Katlyn Marie "Katy" Crawford (born August 13, 1987) is an American

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ian, who primarily plays a style of

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and

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music. She has released three musical works, ''Pour Te louer'' (2015), an

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, ''Our Love Story'' (2016), a studio album, and ''Closer'' (2017), an

Early life and background

Crawford was born, Katlyn Marie Crawford, on August 13, 1987, in

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, Texas, the daughter of Pastor Ronald William Crawford and Deborah Ruth Madden, where she was raised with an elder sister, Kelly Beth Crawford. Her father is the head pastor of The Father's Church in Dallas, Texas. As an adolescent, she made frequent trips to Europe, especially France, where she learned the French language on these missionary trips with her father. She received her baccalaureate in French from

Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a Private university, private research university in Dallas, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, ...

in 2009, before going on to earn her masters degrees in both French and Secondary Education from

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in 2011, where her graduate thesis was ''France and the United States: Borrowed and Shared National Symbols''. Crawford is a French teacher at

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Music career

Her music recording career started in 2015, with the French-language

, ''Pour Te louer''. While her second release was an English-language studio album, ''Our Love Story'', released on July 15, 2016. Her most recent release, ''Closer'', an

, was released in late 2017.

Discography

*''Pour Te louer'' (2015, EP) *''Our Love Story'' (July 15, 2016, LP) *''Closer'' (2017, EP)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Katy 1987 births Living people American performers of Christian music Musicians from Dallas Songwriters from Texas Southern Methodist University alumni University of North Texas alumni 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singers