Hilary Weeks
{{Short description|American musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Hilary Weeks
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Hilary Novakovich
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|3|7|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Colorado, U.S.
| origin = Utah, U.S.
| genre = Worship, Gospel, Christian country, Christian pop
| occupation = Singer, songwriter
| years_active = 1996–present
| label = Deseret, Shadow Mountain
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| website = {{URL|hilaryweeks.com}}
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Hilary Weeks (née, Novakovich; born March 7, 1970) is an American Christian musician and Latter-Day Saint singer, who primarily plays a worship and gospel music version of Christian country and Christian pop. She has released ten musical works, with eight of those being studio albums, He Hears Me (1996), Lead Me Home (1998) and I Will Not Forget (2000), Day of Praise (2004), If I Only Had Today (2008), Every Step (2011), Say Love (2013), Say Love (2013), and, Love Your Life (2016), while she released two holiday albums, Christmastime (2006) and Christmas Once Again (2009). Her last four musical works charted on various Billboard magazine charts.
Early life
Weeks was born Hilary Novakovich,{{Cite web |last=Karford Rogers |first=Brittany |title=The Encyclopedia of Musical Alumni (Abridged, Incomplete, and Growing at an Enormous Rate) |url=https://magazine.byu.edu/article/the-encyclopedia-of-musical-alumni-abridged-incomplete-and-growing-at-an-enormous-rate/ |access-date=October 7, 2016 |website=BYU Magazine}} on March 7, 1970,{{Cite web |last=Weeks |first=Hilary |date=March 7, 2015 |title=Birthday video |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/z8p0fQlZw8/ |url-access=registration |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/hilaryweeksmusic/935806749470202940 |archive-date=2021-12-26 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |publisher=Instagram}}{{cbignore}} in Colorado, while she was raised in Alaska.{{Cite web |last=Blodgett-Williams |first=Dacia A. |title=Hilary Weeks: Biography |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hilary-weeks-mn0000140840/biography |access-date=October 7, 2016 |publisher=AllMusic}} She graduated from Brigham Young University with her baccalaureate of arts in 1993 from their music department.
Music career
Her music recording career started in 1996, with the studio album, He Hears Me, that was released by Deseret Book.{{Cite web |last=Blodgett-Williams |first=Dacia A. |title=He Hears Me – Hilary Weeks: Review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/he-hears-me-mw0001084822 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |publisher=AllMusic}} She then went onto release four more studio albums, Lead Me Home in 1998,{{Cite web |last=Blodgett-Williams |first=Dacia A. |title=Lead Me Home – Hilary Weeks: Review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lead-me-home-mw0001069988 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |publisher=AllMusic}} I Will Not Forget in 2000,{{Cite web |last=Blodgett-Williams |first=Dacia A. |title=I Will Not Forget – Hilary Weeks: Review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-will-not-forget-mw0001206012 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |publisher=AllMusic}} Day of Praise in 2004, If I Only Had Today on September 17, 2008.{{Cite web |author-link=AllMusic |title=Hilary Weeks: discography |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hilary-weeks-mn0000140840/discography |access-date=October 7, 2016 |publisher=AllMusic}} While her next two albums, Every Step and Say Love, released on October 25, 2011 and September 9, 2013,{{Cite web |last=Leggett |first=Steve |title=Every Step – Hilary Weeks: Review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/every-step-mw0002206981 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |publisher=AllMusic}}{{Cite web |last=Rappleye |first=Christine |date=November 11, 2011 |title=Hilary Weeks' 'Every Step' is making big strides |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705393958/Hilary-Weeks-Every-Step-is-making-big-strides.html?pg=all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013225504/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705393958/Hilary-Weeks-Every-Step-is-making-big-strides.html?pg=all |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |access-date=October 6, 2016 |website=Deseret News}}{{Cite web |last=Collar |first=Matt |title=Say Love – Hilary Weeks: Review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/say-love-mw0002571118 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |publisher=AllMusic}}{{Cite web |last=Rappleye |first=Christine |date=September 25, 2013 |title=Hilary Weeks' 'Say Love' spreads messages of hope, Savior's love |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865587026/Hilary-Weeks-Say-Love-spreads-messages-of-hope-Saviors-love.html?pg=all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926151517/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865587026/Hilary-Weeks-Say-Love-spreads-messages-of-hope-Saviors-love.html?pg=all |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 26, 2013 |access-date=October 6, 2016 |website=Deseret News}} correspondingly, while they charted each on three Billboard magazine charts, The Billboard 200 at Nos. 102 and 161,{{Cite magazine |title=Hilary Weeks Album & Song Chart History (Billboard 200) |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/303519/hilary-weeks/chart?f=305 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media}} respectively, Christian Albums at Nos. 6 and 9,{{Cite magazine |title=Hilary Weeks Album & Song Chart History (Christian Albums) |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/303519/hilary-weeks/chart?f=310 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media}} correspondingly, and Independent Albums at Nos. 23 and 30,{{Cite magazine |title=Hilary Weeks Album & Song Chart History (Independent Albums) |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/303519/hilary-weeks/chart?f=326 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media}} respectively. She was the first Mormon to have an album peak in the Top-10 of the Christian Albums chart.