Steffany Gretzinger

Steffany Dawn Gretzinger (née Frizzell) is a Christian music singer-songwriter and former ensemble vocalist with Bethel Music, based in Redding, California. She released her first solo album, The Undoing, with Bethel Music in 2014. The album was a Billboard magazine breakthrough release, reaching number twenty on the Billboard 200, and also gained top five status among Top Christian and Independent albums in September 2014.

Steffany Gretzinger
Birth nameSteffany Dawn Frizzell
Also known asSteffany Frizzell-Gretzinger, Steffany Frizzell
OriginRedding, California
GenresContemporary Christian, praise and worship, folk
Occupation(s)Worship leader, singer, songwriter
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2011–present
Labels
Associated acts
WebsiteWatershed Music Group

Career

Featuring

Steffany Gretzinger worked mainly as a worship leader with Bethel Music, a part of Bethel Church in Redding, California, where she was involved in three of Bethel Music's releases, including background vocals for Be Lifted High (2011, as Steffany Frizzell),[1] on which she sang "One Thirst" with fellow Bethel collective member Jeremy Riddle.[2]She also performed background vocals on fellow Bethel Music member William Matthews' release, Hope's Anthem (2011, as Steffany Frizzell).[1]

Another release from such a gathering was The Loft Sessions (2012, again as Steffany Frizzell), where she was a featured vocalist and composer (and performed background vocals).[1] The Loft Sessions was a live recording made "over several nights of worship sessions" in a rustic, refurbished loft, on which she sang "You Know Me" (solo) and "My Dear" (with Hunter Thompson).[3][4][5] That same year, she was featured on the album For the Sake of the World, singing "Closer".[6] She joined Bethel again for their release of Tides (2013),[7] also released internationally (e.g., on the Onimusic label in Brazil),[8] with her songs "Letting Go" and "Be Still".[9]

Solo

Gretzinger's first solo album, The Undoing (2014), featured eleven original praise and worship pieces, accompanied by guitar and piano,[7] and was released in August by Bethel Music.[10][11] The album was a Billboard magazine breakthrough release and appeared on the Top Christian Albums chart at No. 2,[12] the Independent Albums chart at No. 5,[13] and the Billboard 200 chart at No. 20.[14]

Since recording The Undoing, Gretzinger was featured on two further Bethel Music albums: You Make Me Brave (2014, "We Dance")[15] and Have It All (2016, "Pieces"),[16] the latter of which was also featured on Bethel member Amanda Cook's release, Brave New World (2015).[17]

On March 9, 2018, Bethel Music announced the release of Gretzinger's second full-length studio project, Blackout, releasing the lead single, "Save Me". The album was released on March 29, 2018.[18] She was featured on Francesca Battistelli's 2019 song "Defender", which Gretzinger co-wrote.[19]

Biography

Steffany Dawn Gretzinger is married to Stephen Gretzinger, and they have one child (Wonder Grace). They used to live in Redding California, where she was a worship leader at Bethel Church, but after leading her final worship service on April 21, 2019, they relocated to Nashville, Tennessee.[20] Gretzinger has been engaged in worship ministry since childhood and grew up in a musical household. Her mother, Kathy Frizell, was involved in the Christian music industry in Nashville, Tennessee, as a writer. Frizell is currently a worship leader at Wooster Church of the Nazarene in Wooster, Ohio. Steffany's dad, Ron Frizell, is one of the associate pastors on staff at Wooster Nazarene.[21] Steffany Gretzinger attended the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in 2008.[22][23]

Discography

Albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[14]		 US
Christ
[12]		 US
Indie
[13]		 AUS
[24]		 CAN
[25]		 NZ
Heat.
[26]		 UK
C&G
The Undoing 20 2 5 — — — 1
Blackout
  • Released: March 30, 2018
  • Label: Bethel Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
 36 2 1 98 69 3 1[27]
Forever Amen[28] — 2 — — — — 4[30]

As lead artist
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
Christ.
[31]
2018 "Save Me" 28 Blackout
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
Christ.
[31]		 US
Gospel
[32]
2015 "Never Changes"
(Gracylyn featuring Steffany Gretzinger)		 — — non-album single
2018 "Sails"
(Pat Barrett featuring Steffany Gretzinger & Amanda Lindsey Cook)		 — — Pat Barrett
2019 "Defender"
(Francesca Battistelli featuring Steffany Gretzinger)		 13 — Own It
"Good & Loved"
(Travis Greene featuring Steffany Gretzinger)		 — 7 Broken Record
2020 "Voice of God"
(Dante Bowe featuring Steffany Gretzinger and Chandler Moore)		 36 — TBD

Other charted songs
Year Song Peak chart positions Album
US
Christ.
[31]
2014 "Out of Hiding" 49 The Undoing
2016 "Pieces"
(with Bethel Music)		 38
[33]		 Have It All
2017 "King of My Heart"
(with Bethel Music and Jeremy Riddle)		 29 Starlight
"Extravagant"
(with Bethel Music and Amanda Lindsey Cook)		 30
2018 "Blackout" 33 Blackout
"Sing My Way Back" 34
"Reckless Love (Spontaneous)"
(with Bethel Music)		 38
[34]		 Moments: Mighty Sound
2019 "Hallelujah Here Below"
(Elevation Worship featuring Steffany Gretzinger)		 24 Paradoxology
2020 "Forever Amen" 36 Forever Amen
"No One Ever Cared For Me Like Jesus" 35

