Gary Chapman Returns with New Album

Award-winning singer-songwriter Gary Chapman returns on November 5th with The Truth  - his first studio album since 2002.

The Truth features sixteen new studio recordings, with special vocal appearances from some of Chapman's friends and family including Allison Krauss, John Rich, Tanya Tucker and Rebecca Lynn Howard, On a more personal level, Chapman's daughter Sarah sings on "Put it in His Hands," and his wife Cassie duets on the Christmas-themed, "All About a Baby."

For well over three decades, Chapman has racked up an impressive list of Dove Awards, Grammy nominations and writing credits for legendary artists such as Kenny Rogers, Alabama and Wynonna. Chapman is also widely remembered as the host of TNN's popular "Prime Time Country" television series and the "Sam's Place" concert series and radio program.

While it's been a decade since Chapman's last studio album, he has hardly sat idle. Chapman wrote, produced and directed the documentary "The 8th of November" for country duo Big & Rich, successfully helmed the content assets of professional football's "School of the Legends," and launched the popular "A Hymn A Week" online song and stories series, which was inspired by singing many of gospel music's timeless standards at his ailing father's bedside during his final days.

"Singing those hymns I grew up with helped me remember what music is for," recalls Chapman. "This project has nothing to do with money, but everything to do with genuinely touching someone's heart and offering healing. I have no delusions of grandeur at this point in my life and I am pleasantly embracing a place where it really doesn't matter a whole lot to me what anybody thinks, and I say that with zero arrogance or perceived distance."

"My family is my life, they're everything to me really, and my local church is also a primary focus where I serve as an elder," says Chapman. "I'm excited for people to hear what I have to say about it all and I'm also very anxious to get back on the road, not only to play, but also to connect with everyone again after all this time. I just want to keep singing. It's one of the things I was born to do."

Katherine Webb vs. the Kardashians

Katherine Webb insists she is nothing like reality star Kim Kardashian after being recognized for her stunning looks while cheering on her University of Alabama boyfriend, A.J. McCarron, during the recent BCS National Championship.

Webb, 23-year-old Miss Alabama USA 2012, gained popularity when sports announcers complimented her appearance during the college football championship game last week.
The beauty queen will appear in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue scheduled to hit newsstands on Feb 11.

While she recognizes that people are noticing her beauty, Webb said many are respecting the fact that she is nothing like Kardashian.

"I have morals and I have class." Webb told SI. "A lot of people have said I'm the anti-Kim Kardashian and I'm all right with that."

Although Webb recognized that Kardashian is a success in her own right, she told the publication that she wants to approach her career differently.

"She made herself into who she is and that's fine and all that. But I guess the way I want to go about all this is, I just want to have a positive image for myself," Webb told SI. "I want girls to be able to look up to me and to say, 'I want to be just like her one day.' That's what I did as Miss Alabama and I loved that."

The Christian beauty queen recognizes that she has been blessed with her recent rise to fame.

"I was completely dumbfounded. It was so shocking to me because literally overnight I go from being AJ's girlfriend and going to support him in the championship game to being on every major media news outlet," Webb told SI. "It's just so surprising to me. I don't know what God has planned, but obviously He's working on something. When Sports Illustrated called it just became even more real that this is happening. Every single model wants to be in Sports Illustrated, and I feel extremely blessed to have that opportunity."

McCarron seems to feel just as blessed to have her as a part of his life.

"Loving my life like no other! Beautiful family, great girl beside me and a small circle of great friends and my teammates," McCarron tweeted recently. "#blessedfromabove."

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