Sonya Melissa Isaacs (born July 22, 1974) is an American

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and

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singer. Isaacs grew up near

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, and graduated from Little Miami High School in 1992. Her maternal grandparents are Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors and were liberated from a concentration camp in Germany in 1945. She has released one album on Lyric Street Records, and has charted five singles on the ''

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'' Hot Country Songs charts. Three were included on her self-titled debut album, released in 2000. A fourth was a Christmas single included on the label's multi-artist collection ''No Wrapping Required: A Christmas Album''. Her highest-charting single, "No Regrets Yet", peaked at number 36 on the country charts but did not appear on an album. She parted ways with Lyric Street in 2004. Isaacs, along with several of her family members, also comprise a gospel music band called

The Isaacs The Isaacs are a bluegrass Southern gospel music group consisting of mother Lily Isaacs (b. September 20, 1947), daughters Becky (b. Aug. 2, 1975) and Sonya Isaacs (b. July 22, 1974) and son Ben Isaacs (b. July 25, 1972), along with John Bowman (h ...

. Sonya recorded the song "The Battlefield" for the soundtrack to the 2006 film ''

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''. She and

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contributed guest vocals to a cover of " Misty" on Cledus T. Judd's 2007 tribute album '' Boogity, Boogity – A Tribute to the Comedic Genius of Ray Stevens''. She also sang a duet with

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to "The Angels Rejoiced". Isaacs married singer-songwriter

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on December 20, 2009, with whom she co-wrote

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's 2011 single " I'm Gonna Love You Through It". Isaacs and Yeary have two sons born in 2011 and 2015, and a daughter born in 2017. As a member of ''The Isaacs'', Isaacs became a

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of the

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in 2021.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Music videos

References

External links

Official website of the Isaacs

The Fishman Isaacs Israel Initiative
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