Liz Vice

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| name = Liz Vice

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| birth_name = Elizabeth Lorraine Vice

| alias = Liz Vice

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|2|9|mf=y}}

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| origin = Portland, Oregon, U.S.

| instrument = vocals, singer

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| occupation = Singer, songwriter

| years_active = 2015–present

| label = Ramseur

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| website = {{URL|lizvice.com}}

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Elizabeth Lorraine Vice (born February 9, 1983) is an American gospel music recording artist and musician from Portland, Oregon. Her music career started in 2015, with the studio album, There's a Light, with Ramseur Records. This album was her breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts.

Early life

Liz Vice was born, Elizabeth Lorraine Vice, on February 9, 1983, in Portland, Oregon,{{cite web|title=31 years ago today Elizabeth Lorraine Vice was born.|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/kMZOGHCVIj/|author=L I Z V I C E (lizvice)|publisher=Instagram|access-date=December 23, 2015|date=February 9, 2014}}{{cite web|first=Emma |last=Wilkinson |title=Out of Portland: Singer Liz Vice is Bringing and Baring Her Soul |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/liz-vice-bringing-soul-back-music-industry-n411126|publisher=NBC News|access-date=December 23, 2015|date=October 1, 2015}} where she was the third of five children. Her physical health declined, when she was 19, having to go on hemodialysis for a three-and-a-half-year stretch, eventually giving her a fistula.{{cite web|author=Liz Vice |title=About|url=http://www.lizvice.com/about/ |publisher=Liz Vice|access-date=December 23, 2015}} She obtained a kidney transplant, in 2005, facilitating her eventual recovery from illness.{{cite journal|first=Eric R. |last=Danton |title=Liz Vice Connects People in 'Empty Me Out' (Exclusive Video)|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/10/05/liz-vice-connects-people-in-empty-me-out-exclusive-video/|journal=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=December 23, 2015|date=October 5, 2015}}{{cite web|first=Rachel |last=Martin |title=Liz Vice Tracks Her Path To Gospel |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/09/27/442917315/liz-vice-tracks-her-path-to-gospel |publisher=NPR|access-date=December 23, 2015|date=September 27, 2015}}

Music career

Her music career started in 2012, with the studio album, There's a Light, that was originally released with the Deeper Well Collective,{{cite journal|first=Wen|last=Reagan|title=The Best Worship Music You Won't Hear on Christian Radio|journal=Christianity Today |access-date=January 31, 2016|date=April 17, 2015 |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/april/best-worship-music-you-wont-hear-on-christian-radio.html}} and was later re-released on September 25, 2015, by Ramseur Records.{{cite journal|first=Bob |last=Marovich |title=Liz Vice – There's a Light|url=http://journalofgospelmusic.com/reviews-2/liz-vice-theres-light/|journal=The Journal of Gospel Music|access-date=December 23, 2015|date=February 14, 2015}} The album was her breakthrough release upon the Billboard magazine charts, where it peaked at No. 6 on the Top Gospel Albums chart,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/6717126/liz-vice/chart?f=323|title=Liz Vice – Chart History : Gospel Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 23, 2015}} and No. 13 on the R&B Albums chart.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/6717126/liz-vice/chart?f=1235|title=Liz Vice – Chart History : R&B Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 23, 2015}}

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="2" \| Peak chart positions
style="width:3em; font-size:90%"\|US Gos !style="width:3em; font-size:90%"\|US R&B
scope="row"\|There's a Light \| Released: September 25, 2015 {{nowrap\|Label: Ramseur}} CD, digital download \| 6 \| 13

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|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title

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Gos

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R&B

scope="row"|There's a Light