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Christopher Cross was by far the biggest new star of 1980, virtually defining adult contemporary radio with a series ofsmoothly sophisticated ballads including the #1 hit, "Sailing."

Christopher Cross' 1980 self-titled debut album with the leadsingle "Ride Like the Wind" rocketed to the #2 spot; themassive success of the second single "Sailing" made Cross asuperstar, and in the wake of two more Top 20 hits, "Never Be the Same" and "Say You'll Be Mine," he walked off with anunprecedented and record-setting five Grammys in 1981, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Sailing." He soon scored a second #1, as well as an Academy Award, with "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)," which he cowrote with Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen for the smash Dudley Moore film comedy Arthur. (Excerpt from Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide)

Christopher's much-anticipated second album Another Page came out in 1983 andproduced the hits "All Right," "No Time for Talk," and a Top Ten entry for "Think ofLaura," a song featured prominently in the daytime drama, General Hospital.

Amazingly, he charted 8 songs into the Billboard Top-40 charts between 1980 and 1983.

Four years, two albums, eight hit singles, several world tours, five Grammy's, and oneOscar marked Christopher's meteoric rise to the top.

At this writing, Christopher has released eight albums (not counting hits packages), abody of work revealing a steady, focused dedication to that oh-so-rare commodity of thelatter-day popster – artistic growth.

Throughout the years, he has remained a unique artist, replete with that confoundingblend of sensitivity, determination and conviction of his own artistry.

Beyond the Cross-mania years, Christopher co-wrote and sang the song that helpeddefine the 1984 Summer Olympics, "A Chance for Heaven;" he co-wrote and sang thedelightful "Loving Strangers" for the hit 1986 Tom Hanks movie, Nothing in Common; and the following year he presented "I Will (Take You Forever)," a lovely duet withinternational Les Miserables star Frances Ruffelle, which tune has graced many awedding (and is still a staple of radio worldwide). Singles from most all of his albums charted in Japan and elsewhere in East; and the rollicking "In the Blink of an Eye" enjoyed a smashing top-ten success in Germany and surrounding territories in 1992.

Christopher Cross' string of post-megahit albums from the mid-1980s to the presentrepresents, in a consistent manner, a hard-travelled road of integrity, a refusal tocompromise: Every Turn of the World, Christopher's foray into a harder rocking stylewhich delighted fans; Back of My Mind, a collection of breezy pop perfection with aforeshadowing of the deeper range to come; Rendezvous, the insightful, landmark Cross set that found him tackling thoughtful subjects; Window, a heartfelt, acoustic-popof the era; and Walking In Avalon / Red Room, arguably the very pinnacle of sophisticated, mature – and, lest we forget, fun – Christopher Cross music.

Christopher continues to record and perform, averaging about 100 live shows per year.
Every few years, the world has been gifted with a new set of songs, each of the albums
growing innately from the last while resolutely advancing the state of his art. And he hascontinued to seek out his fans worldwide by regularly hitting the concert road, never depriving those fans of the early hits (played note-perfect), as well as a broad range ofhis latest work – the songs where his heart (and his art) truly lies. The audienceresponse is never less than rapturous.

That later work, much of it in collaboration with lifelong cohort Rob Meurer, stands up tothe best of better-known contemporary pop; some would say it stands a bit taller. It alsostands as a testament to an artist who strives to deepen.

His latest album, the May 2011 release Doctor Faith, raises the bar that much higher. Written entirely with Rob Meurer, it is an album created with the thoughtful eye of menwho aren't afraid to act their age, and the buoyant spirit of artists still excited about whatthey do. It is, unarguably, Christopher's finest work to date.

That later work, much of it in collaboration with longtime cohort Rob Meurer, stands upto the best of better-known contemporary pop; some would say it stands a bit taller. Italso stands as a testament to an artist who strives to deepen. Christopher Cross has
many a laurel, none of which has ever been rested on.