Holy Is the Lord

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"Holy Is the Lord"
Single by Chris Tomlin
from the album Arriving
Released2005
Genre CCM, worship
Label sixsteps/Sparrow
Songwriter(s) Chris Tomlin, Louie Giglio
Producer(s) Ed Cash

"Holy Is the Lord" is a song by Chris Tomlin, featured on his album Arriving , that reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart and won the "Worship Song of the Year" award at the 2007 GMA Dove Awards. It reached number thirteen on CCLI's top five hundred worship songs list of 2005, [1] and number seven on CCLI's Top 25 Worship Songs List, as of August 2007. [2]

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Appearances

This song also appeared on the Christian compilation album WOW Hits 2006 .

Awards

In 2007, the song won a Dove Award for Worship Song of the Year at the 38th GMA Dove Awards. [3]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [6] Gold500,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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