ZOEgirl was an American Christian teen pop and pop rock band formed in 1999. The group comprised Chrissy Conway-Katina, Alisa Childers and Kristin Swinford-Schweain. They were signed to Sparrow Records from 1999 to 2006 and released their debut single "I Believe" in 2000. This song and their self-titled debut album ZOEgirl helped them become Sparrow's fastest selling artist of all time. With All of My Heart, the lead single for Life, was the group's only No. 1 Christian contemporary hit radio (CHR) single and led to the group receiving a GMA Dove Award for New Artist of the Year in 2002. By the end of 2003, over one million albums from ZOEgirl were sold.
The Fray is an American rock band from Denver, Colorado. Formed in 2002 by schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King, they achieved success with the release of their debut album, How to Save a Life in 2005, which was certified double platinum by the RIAA and platinum in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. The Fray achieved national success with their first single, "Over My Head ", which became a top ten hit in the United States. The release of their second single, "How to Save a Life", brought the band worldwide fame. The song charted in the top three of the Billboard Hot 100 and was a top 5 single in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Paul Joseph Baloche is an American Christian music artist, worship leader, and singer-songwriter. A native of Maple Shade Township, New Jersey, Baloche was the worship pastor at Community Christian Fellowship in Lindale, Texas for 26 years. He and his wife, Rita left Texas in January 2015, moving to New York City to be nearer to family. Baloche composes on piano and acoustic guitar, favoring guitar when leading worship. His wife, Rita Baloche, is also a Christian songwriter. Baloche is one of the writers for Compassionart, a charity founded by Martin Smith from Delirious?.
Philip David Wickham is a Contemporary Christian musician, singer and songwriter from San Diego, California. Wickham has released nine albums: Give You My World in 2003, a self-titled album in 2006, Cannons in 2007, Singalong in 2008, Heaven & Earth in 2009, Response in 2011, Singalong 2 in 2012, The Ascension in 2013, Sing-A-Long 3 in 2015, Children of God in 2016 and Living Hope in 2018. He has also led worship at Soul Survivor. His critically acclaimed single "This is Amazing Grace" became RIAA certified Platinum and topped the 2014 year-end Christian Airplay chart.
Aaron Michael Shust is an American contemporary Christian music artist formerly on the Brash Music and Centricity Music labels, and now on his own label. Shust was named the Songwriter of the Year at the GMA Dove Awards of 2007, and his song, "My Savior My God", received the Song of the Year award.
Brandon Heath Knell is an American contemporary Christian musician, singer, and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released six studio albums: Don't Get Comfortable (2006), What If We (2008), Leaving Eden (2011), Blue Mountain (2012), No Turning Back (2015), and Faith Hope Love Repeat (2017). He is best known for the No. 1 singles: "I'm Not Who I Was" and "Give Me Your Eyes". He was nominated four times at the Dove Awards of 2008 and won in the "New Artist of the Year" category. His second album was nominated for "Gospel Album of the Year" at the 51st Grammy Awards of 2009.
Anything Worth Saying is the first studio album from contemporary Christian musician Aaron Shust. It was released on October 11, 2005 and peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard 200 in May 2007. The album's lead single, "My Savior My God", became a hit on Christian radio and was named Song of the Year at the 2007 GMA Dove Awards.
Whispered and Shouted is the second studio album released by Contemporary Christian musician, Aaron Shust. It was released on June 5, 2007 and debuted at No. 151 on the Billboard 200.
"My Savior My God" is a 2006 radio single by contemporary Christian musician, Aaron Shust, from his album, Anything Worth Saying. Although usually credited as author and composer, Shust used the verses from Dora Greenwell's 1873 poem, "I Am Not Skilled to Understand", and added a new bridge. The song became his first No. 1 hit on Christian radio by April 2006, staying there for eleven weeks, and was the most played song of the year on Christian adult contemporary radio. It received the "Song of the Year" award at the GMA Dove Awards of 2007. It lasted 49 weeks on the overall chart. The song is played in a D major key at 78 beats per minute. It was the second biggest Christian song of the 2000s, according to Billboard.
Kari Brooke Jobe is an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter. Since her first album in 2009, she has received two Grammy Award nominations and ten Dove Award nominations, six of which she won.
Dan Hannon is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer, songwriter, and musician. He has produced, co-produced, co-written, and/or performed on albums that have sold over 4.5 million copies, and that have streamed over one billion times. His current Billboard chart success includes two number one albums, three number one songs, 13 top ten albums, 15 top twenty albums, three top ten rock albums, and four top ten alternative albums. He co-produced the album Cope, released on April 1, 2014, with the Manchester Orchestra. He produced the Simple Math album, which was released on May 10, 2011, for Manchester Orchestra.
World We View is the second studio album by the American Christian rock band Nine Lashes, released on February 14, 2012 through Tooth & Nail Records. It is the follow-up to their independent debut album Escape and was co-produced by Aaron Sprinkle and Trevor McNevan, the latter of whom was instrumental in getting the group signed and contributes guest vocals to the song "Adrenaline".
Morning Rises is the fifth studio album from contemporary Christian musician Aaron Shust. It was released on July 16, 2013 by Centricity Music, and it was produced by Ed Cash. The album got positive critical reception from music critics, and it saw commercial success.
Lauren Ashley Daigle is an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter. After being signed to the label Centricity Music, she released her debut album, How Can It Be, in 2015. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart, has been certified Platinum by the RIAA and produced three No. 1 singles on the Billboard Christian Airplay chart.
Doxology is the seventh studio album by Aaron Shust. Centricity Music released the album on August 28, 2015.
Tauren Gabriel Wells is an American Christian pop-rock and R&B artist and a worship leader at Lakewood Church, Houston, Texas. He is the former frontman for the American Christian pop rock band Royal Tailor, which produced two albums over a five-year career, garnering two Grammy nominations and a New Artist of the Year award from the Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. In 2014, Wells, along with his wife, launched the Prisma Worship Arts School, a private music academy with multiple locations in the Houston area.
"All My Hope" is a song performed by American contemporary Christian music singer Crowder featuring Tauren Wells, released as a standalone single on September 8, 2017. Crowder had released the original version of the song on his second studio album, American Prodigal (2016). Crowder co-wrote the song with Jeff Sojka and Ben Glover.
"My Hope Is In You" is a song by American contemporary Christian music artist Aaron Shust from his 2011 album This Is What We Believe. It was released on August 2, 2011, as the lead single. The song became Shust's third Hot Christian Songs No. 1, staying there for nine weeks. It lasted 52 weeks on the overall chart, becoming his longest charting single to date. The song is played in a D major key, and 150 beats per minute.
"I Lift My Hands" is a song by American contemporary Christian music artist Chris Tomlin from his 2010 album And If Our God Is for Us.... It was released on April 23, 2011, as the third single. The song became Tomlin's fourth Hot Christian Songs No. 1, staying there for one week. It lasted 33 weeks on the overall chart. The song is played in a B major key, and 84 beats per minute.
"God Only Knows" is the second single by Christian alternative rock duo For King & Country for their third studio album, Burn the Ships (2018). It was originally released as the third promotional single on 27 July 2018. It impacted Christian radio on 11 January 2019. The song peaked at No. 2 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart, becoming their tenth top ten single. It also peaked at No. 94 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the duo's first song to reach the chart. The song is played in a D major key, and 144 beats per minute.
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