Rhema Marvanne

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'''Rhema Marvanne Voraritskul''' (born September 15, 2002) is an American gospel singer from Carrollton, Texas.

==Early life== Rhema Marvanne Voraritskul was born September 15, 2002. Her mother was Wendi Marvanne and her father is Atethan Voraritskul (also known as Teton). She was born at Trinity Hospital in Carrollton, Texas. She was very small at birth—the same birth weight as her father—{{convert|4|lb|11|oz|abbr=on}} and had to stay in the neonatal intensive care unit for three weeks before she was taken home. Rhema was baptized in 2009.<ref>Yang, Fenggang, ''Chinese Christians in America: conversion, assimilation, and adhesive identities'', Penn State Press, 1999, {{ISBN|0-271-01917-4}}, p. 40</ref>

==Career== Rhema began singing the same time she began talking. In 2009, Rhema gained Internet fame at the age of six after recording her first song, "Amazing Grace". Her recording of "Amazing Grace" gained her YouTube fame when posted June 13, 2010, along with the publicity on the Maury Povich Show.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0lSExqQ8Qg Rhema Marvanne on Maury Povich Show "Most Talented Kids 2010"]</ref> She appeared on the ''Maury Povich Show'' Most Talented Kids 2010, and Korean show ''Star King''.<ref>[http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpps/news/offbeat/Rhema-Marvanne-singer%27s-god-talent-dpgoha-20100729-jst_8908464 7-Year-Old Singer Rhema Marvanne's God Talent], [http://www.myfoxtwincities.com myfoxtwincities.com], July 29, 2010.</ref> She takes inspiration from her mother, Wendi Marvanne, who was a singer-songwriter, and died of ovarian cancer on November 8, 2008, at the age of 36, after having been diagnosed when Rhema was 6 years old.<ref>V., Teton. [http://jchouseofmercy.org/ Obituary: Wendi Mercy Voraritskul] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002004411/http://www.jchouseofmercy.org/ |date=October 2, 2011 }} jchouseofmercy.org.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Singing in mom's memory: Young girl to entertain at local benefit for cancer center |url=http://www.sidneyherald.com/articles/2010/06/22/features/homespun/doc4c21235aeb337141665348.txt|date=June 22, 2010|work=Sidney Herald|author=Schwab, Deniece}}</ref>

Rhema appeared in Gerard Butler's 2011 drama film ''Machine Gun Preacher'' released in Fall 2011 (a Lionsgate Film).<ref>[http://www.rhemamarvanne.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1281200575&archive=&start_from=&ucat=22& Amazing Voice: 7-Year-Old Gospel Singer Belts Whitney And Celine Songs], [http://new.nz.music.yahoo.com new.nz.music.yahoo.com], July 30, 2010.</ref>

==Albums== Her albums to date have been produced by her father. Her third studio album "Believe" was produced by David Howarth.

* ''Rhema Marvanne'', released October 15, 2010 * ''All Seasons'' * ''Believe'', released in June 2011

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Facebook|RhemaFan}} * {{Twitter}} * {{YouTube|user=RhemaMarvanne|Rhema Marvanne}} * [http://www.godtube.com/rhemamarvanne Rhema Marvanne's channel] on GodTube * {{IMDb name|nm4402139}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marvanne, Rhema}} Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:American child singers Category:American gospel singers Category:American people of Thai descent Category:People from Carrollton, Texas Category:21st-century American women singers Category:21st-century American singers Category:American performers of Christian music