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DISCOGRAPHY
2000 - Crystal Clear
1999 - Llegar A Ti
1999 - Clips and Conversations (video)
1998 - Jaci Velasquez
1996 - Heavenly Place

SOUNDTRACKS
1999 - Songs from the Heart
1999 - Touched by An Angel — Christmas Jesus
1995 - Touched by An Angel

VIDEO HISTORY
2000 - De Creer En Ti
1999 - Llegar A Ti
1997 - God So Loved
1996 - Un Lugar Celestial
1996 - On My Knees

BOOK
1996 - Heavenly Place, Simon & Schuster

CHART HISTORY
Nine consecutive #1 AC Christian songs
Billboard #1 “Hot Latin ‘Tracks and “Latin Pop’ Charts: “Llegar a Ti”
“Llegar a Ti” was the only debut single from any new artist to hit the top of Billboard’s “I-lot Latin Tracks” chart in 1999 and made her the first Gospel artist to ever hold the top position on the chart.

Jaci Velasquez debuted at #1 On Billboard’s Christian Music Album Sales Chart, spending six weeks at #1

Jaci Velasquez charted at #54 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart

AWARDS/ACCOLADES
Latin RIAA Certified Platinum Record (250,000 units sold) - 2000 Llegar A Ti
RIAA Certified Gold Record (500,000 units sold) - 1999 Jaci Velasquez
RIAA Certified Gold Record (500,000 units sold) - 1998 Heavenly Place
2000 GRAMMY Award Nomination, Best Latin Pop Performance, Llegar a Ti
2000 Latin GRAMMY Award Nomination, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Llegar a Ti
2000 Billboard Latin Music Award Nomination - New Artist Of The Year
2000 Billboard Latin Music Award Nomination - Female Vocalist Of The Year
2000 Premio Lo Nuestro Award - New Artist Of The Year
2000 Premio La Nuestro Nomination - Female Vocalist Of The Year
2000 Dove Awards Female Vocalist of the Year
--Spanish Language Album of the Year
--Special Event Album of the Year, Streams (Word)
2000 Dove Award Nomination Special Event Album of the Year, Bridges: Songs of Unity & Purpose (Benson)
1999 Dove Award:Female Vocalist Of The Year
1999 Dove Nominations:Artist Of The Year
--Song Of The Year, God So Loved
--Special Event Album Of The Year, Touched By An Angel: The Album
--Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song Of The Year, God So Loved
1998 Dove Award Song Of The Year, On My Knees
1998 Dove Award Nomination Female Vocalist Of The Year
1997 Dove Award New Artist Of The Year
1997 Dove Nominations Female Vocalist Of The Year
--Inspirational Song Of The Year, On My Knees
--Pop/Contemporary Album Of The Year, Heavenly Place
Billboard Music Video Award Nomination - 1998 for God So Loved
Billboard Music Video Award Nomination - 1997 for Un Lugar Celestial
Fourth Top Selling Teenage Female Artist in the United States - September 1998

KUDOS
First artist to represent the Nashville music community and the Gospel music industry in the “Best Latin Pop Performance” category of the GRAMMY Awards with her 2000 nomination.
Distinguished as the fastest-selling solo debut recording artist in the history of Christian music
First solo artist in the history of Christian music to reach gold status with debut album, prior to release of sophomore project
'God So Loved' first single to achieve #1 status on all of Christian Research Report's radio charts
Guest columnist for Campus Life Magazine
First three albums have sold over 2 million copies
(8/7/2000)

 

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