Its first career Billboard Music Award nominations, Casting Crowns was honored across the board in all Christian music fields. The band joins other powerhouses MercyMe, Skillet, Laura Story and Chris Tomlin for Top Christian Artist, while its song "Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)," competes with radio mainstays including Matthew West's "Strong Enough," and Laura Story's "Blessings" for Top Christian Song. Casting Crowns claims two of the five nominated projects in the Top Christian Album category with Come To The Well and Until The Whole World Hears.

The awards will reflect Billboard's chart rankings based on key fan interactions with music, including album sales and downloads, track downloads, radio airplay and touring as well as streaming and social interactions on Facebook, Twitter, Vevo, YouTube, Spotify and other popular online destinations for music.

These measurements are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Entertainment and Next Big Sound. The awards will be based on the reporting period of March 1, 2011 through February 29, 2012. Top artists will be recognized in a variety of genres, including R&B, Rap, Pop, Country, Rock, Latin and Alternative. For a complete list of this year's nominees, visit: http://bit.ly/JvrdEh.

"The 2012 Billboard Music Awards" will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 20 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Music fans can also follow news about the show and related events on Twitter at @Billboard or on Facebook.com/Billboard.

About Casting Crowns:
All of Casting Crowns' projects are RIAA certified, with a tally of three RIAA Platinum Albums, two RIAA Platinum DVDs, two RIAA Gold Albums, two Gold DVDs and three Gold digital singles, holding position as Billboard's top-selling act in Christian music since 2007. The group also claims two American Music Awards, with six total nominations, three GRAMMY Awards and 14 GMA Dove Awards.

Casting Crowns' seven band members all remain active in student ministry in the Atlanta area and tour according to their local church commitments. Serving his 18th year in youth ministry, lead singer/songwriter Mark Hall maintains his role as the student pastor at Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church in Atlanta.

As a testament to the band's impact, Casting Crowns performed for a second time in North Korea in April 2009, in partnership with Global Resource Services; the band continues to forge invaluable relationships with the people in the D.P.R.K. (Democratic People's Republic of Korea).

Casting Crowns is currently on the 44-city Spring leg of its "Come to the Well" tour, which has (across the 40-city Fall leg and current Spring dates combined) seen 39 arena sellouts with more than 350,000 in attendance and generated more than 13,000 child sponsorships through its partnership with Christian humanitarian organization, World Vision.

For more information on Casting Crowns visit: www.castingcrowns.com , www.facebook.com/castingcrowns , www.twitter.com/castingcrowns or follow Mark Hall's Twitter at twitter.com/markhallCC.

For more info on Casting Crowns visit the JFH Artists Database.

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