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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Canadian rock group All Above Me is taking on legalism with their new single “The Show Must Go.” The song is available March 25, 2022 on all major platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music.

    “‘The Show Must Go’ is a follow up song of our last single ‘Wrecking Ball.’ It continues to expand on my personal journey of God tearing me down to rebuild me,” guitarist and songwriter Guiller Contreras shares. “I would spend time with God each and every single day, constantly increasing it, because I felt like I had to as someone in ministry. God showed me that I didn’t have an intimate relationship with Him as my father. I was also putting on a show for other people and for God. I let ministry take over the place where God was supposed to be in my life. This was when God told me that the show had to go, and it was time for Him to be at the center of my life.”

    The song was written, recorded and produced by Guiller, and is the band’s second since Karalee Fehr joined as All Above Me’s new vocalist. The new era of All Above Me has emerged through the refining process of being forced to slow down over the past two years as the touring ground to a halt.

    Guiller says, “We couldn’t be happier with the way things are going in this new season of All Above Me. We are in a very healthy place as a ministry and as a family. Before the pandemic, we thought that we had to be out on the road and constantly fighting to grow bigger, faster and better. The break during the pandemic really opened our eyes to the importance of just taking things one day at a time.”

    That process of surrender has led All Above Me increasingly into finding their voice, offering riff-driven rock songs with crystal clear vocals from Karalee and rapped bars from Guiller. That’s the style “The Show Must Go” presents, a heartfelt sound to back the earnest message. The growth of their sound has also been nurtured through this season of rest. “Since now we are working at a much, much slower pace, we have the time to put into our music and give it the attention that it deserves,” Guiller explains.

    All Above Me has already started bringing that sound back out on the road. The band recently wrapped up their first tour since the pandemic, visiting states from Montana to California. Both more shows and more songs are on the horizon.

    Get “The Show Must Go” now, and learn more about All Above Me at allabovememusic.com, and by finding them on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.


  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 25, 2022 — Capitol CMG artist Stephen Stanley is offering hope and grounding to his younger self with the song “Note to Self,” available on all major platforms March 25. 

    “Note to Self” was cowritten with Mitch Parks (Matt Maher), Paul Duncan (Lauren Daigle) and Tedd T (for KING & COUNTRY), who also produced the song. The song came about during a writing session, in a sudden flash of inspiration. Stephen and Tedd had already written a few other songs in the day when Tedd asked a simple question: what would you say to your younger self?

    “It’s not just directed to the kid version of me,” Stephen explains. “It’s also to me a year ago, or a month ago, or yesterday. These values and lessons last forever: cherish your faith, family and love. Everything’s going to be OK.”

    Once those ideas landed, the initial draft of the song was written in just 30 minutes.

    “Note to Self” capped off a prolific few years of writing for Stephen Stanley, who is looking towards releasing a follow-up project in the future. This era of writing has required the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist to fight through a lot of self-doubt and fear of failing. “Fear let to anxiety which led to depression. I got to a really low point in my life. I don’t think I’d ever been in such a dark place before, mentally,” Stephen reveals.

    Ultimately, that served as the starting place for writing songs that provided crucial room to process: “Songwriting is a God-given coping mechanism. Sometimes we have to get really into our emotions, and sometimes that can lead to scary places. ‘Note to Self’ fits into that writing process through retrospect. I’m looking back on this journey, and I’m finding out what are the important things? What can I tell my future self to hold onto? That’s ultimately God first, and family and love second.”

    The single release precedes Mental Health Awareness month, extending solace to anyone who is also struggling with anxiety and depression.

    In addition to cowriting and singing the song, Stephen Stanley also played every instrument while tracking “Note to Self” in the studio. The sound he created is comforting and poignant, marked by simple guitar tones and the rasp of authentic vocals as Stephen sings “Hey there lonely boy / Don’t you worry about the future / Lord knows you’re gonna get there / Just keep taking it day by day.”

