Jesusfreakhideout.com Music News, June 2010: TobyMac Gives Back to Help Children in Need

TobyMac Gives Back to Help Children in Need

Grammy Award Winner Takes Part in
A Time for Heroes Celebrity Picnic

NEWS SOURCE: The M Collective
June 30, 2010

Nashville, TN… TobyMac recently took a break from his highly energetic tour and Diverse City Band to spend some time with children diagnosed with HIV at the 2010 A Time for Heroes Celebrity Picnic, sponsored by the Elizabeth Glaser Foundation in Los Angeles. The multi-platinum selling artist was among many other celebrity guests including Stacy Keibler, Billy Crystal, Lori Loughlin, Billy Bush and more. Guests were able to spend time with their favorite Hollywood’s stars, played games, and enjoyed unbelievable food while helping create a generation free of HIV.

Thanks to the support of generous donors and sponsors, including the title sponsor Disney, over $1.3 million was raised to help the foundation eliminate pediatric AIDS.

In other TobyMac news, his current single “Get Back Up” is dominating the radio charts. The hit track recently peaked at No. 1 on AC Monitored and this week holds the No. 1 spot on CHR radio, while also placing at No. 2 on AC Indicator and on the National Christian Audience Chart.

With the summer season in full swing, the Grammy ® Award winner is back on the road with popular contemporary artist Chris Tomlin on the Hello Tonight tour. Together they are visiting select cities across the U.S. and fanatics have had the opportunity to win tickets to experience the excitement LIVE by sending in a simple text.

To catch TobyMac LIVE, please visit www.tobymac.com for additional tour dates and information.

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With over 10 million in career sales, his first three solo projects receiving RIAA Gold status and GRAMMY® nominations, and TobyMac’s live CD/DVD taking home a GRAMMY® award, the much-celebrated and acclaimed artist recently celebrated his fifth consecutive GRAMMY® nomination with his single “City On Our Knees” receiving a nod for Best Gospel song. The track topped the sales and radio charts faster than any of his previous singles, spending 8 weeks at #1 on the Christian Audience Chart. The single was the first release from TobyMac’s latest, “TONIGHT," which also garnered him the highest sales debut of his solo career with over 78,000 units and a No. 6 Billboard Top 200 debut. Along with sold out tour dates, back-to-back radio hits and being named the GMA Dove Award’s 2008 Artist of the Year, TobyMac’s music has been featured in major motion pictures such as “Hancock,” “TRANSPORTER 2,” on Fox sports, The NFL network, 2009 SUPERBOWL and more. TobyMac’s latest radio hit is his new single, “Get Back Up,” currently at No. 1 on CHR, while recently peaking at No.1 on AC Monitored and is No. 2 on NCA Monitored and AC Indicator.

For more info on TobyMac, visit the JFH Artists Database.