Song:More Beautiful You
Album:Gotta Have Hits!
Jonny Diaz scored a top five CCM hit with the 2009 single More Beautiful You. It's been his biggest hit to date. He was born Mar. 30, 1984 in Eugene, OR. His older brother Matt Diaz had a ten year major league baseball career mostly as a reserve outfielder for the Atlanta Braves and others. All four Diaz brothers attended college on baseball scholarships. While attending Florida State, Jonny Diaz says God called him to pursue music. He released a few albums while still attending college. When the 2007 single Hold Me got CCM radio play, Diaz signed with INO which was owned by Integrity Music and distributed by Columbia. More Beautiful You was the first single from the 2009 album More Beautiful You. It reached #2 on the CCM Singles chart. Subsequent singles also did well. Diaz will remind you of guys like John Mayer or Jason Mraz but no attempt was made to cross him over to mainstream pop. Diaz credits Mraz as an influence. Diaz wrote all the album songs. Nashville songwriter Kate York co-wrote More Beautiful You. The girl singer is CCM artist Audrey Assad. Veteran CCM producer Steve Wilson produced the album. Diaz recorded a second album for INO. But Integrity sold the label in 2011 and he lost his record deal. The album More Beautiful You is out of print but you can get the single on this various artists budget CD. Diaz signed with the CCM label Centricity with Universal distribution. He's released a couple of albums and EPs including the 2015 CCM top ten hit Breathe. His latest CD was released in 2018. And like many CCM artists, Diaz makes a lot of local church appearances. Here's the video for More Beautiful You by Jonny Diaz.
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