    It’s a message that Stephen hopes can transcend his own life. He says, “Maybe people will think about what they would say to their younger self— how they’d encourage them, what they would tell them. I hope they can see themselves in the song.”


    Stephen Stanley has spent 10 years honing a distinct and dynamic voice as a musician. His calling was born when an accident at age 9 left him deaf in his left ear, after which his mom taught him music as an outlet during the recovery process. Early piano and guitar lessons ultimately expanded to Stephen also playing drums and leading worship in his Georgia hometown, ultimately equipping him to join Capitol CMG’s roster in 2020. You can learn more about Stephen by visiting

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    , where he has amassed the largest audience in Christian music with over 800,000 people following his stand-out covers.

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  • NASHVILLE, TENN. (MARCH 25, 2022) Today SEU Worship releases their new single, “Familiar Song,” which is centered around the idea that the word of God is hidden in the hearts of every person. Along with the new song available today here, the live video (below) featuring the worshippers of SEU Worship also premiered. SEU Worship is a combination of students and staff from Southeastern University creating the sound and songs for the worship environment on the campus. 

     

    “In addition to the Bible teaching us that we have the word of God hidden in our heart, it also teaches that the evidence of God’s glory and activity is on display in creation,” shares SEU Worship’s Dan Rivera. “This single is about the metaphorical melody that makes up the background music of our lives. That song sounds like the music of heaven where the angels praise and worship without ceasing. It’s a song that says Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty and you can hear it reverberate throughout history if you tune your ear to hear it.”

     

    Leading the next generation of worshippers, SEU Worship has collaborated with writers from across the country to create their upcoming album set to release this fall. This project follows their acoustic album Walk With You, which was released earlier this year. Stay tuned for more information on the upcoming new album. 

     

     
     

     

     
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    About SEU Worship: SEU Worship, the worship movement of Southeastern University in Lakeland, FL., has stepped into a new sound and vision they are calling “prophetic pop.”  SEU Worship is a reflection of the worship movement happening during weekly chapels. SEU Worship’s core artists include Dan Rivera, David Ryan Cook, Kenzie Walker, and Sydney James. The lead vocals are a mixture of the core artists and students from Southeastern University. 

     

     


  • 4 February 2022 – Nashville, TN – GRAMMY®-nominated and GMA Dove Award-winning David Leonard – artist, songwriter, storyteller, and producer – announces the release of Every Hour,” the debut single with his new label partner Sony Music/Provident Label Group. Available now at all digital outlets, a performance video for “Every Hour” is also out and can be viewed below. 

     

     

    “‘Every Hour’ was birthed when I was leading worship at my dad’s college, where for the past 30 years he was a pastor and where I started leading when I was 15,” Leonard shares. “My father was leaving to become the pastor at my home church, so during one of his last gatherings at the college, he asked me to lead worship. I was doing Matt Maher’s “Lord I Need You” and out of that song a spontaneous moment happened, which is special because I’d never written a song that was birthed out of the same place that taught me how to lead worship. It was really cool to have it come out of that moment and space.”

    Finishing the song with Josh Baldwin and Stefan Cashwell, Leonard recollects, “Just like everybody else, through these last couple of years, I’ve really realized that the need for God is great. For me, I tend to try to make reminders and try to live in the space of constantly trying to remember, and this song has been that for me. It’s become an anchor point that I’ve been able to fall back on and I’m really proud of it.”

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    ABOUT DAVID LEONARD: David Leonard has been playing, singing, writing, and recording music since college when he and his friends formed the band Jackson Waters. He later performed with NEEDTOBREATHE before recording as one-half of the critically acclaimed and GRAMMY-nominated duo All Sons & Daughters. Leonard is also a GMA Dove Award-winning producer (Confio/Jaci Velasquez) and creative partner in The   Creak Music (Ben & Noelle Kilgore, NEEDTOBREATHE, Brandon Heath, All Sons & Daughters). His songwriting credits include “Great Are You Lord,” “Christ Be All Around,” “All The Poor and Powerless,” and “God Who Moves The Mountains.” He released his solo project The Wait in the spring of 2019 with much acclaim from critics. For more information, please visit DavidLeonardMusic.com and on his socials below.

