Wonder (Hillsong United album)

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Wonder
Hillsong United Wonder.jpg
Studio album by
Released9 June 2017 (2017-06-09)
Recorded2016–2017
Studio
  • Record Plant, Hollywood, United States
  • Mandala House, Bali, Indonesia
  • Baxter House Studios, Sydney, Australia
  • The Base Recording Studios, South Melbourne, Australia
  • Golddust Studios, Sydney, Australia [1]
Genre
Length71:00
Label
Producer
Hillsong United studio album chronology
Empires
(2015)
Wonder
(2017)
Are We There Yet?
(2022)
Hillsong United chronology
Hillsong: Let Hope Rise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2016)
Wonder
(2017)
People
(2019)
No.TitleWriter(s)Worship leader [31] Length
1."Wonder"
  • Joel Houston
  • Matt Crocker
[20] [32]
  • Matt Crocker
4:54
2."Shadow Step" [33] [34] Taya Smith5:34
3."Future Marches In"
  • Houston
  • Crocker
[35]
Matt Crocker5:42
4."So Will I (100 Billion X)"
[36]
Benjamin Hastings6:51
5."Splinters and Stones"
  • Houston
  • Chislett
[37]
  • Joel Houston
  • Taya Smith
4:32
6."Glimmer in the Dust"
  • Aodhan King
  • Hastings
  • Dylan Thomas
  • Houston
[38]
  • Taya Smith
  • Jad Gillies
7:44
7."Greatest of These"
  • Hastings
  • Houston
  • Fatkin
[39]
3:59
8."Shape of Your Heart"
  • Houston
  • Crocker
[40]
Matt Crocker5:02
9."Not Today"
  • Houston
  • Crocker
[41]
Taya Smith4:13
10."Life"
  • Houston
  • Crocker
  • Chislett
[42]
  • Michelle Cook
  • Jonathon Douglass
6:08
11."Rain / Reign"
  • Houston
  • Crocker
[43]
  • Jad Gillies
  • Courtney Tennikoff
6:34
12."Water to Wine"Houston [44] Joel Houston9:47
Total length:71:00

Accolades

In 2018, it was announced that "So Will I (100 Billion X)" song won a GMA Dove Award in the category of Worship Recorded Song of the Year. [45] The song also nominated Song of the Year. [2] Wonder album was nominated Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year, [2] while Hillsong United band was nominated Artist of the Year. [2]

Charts

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