Elizabeth Lorraine Vice (born February 9, 1983) is an American

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recording artist and musician from

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. Her music career started in 2015, with the studio album, ''There's a Light'', with Ramseur Records. This album was her breakthrough release upon the ''Billboard'' magazine charts.

Early life

Liz Vice was born, Elizabeth Lorraine Vice, on February 9, 1983, in

, where she was the third of five children. Her physical health declined, when she was 19, having to go on

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for a three-and-a-half-year stretch, eventually giving her a

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. She obtained a

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, in 2005, facilitating her eventual recovery from illness.

Music career

Her music career started in 2012, with the studio album, ''There's a Light'', that was originally released with the Deeper Well Collective, and was later re-released on September 25, 2015, by Ramseur Records. The album was her breakthrough release upon the ''Billboard'' magazine charts, where it peaked at No. 6 on the

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chart, and No. 13 on the

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chart.

Discography

Studio albums

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vice, Liz 1983 births Living people African-American songwriters African-American Christians Musicians from Portland, Oregon Songwriters from Oregon 21st-century African-American musicians 20th-century African-American musicians