     

     
           

     

     
     

     

     
     

     

     

  • NASHVILLE, TENN. (Feb. 4, 2022) – On-the-rise rocker Munday Martin just released “Reactor,” his second single since ringing in the new year – available to stream/download worldwide.

    Pulling inspiration from some of INXS’s 80s/90s greatest hits, Martin’s song “Reactor” is the seventh single he has released in the last seven months. The driven artist plans to continue releasing a single per month. Aiming to quench listeners’ growing thirst for creativity and original sounds in the rock space, “Reactor” is unpredictable and a breath of fresh air.

    “There’s a temptation to try to sound like everyone else when in reality, we need to sound like what God put inside of us,” Martin said.

    “Reactor” was written to address people who normally overreact to what life throws at them. Martin realized after writing the single that the lyrics were really a reminder to himself.

    You won’t find a way out of here

    But you’ll find that loving you need

    To cope with the punches that come

    You’ll be riding on top of the Son

    You’ll be riding on top of the Sun

    “I feel like everyday stress triggers and growing up in a home with an alcoholic are the things that drove me to addiction in the past,” said Martin. “If every person can learn how to be more proactive and less reactive in response to the struggles life deals us, we can overcome the temptation to quit.”

    This song is uniquely important due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on mental and physical health as well as negative economic outcomes throughout society.

    The hope of Martin, Producer John Mark Painter and the Munfunco Music team is for the song to relate to fans when they feel alone and to encourage coping mechanisms so that fans will live longer and happier lives.



  • Nashville, TN… (January 7, 2022) – Seven-Time GRAMMY® winner TobyMac has debuted his special collaboration with Sheryl Crow with two new versions of his hit single “Promised Land.”  Available across all DSP’s today, the two-track single features the Collab New version, produced by Paul Mabury, TobyMac & Micah Kuiper, as well as Collab OG, produced by TobyMac & Micah Kuiper.   To hear the single click here

     

    Written by TobyMac and Adam Agee, the track is the follow up to the No. 1 hit “Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight),” which went #1 on five charts including the Billboard Christian Audience chart, and held on to  #1 at Hot AC for 13 consecutive weeks.  “Promised Land” continues to climb, reaching top 10 on both the Christian Airplay and AC Monitored charts, and Top 15 on the AC Indicator chart so far. 

     

     “I think if we’re honest, each of us have wondered, where is the promised land?,” TobyMac remarks. “…Where’s the blessing for me and my family that I thought would come my way on this earth when I chose to follow the King of Kings?”

     

    Ultimately, he says of the song, “The lyics land where I want my life to land: that the promised land is no land at all, but a relationship with the King that loves us deeply.  It turns from where’s my promised land, to you’re my promised land.  Maybe the promised land we’re looking for is no place at all, but a person named Jesus.” 

    TobyMac kicks off the spring leg of his Hits Deep tour in Jonesboro, AR on February 9th.  Tickets are on sale now and can be found at https://tobymac.com/tour



  • Interview with FUTURES members Chloe Evans, Mark Evans, Danae Leslie and Ryan Rolls:

    1. Congrats on the release of your new album Hills & Horizons.  Tell our audience about the making of the album.

    Danae: Thanks so much! It’s been a wild ride over the past 2 years – time flies when you’re having fun, and it certainly did in this album-making process! We’re very intentional about writing together and writing often, so we probably have 40-50 songs in completed demo-form since 2019…so you can imagine just the shortlisting process took months in itself! I love that we ended up with 11 songs that all fit the landscape (no pun intended) of Hills + Horizons, sonically and thematically, because I really feel like it has a strong identity as a collection now and it was worth the journey. From anxiety & mental battles to childlike faith & the goodness of God; these songs are very connected to our personal journeys but also speak into so many different seasons and walks of life. We’re so excited that they’re out now for the world to hear!