Other appearances
Year Song Album
2011 "One Thirst"
(with Bethel Music)		 Be Lifted High
2012 "You Know Me"
(with Bethel Music)		 The Loft Sessions
"Closer"
(with Bethel Music)		 For the Sake of the World
2013 "Be Still"
(with Bethel Music)		 Tides
2014 "Be Still (Live)"
(with Bethel Music)		 Tides Live
"We Dance"
(with Bethel Music)		 You Make Me Brave: Live at the Civic
2016 "Sing Me Like a Song"
(Nic & Rachael Billman featuring Steffany Gretzinger)		 Kiss the Dawn
"Always Good"
(Nic & Rachael Billman featuring Steffany Gretzinger)
"Like a Fire"
(Sean Feucht featuring Steffany Gretzinger)		 The Things We Did at First
2017 "Faithfulness"
(Matt Maher featuring Steffany Gretzinger)		 Echoes
2018 "On the Shores"
(with Bethel Music and Jeremy Riddle)		 Moments: Mighty Sound
"Never Let Me Go"
(William Matthews featuring Steffany Gretzinger)		 Kosmos
2019 "Partes"
(with Bethel Music)		 Bethel Music en Español
"Refiner"
(Maverick City Music featuring Chandler Moore & Steffany Gretzinger)		 Maverick City, Vol. 2
"Communion"
(Maverick City Music featuring Steffany Gretzinger & Brandon Lake)
"Hope Awakes"
(David & Nicole Binion featuring Steffany Gretzinger)		 Dwell: Christmas
"God With Us / Immanuel (Spontaneous)"
(David & Nicole Binion featuring Steffany Gretzinger)
2020 "Living Proof"
(David & Nicole Binion featuring Steffany Gretzinger)		 Glory of Eden
"Thank You"
(Maverick City Music featuring Steffany Gretzinger & Chandler Moore)		 Maverick City, Vol. 3 — Part 1
"Come Holy Spirit"
(Martin Smith featuring Steffany Gretzinger)		 Exalt (EP)

Awards and nominations

GMA Dove Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2018 Blackout Short Form Video of the Year Nominated
2020 Forever Amen Recorded Music Packaging of the Year Pending [35]

See also

References
  1. "Steffany Frizzell: Credits". San Francisco CA: RhythmOne, LLC. 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2017 – via AllMusic.com.
  2. "Be Lifted High". Redding, CA: Bethel Music. 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  3. O'Brien, Jon (2016). "Bethel Music, The Loft Sessions: AllMusic Review…". San Francisco CA: RhythmOne, LLC. Retrieved March 31, 2017 – via AllMusic.com. …newcomers Hunter Thompson and Steffany Frizzell equip themselves well on the delightfully twinkling "My Dear" and the orchestral melancholy of "You Know Me"…
  4. "Bethel Music Release New Live CD-DVD 'The Loft Sessions'". January 23, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2016 – via LouderThanTheMusic.com.
  5. "The Loft Sessions". Redding, CA: Bethel Music. 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  6. "For the Sake of the World". Redding, CA: Bethel Music. 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  7. Leggett, Steve (2017). "Steffany Frizzell-Gretzinger: Biography". San Francisco CA: RhythmOne, LLC. Retrieved March 31, 2017 – via AllMusic.com. Steffany Frizzell-Gretzinger has worked primarily as a worship leader, but her powerful singing and praise [and] worship songwriting have been featured on several Bethel Music songs and albums… She released her debut solo album, The Undoing, featuring 11 of her praise [and] worship songs in a stripped-down, intimate piano and guitar style, in 2014.
  8. Lopes, Leiliane Roberta (August 11, 2013). "Bethel Music lança o CD "Tides" gravado em estúdio" [Bethel Music Releases the CD "Tides," a Studio Recording]. Gospel Prime (in Portuguese). San Francisco, CA: GospelPrime.com.br. Retrieved April 3, 2017. …gravado em estúdio e distribuído no Brasil com o selo da Onimusic. O álbum vem com canções escritas durante um período de mudança e transição que o ministério passou. [Transl., ...recorded in studio and distributed in Brazil with the Onimusic label. The album comes with songs written during a period of change and transition through which the ministry has gone.]
  9. "Tides". Redding, CA: Bethel Music. 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  10. "Steffany Frizzell-Gretzinger: Discography". San Francisco CA: RhythmOne, LLC. 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2017 – via AllMusic.com.
  11. "The Undoing". Redding, CA: Bethel Music. 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
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  16. "Have It All". Redding, CA: Bethel Music. 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  17. "Brave New World". Redding, CA: Bethel Music. 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
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  19. "Francesca Battistelli releases 'Defender'". www.wnypapers.com. Niagara Frontier Publications. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  20. https://www.chvnradio.com/christian-news/steffany-gretzinger-leaving-bethel-church-moving-to-nashville
  21. "Leadership | Wooster Nazarene". www.woosternaz.org.
  22. "Steffany Frizzell-Gretzinger". Facebook. Bethel Music. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  23. Gretzinger, Steffany & Bethel Music Staff (2017). "Steffany Gretzinger". Redding, CA: Bethel Music. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  24. "ARIA Chart Watch #467". auspOp. April 7, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
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  28. "Forever Amen by Steffany Gretzinger". Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  29. "Forever Amen by Steffany Gretzinger on Apple Music". Apple Music (US). Retrieved March 28, 2020.
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  34. "Reckless Love (Spontaneous) Chart History | Billboard". Billboard. Hot Christian Songs. Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  35. "2020 Nominees | The 51st Annual GMA Dove Awards". GMA Dove Awards. Retrieved August 14, 2020.

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