Artist:Krystal Meyers
Song:My Savior
Album:Krystal Meyers
At first glance, you may mistake Krystal Meyers for Avril Lavigne. But Krystal is a CCM singer songwriter who not only resembles Avril Lavigne but she also had a rock sound that could have gone mainstream. Unfortunately, she only recorded three albums and seemed to disappear. I have some details about that. She was born July 27, 1988 in Denver and she grew up in Orange Country, CA. She sang in church as a child, started writing songs at age ten and was playing guitar by age 13. She must have been singing publicly because Robert Beeson of Sony's CCM label Essential heard about her and signed her to a record deal. I'm sure by that time she had turned down several secular labels including Sony's Columbia label. Krystal's debut album Krystal Meyers was released in 2005. She was 16 years old. She wrote all the songs including My Savior with producer Ian Eskelin of the band All Star United. The production duo of Wizardz of Oz (Andrew Bojanic, Elizabeth Hooper) worked on a few songs. Not surprisingly, the comparisons to Avril Lavigne began immediately. Sony encouraged this as they wanted Krystal to cross over to mainstream pop. It didn't happen. She did well on the Christian chart and also in Japan. Krystal recorded three albums for Essential. The last one was released in 2008. Then she disappeared. I think with time she could have crossed over to pop. But some CCM artists don't want to. What happened to her? After doing some modeling in Japan, I understand that Krystal was having problems with a stalker. She quit the music business. She married her guitarist and I assume they have kids. She decided that fame is not worth it. Here's Krystal Meyers performing My Savior on the Logan Sekulow Show 2005.
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