     

    1. Are there a series of Bible verses that best describe the inspiration behind the lyrics to the album?

    Chloe: There are so many. Every time we write, scripture is the first thing we fill the page with. As verse after verse appears on the screen, the identity of the song quickly comes into focus. One chapter stands out in the sea of scripture that inspired these songs and that’s Psalm 121.

    I look up to the mountains and hills, longing for God’s help.
    But then I realize that our true help and protection
    come only from the Lord,
    our Creator who made the heavens and the earth.
    He will guard and guide me, never letting me stumble or fall.
    God is my keeper; he will never forget nor ignore me.
    He will never slumber nor sleep;
    He is the Guardian-God for his people, Israel.
    Jehovah himself will watch over you;
    He’s always at your side to shelter you safely in his presence
    He’s protecting you from all danger both day and night.
    He will keep you from every form of evil or calamity
    as he continually watches over you.
    You will be guarded by God himself.
    You will be safe when you leave your home
    and safely you will return. He will protect you now,
    and he’ll protect you forevermore!

    Psalm 121

     

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    1. Last year, you guys were busy releasing a series of great tracks and ended the year with an incredible Christmas song, “Angels.”  With the new year, what are you hoping to see happen with the new album?

    Mark: For Futures as an artist and more importantly, all the members on an individual level, the journey of this album has been an awakening. I think we can all feel something new happening; stirring just below the surface in Christianity worldwide. Isaiah 43:19 declares “See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?”. We aren’t saying we know exactly what it is or how it looks but we do perceive it & we are leaning into it with our writing and our sound. Music is powerful because its origins are deeply supernatural, and so we are really intentional about the atmosphere that each song we write creates. We are believing that the spirit of these songs would break through depression, disappointment, discouragement & disillusion; literally changing not only how people feel about their situation but how they see everything.

     

    1. Can you tell us more about your radio single “Hills & Horizons”?  What inspired you to create it and how does it speak to you guys?

    Ryan: I don’t know that we really knew what we signed up for when we set out to write  this song. We wanted to write a song that was about our collective journey as a team. But as we dived in, we realized that this message was both, far more broad and yet so much more personal and individual than we could have imagined. Psalm 119:105 says “Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” Truth is, we don’t get to see the whole picture of what lies ahead for us. God always gives us what we need for the time and season. The challenge is that we just have to keep moving forward, and with every step, a little more of the picture becomes clear. Can we learn to love the glimpses of the God dream that He has for us? Every time I listen to this song personally, it gives me perspective that God is moving in my life whether I have a clear view of it or not. The process of learning to trust the in-betweens is our very prayer for this song; that people will let go of their control of their lives and hold on to the one who is faithful in and through it all. 

    1. Futures originally started at Influencers Church in Australia and the US.  What is worship like in Australia compared to the US and are there differences that you have experienced?

    Danae: I grew up at Influencers in Australia and then made the move stateside in 2014, coming on staff in Atlanta to help plant our locations over here…so I’ve been lucky enough to witness the incredible pioneers of the worship movement down under! One of our worship leaders won the very first Australian Idol in 2004 and Planetshakers (the youth movement and worship band) was birthed in our local youth ministry! Worship teams like Hillsong United and Darlene Zschech really led from the front in creating an incredible worship culture in the late 90s and early 2000s and I’m so grateful – it feels like we stand on the shoulders of giants who paved the way. Thanks to that rich legacy in Australia, I feel like I grew up serving with really solid, humble, pure-hearted worship teams. 

    When I first came to the USA I was blown away by the excellence of local church worship teams; a healthy reverence for the platform translated into bringing the best of our talents every Sunday! That’s something I noticed from the get-go for sure…fast forward to our current team dynamic with 11 locations, dozens of worship leaders and hundreds of team members across our church and I love that we can constantly learn from each other and grow together!

