Jillian Anita Chapman, known professionally as Jillian Edwards, is an American singer-songwriter who primarily plays indie folk and

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. She has released five albums; ''Galaxies & Such'' in 2009, ''Headfirst'' in 2011, ''Daydream'', ''All My Christmases'' in 2014, and ''Covers'' in 2016.

Early life

Edwards was born in

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and grew up in Richardson, Texas. After graduating from Lloyd V. Berkner High School in Richardson, she attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where she learned and honed her craft by performing at local coffee shops.

Career

Edwards' music recording career started in August 2009, with her self-released EP ''Galaxies & Such.'' Her next release, ''Headfirst'', was released in November 2011. The project was her first to chart on ''Billboard'', where it placed on five charts: The ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 187, Folk Albums at No. 6, Rock Albums at No. 32,

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at No. 28, and

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at No. 2.Chart search for Jillian Edwards
at billboard.com/biz In March 2014, she released the studio album ''Daydream'' with My Little Gypsy Records. The album was placed on three ''Billboard'' magazine charts, where it peaked at No. 6 on Folk Albums, No. 33 on Independent Albums, and No. 6 on Heatseekers Albums. She released a Christmas EP, ''All My Christmases'', in November 2014, by My Little Gypsy Records. In July 2016, she started a campaign to crowdfund her next full-length project, an album of cover songs, through PledgeMusic. The album, titled ''Covers'', was fully funded and released in November 2016. It includes Edwards' own renditions of popular songs from various genres and eras such as " God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys, "No One" by

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, " When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge, and " I Want You to Want Me" by Cheap Trick. Edwards' cover of the Bright Eyes song " First Day of My Life" was used in a Citibank Citi Rewards+ Card credit card television advertising commercial which aired in the United States.

Personal life

Edwards married Colony House drummer, Will Franklin Chapman, in December 2012. Chapman is the son of prominent

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artist Steven Curtis Chapman. The couple live in

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. They are

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Discography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Jillian 1988 births Living people American performers of Christian music Singers from Dallas Singers from Nashville, Tennessee Songwriters from Texas Songwriters from Tennessee