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Birth name | David Wallace Crowder |
Also known as | Crowder |
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Texarkana, Texas, U.S. |
November 29, 1971
Genres | Contemporary Christian music, modern worship, folktronica |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Years active | 1996–present |
Labels | sixsteps, Sparrow |
Associated acts | David Crowder Band |
Website | www |
David Wallace Crowder (born November 29, 1971), known by his mononymous stage name Crowder since 2012, is an American Christian folktronica musician. He was the lead singer in the now defunct David Crowder Band. As of 2012, Crowder is making a solo career for himself on sixstepsrecords and Sparrow Records labels, and released his first solo album Neon Steeple on May 27, 2014. Crowder released his first solo single off the album entitled "I Am" on November 25, 2013, which rose to the No. 3 position on the Christian Songs chart.
He was born David Wallace Crowder, on November 29, 1971, in Texarkana, Texas, the son of an insurance agent Daniel Wallace Crowder and Marian Elizabeth Crowder (née, Mack), where he was raised with a younger brother, Stephen Edward Crowder. He went to college at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Crowder was the lead vocalist in the David Crowder Band that disbanded in 2012. In 2012, Crowder started making a solo career for himself on the dual label sixstepsrecords and Sparrow Records.
Crowder released his debut solo studio album on May 27, 2014 entitled Neon Steeple; the lead single off of the album was "I Am" that charted at No, 3 on the Billboard Christian Songs chart, which released on November 25, 2013. The album was originally slated for release February 18, 2014, but was pushed back due to "unavoidable circumstances." Crowder began his nationwide Neon Steeple tour September 30, 2014.