    Ultimately, my experience in both countries has been that each contributes an important note to the beautiful harmony of global worship; all in the same key, united in the pursuit of making Jesus famous! 

     

    1. How can we be praying for you?

    Ryan: Thank you! This is such a refreshing question. We would so appreciate your prayers for these songs to have a significant & tangible impact on people’s lives. Also, that these songs would encourage people to keep trusting in God; reminding them that He’s always with them. Perhaps our greatest prayer is that these songs find their way to people who don’t know Jesus and it compels their hearts to open up and surrender to him. Please pray for us, that we would stay in the “grace zone” and continue to hear words and melodies from Heaven. This matters to us. Our heart is not to just write songs for the sake of it, but rather to steward what we believe that God has equipped us for and called us to do. 

     

    1. Thanks for taking the time to speak with us.  Where can everybody find out more about you?

    We’re most active on instagram @futuresworship and our very new TikTok account @futuresworship! We also keep our friends up to date with everything going on via our “Music Monthly”. You can sign up to receive these personal letters at www.futuresworship.com.




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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — The Whosoevers have launched a special 3 night streaming event, hosted exclusively on YouTube. The Home Takeover virtual tour will feature streams on December 28, 29 and 30, at 6:00 PM CST.

    The streams will feature content that was recorded at recent Whosoevers events in Texas, including messages from Brian “Head” Welch (Korn, Love & Death), Sonny Sandoval (P.O.D.) and Ryan Ries. The Home Takeover is intended to bring the same hope that fills The Whosoevers’ live events right to viewers’ homes, wherever they are, whatever they are experiencing.

    “These tours never get old.  I always look forward to hanging with my Whosoever family and witnessing, first hand, what God can and will do with broken people, a little faith, and genuine love,” Whosoevers co-founder and P.O.D. frontman Sonny Sandoval shares. “From skateparks, detention centers, halfway homes and rehab facilities, to bars, clubs and right back around to your local church: the Good news will always be shared to anyone and everyone with a heart willing to listen. This is the gospel that I read in my Bible, and the Whosoevers have become my church.”

    That’s a perspective that follow co-founder Ryan Ries shares. “After hearing Sonny and Brian speak at The R Bar in Galveston, I knew we had to find an outlet to release these messages into the world,” he explains.

    Viewers can tune in to the livestreams on The Whosoevers YouTube channel. You can subscribe and turn on reminders to be notified when each livestream begins.


    The Whosoevers is a movement dedicated to delivering the message of the gospel to a generation searching for meaning, empowering them to realize their true purpose in life. You can find out more at thewhosoevers.com, or by following them on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.




  • DEC 17, 2021 — Buried Above has released their self-titled debut solo album, a rousing rock record co-produced by Josiah Prince and Andrew Stanton of Disciple. The album follows the singles “It’s Never Too Late” and “The Nations Fall (feat Josh Bramlett),” which had a consistent presence on CMW’s Christian rock chart throughout 2021.

    “I personally feel that I grew in a big way over the last couple years working on this record,” says Colton Reed, who has been making music under the title Buried Above since 2019. “Whether it’s through my talents with guitar or vocals, or learning tricks in the studio to make better demos for ideas, I feel that God gave me the ability to learn these things at a faster pace.”

    The result is 10 strong tracks, each one serving Buried Above’s core desire to communicate the Gospel of Jesus. That drive draws on Colton’s personal testimony, as told in the track “Already Written (feat Dawn Michele).” “I’m certain everyone has had the fear that there’s something they could do to lose their salvation, though the Bible tells us that it’s eternal, and through our faith in Jesus Christ, we are saved forever,” Colton shares. “While we have a choice to determine what we do in our lives, God already knows our story from beginning to end, and sacrificed His son for us in spite of anything and everything we have done against Him.”

