Profile and Interview - Martha Munizzi
• Martha Munizzi at Allmusic (English)
• Martha Munizzi in the Internet Movie Database (English)