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 Influence Music Logo | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Anaheim Hills, CA |
| Genres | Contemporary worship music |
| Years active | 2017–present |
| Labels | Influence Music |
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| Website | influencemusicworship |
Influence Music is an American contemporary worship music collective and independent record label based in Anaheim Hills, California. The collective leads worship in weekend church services at Influence Church, [1] as well as itinerate ministry across the United States.
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Influence Music began in 2017 at Influence Church in Anaheim Hills, CA. The collective released one album independently, “Touching Heaven”, along with 3 singles “Proud”, I AM” and “An Influence Christmas”. Their debut album “Touching Heaven” landed Billboard Charts No. 2 Christian Albums chart, No. 8 on the Emerging Artists chart, [2] and No. 1 Christian/Gospel genre album on iTunes. “Mistakes” Christian Radio Airplay charts, and “Spirit Lead Me,” peaked at position 38 Christian Billboard Hot Tracks. [3] In 2018 Influence Music signed a distribution agreement with Capitol Christian Music Group and has since released other live and studio albums.
Influence Music's second live album “Rebels” was released in 2019 in conjunction with a short film of the same name. Their partnered with America’s Got Talent Semi-Finalists “Voices of Hope” on both the recording and the short film. Rebel’s was followed up with a Deluxe album that featured studio versions of several of the songs.
Their third full-length album “Ages” was the first to see CCLI success with “Glory, Honor, Power” and “10,000 Armies” reaching the top 500. The album featured Motown (Gospel) artist Jonathan Traylor.
On April 22, 2022, the collective launched its first project in Spanish entitled “Ages En Español” featuring Christine D’Clario and Evan Craft. On August 19, 2022, the worship group launched their second studio album “Before The Breakthrough”. This project included collaborations with Mack Brock, and Kim Walker-Smith as vocalists, and Matt Redman as co-writer of the title track.
On January 27, 2023, Influence Music launched a new brand entitled “Influence Music Kids” which aims to release Christian music for children. Their first EP was entitled “10,000 Armies” and featured Whitney Medina as the lead vocalist along with Influence Kids.
Pastor Phil and Tammy Hotsenpiller serve as the Co-Presidents of Influence Music and executive pastors of Influence Church. Melody Noel serves as the Vice President as well as worship leader and songwriter.
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| US Christ [15] | USIndie [16] | USLatin | USLatin Pop | ||||||||||||||||
| Touching Heaven (Live) [17] |
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| Live At Church: Mixtape (Vol. 1) [18] |
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| Live At Church: Mixtape (Vol. 2) [19] |
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| ages (Live) [20] |
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| Long Live The King (Live at the Grove) |
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| Rebels [21] |
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| Touching Heaven (Instrumental) |
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| REBELS (Instrumental) |
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| REBELS (Deluxe) |
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| Before The Breakthrough [22] |
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| Before The Breakthrough (Instrumental) |
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| Mistakes - EP [23] |
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| Touching Heaven - Acoustic EP [24] |
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| Touching Heaven - Electric EP [25] |
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| Ages En Español [26] |
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| An Influence Christmas [27] |
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| 10,000 Armies - Influence Music Kids [28] |
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| Title | Year | Album |
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| Proud [29] | 2017 | N/A |
| Christmas Medley | 2017 | N/A |
| Soli Deo Gloria (Sarmo Remix) | 2019 | Touching Heaven - Electric EP |
| Touching Heaven (Sarmo Remix) | 2019 | Touching Heaven - Electric EP |
| Stronger (Live) | 2020 | AGES (Live) |
| Prophesy (Live) | 2020 | AGES (Live) |
| The Day That Christmas Came | 2020 | N/A |
| Glory, Honor, Power (Live) | 2021 | AGES (Live) |
| 10,000 Armies (Live) | 2021 | AGES (Live) |
| Devotion (Live) | 2021 | AGES (Live) |
| Jesus (Live) | 2021 | AGES (Live) |
| Coming Awake | 2022 | N/A |
| Glory, Honor, Power (Studio Version) | 2022 | N/A |
| Gloria, Honor, Poder | 2022 | Ages En Español |
| 10,000 Ejercitos | 2022 | Ages En Español |
| Straight To Your Heart | 2022 | Before The Breakthrough |
| Of Great Courage | 2022 | Before The Breakthrough |
| By Your Spirit | 2022 | Before The Breakthrough |
| ASK | 2022 | Before The Breakthrough |
| Long Live The King (Live At The Grove) [30] | 2023 | Long Live The King (Live At The Grove) |
| Coming Home (Live At The Grove) | 2023 | Long Live The King (Live At The Grove) |
| Nobody Leaves The Same (Live At The Grove) | 2023 | Long Live The King (Live At The Grove) |
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