Aryn Michelle

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Aryn Michelle | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Aryn Michelle Campbell | alias = Aryn Michelle | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|9|9|mf=y}} | birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas | origin = | instrument = Vocals | genre = Worship, contemporary Christian music, Christian alternative rock | occupation = Singer, songwriter | years_active = 2006–present | label = | website = {{URL|arynmichelle.com}} }}

'''Aryn Michelle Calhoun''' (née '''Campbell'''; born September 9, 1983), known professionally as '''Aryn Michelle''', is an American Christian musician and songwriter. She has released four studio albums; ''Lockless Heart'' in 2009, ''Last One Standing'' in 2011, ''Depth'' in 2015, and ''The Realest Thing'' in 2017.

==Early life and education== Aryn Michelle Calhoun (née Campbell),<ref name="ASCAP">{{cite web|title=Depth Work ID No. 889004087 ISWC No. T9171708546 |url=https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |author=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |accessdate=September 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306032310/https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |archive-date=March 6, 2013 }} Work ID No. 889004087 ISWC No. T9171708546</ref> was born on September 9, 1983, in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of a pastor,<ref name="About">{{cite web|author=Aryn Michelle|title=About|publisher=Aryn Michelle|accessdate=September 20, 2015|url=http://www.arynmichelle.com/about/}}</ref><ref name="Hallels">{{cite web |first=Timothy |last=Yap |title="I Spent a Decade Running From Christian Music:" An Interview with Aryn Michelle |url=http://www.hallels.com/articles/13367/20150727/i-spent-a-decade-running-from-christian-music-aryn-michelle-speaks-of-her-christian-album-depth.htm |publisher=Hallels |accessdate=September 20, 2015 |date=July 27, 2015}}</ref> Gerald Wayne Campbell, and Aundrea Belle Campbell (''née'', Mull).<ref name="Public Records">{{cite web |title=U.S. Public Records Index |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDVW-KW4 |author=Texas Birth Index |year=2002 |publisher=Family Search |accessdate=September 20, 2015}}</ref> Her songwriting career began at 15 years old.<ref name="Berklee">{{cite web|author=Berklee College of Music|title=Aryn Michelle ''Lockless Heart'' CD Release Party |publisher=Berklee College of Music|accessdate=September 20, 2015|date=May 7, 2009 |url=https://www.berklee.edu/events/detail/3606/aryn-michelle-em-lockless-heart-em-cd-release-pa}}</ref> She graduated from Southwestern University in 2006, and from Berklee College of Music in 2009, where she was awarded the Scott Benson Award, given to honor songwriting.<ref name="Berklee"/>

==Career== She started her music career in 2006,<ref name="About" /><ref name="Hallels" /> while her first studio album, ''Lockless Heart'', was released on May 12, 2009, from True Renaissance Music. Her subsequent studio album, ''Last One Standing'', was released on October 4, 2011, with True Renaissance Music.<ref name="JFH Review">{{cite web|first=Scott |last=Fryberger|title=Aryn Michelle, "Last One Standing" Review |publisher=Jesus Freak Hideout|accessdate=September 20, 2015|date=November 29, 2011 |url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/indiemusic/inspection/LastOneStanding.asp}}</ref> During this time she was also recognized for her songwriting by being named TexasCSA’s 2010 Songwriter of the Year, winning KLTY’s 2010 Chick-fil-A Celebrate Freedom Jingle Competition and being a national top ten finalist in the 2011 Foldgers’ Jingle Writing Contest. Aryn began recording distinctly faith-based music in 2014 because she finally felt confirmed in her calling to write insightful, challenging, and thoughtful songs for the people of the church. In 2014 she was named Female Artist and Writer of the Year at Gospel Music Association’s Immerse Competition. She released, ''Depth'', with True Renaissance Music, on August 14, 2015.<ref name="CR Review">{{cite web|first=Dave |last=Brassington|title=Review: Depth – Aryn Michelle |publisher=Cross Rhythms |accessdate=December 10, 2015|date=December 10, 2015 |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Aryn_Michelle/Depth/157985/}}</ref><ref name="NRT Review">{{cite web|first=Caitlin |last=Lassiter|title=Deeper Than Words |publisher=New Release Today|accessdate=September 20, 2015|date=July 22, 2015 |url=http://www.newreleasetoday.com/userprofile_reviewssinglepost.php?review_id=23159&user_id=130961}}</ref><ref name="SA Review">{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=Greenhalgh |title=Review: Aryn Michelle – Depth |publisher=Soul-Audio |accessdate=September 20, 2015 |date=August 24, 2015 |url=http://soul-audio.com/2015/08/review-aryn-michelle-depth-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003173200/http://soul-audio.com/2015/08/review-aryn-michelle-depth-2/ |archive-date=October 3, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her song, "Do the Same", was profiled in a "Behind the Song" feature at New Release Today, with Kevin Davis.<ref name="NRT Song">{{cite web|first=Kevin|last=Davis|title=#643 - "Do the Same" by Aryn Michelle|publisher=New Release Today|accessdate=September 20, 2015|date=August 11, 2015 |url=http://www.newreleasetoday.com/article.php?article_id=1570}}</ref> In 2017 she released a concept album on Christian apologetics that was inspired by the book, ''Reasonable Faith'', by Dr. William Lane Craig. She released ''Nothing Can Take Me Away'' in 2019, an EP of prayer and praise songs. She released ''Pariah Pt. 1'', a concept album inspired by the lives of biblical outcasts on September 3, 2021.

== Personal life == She is married to Clinton Calhoun.<ref name="Hallels" />

==Discography==

=== Studio albums === * ''Lockless Heart'' (2009) * ''Last One Standing'' (2011) * ''Depth'' (2015) * ''The Realest Thing'' (2017) * ''Nothing Can Take Me Away'' (2019) * ''PARIAH'' (2022) * ''Pilot Light''(2023) * ''Wild Beautiful Dangerous''(2024)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.arynmichelle.com/ Official website] * [http://www.newreleasetoday.com/artistdetail.php?artist_id=5065 New Release Today profile]

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