Empires (Hillsong United album)

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Empires
Empires (Official Cover) by Hillsong UNITED.jpeg
Studio album by
Hillsong United
Released26 May 2015 (2015-05-26)
Recorded2014
Genre Contemporary worship music, contemporary Christian music
Length71:31
Label Hillsong, Sparrow, Capitol CMG
Producer Michael Guy Chislett, Joel Houston
Hillsong United studio album chronology
Zion
(2013)		Empires
(2015)		 Wonder
(2017)
Hillsong United chronology
The White Album
(2014)		Empires
(2015)		 Of Dirt and Grace: Live from the Land
(2016)
Standard edition [1] [28]
No.TitleWriter(s)Worship leaderLength
1."Here Now (Madness)"
  • Joel Houston
  • Michael Guy Chislett
Jad Gillies7:22
2."Say the Word"HoustonTaya Smith4:24
3."Heart Like Heaven"
  • Matt Crocker
  • Houston
Jad Gillies6:29
4."Touch the Sky"
  • Houston
  • Dylan Thomas
  • Chislett
Taya Smith4:22
5."Street Called Mercy"
  • Crocker
  • Houston
  • Jonathan Douglass
  • Matt Crocker
  • Taya Smith
4:21
6."When I Lost My Heart to You (Hallelujah)"HoustonJoel Houston4:45
7."Even When It Hurts (Praise Song)"HoustonTaya Smith6:18
8."Prince of Peace"
  • Houston
  • Crocker
  • Thomas
  • Joel Houston
  • Jad Gillies
5:56
9."Empires"
  • Houston
  • Thomas
  • Chris Davenport
  • Ben Tennikoff
Jad Gillies8:14
10."Rule"
  • Crocker
  • Houston
  • Tennikoff
Matt Crocker4:12
11."Captain"
  • Benjamin Hastings
  • Seth Simmons
Taya Smith5:31
12."Closer Than You Know"
  • Houston
  • Crocker
  • Chislett
  • Joel Houston
  • Taya Smith
9:30
Total length:71:31
Target bonus track [29]
No.TitleWriter(s)Worship LeaderLength
13."Sunburst"
  • Crocker
  • Houston
  • Scott Ligertwood
  • Chislett
Matt Crocker[ citation needed ]5:19
Total length:1:16:50
Notes

Personnel

Additional musicians

Charts

Album

Weekly charts
Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [31] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [32] 124
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [33] 164
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [34] 12
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [35] 19
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [36] 7
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [37] 7
UK Albums (OCC) [38] 34
US Billboard 200 [39] 5
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [40] 1
Year-end charts
Chart (2015)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [41] 53

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Christian
[42] 		Christian Airplay
[43] 		Christian Digital Songs
[44] 		Christian Streaming Songs
[45]
2015"Touch the Sky"3518
2016"Say the Word"2429––

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