33Miles

33Miles
Origin	Franklin, Tennessee, US
Genres	Contemporary Christian music
Years active	2005–present
Labels	INO
Members	Jason Barton
Past members	Collin Stoddard Chris Lockwood
Website	facebook.com/33miles

33Miles is a contemporary Christian band with country music influences from Franklin, Tennessee.

Background

The band began playing in Nashville and signed to INO Records, who released the band's debut album, 33Miles , in 2007. The album peaked at No. 8 on Billboard 's Top Heatseekers albums chart and No. 16 on its Top Christian Albums chart. ^[1] In 2008, their next album, One Life charted at No. 161 the Billboard 200 ^[2] and No. 4 on Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. ^[2] In 2009, they released their Christmas album, Believe. Their 2007 song, "There is a God", was played as the wake-up call music for the Space Shuttle astronauts on their STS-128 mission on September 3, 2009. ^[3] Pianist Collin Stoddard left the group in 2009 to become a pastor. In 2010, Barton and Lockwood continued on and released Today. In 2014, Lockwood left the band.

Members

Current

• Jason Barton – lead vocals (formerly of True Vibe)

Former

• Collin Stoddard – piano, backing vocals (2005–2009)
• Chris Lockwood – guitar, backing vocals (2005–2014)

Albums

• 33Miles (INO Records, 2007)
• One Life (INO Records, 2008) U.S. No. 161 ^[1]
• Believe (Christmas release, INO Records, 2009)
• Today (INO Records, 2010)
• Acoustic Sessions Vol. 1 (EP, self-produced/released, 2011)
• Let It Be Glory (Milestone Records, 2013)

Singles

Year	Single	Album	Hot Christian Songs Peak
2007	"What Could Be Better"	33Miles	11
	"There Is a God"		25
2008	"Thank You"		12
	"One Life to Love"	One Life	10
2009	"Jesus Calling"		26
	"Joy to the World"	Believe	17
	"Finally Christmas"		22
2010	"Where I Wanna Go"	Today	46
	"Arms That Hold the Universe"
	"What Grace Looks Like"
2013	"Let It Be Glory"	Let It Be Glory
2019	"Angels We Have Heard on High"	non-album single

Honors

• Nominated for Best New Artist for 2009 Visionary Awards by the Christian Music Hall of Fame ^[4]
• Nominated for New Artist of the Year Dove Award at the 39th GMA Dove Awards. ^[5]

References

1. Billboard, Allmusic.com
2. "33Miles One Life Chart History". Billboard.
3. "Discovery and ISS wake up for Patrick G. Forrester". You Tube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
4. "The Visionary Awards". hallmuseum.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2010.
5. 39th GMA Dove Award Nominations Announced on CBN.com

External links

• 33Miles on Facebook
• 33Miles Artist Profile on ChristianMusicReview.org Archived 2010-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Interview with Jason Barton in "Tech Triumphs" by Louisiana Tech University