Jesusfreakhideout.com Music News, April 2012: TobyMac to Appear on ABC's The View this Friday, April 20

TobyMac to Appear on ABC's The View this Friday, April 20

NEWS SOURCE: The M Collective
April 18, 2012

NASHVILLE, TN...April 18, 2012.... This Friday five-time Grammy® Award winning and multi platinum selling artist TobyMac will perform on ABC's hit daytime talk show The View. At the personal request of co-host Sherri Shepherd, TobyMac and his band Diverse City will perform "Get Back Up" during the episode celebrating Shepherd's birthday. The View airs weekdays on ABC at 11a/10a pt/c, and more information on the show can be found here.

Critics and fans alike bravoed TobyMac upon the recent release of Dubbed & Freq'd: A Remix Project, his first remix album in seven years. Fusing his signature rock-pop, hip-hop and urban styles with a treatment of today's electronic music uprising, the album offers an outstanding new interpretation of 12 of Toby's classics to an incredibly wide audience. Immediately upon release, the album made its debut at No. 2 on the iTunes® Christian & Gospel Albums chart.

In addition to the release of Dubbed & Freq'd, TobyMac is closing in on the finale of his unplugged "A Night of Stories and Songs" tour, which will wrap this Saturday, April 21in Ft. Wayne, IN. He has also confirmed appearances at high-profile festivals this summer including Spirit West Coast, Creation East and AtlantaFest, in additional to many more. See the cities and dates here.

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About TobyMac:
With over 10 million in career sales, TobyMac's first three solo projects received RIAA Gold status and GRAMMY® nominations, his live CD/DVD took home a GRAMMY® award in 2009, and this year the much-celebrated and acclaimed artist celebrated his eighth consecutive GRAMMY® nomination, this time for his songwriting contribution to rising star (and recording artist on his label, Gotee Records) Jamie Grace's No. 1 hit "Hold Me." His latest album TONIGHT that received a nod for "Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album." The GRAMMY ® nominated single from the hit record "City On Our Knees" track topped the sales and radio charts faster than any of his previous singles, spending 8 weeks at #1 on the Christian Audience Chart. TONIGHT also garnered him the highest sales debut of his solo career with over 78,000 units and a No. 6 Billboard Top 200 debut. The album was also named as iTunes® Best Christian Album of 2010 and recently took home the Dove Award for "Best Rock Contemporary Album of the Year."

Along with sold out tour dates, back-to-back radio hits and being named the GMA Dove Award's 2008 "Artist of the Year," he was also nominated for "Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist" at the 2010 American Music Awards and was up for three Billboard Music Awards this year including "Top Christian Artist." The hit song "Tonight" was also chosen as the theme song for MLB's 30 Clubs in 30 Days Spring Training Series and featured on the Golf Channel. Additionally, his music has been heard in major motion pictures such as "Hancock," "TRANSPORTER 2," while also being featured on Fox sports, The NFL network, being selected as the theme song for Fox College Football and WWE's Fatal 4-Way Pay-Per-View. "Showstopper," from the chart-topping album TONIGHT, was featured in ESPN's ESPY Award Show and used to launch the last season of CBS hit television show CSI: NY. His latest album, Dubbed & Freq'd: A Remix Project, released on March 26, 2012. For more information on TobyMac, go to: www.tobymac.com

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