    Deeply emotional, “Already Written” is intensified by guest vocals from Fireflight’s Dawn Michele, who Colton connected with through producer Josiah Prince. In deep gratitude, Colton says, “Dawn made the song, which was already my favorite on the record, so much more powerful.”

    “Blood” is another stand-out, this one featuring the contributions of producer and guitarist Josiah Prince. “This is another testimonial song, but more about salvation for humanity in general instead of for me personally,” Colton explains. “When we look at ourselves in the mirror, we see all our impurities and flaws. For those who have accepted Jesus as their savior, the impurities are wiped clean. Instead of seeing the things we’ve done, all that God sees is the Blood of Jesus in our place.”

    There are several other powerful collaborations on the album, including Spoken’s Matt Baird on “Gravity” and rapper Aaron Ray on album closer “Divide.” With the overall production helmed by Andrew Stanton and Josiah Prince, Buried Above’s first full album draws on the support of veteran talent. 

    “From the beginning when we wrote our first song together, Josiah helped to bring out the best of my musical and lyrical writing skills. Many of the songs we worked on were a joint effort between him, Andrew and I, but I was surprised at how much of the songs came from my own head,” Colton remembers of the writing process. “When it came to tracking the songs, both Josiah and Andrew were exceptionally fun to work with, Josiah having a lot of Synth and Background production ideas, and Andrew focused more on getting the best guitar sound and character that we possibly could.”

    The result is an album that caps off 2021 with one of the strongest debut releases of the year, promising more to come from this rising band’s music and ministry. Colton concludes, “If only ONE person hears this record and decides to follow Christ, then I have done my job as a follower of Jesus. Being able to work with the best in the Christian rock industry is a dream come true, but the ministry is what’s really important in the end!”

    Buried Above is available through all major digital retailers, including Apple Musicand Spotify. You can learn more about the band by following them on Facebook Instagram and YouTube, or by visiting buriedabove.com.




  • MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING GRAMMY WINNERS CASTING CROWNS

    ANNOUNCE THE 24-CITY ‘HEALER TOUR’

    SLATED FOR MAJOR ARENAS AND VENUES THIS SPRING

     

     
     

     

    Presented by Compassion International,

    Spring 2022 Tour Kicks Off Feb. 17,

    with We Are Messengers and Jonathan Traylor

     

     Tickets On Sale Friday, Dec. 17

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Dec. 13, 2021 – GRAMMY® winning multi-platinum group Casting Crowns has announced plans for the 24-city “Healer Tour” set to hit major arenas and venues this coming spring. Presented by Compassion International, the tour gets underway Feb. 17, following the January release of the band’s brand new album, Healer (Jan. 14). The Healer Tour will feature special guests We Are Messengers and Jonathan Traylor, and will make stops in cities like Baltimore, Grand Rapids, Tulsa, Nashville, Cleveland and Milwaukee, to name just a few.

    Tickets for The Healer Tour will go on sale Friday, Dec. 17, at 10 a.m. local time, following a special fan presale Dec. 15-16. Ticket information can be found at CastingCrowns.com.  Ticket buyers may also purchase an add-on ticket called “Casting Crowns Pre-Show Experience,” which will include a pre-show Q&A with the band, a souvenir laminate, an autographed photo and an exclusive merch piece. These limited add-on tickets will be available while supplies last.

     

     

    CASTING CROWNS – THE HEALER TOUR – SPRING 2022
    Dates and venues subject to change without notice.  

