Anne Wilson (musician)

While Wilson and her family struggled to cope with Jacob's death, they traveled to the Biltmore Estate on what would have been Jacob's 24th birthday.

The family was so overwhelmed by grief that they decided to cancel their trip and drive back to Lexington.

While driving across a bridge, Wilson and her mother proposed driving off the bridge and killing themselves.

The family agreed, but couldn't bring themselves to do it.

"God doesn't want us to do this!"

Wilson's mother said.

After being asked by friends and family to record a video of her singing What A Beautiful Name, Wilson recorded a video and uploaded it to YouTube.

After a talent scout came across the video, he showed it to his manager, and the two worked together for several months before sending Wilson, who was 17 at the time, an offer to join Capitol Christian Music Group.

Anne Claire Wilson (born February 21, 2002) is an American Christian musician and songwriter.

Wilson made her debut in 2021, with the release of the single "My Jesus" through Capitol Christian Music Group.

"My Jesus" was Wilson's breakthrough hit, having reached number one on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs chart and Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

Wilson also released her debut extended play, My Jesus (Live in Nashville) (2021), which reached number twelve on the Top Christian Albums Chart in the United States.

She went on to release two Christmas EPs, one in 2021 and the other in 2022.

She also played at a Hillfest concert in 2023, talking about her life and her purpose of her songs.

Wilson was born in Lexington, Kentucky to parents Kent and Lynn Wilson.

She lived with her parents and two older siblings, Jacob and Elizabeth, a fashion designer.

Wilson was raised in a Christian home and attended Tates Creek Presbyterian Church throughout most of her childhood.

Her family frequently took trips to see her grandparents, who live on a farm in the Kentucky countryside, where she would later film the music video for her song, Seventh of June.

Wilson learned to play the piano when she was six years old.

As a young girl, she aspired to work for NASA as an astronaut.

Wilson attended Veritas Christian Academy, a school that her mother helped found.

When she was 12 years old, Wilson became a Christian after a pastor named Cameron McDonald came to her school and gave a talk about Jesus.

Wilson recalled that McDonald could not say the name "Jesus" once without tearing up.

Wilson says that as a young girl, she thought of God as someone who looked down and judged the world, but McDonald's talk showed her that that was not true.

On June 7, 2017, Wilson's older brother, Jacob Kent Wilson, was killed in a car crash at the age of 23.

Wilson says the tragedy brought her "closer to God".

She says that she heard God say to her the night they learned Jacob had died, "Anne, are you going to trust Me, or are you not?"

Anne replied with "Jesus, I trust You."

When Wilson's parents, who had never heard her sing before, heard her playing piano and singing What A Beautiful Name by Hillsong Worship, they asked her to play at her brother's upcoming funeral, and Wilson agreed.

Anne Wilson signed a record deal with Capitol Christian Music Group in late 2019.

On April 16, 2021, Wilson released My Jesus as her debut single.

My Jesus went on to become Wilson's breakthrough hit single, peaking at number one on the Hot Christian Songs chart, and the Christian Airplay chart.

My Jesus was nominated for the Billboard Music Award for Top Christian Song at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.

On August 6, 2021, Wilson released her debut extended play titled My Jesus (Live in Nashville).

The EP reached its peak at number twelve on the Top Christian Albums Chart in the United States.

Wilson went on to record more songs until the My Jesus album had a total of 15 songs.

Wilson released I Still Believe in Christmason October 29, 2021.

I Still Believe in Christmas peaked at number 15 on the Hot Christian Songs chart.

Billboard named Anne Wilson the Top New Christian Artist of 2021.

On January 14, 2022, Wilson released the single "Sunday Sermons".