Erica Campbell [UPDATED]
Erica Monique Campbell (née, Atkins; born April 29, 1972) is an American urban contemporary gospel, Christian R&B and contemporary R&B singer and songwriter. She started her music career in 1998 with her younger sister, Tina Campbell, as part of the gospel music group, Mary Mary. Her solo music career began in 2013, and has since released two albums with Entertainment One Music, which both charted on the Billboard magazine charts. She won a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album at the 57th edition of the event. Since May 2016, she has been the host of Get Up! Mornings with Erica Campbell with comedian Griff, currently distributed by Reach Media, the syndication arm of Urban One.[1]
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Her music career started in 1998, with her younger sister, Tina Campbell, who formed half of the gospel music duo, Mary Mary.[4] As part of Mary Mary, Campbell earned numerous Stellar Music and Dove Awards, four Grammy Awards, three NAACP Image Awards, two American Music Awards, a Soul Train Award and a BET Award. In 2008, Campbell recorded a solo track called "Stand" for the soundtrack to the independent film A Good Man Is Hard to Find. In 2011, Mary Mary received the ASCAP Golden Note Award for their extraordinary songwriting. Erica commenced her solo music recording career in 2013, by recording her first studio album, Help, that released on March 25, 2014, with Entertainment One Music. This album was her breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts, while it charted on The Billboard 200, Top Gospel Albums, and Independent Albums charts, where it peaked at Nos. 6, 1, and 2, correspondingly.[6] Campbell won a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album at the 57th edition of the event. The subsequent studio album, Help 2.0, was released on March 31, 2015, from Entertainment One Music.[7] This album charted on the same charts, but at Nos. 120, 1, and 12, respectively.[6]
Erica Campbell is the Policy Manager at Kiss the Ground, supporting the Regenerate America campaign. For over two decades she has worked to transform our food system to be more just, equitable, and ecologically regenerative. Erica most recently served as agriculture policy advisor and farmer liaison for Senator Bernie Sanders and has advanced local food systems through the Vermont Farm to Plate Network and the Center for an Agricultural Economy. She lives in Vermont, where she is a community volunteer, mother of three amazing adult children, and wife. Erica loves to cook, garden, and explore nature wherever she goes.
Board of Public Works Commissioner Mike Davis, the Our Authors Study Club and other City officials will honor Living Legends at this year's City of Los Angeles African American Heritage Month virtual celebration. The honorees include producer, actor and recording artist Ice Cube, urban contemporary gospel and Christian R&B recording artist Erica Campbell, and R&B recording artists Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.The City Council program will also feature the induction of four Hall of Fame recipients who have gained national acclaim in the fields of Law, Labor, Higher Education and Government.
"I appreciate my sister's boldness. This is America," Erica said on her syndicated radio show "Get Up! Mornings With Erica Campbell, according to Hello Beautiful. "We should be free to say what we want, and not be vilified or bashed."
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