    February
    17 – Baltimore, MD – Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena
    18 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre
    19 – Salisbury, MD – Wicomico Youth & Civic Center
    20 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston PAC
    24 – Huntsville, AL – Von Braun Civic Center
    25 – Alexandria, LA – Rapides Parish Coliseum (*on sale Dec 20)
    26 – Meridian, MS – Temple Theater for the Performing Arts

    March
    3 – Pompano Beach, FL – Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
    4 – Gainesville, FL – Exactech Arena
    5 – Sarasota, FL – Robarts Arena
    8 – Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium
    10 – Salem, VA – Salem Civic Center
    11 – Columbus, GA – Columbus Civic Center
    12 – Johnson City, TN – Freedom Hall
    17 – Pikeville, KY – Appalachian Wireless Arena
    18 – Getzville, NY – The Chapel at CrossPoint
    19 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
    24 – North Little Rock, AR – Simmons Bank Arena
    25 – Tulsa, OK – Mabee Center
    26 – Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center
    27 – Nashville, TN – Grand Ole Opry House
    31 – Cleveland, OH – Playhouse Square

    April
    1 – Milwaukee, WI – Wisconsin Lutheran College (*on sale now)
    2 – Corbin, KY – The Corbin Arena 

     

     
     

     

    ABOUT CASTING CROWNS: Prolific, chart-topping CCM group Casting Crowns has achieved sales milestones with more than 12 million albums sold. Additionally, they have received numerous RIAA certifications: one RIAA 2x multi-Platinum® album, five RIAA Platinum albums, two RIAA Platinum DVDs, seven RIAA Gold® albums, four Gold DVDs, five RIAA Platinum singles, and 12 RIAA Gold digital singles. The band has also been honored with four American Music Awards, a GRAMMY Award® for their 2005 album Lifesong, and eight additional GRAMMY Award nominations. In addition, the group has garnered 18 GMA Dove Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, and 13 total Billboard Music Award nominations.

    The group’s 2018 release, Only Jesus, was met with astonishing success and response. Generating RIAA Gold Certifications for the No. 1 songs “Only Jesus” and “Nobody,” the album also produced two No. 1 radio singles (including the group’s 15th career No. 1 radio single) a GRAMMY nomination, a 2019 Dove Award, two 2020 Dove Award nominations, and two Billboard Music Awards nominations for “Top Christian Album” and “Top Christian Song” (“Nobody” ft. Matthew West). The impact of this album almost three years later includes more than 290 million streams life to date.  

    Casting Crowns’ seven band members all remain active in student ministry and tour according to their local church commitments. For more information, visit castingcrowns.com.

    ABOUT WE ARE MESSENGERS: We Are Messengers has 206 million on-demand streams, 360 million global streams, and boasts six Top 5 and ten Top 10 Christian Airplay hits with “Image of God,” “Power,” “Maybe It’s Ok,” “Magnify,” “Point To You,” “Love,” “Everything Comes Alive,” “God With Us,” “This Is Jesus” and “From Heaven To Earth (Joy To The World).” The band’s last album, Power, featured the award-winning self-acceptance anthem, “Maybe It’s Ok,” which was hailed as “air to a drowning man” by Rawckus Magazine, and “potent, effective and liberating” by Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global. We Are Messengers’ brand new album, Wholehearted, released Oct. 15, 2021, featuring the band’s brand new No. 1 radio single, “Come What May.” The band has played for a live audience of over 2 million people across 40 states and 5 countries, including selling out shows in the Netherlands, England, and lead vocalist Darren Mulligan’s native Ireland. The Dove-nominated and K-LOVE Award-winning group joined TobyMac’s Hits Deep Tour in early 2021 and hits the road on Casting Crowns’ Healer Tour in the spring of 2022. For more information, visit wearemessengersmusic.com.

    ABOUT JONATHAN TRAYLOR: Jonathan Traylor signals the coming of a new generation of faith music—an authentic melting pot of Worship, Christian and Gospel influences, marked by captivating songs and anchored by a heartfelt passion for ministry. The Dallas-raised performer is a world-class singer/songwriter, producer, musician and dancer who grew up listening to pioneering gospel influences Kirk Franklin and Tye Tribbett, and was inspired by their ability to use contemporary sounds and high-energy stage performances to infuse the culture with the message of the Gospel. His debut project on Motown Gospel/Capitol CMG, The Unknown, released in 2020. For more information, visit jonathantraylormusic.com.

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