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GRAMMY ® Nominated Recording Artist Matthew West Releases Music Video for Radio Hit “Strong Enough” on iTunes ® Today

Song Lands in Top 5 Across Three Radio Formats




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NEWS SOURCE: The M Collective
September 6, 2011

Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 6, 2011… GRAMMY ® nominee Matthew West is releasing his newest music video for “Strong Enough” exclusively with iTunes ® today, September 6. To coincide with the music video debut, West’s latest and best selling record, The Story of Your Life, inspired by 10,000 real-life stories from around the globe, will also be on sale at iTunes ® for $6.99. To purchase the video for $1.99, visit http://bit.ly/prLrpm. “Strong Enough” was inspired by one of the many stories West received in the making of The Story of Your Life.

The song has been a mainstay on the radio charts placing in the top 5 on the National Christian Audience, AC-Monitored and AC-Indicator charts.

Up next for West will be a headlining jaunt on "The Story of Your Life" tour this fall along with the recent release of The Story of Your Life, Inspiring Stories of God at Work in People Just Like You book with Angela Thomas and Harvest House Publishers. He will release his first, full-length Christmas album, The Heart of Christmas, this October with Sparrow Records/EMI CMG.

More information on Matthew West:
GRAMMY ® nominated singer/songwriter Matthew West’s discography includes acclaimed releases: Happy (2003), History (2005) and Something to Say (2008). His latest album and book, The Story of Your Life, was inspired by 10,000 stories from every state in the U.S. and 20 countries. The album released on October 5, 2010, and garnered attention from CNN Online, Fox News, Billboard Magazine, Country Weekly, American Songwriter and more. The Story of Your Life gave West the largest street week debut of his career selling over 10,000 units the first week landing at No. 3 on Christian Soundscan, and No. 41 on the Billboard Top 200. His songwriting credits include Rascal Flatts, Billy Ray Cyrus, Diamond Rio and more.

“The Story of Your Life Tour" Dates
* all dates subject to change, visit www.matthewwest.com for the latest tour information.
10/6/11 Knoxville, TN
10/13/11 Greenland, NH
10/14/11 Lewiston, ME
10/15/11 Charleston, ME
10/20/11 – Carmel, IN
10/23/11 - Bourbonnais, IL
10/28/11 Lafayette, LA
10/29/11 Harlingen, TX
10/31/11 – San Antonio, TX

For more info on Matthew West, visit the JFH Artists Database.

 

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