Micah Stampley

Micah Keith Stampley is an American gospel singer-songwriter.

Early life As a youth, Stampley listened to Andrae Crouch, Michael W. Smith, Shirley Caesar, Michael Jackson, Billy Ocean and Cyndi Lauper.

Career

Stampley sang, between 1994 and 1997, in Rev. Earl Johnson's church in Pasadena, California. Then he went back to Louisiana, at his father's church music department. In 1998 he married Heidi Jones, a fellow gospel singer and nursing student. Heidi has been instrumental in her husband's career, writing several songs for his debut album. In 1999 the couple relocated to New Orleans when Stampley accepted a position as co-choir director and musician for Bishop Paul Morton's Greater St. Stephen's Church.

In 2003 Stampley became assistant minister of music at St. Agnes Baptist Church in Houston. Organist Marcus Dawson, an associate of Bishop T. D. Jakes, noticed Stampley's voice. The following January Stampley won the 2004 Stellar Award Gospel Star Search competition. Stampley signed a record contract with Jakes and Dawson, refusing some other labels.

In 2005, Billboard magazine placed Stampley on its Top 10 Gospel Music Artists list and AOL Black Voices included him on its roster of Top 11 Gospel Geniuses.

In March 2005, he became the second male gospel artist to have a high debut on the Billboard's chat when his first album, The Songbook of Micah, debuted at number three of Billboard's chart

In 2014 he shared the same stage with Donnie McClurkin and other prominent gospel ministers at the Experience, an annual event held in Nigeria. Over 600,000 people attended.

On May 20, 2016, he released his next album: "To the King: Vertical Worship". This album featured hit songs from previous albums as well as fresh sounds like the hit single "Be Lifted" which was named as one of the top hot new songs in 2016 by BlackGospel.com. The album debuted at number 2 on Billboard's Top Gospel Album Chart

Personal life

Micah and Heidi Stampley are the co-founders of Interface Entertainment and Operation I Believe, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, launched in 2006 with platforms that include humanitarian and outreach initiatives. Micah is a third-generation licensed preacher. Currently, he serves as the Visionary Leader and Chief Worshipper of Shift Global, Inc.

Discography To the King: Vertical Worship (2016) Love Never Fails (2013) One Voice (2011) Release Me (2010) Ransomed (2008) A Fresh Wind ... the Second Sound (2006) The Songbook of Micah (2005)

Filmography Anchorman Part II Appearing on TV in Tyler Perry's House of Pain Necessary Roughness