Matthew West received a scholarship to study music at Millikin University in Illinois. Matthew Joseph West was born on April 25, 1977, in Downers Grove, Illinois, United States of America.
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Before becoming an award-winning CCM star, Matthew West began his professional career penning hits for other artists including Billy Ray Cyrus, Rascal Flatts, and Point of Grace.
Matthew West has released five studio albums and is known for his songs “More”, “You Are Everything”, and “The Motions”. Matthew West has been nominated for five Grammy Awards, won an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, and a K-LOVE Fan Award.
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Matthew West is a multiple ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter/Artist of the Year winner and a 2018 Dove Award Songwriter of the Year (Artist) recipient.
In 2013, Matthew West’s second single, “Hello, My Name Is”, from the album Into the Light, was released and reached No. 1 for a career-best 17 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Christian Songs.
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