Rebecca St. James

Rebecca St. James (2005)

Rebecca St. James

Rebecca St. James (* 26. July 1977 in Sydney , Australia , as Rebecca Jean Smallbone ) is in the Christian popular music scene singer .

Life

When she was 13, her family immigrated to the United States because of her father's work as a concert manager . However, the father's employment did not materialize, and so he started a music career for his eldest daughter to save the family from poverty.

In 1991 her debut album "Refresh My Heart" was released. From 1991 to 2004 she released a total of nine albums. In 1996 she achieved her breakthrough with “God”. Her most successful albums to date are “Pray” (1998) - for this album she received a Grammy Award for “Best Rock Gospel Album” in 2000 - and “Transform” (2000). She has already toured through North America, Western and Southeastern Europe and her home country Australia.

In addition to concert appearances, she is also invited to speak at women's and youth conferences in order to present her value-conservative beliefs. In her song "Wait For Me" (2000) she sings about rejecting sex before marriage . On her "Wait-For-Me" tour she also addressed the fact that it is not God's will to have sex before marriage. Regarding her studio album, which was released in October 2005, she said that she wanted to continue to build on "biblical truth" and that no compromises in terms of the content of the message were to be expected.

Since April 23, 2011 she is married to Jacob "Cubbie" Fink, the bassist of the band Foster the People . The couple married at the Junípero Serra Museum in San Diego .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Christian
1991	Refresh my heart	-	-	First publication: 1991
1994	Rebecca St. James	-	Christian33 (7 weeks) Christian	First published: January 24, 1994
1996	God	US200 gold (1 week)US	Christian6 (86 weeks) Christian	First published: June 25, 1996 Sales: + 500,000
1997	Christmas	-	Christian14 (8 weeks) Christian	First published: October 7, 1997
1998	Pray	US168 gold (1 week)US	Christian5 (33 weeks) Christian	First published: October 20, 1998 Sales: + 500,000
2000	Transform	US166 (1 week) US	Christian14 (26 weeks) Christian	First published: October 24, 2000
2002	Worship God	US94 (11 weeks) US	Christian5 (48 weeks) Christian	First published: February 26, 2002
2005	If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something	-	Christian14 (19 weeks) Christian	First published: November 22, 2005
2011	I will praise you	US153 (1 week) US	Christian9 (13 weeks) Christian	First published: April 5, 2011

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Christian
2004	Live Worship: Blessed Be Your Name	US187 (1 week) US	Christian12 (7 weeks) Christian	First published: February 24, 2004
2007	aLIVE in Florida	-	Christian43 (1 week) Christian	First published: March 20, 2007

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		Christian
2003	Wait for Me: The Best from Rebecca St. James	Christian16 (20 weeks) Christian	First published: March 25, 2003

More compilations

• 2004: The Best of Rebecca St. James
• 2004: 8 great hits
• 2006: The Early Years
• 2008: The Ultimate Collection
• 2011: Back 2 Back Hits: Worship God / If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something
• 2014: Icon

Extended plays

• 1995: Extended Play Remixes
• 2006: America - The EP
• 2006: Top 5 hits
• 2007: Holiday Trio
• 2020: Dawn

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		Christian
2002	God of Wonders Worship God	Christian21 (22 weeks) Christian
	Let My Words Be Few Worship God	Christian37 (11 weeks) Christian
2003	I Thank You Wait for Me: The Best from Rebecca St. James	Christian2 (19 weeks) Christian
	Expressions of Your Love Wait for Me: The Best from Rebecca St. James	Christian32 (4 weeks) Christian	with Chris Tomlin
2004	The Power of Your Love Live Worship: Blessed Be Your Name	Christian27 (13 weeks) Christian
2005	Alive If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something	Christian13 (20 weeks) Christian
2020	Battle is the Lord’s Dawn	Christian48 (... weeks) Christian	feat. Brandon Lake

Video albums

• 1999: No Secrets (VHS, Forefront / EMI-CMG)
• 2002: Worship God (Collector Series) (DVD, Forefront / EMI-CMG)
• 2007: aLIVE In Florida (DVD + CD, Forefront / EMI-CMG)

Books

• 40 Days With God: A Devotional Journey (1996/2001)
• You're the Voice: 40 More Days With God (1997)
• Wait for Me: Rediscovering the Joy of Purity in Romance (2002)
• Wait For Me - Journal: Thoughts for My Future Husband (2002)
• Wait for me (German language edition, 2003, Oncken)
• SHE: Safe, Healthy, Empowered - The Woman You're Made To Be (2004)
• SHE (Teens Version) (2005)
• YOU - womanhood according to the heart of God (German edition, 2005, Gerth Medien )
• Pure: A 90-Day Devotional for the Mind, the Body & the Spirit (2008)
• Sister Freaks (2010, Gerth Medien )
• The pure life (2010, Gerth Medien )

Filmography (selection)

• 2015: Faith of Our Fathers
• 2009: Sarah's decision

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Randall Herbert Balmer: St. James, Rebecca (1977–) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 656 (English).
2. ^ Christian Artist Rebecca St. James Weds . Retrieved January 11, 2012.
3. ^ Rebecca St. James Marriage Picture . In: Marriage Picture . Facebook © 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: US
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Awards: US

Web links

Commons : Rebecca St. James  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• German-language web archive