{{Cite magazine |last=Jessen |first=Wade |date=November 4, 2011 |title=Hilary Weeks First Mormon to Reach Christian Albums Top 10 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/465298/hilary-weeks-first-mormon-to-reach-christian-albums-top-10 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media}} The eighth studio album, Love Your Life, was released on September 16, 2016,{{Cite web |last=Rappleye |first=Christine |date=September 22, 2016 |title=What's new: 'Love Your Life' by Hilary Weeks shares 12 original songs with encouragement, faith |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865663000/Whats-new-Love-Your-Life-by-Hilary-Weeks-shares-12-original-songs-with-encouragement-faith.html?pg=all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922150900/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865663000/Whats-new-Love-Your-Life-by-Hilary-Weeks-shares-12-original-songs-with-encouragement-faith.html?pg=all |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 22, 2016 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |website=Deseret News}} and it charted on the Christian Albums chart at No. 7, and Independent Albums chart at No. 24.
She has released two holiday albums, Christmastime, on November 7, 2006, and her most commercially successful one, Christmas Once Again, on October 13, 2009, where it peaked at Nos. 26 and 40 on the Holiday Albums and Heatseekers Albums charts.{{Cite magazine |title=Hilary Weeks Album & Song Chart History (Holiday Albums) |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/303519/hilary-weeks/chart?f=325 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media}}{{Cite magazine |title=Hilary Weeks Album & Song Chart History (Heatseekers Albums) |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/303519/hilary-weeks/chart?f=324 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media}}
Personal life
She is married to Timothy Weeks,{{Cite web |last=Staff |title=Just Asking: Hilary Weeks |url=http://www.ldsliving.com/Just-Asking-Hilary-Weeks/s/64384 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |website=LDS Living|date=May 2011 }} and they have four daughters,{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Morgan |date=November 10, 2014 |title=LDS singer-songwriter Hilary Weeks develops app to promote positive thinking |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865615185/LDS-singer-songwriter-Hilary-Weeks-developes-app-to-promote-positive-thinking.html?pg=all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114000709/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865615185/LDS-singer-songwriter-Hilary-Weeks-developes-app-to-promote-positive-thinking.html?pg=all |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 14, 2014 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |website=Deseret News}} residing in Utah.{{Cite web |last=Vuleta |first=Christina |date=August 13, 2014 |title=Forty Over 40 Asks: 10 Questions with Hilary Weeks |url=http://fortyover40.com/40-over-40-asks-10-questions-with-hilary-weeks/ |access-date=October 7, 2016 |publisher=Forty Over 40}} Weeks was called by Forbes one of the "'40 Women to Watch Over 40,'" .{{Cite web |last=Restauri |first=Denise |date=July 16, 2014 |title='40 Women To Watch Over 40' List Rewards Women Of All Ages |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/deniserestauri/2014/07/16/40-women-to-watch-over-40-list-rewards-women-of-all-ages/2/#5c5746b3cd50 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |website=Forbes}}
Discography
Studio albums
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart positions |
| style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US
!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US !style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US |
|---|
| scope="row"|He Hears Me
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| – | – | – |
| scope="row"|Lead Me Home
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| – | – | – |
| scope="row"|I Will Not Forget
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| – | – | – |
| scope="row"|Day of Praise
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| – | – | – |
| scope="row"|If I Only Had Today
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| – | – | – |
| scope="row"|Every Step
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| 102 | 6 | 23 |
| scope="row"|Say Love
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| 161 | 9 | 30 |
| scope="row"|Love Your Life
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| – | 7 | 24 |
Holiday albums
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of holiday albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions |
| style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US Hol !style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US |
|---|
| scope="row"|Christmastime
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| – | – |
| scope="row"|Christmas Once Again
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| 26 | 40 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://hilaryweeks.com/}}
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Category:American Latter Day Saints
Category:Musicians from Alaska
Category:Musicians from Colorado
Category:Songwriters from Alaska
Category:Songwriters from Colorado