Leanna Crawford (born June 13, 1995) is an American

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singer-songwriter signed to

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Background

Leanna Crawford grew up in Stanwood, Washington. Crawford was home-schooled by her mom, a former teacher, along with her two sisters and brother and received her music business degree from

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in Kirkland, Washington. In 2012, Crawford went on a mission trip, where she felt God spoke to her, calling her into music ministry. In 2013 Crawford won Praise106.5's Music Search with her song, "Moment by Moment", produced by Dove Award-winning producer,

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Career

Soon after moving to Nashville, Crawford was signed as the first female artist to Story House Collective's roster by Grammy Nominated & Dove Award winner

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. She has since toured with notable artists such as

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, Plumb & Jordan Feliz. In 2018, Crawford debuted a six-song EP titled ''Crazy Beautiful You'' in 2018 as well as a two-track Christmas single. In October 2019, Crawford signed to Provident Label Group/Story House Music. "Funeral" was the first radio single released from Crawford's EP which came out May 2020. The next single “Truth I’m Standing On”, also from the EP, was a Top 30 song on the Billboard Christian Airplay chart. The latest single from the EP is "Mean Girls" reached Top 20 on the Billboard Christian Airplay chart. Leanna was nominated as Female Artist of the Year for the 2021 K-Love Fan Awards.

Personal life

Crawford got engaged to

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in June 2022, and they married a year later at Nashville's

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on August 26, 2023. They live in Nashville.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Notes

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Leanna Living people American women singer-songwriters Christian music songwriters Northwest University (United States) alumni Musicians from Kirkland, Washington 21st-century American women Singer-songwriters from Washington (state) 1995 births