Steffany Dawn Gretzinger (

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singer-songwriter and former ensemble vocalist with

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, based in

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. She released her first solo album, ''

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'', with Bethel Music in 2014. The album was a ''Billboard'' magazine breakthrough release, reaching number twenty on the ''Billboard'' 200, and also gained top five status among Top Christian and

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albums in September 2014. Steffany is married to Stephen Gretzinger, and they have a daughter, Wonder Grace, and a son, Wilder Justice.

Career

Featuring

Steffany Gretzinger worked mainly as a worship leader with Bethel Music, which is a part of Bethel Church in

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. She was involved in three of Bethel Music's releases, which included: background vocals for ''

Be Lifted High ''Be Lifted High'' is the second live album by California-based worship collective Bethel Music. The album was released on February 15, 2011 by Kingsway Music alongside the group's imprint label, Bethel Music. Jeremy Edwardson worked on the prod ...

'' (2011, as Steffany Frizzell), "One Thirst" with fellow Bethel collective member Jeremy Riddle, and background vocals on fellow Bethel Music member William Matthews' release, '' Hope's Anthem'' (2011, as Steffany Frizzell). Another release from such a gathering was ''

The Loft Sessions ''The Loft Sessions'' is the third album from California-based worship collective Bethel Music. The album was released on January 24, 2012 by Kingsway Music. Brian Johnson, Daniel James Mackenzie and Rick McDonald produced the album. Prior to t ...

'' (2012, again as Steffany Frizzell), where she was a featured vocalist and composer (and performed background vocals). ''The Loft Sessions'' was a live recording made "over several nights of worship sessions" in a rustic, refurbished loft, on which she sang "You Know Me" (solo) and "My Dear" (with Hunter Thompson). That same year, she was featured on the album ''

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'', singing "Closer". She joined Bethel again for their release of ''

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'' (2013), also released internationally (e.g., on the Onimusic label in

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), with her songs "Letting Go" and "Be Still".

Solo

Gretzinger's first solo album, ''

'' (2014), featured eleven original praise and worship pieces, accompanied by guitar and piano, and was released in August by

. The album was a ''Billboard'' magazine breakthrough release and appeared on the

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chart at No. 2, the

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chart at No. 5, and the ''Billboard'' 200 chart at No. 20. Since recording ''The Undoing'', Gretzinger was featured on two further Bethel Music albums: '' You Make Me Brave'' (2014, "We Dance") and '' Have It All'' (2016, "Pieces"), the latter of which was also featured on Bethel member Amanda Cook's release, ''

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'' (2015). On March 9, 2018, Bethel Music announced the release of Gretzinger's second full-length studio project, ''Blackout'', releasing the lead single, "Save Me". The album was released on March 29, 2018. She was featured on Francesca Battistelli's 2019 song "Defender", which Gretzinger co-wrote. In 2020, Gretzinger released her third album, ''Forever Amen'', with

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Biography

Steffany Dawn (née Frizzell) Gretzinger has been engaged in worship ministry since childhood and grew up in a musical household. She moved to

, in 2008, to join the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. She was a worship leader at Bethel Church. She led her final worship service at Bethel Church on April 21, 2019, prior to relocating to

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. Gretzinger is married to Stephen Gretzinger, and they have two children. Gretzinger's mother, Kathy Frizzell, is involved in the Christian music industry in Nashville, Tennessee, as a writer. Gretzinger's late father, Ron Frizzell, was one of the associate pastors on staff at Wooster Nazarene.

Discography

Albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

Other appearances

Awards and nominations

GMA Dove Awards

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Grammy Awards

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References

External links

Bethel Music website

Watershed Music website

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